Benji and I have spent the entire season having a blast with predictions covering the awards shows, and we have finally made it to the finish line. While we have battled it out on several categories, we have come to a close to the season by providing our final Oscar predictions in all categories.

Final: 2026 Oscar Predictions

Best Picture

• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• F1
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another – Ricky
• The Secret Agent
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners – Benji
• Train Dreams

Best Actor

• Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme – Ricky
• Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
• Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
• Michael B Jordan – Sinners – Benji
• Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent

Best Actress

• Jessie Buckley – Hamnet – Ricky and Benji
• Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
• Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue
• Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
• Emma Stone – Bugonia

Best Supporting Actress

• Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
• Amy Madigan – Weapons – Benji
• Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
• Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another – Ricky

Best Supporting Actor

• Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
• Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
• Delroy Lindo – Sinners
• Sean Penn – One Battle After Another – Ricky and Benji
• Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value

Best Director

• Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another – Ricky and Benji
• Ryan Coogler – Sinners
• Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
• Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
• Chloé Zhao – Hamnet

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• One Battle After Another – Ricky and Benji
• Train Dreams

Best Original Screenplay

• Blue Moon
• It Was Just an Accident
• Marty Supreme
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners – Ricky and Benji

Best Original Song

• Dear Me – Diane Warren: Relentless
• Golden – KPop Demon Hunters – Ricky and Benji
• I Lied to You – Sinners
• Sweet Dreams of Joy – Viva Verdi!
• Train Dreams – Train Dreams

Best Original Score

• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners – Ricky and Benji

Best international feature

• It Was Just an Accident
• Sentimental Value – Ricky and Benji
• Sirât
• The Secret Agent
• The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best Animated Feature

• Arco
• Elio
• KPop Demon Hunters – Ricky and Benji
• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
• Zootopia 2

Best Documentary Feature

• Come See Me in the Good Light
• Cutting Through the Rocks
• Mr. Nobody Against Putin
• The Alabama Solution
• The Perfect Neighbor – Ricky and Benji

Best Costume Design

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• Frankenstein – Ricky and Benji
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• Sinners

Best Make-up and Hairstyling

• Frankenstein – Ricky and Benji
• Kokuho
• Sinners
• The Smashing Machine
• The Ugly Stepsister

Best Production Design

• Frankenstein – Ricky and Benji
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners

Best Sound

• Frankenstein
• F1 – Ricky and Benji
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Sirât

Best Film Editing

• F1
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another – Ricky and Benji
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners

Best Cinematography

• Frankenstein
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another – Ricky and Benji
• Sinners
• Train Dreams

Best Visual Effects

• Avatar: Fire and Ash – Ricky and Benji
• F1
• Jurassic World Rebirth
• Sinners
• The Lost Bus

Best Live-action Short

• A Friend of Dorothy
• Butcher’s Stain
• Jane Austen’s Period Drama
• The Singers
• Two People Exchanging Saliva – Ricky and Benji

Best Animated Short

• Butterfly – Ricky
• Forevergreen
• Retirement Plan
• The Girl Who Cried Pearls – Benji
• The Three Sisters

Best Documentary Short

• All the Empty Rooms – Ricky and Benji
• Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
• Children No More: Were and Are Gone
• The Devil Is Busy
• Perfectly a Strangeness

Best Casting

• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners – Ricky and Benji
• The Secret Agent