Oscar Predictions - Brother Bro - Next Best Picture

Monday, July 6, 2026

Brother Bro

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Best Picture

Jul 4

1	1	La Bola Negra Netflix \| Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo
2 2	2 2	The Odyssey Universal \| Christopher Nolan
3	3	Project Hail Mary Amazon MGM \| Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
4 2	4 2	Wild Horse Nine Searchlight \| Martin McDonagh
5	5	Digger Warner Bros. \| Alejandro G. Iñárritu
6	6	Dune: Part Three Warner Bros. \| Denis Villeneuve
7	7	Obsession Focus Features \| Curry Barker
8	8	Fjord Neon \| Cristian Mungiu
9 Behemoth!	Behemoth! 9	Behemoth! Searchlight \| Tony Gilroy
10 1	10 1	The Invite A24 \| Olivia Wilde

Best Director

Jul 4

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

Best Actress

Jul 4

1	1	Michelle Williams A Place in Hell
2	2	Inde Navarrette Obsession
3	3	Julianne Moore The Debut
4	4	Mikey Madison The Social Reckoning
5 1	5 1	Sandra Hüller Rose

Best Actor

Jul 4

1	1	John Malkovich Wild Horse Nine
2	2	Tom Cruise Digger
3	3	Ryan Gosling Project Hail Mary
4	4	Pedro Pascal Behemoth!
5	5	Andrew Scott Elsinore

Best Supporting Actress

Jul 4

1	1	Anne Hathaway The Odyssey
2	2	Mariana di Girolamo Wild Horse Nine
3	3	Penélope Cruz The Invite
4 1	4 1	Daisy Edgar-Jones A Place in Hell
5 1	5 1	Lola Dueñas La Bola Negra

Best Supporting Actor

Jul 4

1 1	1 1	Sam Rockwell Wild Horse Nine
2 1	2 1	John Goodman Digger
3 2	3 2	Paul Giamatti The Debut
4	4	Edward Norton The Invite
5	5	Jeremy Strong The Social Reckoning

Best Adapted Screenplay

Jul 4

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

Best Original Screenplay

Jul 4

1	1	Wild Horse Nine Martin McDonagh \| Searchlight
2	2	Fjord Cristian Mungiu \| Neon
3	3	Obsession Curry Barker \| Focus Features
4	4	Digger Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolás Giacobone, Sabina Berman \| Warner Bros.
5 Behemoth!	Behemoth! 5	Behemoth! Tony Gilroy \| Searchlight

Best Casting

Jul 4

1	1	La Bola Negra Eva Leira, Yolanda Serrano \| Netflix
2	2	The Odyssey John Papsidera \| Universal
3	3	Digger Francine Maisler \| Warner Bros.
4	4	Wild Horse Nine Sarah Halley Finn \| Searchlight
5 1 Being Heumann	Being Heumann 5 1	Being Heumann Adam Caldwell, Bernard Telsey \| Apple

Best Animated Feature

Jun 17

1	1	Wildwood Fathom \| Travis Knight
2	2	Tangles
3 1	3 1	Toy Story 5 Disney \| Andrew Stanton
4 1	4 1	Hoppers Disney \| Daniel Chong
5 2	5 2	Forgotten Island Universal \| Januel Mercado, Joel Crawford

Best Documentary Feature

Mar 22

1	1	Once Upon a Time in Harlem Neon \| William Greaves, David Greaves
2	2	Nuisance Bear
3	3	One in a Million PBS \| Itab Azzam, Jack Macinnes
4	4	The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist Focus Features \| Daniel Roher, Charlie Tyrell
5	5	American Doctor

Best International Feature Film

Jul 1

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

Best Cinematography

Jul 4

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	La Bola Negra Gris Jordana \| Netflix
5 4	5 4	Werwulf Jarin Blaschke \| Focus Features

Best Costume Design

Jul 4

1	1	The Odyssey Universal
2	2	La Bola Negra Ana López Cobos \| Netflix
3 Jack of Spades	Jack of Spades 3	Jack of Spades
4	4	Cry to Heaven
5 1	5 1	Werwulf Focus Features

Best Film Editing

Jul 4

1	1	The Odyssey Jennifer Lame \| Universal
2	2	La Bola Negra Alberto Gutiérrez \| Netflix
3 Behemoth!	Behemoth! 3	Behemoth! John Gilroy \| Searchlight
4	4	Project Hail Mary Joel Negron \| Amazon MGM
5	5	Digger Conor O'Neill, Stephen Mirrione \| Warner Bros.

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

May 29

1	1	Digger Warner Bros.
2	2	Werwulf Focus Features
3	3	The Odyssey Universal
4 5	4 5	Clayface Warner Bros.
5 1 Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol	Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol 5 1	Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol Paramount

Best Production Design

Jul 4

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	Digger Anna Pinnock, Dennis Gassner, Richard L. Johnson \| Warner Bros.
4	4	La Bola Negra Roger Bellés, Judit Ferrer \| Netflix
5	5	Dune: Part Three Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau \| Warner Bros.

Best Original Score

Jul 4

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 1	4 1	Project Hail Mary Daniel Pemberton \| Amazon MGM
5 1	5 1	La Bola Negra Raül Refree \| Netflix

Best Original Song

Jun 24

1	1	La Playa La Bola Negra
2 1	2 1	Diane Warren Untitled
3	3	How to Write a Song (Without You) Power Ballad
4	4	Runway The Devil Wears Prada 2
5	5	I Knew It, I Knew You Toy Story 5

Best Sound

Jul 4

1	1	Project Hail Mary Amazon MGM
2	2	The Odyssey Universal
3 1	3 1	La Bola Negra Netflix
4 1	4 1	Dune: Part Three Warner Bros.
5	5	Whalefall 20th Century

Best Visual Effects

Jul 4

1	1	Project Hail Mary Amazon MGM
2	2	The Odyssey Universal
3	3	Dune: Part Three Warner Bros.
4	4	Avengers: Doomsday Disney
5	5	Whalefall 20th Century