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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: 109

2026 Oscars Best Picture Rankings

1. Sentimental Value
   Odds: +2000
2. Marty Supreme
   Odds: +800
3. It Was Just an Accident
   Odds: +5000
4. One Battle After Another
   Odds: -330
5. Hamnet
   Odds: +300
6. Nouvelle Vague
   Odds: +5000
7. Bugonia
   Odds: +2000
8. Weapons
   Odds: +15000
9. Sovereign
10. Sorry, Baby
    Odds: +3500
11. Sinners
    Odds: +800
12. The Ballad of Wallis Island
13. Twinless
14. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
    Odds: +20000
15. Left-Handed Girl
16. Jay Kelly
    Odds: +4000
17. Blue Moon
18. Frankenstein
    Odds: +2500
19. Rental Family
    Odds: +4000
20. The Baltimorons
21. 28 Years Later
    Odds: +20000
22. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba The Movie
23. Train Dreams
    Odds: +2500
24. Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
25. The Lost Bus
    Odds: +10000
26. Predator: Killer of Killers (Ineligible – no theater release)
27. The History of Sound
    Odds: +10000
28. The Long Walk
29. Materialists
    Odds: +20000
30. A Nice Indian Boy
31. Sketch
32. Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
33. Splitsville
34. Caught Stealing
    Odds: +10000
35. The Smashing Machine
    Odds: +4000
36. Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
    Odds: +4000
37. Fantastic Four: First Steps
    Odds: +20000
38. F1: The Movie
    Odds: +10000
39. Warfare
40. A Little Prayer
41. The Phoenician Scheme
    Odds: +6500
42. Eddington
    Odds: +20000
43. Superman
    Odds: +25000
44. Mickey 17
45. Black Bag
46. Bob Trevino Likes It
47. Queen of the Ring
48. Friendship
49. Roofman
    Odds: +15000
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
    Odds: +5000
58. KPop Demon Hunters
59. Thunderbolts*
60. Zootopia 2
    Odds: +25000
61. Homebound
62. Avatar: Fire and Ash
    Odds: +4000
63. After The Hunt
    Odds: +4000
64. Eleanor the Great
    Odds: +20000
65. Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
66. The Wedding Banquet
67. Wicked: For Good
    Odds: +2500
68. A House of Dynamite
    Odds: +20000

2026 Oscars Best Director Rankings

1. Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
   Odds: -400
2. Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
   Odds: +700
3. Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
   Odds: +700
4. Chloe Zhao (Hamnet)
   Odds: +350
5. Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident)
   Odds: +900
6. Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)
   Odds: +1400
7. Richard Linklater (Nouvelle Vague)
   Odds: +10000
8. Rian Johnson (Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery)
   Odds: +10000
9. James Cameron (Avatar: Fire and Ash)
   Odds: +6500
10. Yorgos Lanthimos (Bugonia)
    Odds:+2500
11. Shih-Ching Tsou (Left-Handed Girl)
12. Noah Baumbach (Jay Kelly)
    Odds: +4000
13. Zach Cregger (Weapons)
    Odds: +15000
14. Guillermo Del Torro (Frankenstein)
    Odds: +1000
15. Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby)
16. Benny Safdie (The Smashing Machine)
    Odds: +2000
17. James Sweeney (Twinless)
18. Richard Linklater (Blue Moon)
19. Christian Swegal (Sovereign)
20. Hikami (Rental Family)
    Odds: +3500
21. Oliver Hermanus (The History of Sound)
22. Celine Song (Materialists)
23. James Griffiths (The Ballad of Wallis Island)
24. Embeth Davidtz (Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight)
25. Jay Duplass (The Baltimorons)
26. Danny Boyle (28 Years Later)
    Odds: +15000
27. Clint Dempsey (Train Dreams)
28. Paul Greengrass (The Lost Bus)
    Odds: +5000
29. Dan Trachtenberg & Joshua Wassung (Predator: Killer of Killers) Ineligible – no theater release)
30. Ray Mendoza & Alex Garland (Warfare)
31. Neeraj Ghaywan (Homebound)
32. Luca Guadagnino (After The Hunt)
    Odds: +10000
33. Wes Anderson (The Phoenician Scheme)
    Odds: +15000
34. Ari Aster (Eddington)
    Odds: +15000
35. Michael Shanks (Together)
36. Matt Shakman (Fantastic Four: First Steps)
37. Bong Joon Ho (Mickey 17)
38. Michael Angelo Covino (Splitsville)
39. Scott Cooper (Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere)
    Odds: +10000
40. Joseph Kosinski (F1: The Movie)
    Odds: +15000
41. James Gunn (Superman)
42. Steven Soderbergh (Black Bag)
43. Angus MacLachlan (A Little Prayer)
44. Darren Aronofsky (Caught Stealing)
45. Laura Piani (Jane Austen Wrecked My Life)
46. Ash Avildsen (Queen of the Ring)
47. Tracie Laymon (Bob Trevino Likes It)
48. Andrew DeYoung (Friendship)
49. Roshan Sethi (A Nice Indian Boy)
50. Dean DeBlois (How To Train Your Dragon)
51. Derek Cianfrance (Roofman)
    Odds: +10000
52. Tom Kingsley (Deep Cover)
53. Stephen Chbosky (Nonnas)
54. Kathryn Bigelow (A House of Dynamite)
    Odds: +4000
55. Mike Flanagan (The Life of Chuck)
    Odds: +10000
56. Akiva Schaffer (The Naked Gun)
57. Seth Worley (Sketch)
58. Spike Lee (Highest 2 Lowest)
    Odds: +15000
59. Jon Chu (Wicked: For Good)
    Odds: +4000

2026 Oscars Best Actor Rankings

1. Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)
   Odds: +500
2. Timothee Chalamet (Marty Supreme)
   Odds: -200
3. Dylan O’Brien (Twinless)
   Odds: +6500
4. Dwayne Johnson (The Smashing Machine)
   Odds: +1600
5. Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)
   Odds: +1000
6. Oscar Isaac (Frankenstein)
   Odds: +2500
7. Jesse Plemons (Bugonia)
   Odds: +1600
8. Joel Edgerton (Train Dreams)
   Odds: +2000
9. Josh O’Connor (Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery)
   Odds: +3500
10. Paul Mescal (The History of Sound)
11. Matthew McConaughey (The Lost Bus)
    Odds: +3500
12. Joaquin Phoenix (Eddington)
    Odds: +6500
13. Paul Mescal (Hamnet)
    Odds: +2500
14. Nick Offerman (Sovereign)
15. Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)
    Odds: +225
16. Brendan Fraser (Rental Family)
    Odds: +3500
17. George Clooney (Jay Kelly)
    Odds: +1600
18. Robert Pattinson (Mickey 17)
19. Daniel Day Lewis (Anemone)
    Odds: +3500
20. Jeremy Allen White (Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere)
    Odds: +1600
21. Austin Butler (Caught Stealing)
    Odds: +3500
22. Michael Strassner (The Baltimorons)
23. David Strathairn (A Little Prayer)
24. Channing Tatum (Roofman)
    Odds: +4000
25. Vahid Mobasseri (It Was Just an Accident)
    Odds: +3500
26. Denzel Washington (Highest 2 Lowest)
    Odds: +5000
27. Cillian Murphy (Steve)
28. Cooper Hoffman (The Long Walk)
29. Guillaume Marbeck (Nouvelle Vague)
30. Collin Farrell (Ballad of a Small Player)
    Odds: +3500
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)
    Odds: +6500
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)
   Odds: -330
2. Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)
   Odds: +240
3. Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value)
   Odds: +550
4. Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby)
   Odds: +4000
5. Julia Roberts (After The Hunt)
   Odds: +3500
6. June Squibb (Eleanor the Great)
   Odds: +3500
7. Emma Stone (Bugonia)
   Odds: +1400
8. America Ferrera (The Lost Bus)
   Odds: +6500
9. Zoey Deutch (Nouvelle Vague)
   Odds: +20000
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)
    Odds: +10000
17. Liz Larsen (The Baltimorons)
18. Elle Fanning (Predator: Badlands)
19. Marian Afshari (It Was Just an Accident)
    Odds: +3500
20. Vanessa Kirby (Fantastic Four: First Steps)
21. Bryce Dallas Howard (Deep Cover)
22. Cynthia Erivo (Wicked: For Good)
    Odds: +1600
23. Camille Rutherford (Jane Austen Wrecked My Life)
24. Cate Blanchett (Black Bag)
25. Tessa Thompson (Hedda)
    Odds: +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)
   Odds: +150
2. Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)
   Odds: +125
3. Jacobi Jupe (Hamnet)
   Odds: +6500
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)
   Odds: +3500
9. Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)
   Odds: +1400
10. Adam Sandler (Jay Kelly)
    Odds: +1800
11. Akira Emoto (Rental Family)
    Odds: +3500
12. Sean Bean (Anemone)
    Odds: +4000
13. Andrew Scott (Blue Moon)
    Odds: +10000
14. William H Macy (Train Dreams)
    Odds: +10000
15. Mohammad Ali Elyasmehr (It Was Just an Accident)
16. Andrew Garfield (After The Hunt)
    Odds: +4000
17. Jeremy Strong (Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere)
    Odds: +2000
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)
    Odds: +4000
42. Benicio Del Toro (One Battle After Another)
    Odds: +250
43. Christoph Waltz (Frankenstein)
44. Stephen Graham (Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere)
    Odds: +20000
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)
    Odds: +3500
68. Bowen Yang (The Wedding Banquet)

2026 Oscars Best Supporting Actress Rankings

1. Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value)
   Odds: +600
2. Odessa A’zion (Marty Supreme)
3. Emily Blunt (The Smashing Machine)
   Odds: +2000
4. Glenn Close (Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery)
   Odds: +4000
5. Embeth Davidtz (Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight)
6. Jodi Comer (28 Years Later)
7. Amy Madigan (Weapons)
   Odds: +200
8. Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value)
   Odds: +500
9. Nina Hoss (Hedda)
   Odds: +6500
10. Shih-Yuan Ma (Left-Handed Girl)
11. Aisling Franciosi (Twinless)
12. Naomi Ackie (Sorry Baby)
13. Ariana Grande (Wicked: For Good)
    Odds: +150
14. Janel Tsai (Left-Handed Girl)
15. Emily Watson (Hamnet)
    Odds: +10000
16. Zoe Winters (Materialists)
17. Hailee Steinfeld (Sinners)
    Odds: +6500
18. Toni Collette (Mickey 17)
19. Regina Hall (One Battle After Another)
20. Odessa Young (Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere)
21. Youn Yuh-jung (The Wedding Banquet)
22. Kate Mara (Friendship)
23. Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners)
    Odds: +1600
24. Felicity Jones (Train Dreams)
    Odds: +10000
25. Erin Kellyman (Eleanor the Great)
26. Mari Yamamoto (Rental Family)
    Odds: +6500
27. Celia Weston (A Little Prayer)
28. Kirsten Dunst (Roofman)
    Odds: +5000
29. Grace Edwards (Jay Kelly)
30. Mia Goth (Frankenstein)
    Odds: +20000
31. Olivia Luccardi (The Baltimorons)
32. Mia Threapleton (The Phoenician Scheme)
33. Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another)
    Odds: +1600
34. Rebecca Ferguson (A House of Dynamite)
    Odds: +6500
35. Marisa Abela (Black Bag)
36. Emma Stone (Eddington)
37. Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)
    Odds: +120
38. Gwyneth Paltrow (Marty Supreme)
    Odds: +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)
    Odds: +10000
44. Laura Dern (Jay Kelly)
    Odds: +5000
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. Avatar: Fire and Ash
35. Hedda
36. Wicked: For Good
37. 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. Homebound (India)
5. 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. Avatar: Fire and Ash
30. Nonnas
31. 28 Years Late
32. The Penguin Lessons
33. Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning
34. Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
35. Weapons
36. The Naked Gun
37. The Life of Chuck
38. Steve
39. Rental Family
40. Highest 2 Lowest
41. Together
42. Ballerina
43. Sorry Baby
44. Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
45. The Ballad of Wallis Island
46. Sketch
47. Splitsville
48. Materialists
49. Deep Cover
50. Twinless
51. 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. Avatar: Fire and Ash
12. The Life of Chuck
13. Weapons
14. The Lost Bus
15. Hamnet
16. Together
17. Deaf President Now
18. Frankenstein
19. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba The Movie
20. Wicked: For Good
21. Train Dreams
22. Thunderbolts*
23. Superman
24. Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning
25. Bugonia
26. Sovereign
27. Ballerina
28. Mickey 17
29. Predator: Killer of Killers
30. Fantastic Four: First Steps
31. The Long Walk
32. Nouvelle Vague
33. The Colors Within
34. Jurassic World Rebirth
35. Captain America: Brave New World
36. How To Train Your Dragon
37. Queen of the Ring
38. The Phoenician Scheme
39. Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
40. Sketch
41. If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
42. 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. Avatar: Fire and Ash
54. A Nice Indian Boy
55. Elio
56. A House of Dynamite
57. Ballerina
58. The Wedding Banquet
59. 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. ‘Dream As One’ by Miley Cyrus (Avatar: Fire and Ash)
22. ‘Prisencolin (Americano Joint)’ by Aiyanna-Lee (Highest 2 Lowest)
23. ‘GOODLIFE’ by Gary Go & WizTheMC (The Bad Guys 2)
24. ‘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. Avatar: Fire and Ash
17. Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
18. The Smashing Machine
19. Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
20. 28 Years Later
21. Materialists
22. The Ballad of Wallis Island
23. Sovereign
24. Sorry Baby
25. The Lost Bus
26. F1: The Movie
27. The History of Sound
28. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba The Movie
29. Twinless
30. Predator: Killer of Killers (Ineligible – no theater release)
31. Warfare
32. The Phoenician Scheme
33. Eddington
34. A House of Dynamite
35. Sketch
36. The Long Walk
37. Caught Stealing
38. Predator: Badlands
39. If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
40. Together
41. Fantastic Four: First Steps
42. The Life of Chuck
43. Mickey 17
44. Queen of the Ring
45. Bob Trevino Likes It
46. The Baltimorons
47. Splitsville
48. A Nice Indian Boy
49. How To Train Your Dragon
50. Roofman
51. Wicked: For Good
52. Anemone
53. A Little Prayer
54. Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
55. Nonnas

2026 Oscars Best Visual Effects Rankings

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

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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. Homebound
39. My Mom Jayne
40. A Little Prayer
41. Predators
42. Avatar: Fire and Ash
43. Splitsville
44. Caught Stealing
45. The Smashing Machine
46. Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
47. 2000 Meters to Andriivka
48. Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
49. Together
50. Fantastic Four: First Steps
51. F1: The Movie
52. Apocalypse in the Tropics
53. Warfare
54. Architecton
55. The Phoenician Scheme
56. Eddington
57. Love + War
58. Superman
59. It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley
60. Mickey 17
61. Black Bag
62. Bob Trevino Likes It
63. Thank You Very Much
64. Queen of the Ring
65. Friendship
66. If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
67. The Friend
68. Thunderbolts*
69. Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
70. Roofman
71. Boys Go to Jupiter
72. Deep Cover
73. Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey
74. Nonnas
75. How To Train Your Dragon
76. The Colors Within
77. Lost in Starlight
78. Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5
79. Come See Me in the Good Light
80. Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning
81. Ne Zha II
82. Mistress Dispeller
83. John Candy: I Like Me
84. The Penguin Lessons
85. The Life of Chuck
86. In Your Dreams
87. The Naked Gun
88. A House of Dynamite
89. The Bad Guys 2
90. Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
91. Hedda
92. Night of the Zoopocalypse
93. Eleanor the Great
94. Elio
95. Wicked: For Good
96. After The Hunt
97. Ballad of a Small Player
98. Highest 2 Lowest
99. Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
100. Grenfell: Uncovered
101. Dog Man
102. Tron: Ares
103. Anemone
104. Stans
105. The Wedding Banquet
106. Steve
107. Ballerina
108. Jurassic World Rebirth
109. 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)
• Best Actress – Rose Byrne +300 (1u)

Current Total: +2160

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