Oscar Predictions - Daniel Howat - Next Best Picture

Sunday, October 4, 2026

Daniel Howat

Journalist and Awards Prognosticator for Next Best Picture.

@howatdk_

Best Picture

3:46 PM

1	1	The Odyssey Universal \| Christopher Nolan
2	2	La bola negra Netflix \| Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo
3	3	Wild Horse Nine Searchlight \| Martin McDonagh
4 2	4 2	Project Hail Mary Amazon MGM \| Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
5 2	5 2	Dune: Part Three Warner Bros. \| Denis Villeneuve
6 3	6 3	The Invite A24 \| Olivia Wilde
7 3	7 3	Fjord Neon \| Cristian Mungiu
8	8	Obsession Focus Features \| Curry Barker
9 5	9 5	All of a Sudden Neon \| Ryusuke Hamaguchi
10	10	Artificial Neon \| Luca Guadagnino

Best Director

Oct 3

1	1	Christopher Nolan The Odyssey
2	2	Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo La bola negra
3	3	Martin McDonagh Wild Horse Nine
4 1	4 1	Olivia Wilde The Invite
5 1	5 1	Cristian Mungiu Fjord

Best Actress

3:47 PM

1	1	Renate Reinsve Fjord
2	2	Julianne Moore The Debut
3	3	Inde Navarrette Obsession
4	4	Ruth Madeley Being Heumann
5	5	Sandra Hüller Rose

Best Actor

3:47 PM

1	1	Andrew Scott Elsinore
2	2	John Malkovich Wild Horse Nine
3	3	Matt Damon The Odyssey
4	4	Sebastian Stan Fjord
5 2	5 2	Tom Cruise Digger

Best Supporting Actress

Oct 3

1	1	Anne Hathaway The Odyssey
2	2	Tao Okamoto All of a Sudden
3	3	Penélope Cruz The Invite
4	4	Samantha Morton The Odyssey
5	5	Penélope Cruz La bola negra

Best Supporting Actor

Sep 29

1	1	Guitarricadelafuente La bola negra
2	2	Sam Rockwell Wild Horse Nine
3	3	Paul Giamatti The Debut
4 1	4 1	John Leguizamo The Odyssey
5 1	5 1	Mark Ruffalo Being Heumann

Best Adapted Screenplay

Aug 29

1	1	La bola negra Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo, Alberto Conejero \| Netflix
2 3	2 3	The Odyssey Christopher Nolan \| Universal
3 1	3 1	The Invite Rashida Jones, Will McCormack \| A24
4 2	4 2	All of a Sudden Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Léa Le Dimna \| Neon
5 2	5 2	Project Hail Mary Drew Goddard \| Amazon MGM

Best Original Screenplay

Sep 5

1	1	Wild Horse Nine Martin McDonagh \| Searchlight
2	2	Fjord Cristian Mungiu \| Neon
3	3	The Debut Jesse Eisenberg \| A24
4	4	Behemoth! Tony Gilroy \| Searchlight
5	5	Obsession Curry Barker \| Focus Features

Best Casting

Oct 3

1	1	La bola negra Eva Leira, Yolanda Serrano \| Netflix
2	2	Obsession Skyler Zurn \| Focus Features
3 1	3 1	The Debut Douglas Aibel \| A24
4 1	4 1	The Odyssey John Papsidera \| Universal
5 1	5 1	Wild Horse Nine Sarah Halley Finn \| Searchlight

Best Animated Feature

Sep 28

1	1	Wildwood Fathom \| Travis Knight
2 2	2 2	Forgotten Island Universal \| Januel Mercado, Joel Crawford
3 1	3 1	Ray Gunn Netflix \| Brad Bird
4 1	4 1	Toy Story 5 Disney \| Andrew Stanton
5 1	5 1	Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom GKIDS \| Steve Cox, Matthew Walker

Best Documentary Feature

Sep 23

1 1	1 1	NAZA
2 1	2 1	Once Upon a Time in Harlem Neon \| William Greaves, David Greaves
3	3	American Doctor Watermelon \| Poh Si Teng
4	4	One in a Million PBS \| Itab Azzam, Jack Macinnes
5	5	The Cycle of Love

Best International Feature Film

Sep 3

1	1	La bola negra
2	2	Fjord
3	3	All of a Sudden
4	4	Coward
5	5	Fatherland

Best Cinematography

Sep 16

1	1	Dune: Part Three Linus Sandgren \| Warner Bros.
2 3	2 3	La bola negra Gris Jordana \| Netflix
3	3	The Odyssey Hoyte van Hoytema \| Universal
4	4	Project Hail Mary Greig Fraser \| Amazon MGM
5 3	5 3	Digger Emmanuel Lubezki \| Warner Bros.

Best Costume Design

Sep 3

1	1	The Odyssey Universal
2	2	Sense and Sensibility Focus Features
3	3	Werwulf Focus Features
4	4	Dune: Part Three Warner Bros.
5	5	La bola negra Ana López Cobos \| Netflix

Best Film Editing

Sep 16

1	1	The Odyssey Jennifer Lame \| Universal
2 1	2 1	La bola negra Alberto Gutiérrez \| Netflix
3 1	3 1	Wild Horse Nine Mikkel E.G. Nielsen \| Searchlight
4	4	Project Hail Mary Joel Negron \| Amazon MGM
5	5	Behemoth! John Gilroy \| Searchlight

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Sep 19

1	1	Werwulf Focus Features
2	2	Digger Warner Bros.
3 1	3 1	The Odyssey Universal
4 1	4 1	Dune: Part Three Warner Bros.
5	5	Elsinore Focus Features

Best Production Design

Sep 19

1	1	Dune: Part Three Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau \| Warner Bros.
2	2	The Odyssey Ruth De Jong, Larry Dias \| Universal
3 1	3 1	Digger Anna Pinnock, Dennis Gassner, Richard L. Johnson \| Warner Bros.
4 1	4 1	Werwulf Craig Lathrop, Anna Pinnock \| Focus Features
5	5	Project Hail Mary Charles Wood, John Bush \| Amazon MGM

Best Original Score

Sep 16

1	1	The Odyssey Ludwig Göransson \| Universal
2 1	2 1	La bola negra Raül Refree \| Netflix
3 1	3 1	Project Hail Mary Daniel Pemberton \| Amazon MGM
4	4	Wild Horse Nine Carter Burwell \| Searchlight
5	5	Disclosure Day John Williams \| Universal

Best Original Song

Aug 19

1	1	La Nieve La bola negra
2 2	2 2	This City May Have Chewed Me Up (But It Hasn’t Spit Me Out) The Debut
3 2	3 2	How to Write a Song (Without You) Power Ballad
4 2	4 2	I Knew It, I Knew You Toy Story 5
5	5	By Any Means By Any Means

Best Sound

Sep 19

1	1	Dune: Part Three Warner Bros.
2	2	The Odyssey Universal
3	3	Project Hail Mary Amazon MGM
4	4	La bola negra Netflix
5 1	5 1	Behemoth! Searchlight

Best Visual Effects

Sep 27

1 1	1 1	Dune: Part Three Warner Bros.
2 1	2 1	Project Hail Mary Amazon MGM
3	3	Godzilla Minus Zero GKIDS
4	4	The Sheep Detectives Amazon MGM
5	5	The Odyssey Universal