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2026 Oscars Category Predictions

Below are rankings for 20 of the categories for the 2026 Oscars. Category rankings are only for reviewed films, as movies are ranked following analysis. Below all the category rankings are Best Bets, Overall Film Rankings and other betting odds as well.

Movies with a strikethrough in certain categories means they have been eliminated from contention in said category, based on the shortlist reveal from the Academy.

Films Reviewed: 104

2026 Oscars Best Picture Rankings

  1. Sentimental Value +1200
  2. It Was Just an Accident +5000
  3. One Battle After Another -250
  4. Hamnet +300
  5. Nouvelle Vague +4000
  6. Bugonia +2000
  7. Weapons +6500
  8. Sovereign
  9. Sorry, Baby +2000
  10. Sinners +700
  11. The Ballad of Wallis Island
  12. Twinless
  13. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery +20000
  14. Left-Handed Girl
  15. Jay Kelly +2500
  16. Blue Moon
  17. Frankenstein +2500
  18. Rental Family +4000
  19. The Baltimorons
  20. 28 Years Later +10000
  21. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba The Movie
  22. Train Dreams +5000
  23. Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
  24. The Lost Bus +4000
  25. Predator: Killer of Killers (Ineligible – no theater release)
  26. The History of Sound +6500
  27. The Long Walk
  28. Materialists +6500
  29. A Nice Indian Boy
  30. Sketch
  31. Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
  32. Splitsville
  33. Caught Stealing +3500
  34. The Smashing Machine +4000
  35. Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere +4000
  36. Fantastic Four: First Steps +10000
  37. F1: The Movie +5000
  38. Warfare
  39. A Little Prayer
  40. The Phoenician Scheme +6500
  41. Eddington +10000
  42. Superman +15000
  43. Mickey 17
  44. Black Bag
  45. Bob Trevino Likes It
  46. Queen of the Ring
  47. Friendship
  48. Roofman +5000
  49. Predator: Badlands
  50. Together
  51. The Friend
  52. Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
  53. Nonnas
  54. How To Train Your Dragon
  55. Deep Cover
  56. The Life of Chuck +2500
  57. KPop Demon Hunters
  58. Thunderbolts*
  59. Zootopia 2 +10000
  60. After The Hunt +2500
  61. Eleanor the Great +10000
  62. Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
  63. The Wedding Banquet
  64. Wicked: For Good +2500
  65. A House of Dynamite +10000

2026 Oscars Best Director Rankings

  1. Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another) -280
  2. Ryan Coogler (Sinners) +700
  3. Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value) +700
  4. Chloe Zhao (Hamnet) +300
  5. Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident) +900
  6. Richard Linklater (Nouvelle Vague) +10000
  7. Rian Johnson (Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery) +10000
  8. Yorgos Lanthimos (Bugonia) +1600
  9. Shih-Ching Tsou (Left-Handed Girl)
  10. Noah Baumbach (Jay Kelly) +2800
  11. Zach Cregger (Weapons) +6500
  12. Guillermo Del Torro (Frankenstein) +3500
  13. Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby)
  14. Benny Safdie (The Smashing Machine) +3500
  15. James Sweeney (Twinless)
  16. Richard Linklater (Blue Moon)
  17. Christian Swegal (Sovereign)
  18. Hikami (Rental Family)
  19. Oliver Hermanus (The History of Sound)
  20. Celine Song (Materialists)
  21. James Griffiths (The Ballad of Wallis Island)
  22. Embeth Davidtz (Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight)
  23. Jay Duplass (The Baltimorons)
  24. Danny Boyle (28 Years Later) +10000
  25. Clint Dempsey (Train Dreams)
  26. Paul Greengrass (The Lost Bus) +3500
  27. Dan Trachtenberg & Joshua Wassung (Predator: Killer of Killers) Ineligible – no theater release)
  28. Ray Mendoza & Alex Garland (Warfare)
  29. Luca Guadagnino (After The Hunt) +6500
  30. Wes Anderson (The Phoenician Scheme) +10000
  31. Ari Aster (Eddington) +6500
  32. Michael Shanks (Together)
  33. Matt Shakman (Fantastic Four: First Steps)
  34. Bong Joon Ho (Mickey 17)
  35. Michael Angelo Covino (Splitsville)
  36. Scott Cooper (Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere) +6500
  37. Joseph Kosinski (F1: The Movie) +10000
  38. James Gunn (Superman)
  39. Steven Soderbergh (Black Bag)
  40. Angus MacLachlan (A Little Prayer)
  41. Darren Aronofsky (Caught Stealing)
  42. Laura Piani (Jane Austen Wrecked My Life)
  43. Ash Avildsen (Queen of the Ring)
  44. Tracie Laymon (Bob Trevino Likes It)
  45. Andrew DeYoung (Friendship)
  46. Roshan Sethi (A Nice Indian Boy)
  47. Dean DeBlois (How To Train Your Dragon)
  48. Derek Cianfrance (Roofman) +6500
  49. Tom Kingsley (Deep Cover)
  50. Stephen Chbosky (Nonnas)
  51. Kathryn Bigelow (A House of Dynamite) +2800
  52. Mike Flanagan (The Life of Chuck) +6500
  53. Akiva Schaffer (The Naked Gun)
  54. Seth Worley (Sketch)
  55. Spike Lee (Highest 2 Lowest) +8000
  56. Jon Chu (Wicked: For Good) +2800

2026 Oscars Best Actor Rankings

  1. Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon) +1200
  2. Dylan O’Brien (Twinless)
  3. Dwayne Johnson (The Smashing Machine) +650
  4. Michael B. Jordan (Sinners) +650
  5. Oscar Isaac (Frankenstein) +4000
  6. Jesse Plemons (Bugonia) +1000
  7. Joel Edgerton (Train Dreams) +2500
  8. Josh O’Connor (Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery)
  9. Paul Mescal (The History of Sound)
  10. Matthew McConaughey (The Lost Bus) +1800
  11. Joaquin Phoenix (Eddington) +4000
  12. Paul Mescal (Hamnet) +1400
  13. Nick Offerman (Sovereign)
  14. Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another) +185
  15. Brendan Fraser (Rental Family) +2500
  16. George Clooney (Jay Kelly) +1600
  17. Robert Pattinson (Mickey 17)
  18. Daniel Day Lewis (Anemone) +1400
  19. Jeremy Allen White (Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere) +400
  20. Austin Butler (Caught Stealing) +3000
  21. Michael Strassner (The Baltimorons)
  22. David Strathairn (A Little Prayer)
  23. Channing Tatum (Roofman) +2800
  24. Vahid Mobasseri (It Was Just an Accident) +3500
  25. Denzel Washington (Highest 2 Lowest) +4000
  26. Cillian Murphy (Steve)
  27. Cooper Hoffman (The Long Walk)
  28. Guillaume Marbeck (Nouvelle Vague)
  29. Dave Franco (Together)
  30. Karan Soni (A Nice Indian Boy)
  31. John Leguizamo (Bob Trevino Likes It)
  32. Benicio Del Toro (The Phoenician Scheme)
  33. Steve Coogan (The Penguin Lessons)
  34. Brad Pitt (F1: The Movie) +5000
  35. Tom Basden (The Ballad of Wallis Island)
  36. Michael Fassbender (Black Bag)
  37. Kyle Marvin (Splitsville)
  38. Alfie Williams (28 Years Later)

2026 Oscars Best Actress Rankings

  1. Jessie Buckley (Hamnet) -340
  2. Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You) +300
  3. Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value) +500
  4. Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby) +4000
  5. Julia Roberts (After The Hunt) +3500
  6. June Squibb (Eleanor the Great) +3500
  7. Emma Stone (Bugonia) +1000
  8. America Ferrera (The Lost Bus) +6500
  9. Zoey Deutch (Nouvelle Vague)
  10. Alison Brie (Together)
  11. Dakota Johnson (Materialists)
  12. Barbie Ferreria (Bob Trevino Likes It)
  13. Naomi Watts (The Friend)
  14. Emily Bett Rickards (Queen of the Ring)
  15. Lexi Venter (Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight)
  16. Julia Garner (Weapons) +5000
  17. Liz Larsen (The Baltimorons)
  18. Elle Fanning (Predator: Badlands)
  19. Marian Afshari (It Was Just an Accident) +3500
  20. Vanessa Kirby (Fantastic Four: First Steps)
  21. Bryce Dallas Howard (Deep Cover)
  22. Cynthia Erivo (Wicked: For Good) +900
  23. Camille Rutherford (Jane Austen Wrecked My Life)
  24. Cate Blanchett (Black Bag)
  25. Tessa Thompson (Hedda) +3500
  26. Jane Levy (A Little Prayer)
  27. Dakota Johnson (Splitsville)
  28. Kelly Marie Tran (The Wedding Banquet)

2026 Oscars Best Supporting Actor Rankings

  1. Stellan Skarsgard (Sentimental Value) +175
  2. Sean Penn (One Battle After Another) -120
  3. Jacobi Jupe (Hamnet) +5000
  4. David Jonsson (The Long Walk)
  5. Tim Key (The Ballad of Wallis Island)
  6. Daniel Craig (Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery)
  7. Chris Evans (Materialists)
  8. Delroy Lindo (Sinners) +1600
  9. Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein) +1600
  10. Adam Sandler (Jay Kelly) +1400
  11. Akira Emoto (Rental Family) +1600
  12. Sean Bean (Anemone) +2000
  13. Andrew Scott (Blue Moon)
  14. William H Macy (Train Dreams) +6500
  15. Mohammad Ali Elyasmehr (It Was Just an Accident)
  16. Andrew Garfield (After The Hunt) +2000
  17. Jeremy Strong (Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere) +750
  18. Josh O’Connor (The History of Sound)
  19. Mark Hamill (The Life of Chuck)
  20. James Sweeney (Twinless)
  21. Jacob Tremblay (Sovereign)
  22. Charlie Plummer (The Long Walk)
  23. Josh Brolin (Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery)
  24. Gabriel Basso (A House of Dynamite)
  25. Ryan Bader (The Smashing Machine)
  26. Jeffrey Wright (Highest 2 Lowest)
  27. Michael Angelo Covino (Splitsville)
  28. Michael Ward (Eddington)
  29. Nicholas Hoult (Superman)
  30. Michael Cera (The Phoenician Scheme)
  31. Liev Schreiber (Caught Stealing)
  32. Chiwetel Ejiofor (The Life of Chuck)
  33. Pablo Pauly (Jane Austen Wrecked My Life)
  34. Orlando Bloom (Deep Cover)
  35. Aidan Delbis (Bugonia)
  36. Tracy Letts (A House of Dynamite)
  37. Aaron Taylor-Johnson (28 Years Later)
  38. Nick Frost (How To Train Your Dragon)
  39. Mark Ruffalo (Mickey 17)
  40. Steven Yeun (Mickey 17)
  41. Jack O’Connell (Sinners) +1600
  42. Benicio Del Toro (One Battle After Another) +500
  43. Christoph Waltz (Frankenstein)
  44. Stephen Graham (Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere)
  45. Garrett Wareing (The Long Walk)
  46. Charlie Anson (Jane Austen Wrecked My Life)
  47. Pedro Pascal (Eddington)
  48. Teng-Hui Huang (Left-Handed Girl)
  49. Jay Lycurgo (Steve)
  50. Peter Dinklage (Roofman)
  51. Michael Stuhlbarg (After The Hunt)
  52. Conan O’Brien (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)
  53. Jeff Goldblum (Wicked: For Good)
  54. Damon Herriman (Together)
  55. Javier Bardem (F1: The Movie)
  56. Josh Lucas (Queen of the Ring)
  57. Gerard Butler (How To Train Your Dragon)
  58. Ralph Fiennes (28 Years Later)
  59. Joseph Quinn (Warfare)
  60. Paul Ruud (Friendship)
  61. LaKeith Stanfield (Roofman)
  62. Pedro Pascal (Materialists)
  63. Jonathan Groff (A Nice Indian Boy)
  64. Damson Idris (F1: The Movie)
  65. Tom Burke (Black Bag)
  66. Nick Mohammed (Deep Cover)
  67. Miles Caton (Sinners) +1600
  68. Bowen Yang (The Wedding Banquet)

2026 Oscars Best Supporting Actress Rankings

  1. Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value) +500
  2. Emily Blunt (The Smashing Machine) +1000
  3. Glenn Close (Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery) +4000
  4. Embeth Davidtz (Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight)
  5. Jodi Comer (28 Years Later)
  6. Amy Madigan (Weapons) +250
  7. Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value) +1000
  8. Nina Hoss (Hedda) +6500
  9. Shih-Yuan Ma (Left-Handed Girl)
  10. Aisling Franciosi (Twinless)
  11. Naomi Ackie (Sorry, Baby)
  12. Ariana Grande (Wicked: For Good) +100
  13. Janel Tsai (Left-Handed Girl)
  14. Emily Watson (Hamnet) +10000
  15. Zoe Winters (Materialists)
  16. Hailee Steinfeld (Sinners) +2000
  17. Toni Collette (Mickey 17)
  18. Regina Hall (One Battle After Another) +4000
  19. Odessa Young (Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere)
  20. Youn Yuh-jung (The Wedding Banquet)
  21. Kate Mara (Friendship)
  22. Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners) +1600
  23. Felicity Jones (Train Dreams) +6500
  24. Erin Kellyman (Eleanor the Great)
  25. Mari Yamamoto (Rental Family) +5000
  26. Celia Weston (A Little Prayer)
  27. Kirsten Dunst (Roofman) +3500
  28. Grace Edwards (Jay Kelly)
  29. Mia Goth (Frankenstein) +10000
  30. Olivia Luccardi (The Baltimorons)
  31. Mia Threapleton (The Phoenician Scheme)
  32. Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another) +175
  33. Rebecca Ferguson (A House of Dynamite) +4000
  34. Marisa Abela (Black Bag)
  35. Emma Stone (Eddington)
  36. Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another) +150
  37. Karen Gillian (The Life of Chuck)
  38. Tracey Ullman (Steve)
  39. Lorraine Bracco (Nonnas)
  40. Lily Gladstone (The Wedding Banquet)
  41. Ayo Edebiri (After The Hunt) +6500
  42. Laura Dern (Jay Kelly) +4000
  43. Adria Arjona (Splitsville)
  44. Zarna Garg (A Nice Indian Boy)
  45. Carey Mulligan (The Ballad of Wallis Island)
  46. Kerry Condon (F1: The Movie)
  47. Margret Qualley (Blue Moon)
  48. Dascha Polanco (A Little Prayer)
  49. Regina King (Caught Stealing)
  50. Naomi Ackie (Mickey 17)
  51. Zoe Kravitz (Caught Stealing)
  52. Sunita Mani (A Nice Indian Boy)

2026 Oscars Best Original Screenplay Ranking

  1. Sentimental Value
  2. It Was Just an Accident
  3. Weapons
  4. Sorry, Baby
  5. Sinners
  6. Twinless
  7. Left-Handed Girl
  8. Sovereign
  9. Rental Family
  10. Eddington
  11. Jay Kelly
  12. The Baltimorons
  13. Together
  14. Materialists
  15. Sketch
  16. Splitsville
  17. Deep Cover
  18. The Phoenician Scheme
  19. Roofman
  20. Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
  21. Black Bag
  22. Bob Trevino Likes It
  23. Friendship
  24. A House of Dynamite
  25. A Little Prayer
  26. Eleanor the Great
  27. Highest 2 Lowest
  28. After The Hunt

2026 Oscars Best Adapted Screenplay Rankings

  1. One Battle After Another
  2. Hamnet
  3. Blue Moon
  4. Nouvelle Vague
  5. Bugonia
  6. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
  7. Frankenstein
  8. The Ballad of Wallis Island
  9. Train Dreams
  10. The Smashing Machine
  11. A Nice Indian Boy
  12. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba The Movie
  13. Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
  14. Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
  15. 28 Years Later
  16. The History of Sound
  17. Predator: Killer of Killers (Ineligible – no theater release)
  18. The Long Walk
  19. Caught Stealing
  20. Predator: Badlands
  21. Fantastic Four: First Steps
  22. Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
  23. F1: The Movie
  24. Superman
  25. Nonnas
  26. Mickey 17
  27. The Friend
  28. Queen of the Ring
  29. How To Train Your Dragon
  30. Warfare
  31. The Life of Chuck
  32. The Naked Gun
  33. Zootopia 2
  34. Hedda
  35. Wicked: For Good
  36. The Wedding Banquet

2026 Oscars Best Cinematography Rankings

  1. One Battle After Another
  2. Nouvelle Vague
  3. Bugonia
  4. Frankenstein
  5. Sinners
  6. Train Dreams
  7. Sentimental Value
  8. 28 Years Later
  9. Weapons
  10. The Smashing Machine
  11. F1: The Movie
  12. Hamnet
  13. Anemone
  14. Predator: Badlands
  15. Wicked: For Good
  16. Rental Family
  17. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
  18. The History of Sound
  19. Together
  20. Materialists
  21. The Ballad of Wallis Island
  22. Sovereign
  23. How To Train Your Dragon
  24. Eddington
  25. Warfare
  26. The Phoenician Scheme
  27. It Was Just an Accident
  28. Superman
  29. The Long Walk
  30. Fantastic Four: First Steps
  31. Blue Moon
  32. Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning
  33. Mickey 17
  34. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba The Movie
  35. Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
  36. Jay Kelly
  37. The Baltimorons
  38. Highest 2 Lowest
  39. Twinless
  40. Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
  41. Black Bag
  42. Sorry, Baby
  43. Queen of the Ring
  44. Predator: Killer of Killers (Ineligible – no theater release)
  45. Sketch
  46. Caught Stealing
  47. Architecton
  48. Friendship
  49. Roofman
  50. A Nice Indian Boy
  51. The Life of Chuck
  52. The Friend
  53. A House of Dynamite
  54. Hedda
  55. Ballerina
  56. Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
  57. Steve

2026 Oscars Best Animated Film Rankings

  1. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba The Movie +2500
  2. Little Amelie or the Character of Rain +1400
  3. Predator: Killer of Killers (Ineligible – no theater release)
  4. KPop Demon Hunters -175
  5. Zootopia 2 +200
  6. Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
  7. Boys Go to Jupiter
  8. The Colors Within
  9. Lost in Starlight +4000
  10. Ne Zha II +600
  11. In Your Dreams +1600
  12. The Bad Guys 2 +5000
  13. Night of the Zoopocalypse
  14. Elio +1000
  15. Dog Man +4000

2026 Oscars Best Documentary Rankings

  1. Deaf President Now
  2. The Perfect Neighbor
  3. My Mom Jayne
  4. Predators
  5. 2000 Meters to Andriivka
  6. Apocalypse in the Tropics
  7. Architecton
  8. Love + War
  9. It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley
  10. Thank You Very Much
  11. Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey
  12. Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5
  13. Come See Me in the Good Light
  14. Mistress Dispeller
  15. John Candy: I Like Me
  16. Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
  17. Grenfell: Uncovered
  18. Stans

2026 Oscars Best International Film Rankings

  1. Sentimental Value (Norway)
  2. It Was Just an Accident (France)
  3. Left-Handed Girl (Taiwan)
  4. 2000 Meters to Andriivka (Ukraine)

2026 Oscars Best Production Design Rankings

  1. Wicked: For Good
  2. Frankenstein
  3. Hamnet
  4. Nouvelle Vague
  5. The History of Sound
  6. Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
  7. Fantastic Four: First Steps
  8. Blue Moon
  9. One Battle After Another
  10. How To Train Your Dragon
  11. Queen of the Ring
  12. The Phoenician Scheme
  13. Sinners
  14. Train Dreams
  15. Hedda
  16. Sentimental Value
  17. Bugonia
  18. Eddington
  19. The Smashing Machine
  20. Predator: Badlands
  21. Superman
  22. The Lost Bus
  23. Mickey 17
  24. A House of Dynamite
  25. Roofman
  26. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
  27. Nonnas
  28. 28 Years Later
  29. The Penguin Lessons
  30. Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning
  31. Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
  32. Weapons
  33. The Naked Gun
  34. The Life of Chuck
  35. Steve
  36. Rental Family
  37. Highest 2 Lowest
  38. Together
  39. Ballerina
  40. Sorry, Baby
  41. Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
  42. The Ballad of Wallis Island
  43. Sketch
  44. Splitsville
  45. Materialists
  46. Deep Cover
  47. Twinless
  48. After The Hunt

2026 Oscars Best Costume Design Rankings

  1. Sinners
  2. Wicked: For Good
  3. Hamnet
  4. Frankenstein
  5. The History of Sound
  6. The Phoenician Scheme
  7. How To Train Your Dragon
  8. Nouvelle Vague
  9. Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
  10. One Battle After Another
  11. Fantastic Four: First Steps
  12. Queen of the Ring
  13. Hedda
  14. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
  15. Blue Moon
  16. Train Dreams
  17. Eddington
  18. Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
  19. The Penguin Lessons
  20. Highest 2 Lowest
  21. Superman
  22. Caught Stealing
  23. Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
  24. Mickey 17
  25. Bugonia
  26. The Life of Chuck
  27. Predator: Badlands
  28. The Smashing Machine
  29. The Wedding Banquet
  30. 28 Years Later
  31. Deep Cover
  32. Sketch
  33. The Long Walk
  34. Jay Kelly
  35. Twinless
  36. A Little Prayer

2026 Oscars Best Makeup & Hairstyle Rankings

  1. Wicked: For Good
  2. Frankenstein
  3. The Smashing Machine
  4. 28 Years Later
  5. How To Train Your Dragon
  6. Weapons
  7. Blue Moon
  8. Warfare
  9. Queen of the Ring
  10. One Battle After Another
  11. Train Dreams
  12. Caught Stealing
  13. Sinners
  14. Superman
  15. Hedda
  16. Bugonia
  17. Hamnet
  18. Eddington
  19. Predator: Badlands
  20. Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
  21. Together
  22. The Phoenician Scheme
  23. Sketch
  24. Nouvelle Vague
  25. The Long Walk
  26. Mickey 17
  27. Thunderbolts*
  28. Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
  29. The History of Sound
  30. Jay Kelly
  31. The Naked Gun
  32. Ballerina
  33. Twinless

2026 Oscars Best Sound Rankings

  1. Sinners
  2. Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
  3. F1: The Movie
  4. Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
  5. The History of Sound
  6. 28 Years Later
  7. One Battle After Another
  8. Predator: Badlands
  9. The Smashing Machine
  10. Warfare
  11. The Life of Chuck
  12. Weapons
  13. The Lost Bus
  14. Hamnet
  15. Together
  16. Deaf President Now
  17. Frankenstein
  18. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba The Movie
  19. Wicked: For Good
  20. Train Dreams
  21. Thunderbolts*
  22. Superman
  23. Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning
  24. Bugonia
  25. Sovereign
  26. Ballerina
  27. Mickey 17
  28. Predator: Killer of Killers
  29. Fantastic Four: First Steps
  30. The Long Walk
  31. Nouvelle Vague
  32. The Colors Within
  33. Jurassic World Rebirth
  34. Captain America: Brave New World
  35. How To Train Your Dragon
  36. Queen of the Ring
  37. The Phoenician Scheme
  38. Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
  39. Sketch
  40. If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
  41. After The Hunt

2026 Oscars Best Score Rankings

  1. Sentimental Value
  2. Bugonia
  3. One Battle After Another
  4. Frankenstein
  5. Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
  6. Train Dreams
  7. Jay Kelly
  8. Friendship
  9. Eddington
  10. The Phoenician Scheme
  11. Sinners
  12. Tron: Ares
  13. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
  14. The History of Sound
  15. Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
  16. Hamnet
  17. Rental Family
  18. The Smashing Machine
  19. Sketch
  20. Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
  21. Materialists
  22. After The Hunt
  23. Predator: Killer of Killers (Ineligible – no theater release)
  24. The Ballad of Wallis Island
  25. Weapons
  26. Sovereign
  27. The Friend
  28. 28 Years Later
  29. The Life of Chuck
  30. The Long Walk
  31. Anemone
  32. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba The Movie
  33. Fantastic Four: First Steps
  34. Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
  35. Wicked: For Good
  36. Hedda
  37. Together
  38. Sorry, Baby
  39. The Penguin Lessons
  40. Mickey 17
  41. Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
  42. Black Bag
  43. Architecton
  44. Queen of the Ring
  45. The Colors Within
  46. How To Train Your Dragon
  47. Roofman
  48. Eleanor the Great
  49. Nonnas
  50. Boys Go to Jupiter
  51. F1: The Movie
  52. A Nice Indian Boy
  53. Elio
  54. A House of Dynamite
  55. Ballerina
  56. The Wedding Banquet
  57. Captain America: Brave New World

2026 Oscars Best Original Song Rankings

  1. ‘I Lied To You’ by Miles Caton (Sinners)
  2. ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ by Aiyanna-Lee & Adriano Celentano (Highest 2 Lowest)
  3. ‘No Place Like Home’ by Cynthia Erivo (Wicked: For Good)
  4. ‘Golden’ by EJAE, Audrey Nuna & Rei Ami (KPop Demon Hunters)
  5. ‘Zoo’ by Shakira (Zootopia 2)
  6. ‘Train Dreams’ by Nick Cave (Train Dreams)
  7. ‘Pale, Pale, Moon’ by Jayme Lawson & Brittany Howard (Sinners)
  8. ‘Last Time I Seen The Sun’ by Alice Smith and Miles Caton (Sinners)
  9. ‘Just Keep Watching’ by Tate McRae (F1: The Movie)
  10. ‘My Baby’ by Japanese Breakfast (Materialists)
  11. ‘What It Sounds Like’ by EJAE, Audrey Nuna & Rei Ami (KPop Demon Hunters)
  12. ‘Both Eyes Closed’ by A$AP Rocky (Highest 2 Lowest)
  13. ‘Dangerous’ by Hailee Steinfeld (Sinners)
  14. ‘Takedown’ by Twice (KPop Demon Hunters)
  15. ‘Give Your Love’ by Tom Masden & Carey Mulligan (The Ballad of Wallis Island)
  16. ‘As Alive As You Need Me To Be’ by Nine Inch Nails (Tron: Ares)
  17. ‘The Girl In The Bubble’ by Ariana Grande (Wicked: For Good)
  18. ‘How It’s Done’ by EJAE, Audrey Nuna & Rei Ami (KPop Demon Hunters)
  19. ‘Lose My Mind’ by Don Toliver & Doja Cat (F1: The Movie)
  20. ‘Drive’ by Ed Sheeran (F1: The Movie)
  21. ‘Prisencolin (Americano Joint)’ by Aiyanna-Lee (Highest 2 Lowest)
  22. ‘GOODLIFE’ by Gary Go & WizTheMC (The Bad Guys 2)
  23. ‘Supa Good’ by Yung Gravy & James Brown (Dog Man)

2026 Oscars Best Film Editing Rankings

  1. Sentimental Value
  2. One Battle After Another
  3. Hamnet
  4. It Was Just an Accident
  5. Bugonia
  6. Weapons
  7. Sinners
  8. Nouvelle Vague
  9. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
  10. Blue Moon
  11. Frankenstein
  12. Train Dreams
  13. Jay Kelly
  14. Rental Family
  15. Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
  16. The Smashing Machine
  17. Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
  18. 28 Years Later
  19. Materialists
  20. The Ballad of Wallis Island
  21. Sovereign
  22. Sorry, Baby
  23. The Lost Bus
  24. F1: The Movie
  25. The History of Sound
  26. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba The Movie
  27. Twinless
  28. Predator: Killer of Killers (Ineligible – no theater release)
  29. Warfare
  30. The Phoenician Scheme
  31. Eddington
  32. A House of Dynamite
  33. Sketch
  34. The Long Walk
  35. Caught Stealing
  36. Predator: Badlands
  37. If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
  38. Together
  39. Fantastic Four: First Steps
  40. The Life of Chuck
  41. Mickey 17
  42. Queen of the Ring
  43. Bob Trevino Likes It
  44. The Baltimorons
  45. Splitsville
  46. A Nice Indian Boy
  47. How To Train Your Dragon
  48. Roofman
  49. Wicked: For Good
  50. Anemone
  51. A Little Prayer
  52. Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
  53. Nonnas

2026 Oscars Best Visual Effects Rankings

  1. Wicked: For Good
  2. Predator: Badlands
  3. Superman
  4. Tron: Ares
  5. How To Train Your Dragon
  6. Fantastic Four: First Steps
  7. The Lost Bus
  8. Warfare
  9. Mickey 17
  10. Thunderbolts*
  11. F1: The Movie
  12. Ne Zha II
  13. Jurassic World Rebirth
  14. Sketch
  15. Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning
  16. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba The Movie
  17. Train Dreams
  18. Frankenstein
  19. Together
  20. 28 Years Later
  21. Ballerina
  22. The Naked Gun
  23. Captain America: Brave New World
  24. Sinners


2026 Oscars Film Review Rankings

  1. Sentimental Value
  2. It Was Just an Accident
  3. One Battle After Another
  4. Hamnet
  5. Nouvelle Vague
  6. Bugonia
  7. Weapons
  8. Sovereign
  9. Sorry, Baby
  10. Sinners
  11. Twinless
  12. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
  13. The Ballad of Wallis Island
  14. Left-Handed Girl
  15. Blue Moon
  16. Frankenstein
  17. Rental Family
  18. Jay Kelly
  19. The Baltimorons
  20. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba The Movie
  21. Train Dreams
  22. Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
  23. 28 Years Later
  24. The Lost Bus
  25. Predator: Killer of Killers
  26. Deaf President Now
  27. A Nice Indian Boy
  28. Sketch
  29. KPop Demon Hunters
  30. Predator: Badlands
  31. The Perfect Neighbor
  32. Materialists
  33. The History of Sound
  34. The Long Walk
  35. Zootopia 2
  36. My Mom Jayne
  37. A Little Prayer
  38. Predators
  39. Splitsville
  40. Caught Stealing
  41. The Smashing Machine
  42. Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
  43. 2000 Meters to Andriivka
  44. Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
  45. Together
  46. Fantastic Four: First Steps
  47. F1: The Movie
  48. Apocalypse in the Tropics
  49. Warfare
  50. Architecton
  51. The Phoenician Scheme
  52. Eddington
  53. Love + War
  54. Superman
  55. It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley
  56. Mickey 17
  57. Black Bag
  58. Bob Trevino Likes It
  59. Thank You Very Much
  60. Queen of the Ring
  61. Friendship
  62. If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
  63. The Friend
  64. Thunderbolts*
  65. Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
  66. Roofman
  67. Boys Go to Jupiter
  68. Deep Cover
  69. Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey
  70. Nonnas
  71. How To Train Your Dragon
  72. The Colors Within
  73. Lost in Starlight
  74. Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5
  75. Come See Me in the Good Light
  76. Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning
  77. Ne Zha II
  78. Mistress Dispeller
  79. John Candy: I Like Me
  80. The Penguin Lessons
  81. The Life of Chuck
  82. In Your Dreams
  83. The Naked Gun
  84. A House of Dynamite
  85. The Bad Guys 2
  86. Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
  87. Hedda
  88. Night of the Zoopocalypse
  89. Eleanor the Great
  90. Elio
  91. Wicked: For Good
  92. After The Hunt
  93. Highest 2 Lowest
  94. Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
  95. Grenfell: Uncovered
  96. Dog Man
  97. Tron: Ares
  98. Anemone
  99. Stans
  100. The Wedding Banquet
  101. Steve
  102. Ballerina
  103. Jurassic World Rebirth
  104. Captain America: Brave New World


2026 Oscars Ticket

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  • Best Supporting Actor – Benicio Del Toro +2000 (1u)
  • Best Supporting Actress – Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas +500 (2u)

Current Total: +2160

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