Welcome to Filmotomy’s predictions hub for the 98th Academy Awards. It’s here you’ll find the latest predictions from Awards Editor Doug Jamieson. Click the links below each category for monthly detailed coverage and a full list of contenders.
Be sure to check back regularly for updated predictions (JUMP TO IT HERE) as awards season barrels along and the race begins to become clearer.
LATEST AWARDS SEASON CONTENT
LATEST OSCARS PREDICTIONS BY CATEGORY
UPDATED: MARCH 5, 2026
BEST PICTURE
1. One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
2. Sinners (Warner Bros.)
3. Hamnet (Focus Features)
4. Marty Supreme (A24)
5. Sentimental Value (NEON)
6. Frankenstein (Netflix)
7. Bugonia (Focus Features)
8. The Secret Agent (NEON)
9. Train Dreams (Netflix)
10. F1 (Apple Original Films)
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BEST DIRECTOR
1. Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
2. Ryan Coogler – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
3. Chloé Zhao – Hamnet (Focus Features)
4. Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value (NEON)
5. Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme (A24)
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BEST ACTRESS
1. Jessie Buckley – Hamnet (Focus Features)
2. Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)
3. Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value (NEON)
4. Emma Stone – Bugonia (Focus Features)
5. Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue (Focus Features)
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BEST ACTOR
1. Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme (A24)
2. Michael B. Jordan – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
3. Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent (NEON)
4. Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
5. Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Amy Madigan – Weapons (Warner Bros.)
2. Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
3. Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
4. Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value (NEON)
5. Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value (NEON)
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Sean Penn – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
2. Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value (NEON)
3. Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein (Netflix)
4. Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
5. Delroy Lindo – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
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BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1. One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson (Warner Bros.)
2. Hamnet – Maggie O’Farrell & Chloé Zhao (Focus Features)
3. Bugonia – Will Tracy (Focus Features)
4. Frankenstein – Guillermo del Toro (Netflix)
5. Train Dreams – Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar (Netflix)
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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1. Sinners – Ryan Coogler (Warner Bros.)
2. Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt (NEON)
3. Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie (A24)
4. It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi (NEON)
5. Blue Moon – Robert Kaplow (Sony Pictures Classics)
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BEST CASTING
1. Sinners – Francine Maisler (Warner Bros.)
2. One Battle After Another – Cassandra Kulukundis (Warner Bros.)
3. Hamnet – Nina Gold (Focus Features)
4. Marty Supreme – Jennifer Venditti (A24)
5. The Secret Agent – Gabriel Domingues (NEON)
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. One Battle After Another – Michael Bauman (Warner Bros.)
2. Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw (Warner Bros.)
3. Train Dreams – Adolpho Veloso (Netflix)
4. Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen (Netflix)
5. Marty Supreme – Darius Khondji (A24)
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BEST COSTUME DESIGN
1. Frankenstein – Kate Hawley (Netflix)
2. Hamnet – Malgosia Turzanska (Focus Features)
3. Sinners – Ruth E. Carter (Warner Bros.)
4. Marty Supreme – Miyako Bellizzi (A24)
5. Avatar: Fire and Ash – Deborah L. Scott (20th Century Studios)
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BEST FILM EDITING
1. One Battle After Another – Andy Jurgensen (Warner Bros.)
2. F1 – Stephen Mirrione (Apple Original Films)
3. Sinners – Michael P. Shawver (Warner Bros.)
4. Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein (A24)
5. Sentimental Value – Olivier Bugge Coutté (NEON)
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BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
1. Frankenstein (Netflix)
2. Sinners (Warner Bros.)
3. The Smashing Machine (A24)
4. The Ugly Stepsister (Shudder)
5. Kokuho (GKIDS)
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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
1. Sinners – Ludwig Göransson (Warner Bros.)
2. One Battle After Another – Johnny Greenwood (Warner Bros.)
3. Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat (Netflix)
4. Hamnet – Max Richter (Focus Features)
5. Bugonia – Jerskin Fendrix (Focus Features)
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BEST ORIGINAL SONG
1. “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
2. “I Lied to You” from Sinners (Warner Bros.)
3. “Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless (Greenwich Entertainment)
4. “Train Dreams” from Train Dreams (Netflix)
5. “Sweet Dreams Of Joy” from Viva Verdi! (Viva Verdi!)
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BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1. Frankenstein (Netflix)
2. Sinners (Warner Bros.)
3. Hamnet (Focus Features)
4. Marty Supreme (A24)
5. One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
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BEST SOUND
1. F1 (Apple Original Films)
2. Sinners (Warner Bros.)
3. One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
4. Sirāt (NEON)
5. Frankenstein (Netflix)
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BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1. Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th Century Studios)
2. F1 (Apple Original Films)
3. Sinners (Warner Bros.)
4. The Lost Bus (Apple Original Films)
5. Jurassic World Rebirth (Universal Pictures)
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BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
1. KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
2. Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Studios)
3. Arco (NEON)
4. Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (GKIDS)
5. Elio (Pixar)
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BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
1. The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix)
2. Mr. Nobody Against Putin (PINK)
3. Come See Me in the Good Light (Apple Original Films)
4. The Alabama Solution (HBO Documentary Films)
5. Cutting Through Rocks (Gandom Films)
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BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
1. Sentimental Value (Norway)
2. The Secret Agent (Brazil)
3. It Was Just an Accident (France)
4. Sirāt (Spain)
5. The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)
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BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
1. Butterfly
2. The Girl Who Cried Pearls
3. Retirement Plan
4. The Three Sisters
5. Forevergreen
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BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
1. All the Empty Rooms
2. Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
3. The Devil is Busy
4. Perfectly a Strangeness
5. Children No More: “Were and Are Gone”
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BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
1. The Singers
2. Two People Exchanging Saliva
3. A Friend of Dorothy
4. Butcher’s Stain
5. Jane Austen’s Period Drama
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