Oscar Predictions - aaron isenstein - Next Best Picture

Monday, July 6, 2026

aaron isenstein

she/her 18 Next Best Picture contributor

@girlsoinlove

Best Picture

Jun 30

1	1	La Bola Negra Netflix \| Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo
2	2	Wild Horse Nine Searchlight \| Martin McDonagh
3	3	The Odyssey Universal \| Christopher Nolan
4	4	Project Hail Mary Amazon MGM \| Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
5 Behemoth!	Behemoth! 5	Behemoth! Searchlight \| Tony Gilroy
6	6	Digger Warner Bros. \| Alejandro G. Iñárritu
7	7	A Place in Hell Neon \| Chloe Domont
8	8	Fjord Neon \| Cristian Mungiu
9	9	The Debut A24 \| Jesse Eisenberg
10	10	Obsession Focus Features \| Curry Barker

Best Director

Jun 30

1	1	Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo La Bola Negra
2	2	Christopher Nolan The Odyssey
3	3	Tony Gilroy Behemoth!
4	4	Cristian Mungiu Fjord
5	5	Alejandro G. Iñárritu Digger

Best Actress

Jun 30

1	1	Michelle Williams A Place in Hell
2	2	Julianne Moore The Debut
3	3	Inde Navarrette Obsession
4	4	Renate Reinsve Fjord
5	5	Emily Blunt Disclosure Day

Best Actor

Jun 30

1	1	Ryan Gosling Project Hail Mary
2	2	Tom Cruise Digger
3	3	John Malkovich Wild Horse Nine
4	4	Sebastian Stan Fjord
5	5	Pedro Pascal Behemoth!

Best Supporting Actress

Jun 30

1	1	Mariana di Girolamo Wild Horse Nine
2	2	Penélope Cruz La Bola Negra
3	3	Sandra Hüller Project Hail Mary
4	4	Daisy Edgar-Jones A Place in Hell
5	5	Anne Hathaway The Odyssey

Best Supporting Actor

Jun 30

1	1	Paul Giamatti The Debut
2	2	John Goodman Digger
3	3	Sam Rockwell Wild Horse Nine
4	4	Mark Ruffalo Being Heumann
5	5	Colman Domingo Michael

Best Adapted Screenplay

Jun 30

1	1	La Bola Negra Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo \| Netflix
2	2	Project Hail Mary Drew Goddard \| Amazon MGM
3	3	The Invite Rashida Jones, Will McCormack \| A24
4	4	The Odyssey Christopher Nolan \| Universal
5 Being Heumann	Being Heumann 5	Being Heumann Sian Heder, Rebekah Taussig \| Apple

Best Original Screenplay

Jun 30

1	1	Wild Horse Nine Martin McDonagh \| Searchlight
2	2	Fjord Cristian Mungiu \| Neon
3	3	The Debut Jesse Eisenberg \| A24
4 Behemoth!	Behemoth! 4	Behemoth! Tony Gilroy \| Searchlight
5	5	A Place in Hell Chloe Domont \| Neon

Best Casting

Jun 30

1	1	La Bola Negra Eva Leira, Yolanda Serrano \| Netflix
2	2	The Odyssey John Papsidera \| Universal
3	3	Wild Horse Nine Sarah Halley Finn \| Searchlight
4	4	The Debut Douglas Aibel \| A24
5	5	Michael Kimberly Hardin, Victoria Thomas \| Universal

Best Animated Feature

Jun 30

1	1	Wildwood Fathom \| Travis Knight
2	2	Ray Gunn Netflix \| Brad Bird
3	3	Tangles
4	4	Toy Story 5 Disney \| Andrew Stanton
5	5	Forgotten Island Universal \| Januel Mercado, Joel Crawford

Best Documentary Feature

Jun 30

1	1	Once Upon a Time in Harlem Neon \| William Greaves, David Greaves
2	2	American Doctor
3	3	One in a Million PBS \| Itab Azzam, Jack Macinnes
4	4	When a Witness Recants
5	5	To Hold a Mountain

Best International Feature Film

Jul 1

1	1	La Bola Negra
2	2	Fjord
3	3	All of a Sudden
4	4	Coward
5 Mimesis	Mimesis 5	Mimesis

Best Cinematography

Jun 30

1	1	The Odyssey Hoyte van Hoytema \| Universal
2	2	Digger Emmanuel Lubezki \| Warner Bros.
3	3	Project Hail Mary Greig Fraser \| Amazon MGM
4	4	Fatherland Łukasz Żal \| Mubi
5	5	La Bola Negra Gris Jordana \| Netflix

Best Costume Design

Jun 30

1	1	The Odyssey Universal
2	2	Werwulf Focus Features
3	3	La Bola Negra Ana López Cobos \| Netflix
4	4	Sense and Sensibility Focus Features
5	5	"Wuthering Heights" Warner Bros.

Best Film Editing

Jun 30

1	1	The Odyssey Jennifer Lame \| Universal
2	2	Wild Horse Nine Mikkel E.G. Nielsen \| Searchlight
3	3	Digger Conor O'Neill, Stephen Mirrione \| Warner Bros.
4	4	Project Hail Mary Joel Negron \| Amazon MGM
5	5	La Bola Negra Alberto Gutiérrez \| Netflix

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Jun 30

1	1	Werwulf Focus Features
2	2	Digger Warner Bros.
3	3	The Odyssey Universal
4	4	Clayface Warner Bros.
5	5	Obsession Focus Features

Best Production Design

Jun 30

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

Best Original Score

Jun 30

1	1	The Odyssey Ludwig Göransson \| Universal
2 Behemoth!	Behemoth! 2	Behemoth! James Newton Howard, Alan Silvestri, Brandon Roberts \| Searchlight
3	3	Disclosure Day John Williams \| Universal
4	4	Project Hail Mary Daniel Pemberton \| Amazon MGM
5	5	La Bola Negra Raül Refree \| Netflix

Best Original Song

Jun 30

1	1	TBD La Bola Negra
2	2	I Knew It, I Knew You Toy Story 5
3	3	TBD The Debut
4	4	Diane Warren Untitled
5	5	Chains of Love "Wuthering Heights"

Best Sound

Jun 30

1	1	Dune: Part Three Warner Bros.
2	2	Project Hail Mary Amazon MGM
3	3	The Odyssey Universal
4	4	Disclosure Day Universal
5	5	La Bola Negra Netflix

Best Visual Effects

Jun 30

1	1	Dune: Part Three Warner Bros.
2	2	Project Hail Mary Amazon MGM
3	3	The Odyssey Universal
4	4	Godzilla Minus Zero GKIDS
5	5	Whalefall 20th Century