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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: 107

2026 Oscars Best Picture Rankings

  1. Sentimental Value +2000
  2. Marty Supreme +800
  3. It Was Just an Accident +5000
  4. One Battle After Another -330
  5. Hamnet +300
  6. Nouvelle Vague +5000
  7. Bugonia +2000
  8. Weapons +15000
  9. Sovereign
  10. Sorry Baby +2000
  11. Sinners +800
  12. The Ballad of Wallis Island
  13. Twinless
  14. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery +20000
  15. Left-Handed Girl
  16. Jay Kelly +2000
  17. Blue Moon
  18. Frankenstein +2500
  19. Rental Family +4000
  20. The Baltimorons
  21. 28 Years Later +10000
  22. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba The Movie
  23. Train Dreams +5000
  24. Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
  25. The Lost Bus +4000
  26. Predator: Killer of Killers (Ineligible – no theater release)
  27. The History of Sound +6500
  28. The Long Walk
  29. Materialists +6500
  30. A Nice Indian Boy
  31. Sketch
  32. Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
  33. Splitsville
  34. Caught Stealing +3500
  35. The Smashing Machine +4000
  36. Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere +4000
  37. Fantastic Four: First Steps +10000
  38. F1: The Movie +5000
  39. Warfare
  40. A Little Prayer
  41. The Phoenician Scheme +6500
  42. Eddington +10000
  43. Superman +15000
  44. Mickey 17
  45. Black Bag
  46. Bob Trevino Likes It
  47. Queen of the Ring
  48. Friendship
  49. Roofman +5000
  50. Predator: Badlands
  51. Together
  52. The Friend
  53. Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
  54. Nonnas
  55. How To Train Your Dragon
  56. Deep Cover
  57. The Life of Chuck +2500
  58. KPop Demon Hunters
  59. Thunderbolts*
  60. Zootopia 2 +10000
  61. After The Hunt +2500
  62. Eleanor the Great +10000
  63. Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
  64. The Wedding Banquet
  65. Wicked: For Good +2500
  66. A House of Dynamite +10000

2026 Oscars Best Director Rankings

  1. Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another) -400
  2. Ryan Coogler (Sinners) +700
  3. Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value) +700
  4. Chloe Zhao (Hamnet) +350
  5. Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident) +900
  6. Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme) +1400
  7. Richard Linklater (Nouvelle Vague) +10000
  8. Rian Johnson (Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery) +10000
  9. Yorgos Lanthimos (Bugonia) +2500
  10. Shih-Ching Tsou (Left-Handed Girl)
  11. Noah Baumbach (Jay Kelly) +4000
  12. Zach Cregger (Weapons) +6500
  13. Guillermo Del Torro (Frankenstein) +1000
  14. Eva Victor (Sorry Baby)
  15. Benny Safdie (The Smashing Machine) +3500
  16. James Sweeney (Twinless)
  17. Richard Linklater (Blue Moon)
  18. Christian Swegal (Sovereign)
  19. Hikami (Rental Family) +3500
  20. Oliver Hermanus (The History of Sound)
  21. Celine Song (Materialists)
  22. James Griffiths (The Ballad of Wallis Island)
  23. Embeth Davidtz (Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight)
  24. Jay Duplass (The Baltimorons)
  25. Danny Boyle (28 Years Later) +10000
  26. Clint Dempsey (Train Dreams)
  27. Paul Greengrass (The Lost Bus) +3500
  28. Dan Trachtenberg & Joshua Wassung (Predator: Killer of Killers) Ineligible – no theater release)
  29. Ray Mendoza & Alex Garland (Warfare)
  30. Luca Guadagnino (After The Hunt) +6500
  31. Wes Anderson (The Phoenician Scheme) +10000
  32. Ari Aster (Eddington) +6500
  33. Michael Shanks (Together)
  34. Matt Shakman (Fantastic Four: First Steps)
  35. Bong Joon Ho (Mickey 17)
  36. Michael Angelo Covino (Splitsville)
  37. Scott Cooper (Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere) +6500
  38. Joseph Kosinski (F1: The Movie) +10000
  39. James Gunn (Superman)
  40. Steven Soderbergh (Black Bag)
  41. Angus MacLachlan (A Little Prayer)
  42. Darren Aronofsky (Caught Stealing)
  43. Laura Piani (Jane Austen Wrecked My Life)
  44. Ash Avildsen (Queen of the Ring)
  45. Tracie Laymon (Bob Trevino Likes It)
  46. Andrew DeYoung (Friendship)
  47. Roshan Sethi (A Nice Indian Boy)
  48. Dean DeBlois (How To Train Your Dragon)
  49. Derek Cianfrance (Roofman) +6500
  50. Tom Kingsley (Deep Cover)
  51. Stephen Chbosky (Nonnas)
  52. Kathryn Bigelow (A House of Dynamite) +2800
  53. Mike Flanagan (The Life of Chuck) +6500
  54. Akiva Schaffer (The Naked Gun)
  55. Seth Worley (Sketch)
  56. Spike Lee (Highest 2 Lowest) +8000
  57. Jon Chu (Wicked: For Good) +2800

2026 Oscars Best Actor Rankings

  1. Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon) +500
  2. Timothee Chalamet (Marty Supreme) -200
  3. Dylan O’Brien (Twinless)
  4. Dwayne Johnson (The Smashing Machine) +650
  5. Michael B. Jordan (Sinners) +650
  6. Oscar Isaac (Frankenstein) +4000
  7. Jesse Plemons (Bugonia) +1000
  8. Joel Edgerton (Train Dreams) +2500
  9. Josh O’Connor (Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery)
  10. Paul Mescal (The History of Sound)
  11. Matthew McConaughey (The Lost Bus) +1800
  12. Joaquin Phoenix (Eddington) +4000
  13. Paul Mescal (Hamnet) +1400
  14. Nick Offerman (Sovereign)
  15. Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another) +225
  16. Brendan Fraser (Rental Family) +2500
  17. George Clooney (Jay Kelly) +1600
  18. Robert Pattinson (Mickey 17)
  19. Daniel Day Lewis (Anemone) +1400
  20. Jeremy Allen White (Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere) +400
  21. Austin Butler (Caught Stealing) +3000
  22. Michael Strassner (The Baltimorons)
  23. David Strathairn (A Little Prayer)
  24. Channing Tatum (Roofman) +2800
  25. Vahid Mobasseri (It Was Just an Accident) +3500
  26. Denzel Washington (Highest 2 Lowest) +4000
  27. Cillian Murphy (Steve)
  28. Cooper Hoffman (The Long Walk)
  29. Guillaume Marbeck (Nouvelle Vague)
  30. Collin Farrell (Ballad of a Small Player)
  31. Dave Franco (Together)
  32. Karan Soni (A Nice Indian Boy)
  33. John Leguizamo (Bob Trevino Likes It)
  34. Benicio Del Toro (The Phoenician Scheme)
  35. Steve Coogan (The Penguin Lessons)
  36. Brad Pitt (F1: The Movie) +5000
  37. Tom Basden (The Ballad of Wallis Island)
  38. Michael Fassbender (Black Bag)
  39. Kyle Marvin (Splitsville)
  40. 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. Odessa A’zion (Marty Supreme)
  3. Emily Blunt (The Smashing Machine) +1000
  4. Glenn Close (Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery) +4000
  5. Embeth Davidtz (Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight)
  6. Jodi Comer (28 Years Later)
  7. Amy Madigan (Weapons) +250
  8. Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value) +1000
  9. Nina Hoss (Hedda) +6500
  10. Shih-Yuan Ma (Left-Handed Girl)
  11. Aisling Franciosi (Twinless)
  12. Naomi Ackie (Sorry Baby)
  13. Ariana Grande (Wicked: For Good) +100
  14. Janel Tsai (Left-Handed Girl)
  15. Emily Watson (Hamnet) +10000
  16. Zoe Winters (Materialists)
  17. Hailee Steinfeld (Sinners) +2000
  18. Toni Collette (Mickey 17)
  19. Regina Hall (One Battle After Another) +4000
  20. Odessa Young (Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere)
  21. Youn Yuh-jung (The Wedding Banquet)
  22. Kate Mara (Friendship)
  23. Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners) +1600
  24. Felicity Jones (Train Dreams) +6500
  25. Erin Kellyman (Eleanor the Great)
  26. Mari Yamamoto (Rental Family) +5000
  27. Celia Weston (A Little Prayer)
  28. Kirsten Dunst (Roofman) +3500
  29. Grace Edwards (Jay Kelly)
  30. Mia Goth (Frankenstein) +10000
  31. Olivia Luccardi (The Baltimorons)
  32. Mia Threapleton (The Phoenician Scheme)
  33. Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another) +175
  34. Rebecca Ferguson (A House of Dynamite) +4000
  35. Marisa Abela (Black Bag)
  36. Emma Stone (Eddington)
  37. Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another) +150
  38. Gwyneth Paltrow (Marty Supreme) +2000
  39. Karen Gillian (The Life of Chuck)
  40. Tracey Ullman (Steve)
  41. Lorraine Bracco (Nonnas)
  42. Lily Gladstone (The Wedding Banquet)
  43. Ayo Edebiri (After The Hunt) +6500
  44. Laura Dern (Jay Kelly) +4000
  45. Adria Arjona (Splitsville)
  46. Zarna Garg (A Nice Indian Boy)
  47. Carey Mulligan (The Ballad of Wallis Island)
  48. Kerry Condon (F1: The Movie)
  49. Tilda Swinton (Ballad of a Small Player)
  50. Margret Qualley (Blue Moon)
  51. Dascha Polanco (A Little Prayer)
  52. Regina King (Caught Stealing)
  53. Naomi Ackie (Mickey 17)
  54. Zoe Kravitz (Caught Stealing)
  55. Sunita Mani (A Nice Indian Boy)

2026 Oscars Best Original Screenplay Ranking

  1. Sentimental Value
  2. Marty Supreme
  3. It Was Just an Accident
  4. Weapons
  5. Sorry Baby
  6. Sinners
  7. Twinless
  8. Left-Handed Girl
  9. Sovereign
  10. Rental Family
  11. Eddington
  12. Jay Kelly
  13. The Baltimorons
  14. Together
  15. Materialists
  16. Sketch
  17. Splitsville
  18. Deep Cover
  19. The Phoenician Scheme
  20. Roofman
  21. Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
  22. Black Bag
  23. Bob Trevino Likes It
  24. Friendship
  25. A House of Dynamite
  26. A Little Prayer
  27. Eleanor the Great
  28. Highest 2 Lowest
  29. 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. Marty Supreme
  15. Predator: Badlands
  16. Wicked: For Good
  17. Ballad of a Small Player
  18. Rental Family
  19. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
  20. The History of Sound
  21. Together
  22. Materialists
  23. The Ballad of Wallis Island
  24. Sovereign
  25. How To Train Your Dragon
  26. Eddington
  27. Warfare
  28. The Phoenician Scheme
  29. It Was Just an Accident
  30. Superman
  31. The Long Walk
  32. Fantastic Four: First Steps
  33. Blue Moon
  34. Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning
  35. Mickey 17
  36. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba The Movie
  37. Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
  38. Jay Kelly
  39. The Baltimorons
  40. Highest 2 Lowest
  41. Twinless
  42. Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
  43. Black Bag
  44. Sorry Baby
  45. Queen of the Ring
  46. Predator: Killer of Killers (Ineligible – no theater release)
  47. Sketch
  48. Caught Stealing
  49. Architecton
  50. Friendship
  51. Roofman
  52. A Nice Indian Boy
  53. The Life of Chuck
  54. The Friend
  55. A House of Dynamite
  56. Hedda
  57. Ballerina
  58. Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
  59. 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. Cover-Up
  4. My Mom Jayne
  5. Predators
  6. 2000 Meters to Andriivka
  7. Apocalypse in the Tropics
  8. Architecton
  9. Love + War
  10. It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley
  11. Thank You Very Much
  12. Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey
  13. Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5
  14. Come See Me in the Good Light
  15. Mistress Dispeller
  16. John Candy: I Like Me
  17. Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
  18. Grenfell: Uncovered
  19. 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. Marty Supreme
  5. Nouvelle Vague
  6. The History of Sound
  7. Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
  8. Fantastic Four: First Steps
  9. Blue Moon
  10. One Battle After Another
  11. How To Train Your Dragon
  12. Queen of the Ring
  13. The Phoenician Scheme
  14. Sinners
  15. Train Dreams
  16. Hedda
  17. Sentimental Value
  18. Bugonia
  19. Eddington
  20. The Smashing Machine
  21. Predator: Badlands
  22. Superman
  23. The Lost Bus
  24. Mickey 17
  25. A House of Dynamite
  26. Roofman
  27. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
  28. Ballad of a Small Player
  29. Nonnas
  30. 28 Years Later
  31. The Penguin Lessons
  32. Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning
  33. Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
  34. Weapons
  35. The Naked Gun
  36. The Life of Chuck
  37. Steve
  38. Rental Family
  39. Highest 2 Lowest
  40. Together
  41. Ballerina
  42. Sorry Baby
  43. Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
  44. The Ballad of Wallis Island
  45. Sketch
  46. Splitsville
  47. Materialists
  48. Deep Cover
  49. Twinless
  50. After The Hunt

2026 Oscars Best Costume Design Rankings

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


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)
  • Best Actress – Rose Byrne +300 (1u)

Current Total: +2160

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

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