Oscar Predictions
for the 99th Academy Awards
2026 FILM YEAR / 2027 OSCAR CEREMONY
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First Wave of Nomination Predictions
(Complete July 12, 2026)

PICTURE

ALL OF A SUDDEN
•
BEHEMOTH!
•
BLACK BALL
•
THE DEBUT
•
DIGGER
•
DUNE PT THREE
•
FJORD
•
THE ODYSSEY
•
PROJECT HAIL MARY
•
WILD HORSE NINE

alternates
Paper Tiger / Cry to Heaven

ACTRESS

Scarlett Johansson
PAPER TIGER
•
Ruth Madeley
BEING HEUMANN
•
Mikey Madison
SOCIAL RECKONING
•
Julianne Moore
THE DEBUT
•
Sophie Okonedo
CLARISSA

alternates
Hüller - Fatherland / Williams - A Place in Hell

ACTOR

Tom Cruise
DIGGER
•
Adam Driver
PAPER TIGER
•
John Malkovich
WILD HORSE NINE 
•
Pedro Pascal
BEHEMOTH!
•
John Turturro
THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET...

alternates
Gosling - Project Hail Mary / Ippolito - I Play Rocky

DIRECTOR 

Tony Gilroy
BEHEMOTH!
•
Alejandro G. Inaritu
DIGGER
•
Cristian Mungiu
FJORD
•
Chris Nolan
THE ODYSSEY
•
Denis Villeneuve
DUNE PART THREE

alternates
Los Javis- Black Ball / McDonagh - Wild Horse Nine

CASTING

Leira & Serrano
BLACK BALL
•
Aibel
THE DEBUT
•
Maisler
DIGGER
•
Papsidera
THE ODYSSEY
•
Finn
WILD HORSE NINE

alternates
Sense & Sensibility / Social Reckoning

Supporting
ACTRESS

Esme Creed-Miles
SENSE & SENSIBILITY
•
Penelope Cruz
THE BLACK BALL
•
Anne Hathaway
THE ODYSSEY
•
Sandra Hüller
PROJECT HAIL MARY
•
Parker Posey
WILD HORSE NINE

alternates
Di Girolamo - Wild Horse 9 / Anderson - Teenage Sex & Death...

Supporting
ACTOR 

Steve Buscemi
WILD HORSE NINE
•
Paul Giamatti
THE DEBUT
•
John Goodman
DIGGER
•
David Oyelowo
CLARISSA
•
Mark Ruffalo
BEING HEUMANN

alternates
Ahmed - Digger / Banderas - Tony

Original
SCREENPLAY

Inarittu, Dinelaris, Giacobone, Berman
DIGGER
•
Mungiu
FJORD
•
Gray
PAPER TIGER 
•
Eisenberg
THE DEBUT
•
McDonagh
WILD HORSE NINE

alternates
Josephine / I Play Rocky

Adapted
SCREENPLAY

Hamaguchi & Le Dinma
ALL OF A SUDDEN
•
Heder
BEING HEUMANN
•
Nolan
THE ODYSSEY
•
Goddard
PROJECT HAIL MARY
•
Sorkin
THE SOCIAL RECKONING

alternates
Adventures of Cliff Booth / Clarissa

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Kracun
CRY TO HEAVEN
•
Lubezki
DIGGER
•
Sandgren
DUNE PART THREE
•
Van Hoytema
THE ODYSSEY
•
Fraser
PROJECT HAIL MARY

alternates
Werwulf / Black Ball

COSTUME DESIGN

Ford
CRY TO HEAVEN
•
O'Connor
JACK OF SPADES
•
Mirojnick
THE ODYSSEY
•
Snell
SENSE & SENSIBILITY
•
Durran
WUTHERING HEIGHTS

alternates
The Black Ball / Cliff Booth

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Davies
CRY TO HEAVEN 
•
Vermette
DUNE PART THREE
•
de Jong
THE ODYSSEY 
•
Wood
PROJECT HAIL MARY 
•
Lathrop
WERWULF

alternates
Digger / Backrooms

FILM EDITING

Gilroy
BEHEMOTH!
•
Gutierrez
THE BLACK BALL
•
Mirrione & O'Neill
DIGGER
•
Lame
THE ODYSSEY
•
Nielsen
WILD HORSE NINE

alternates
Digger / Backrooms

MAKEUP & HAIR

Marino
CLAYFACE
•
Bertolazzi & Hiro
DIGGER
•
Abel
THE ODYSSEY 
•
Blundell
WERWULF
•
Otvos & Dunckley
WICKER

alternates
Ebeneezer / I Play Rocky

VISUAL EFFECTS

DUNE PART THREE 

•
THE END OF OAK STREET
•
GODZILLA MINUS ZERO 
•
PROJECT HAIL MARY 
•
WILDWOOD

alternates
The Odyssey / Avengers Doomsday

ORIGINAL SCORE

Fernandez Miro
THE BLACK BALL
•
Williams
DISCLOSURE DAY
•
Goransson
THE ODYSSEY 
•
Pemberton
PROJECT HAIL MARY
•
Mosseri
THE DEBUT

alternates
The Social Reckoning / Jack of Spades

ORIGINAL SONG 

"???"
THE BLACK BALL
•
"Runway"
DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2
•
"???"
POWER BALLAD
•
"I Knew It, I Knew You"
TOY STORY 5
•
"???"
WILDWOOD

alternates
Hoppers / Mother Mary

SOUND

INTERNATIONAL FILM 

ALL OF A SUDDEN
France
•
BEN'IMANA
Rwanda
•
BLACK BALL
Spain
•
FJORD 
Norway / Romania
•
MINOTAUR
Latvia

ANIMATED FILM

Clichy
IRON BOY
•
Bird
RAY GUNN
•
Nelson
TANGLES
•
Stanton
TOY STORY 5
•
Knight
WILDWOOD

alternates
Hoppers / Forgotten Island 

DOCUMENTARY

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SHORTS, DOCUMENTARY

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SHORTS,
LIVE ACTION

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SHORTS,
ANIMATED

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