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Predictions as of 5/3/26 (previous update 4/29/26)

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*N NEW, was not predicted in last update

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BEST PICTURE

1

Wild Horse Nine

-
2

The Odyssey
-
3

Digger

-
4
Project Hail Mary
-
5
Fatherland
-
6
Sense and Sensibility
-
7
All of a Sudden
-
8

The Social Reckoning

↑1
9

Hope

↑3
10
Being Heumann
-

11

Cry to Heaven

-

12

No One Cares

↑1

13

Dune: Part Three

↑1

14

Jack of Spades

↑2

15

Fjord

-

16

Disclosure Day

↑1

17

Josephine

↑1

18

The Adventures of Cliff Booth

*N

19

Tony

-

20

A Place in Hell

-

Removed: Narnia

DIRECTOR

​1
Christopher Nolan
​The Odyssey
​-
​2
Martin McDonagh
Wild Horse Nine
​-
​3
​Alejandro G. Iñárritu
​Digger
​-
​4
Pawel Pawlikowski
​Fatherland
​-
​5

Na Hong-jin

Hope

↑4
​6

Georgia Oakley

Sense and Sensibility

↓1
​7

​Ryusuke Hamaguchi

All of a Sudden

↓1
​8
Sian Heder
Being Heumann
​-
​9

Phil Lord, Christopher Miller

Project Hail Mary

↑1
​10

Denis Villeneuve

Dune: Part Three

↑2
​11

Tom Ford

Cry to Heaven

*N
​12

Joel Coen

Jack of Spades

*N

Removed since last update: Greta Gerwig (Narnia), Aaron Sorkin (The Social Reckoning)

ACTOR

1

John Malkovich
Wild Horse Nine
-
​2
​Tom Cruise
​Digger
-
​3
​Hanns Zischler
​Fatherland
-
​4
Ryan Gosling
​Project Hail Mary
-
​5

John Turturro

The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
-
​6

Matt Damon

The Odyssey

-
​7

Sebastian Stan

Fjord

-
​8

Josh O'Connor

Jack of Spades

-
​9
Dominic Sessa
​Tony
-
​10
Robert Aramayo
​I Swear
-
​11

Jaafar Jackson

Michael

-
​12

Rami Malek

The Man I Love

-

Removed since last update: N/A

ACTRESS

1

Sandra Hüller

Fatherland

-

2

Virginia Efira

All of a Sudden

-

3

Ruth Madeley

Being Heumann

-

4

Daisy Edgar-Jones

Sense and Sensibility

-

5

Mikey Madison

The Social Reckoning

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6

Julianne Moore

No One Cares

-

7

Michelle Williams

A Place in Hell

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8

Cynthia Erivo

Prima Facie

-

9

Renate Reinsve

Fjord

-

10

Sandra Hüller

Rose

-

11

Rachel Brosnahan

Saturn Return

-

12

Meryl Streep

The Devil Wears Prada 2

-

Removed since last update: N/A

SUPPORTING ACTOR

1

John Goodman

Digger

-

2

Sam Rockwell

Wild Horse Nine

-

3

Riz Ahmed

Digger

-

4

Mark Ruffalo

Being Heumann

-

5

Tom Holland

The Odyssey

-

6

Steve Buscemi

Wild Horse Nine

-

7

Jeremy Strong

The Social Reckoning

-

8

Paul Giamatti

No One Cares

-

9

Colman Domingo

Michael

-

10

Channing Tatum

Josephine

-

11

Owen Cooper

Cry to Heaven

-

12

James Ortiz

Project Hail Mary

*N

Removed since last update: Daniel Craig (Narnia)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1

Tao Okamoto

All of a Sudden

-

2

Anne Hathaway

The Odyssey

-

3

Mariana Di Girolamo

Wild Horse Nine

-

4

Esmé Creed-Miles

Sense and Sensibility

-

5

Wunmi Mosaku

The Social Reckoning

-

6

Frances McDormand

Jack of Spades

↑1

7

Parker Posey

Wild Horse Nine

↑1

8

Sandra Hüller

Project Hail Mary

↑1

9

Adele

Cry to Heaven

↑1

10

Sophie Okonedo

Mouse

↑1

11

Scarlett Johansson

Paper Tiger

↑1

12

Daisy Edgar-Jones

A Place in Hell

*N

Removed since last update: Emma Mackey (Narnia)

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1

Wild Horse Nine

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2

Digger

-

3

Hope

↑3

4

Jack of Spades

-

5

No One Cares

-

6

Fjord

↓3

7

Josephine

-

8

Saturn Return

-

9

Misty Green

-

10

Disclosure Day

-

Removed since last update: N/A

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1

The Odyssey

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2

Project Hail Mary

-

3

The Social Reckoning

-

4

All of a Sudden

-

5

Fatherland

-

6

Being Heumann

-

7

Sense and Sensibility

-

8

Cry to Heaven

-

9

The Invite

↑1

10

The Adventures of Cliff Booth

*N

Removed since last update: Narnia

CASTING

1

Wild Horse Nine

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2

Digger

-

3

The Odyssey

-

4

The Social Reckoning

-

5

Being Heumann

-

6

Cry to Heaven

-

7

Sense and Sensibility

↑1

8

All of a Sudden

*N

9

No One Cares

-

10

Fatherland

-

Removed since last update: Narnia

EDITING

1

Wild Horse Nine

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2

Digger

-

3

The Odyssey

-

4

The Social Reckoning

-

5

Project Hail Mary

-

6

Cry to Heaven

-

7

Fatherland

-

8

Hope

↑1

9

Dune: Part Three

↑1

10

Jack of Spades

*N

Removed since last update: Narnia

CINEMATOGRAPHY

1

The Odyssey

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2

Digger

-

3

Project Hail Mary

-

4

Cry to Heaven

-

5

Fatherland

-

6

Wild Horse Nine

-

7

Dune: Part Three

-

8

Werwulf

-

9

Jack of Spades

-

10

Hope

-

Removed since last update: N/A

PRODUCTION DESIGN

1

Project Hail Mary

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2

The Odyssey

↑1

3

Werwulf

↑1

4

Digger

↑1

5

Sense and Sensibility

↑5

6

Jack of Spades

-

7

Dune: Part Three

-

8

Cry to Heaven

-

9

Disclosure Day

-

10

Wild Horse Nine

*N

Removed since last update: Narnia

COSTUME DESIGN

1

The Odyssey

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2

Sense and Sensibility

-

3

Werwulf

↑1

4

The Devil Wears Prada 2

↑1

5

Jack of Spades

↑1

6

Cry to Heaven

↑1

7

Michael

↑1

8

I Love Boosters

↑1

9

Wild Horse Nine

↑1

10

"Wuthering Heights"

*N

Removed since last update: Narnia

MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING

1

Digger

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2

Werwulf

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3

Clayface

↑1

4

The Odyssey

↑2

5

Wicker

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6

Sense and Sensibility

*N

7

Cry to Heaven

-

8

Dune: Part Three

-

9

Michael

-

10

Hope

*N

Removed since last update: Narnia, Resident Evil

VISUAL EFFECTS

1

Dune: Part Three

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2

Project Hail Mary

-

3

Hope

↑7

4

Godzilla Minus Zero

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5

Avengers: Doomsday

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6

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

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7

Disclosure Day

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8

The End of Oak Street

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9

The Odyssey

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10

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu

*N

Removed since last update: Narnia

SOUND

1

Project Hail Mary

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2

Dune: Part Three

-

3

The Odyssey

↑1

4

Godzilla Minus Zero

↑1

5

Hope

↑1

6

Disclosure Day

↑1

7

Digger

↑1

8

Cry to Heaven

↑1

9

No One Cares

*N

10

Whalefall

-

Removed since last update: Narnia

ORIGINAL SCORE

1

The Odyssey

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2

Disclosure Day

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3

Wild Horse Nine

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4

The Social Reckoning

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5

Project Hail Mary

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6

Cry to Heaven

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7

Behemoth!

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8

Digger

-

9

No One Cares

*N

10

Jack of Spades

-

Removed since last update: Narnia

ORIGINAL SONG

1

TBD

Toy Story 5

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2

Runway

The Devil Wears Prada 2

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3

Somewhere We All Belong

The Crystal Planet

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4

Save the Day

Hoppers

-

5

TBD

The Black Ball

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6

TBD

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

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7

Chant of the Fremen

Dune: Part Three

*N

8

TBD

Cry to Heaven

-

9

TBD

No One Cares

-

10

Shape of a Woman

The Devil Wears Prada 2

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Removed since last update: TBD (Narnia)

ANIMATED FEATURE

1

Toy Story 5

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2

Wildwood

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3

Hoppers

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4

Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom

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5

Forgotten Island

-

6

Julián

-

7

Iron Boy

-

8

In Waves

-

9

Ray Gunn

-

10

Hexed

-

Removed since last update: N/A

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

1

American Doctor

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2

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

-

3

The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist

-

4

Nuisance Bear

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5

The History of Concrete

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6

When a Witness Recants

-

7

One in a Million

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8

To Hold a Mountain

-

9

Everybody to Kenmure Street

-

10

Soul Patrol

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Removed since last update: N/A

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

1

Fatherland

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2

All of a Sudden

-

3

Hope

-

4

Coward

-

5

The Black Ball

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6

Sheep in the Box

-

7

Minotaur

-

8

Rose

-

9

Godzilla Minus Zero

-

10

Possible Love

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Removed since last update: N/A

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

*Predictions coming December 2026

DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

*Predictions coming December 2026

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

*Predictions coming December 2026