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 as awards season barrels along and the race begins to become clearer.
UPDATED: JANUARY 22, 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. Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
3. Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent (NEON)
4. Michael B. Jordan – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
5. Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
2. Amy Madigan – Weapons (Warner Bros.)
3. Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value (NEON)
4. Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
5. Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value (NEON)
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value (NEON)
2. Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
3. Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein (Netflix)
4. Delroy Lindo – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
5. Sean Penn – One Battle After Another (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. It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi (NEON)
3. Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt (NEON)
4. Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie (A24)
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. Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw (Warner Bros.)
2. One Battle After Another – Michael Bauman (Warner Bros.)
3. Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen (Netflix)
4. Train Dreams – Adolpho Veloso (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 (Walt Disney)
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BEST FILM EDITING
1. One Battle After Another – Andy Jurgensen (Warner Bros.)
2. Sinners – Michael P. Shawver (Warner Bros.)
3. F1 – Stephen Mirrione (Apple Original Films)
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. Elio (Pixar)
5. Little Amélie or the Character of the Rain (GKIDS)
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BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
1. The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix)
2. The Alabama Solution (HBO Documentary Films)
3. Mr. Nobody Against Putin (PINK)
4. Come See Me in the Good Llight (Apple Original 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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