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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

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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

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2026 Oscars Ticket

Check out this year’s ticket and be sure to keep checking back as we begin placing wagers for the 2026 Oscars and build our ticket!

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

Current Total: +2160

2025 Total: +2160
2024 Total: +2100
2023 Total: +1880
2022 Total: +1740