Oscar Predictions - Cody Dericks - Next Best Picture

Sunday, October 4, 2026

Cody Dericks

Writer/podcaster for Next Best Picture and AwardsWatch

@codymonster91

Best Picture

Oct 3

1	1	La bola negra Netflix \| Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo
2	2	The Odyssey Universal \| Christopher Nolan
3	3	Wild Horse Nine Searchlight \| Martin McDonagh
4	4	Dune: Part Three Warner Bros. \| Denis Villeneuve
5	5	The Invite A24 \| Olivia Wilde
6	6	Project Hail Mary Amazon MGM \| Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
7	7	The Debut A24 \| Jesse Eisenberg
8	8	Being Heumann Apple \| Sian Heder
9	9	All of a Sudden Neon \| Ryusuke Hamaguchi
10	10	Possible Love Netflix \| Lee Chang-dong

Best Director

Sep 22

1 1	1 1	Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo La bola negra
2 1	2 1	Christopher Nolan The Odyssey
3	3	Martin McDonagh Wild Horse Nine
4	4	Olivia Wilde The Invite
5	5	Lee Chang-dong Possible Love

Best Actress

Sep 25

1	1	Julianne Moore The Debut
2	2	Inde Navarrette Obsession
3	3	Olivia Wilde The Invite
4	4	Sandra Hüller Rose
5 2	5 2	Ruth Madeley Being Heumann

Best Actor

Oct 3

1	1	John Malkovich Wild Horse Nine
2	2	Andrew Scott Elsinore
3	3	Matt Damon The Odyssey
4	4	Ryan Gosling Project Hail Mary
5	5	John Turturro The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

Best Supporting Actress

Sep 29

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

Best Supporting Actor

Sep 29

1 1	1 1	Paul Giamatti The Debut
2 3	2 3	Edward Norton The Invite
3	3	Sam Rockwell Wild Horse Nine
4	4	John Leguizamo The Odyssey
5 1	5 1	Guitarricadelafuente La bola negra

Best Adapted Screenplay

Sep 21

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

Best Original Screenplay

Oct 3

1	1	Wild Horse Nine Martin McDonagh \| Searchlight
2	2	The Debut Jesse Eisenberg \| A24
3 2	3 2	Tender Loving Care Mike Leigh \| Bleeker Street
4 1	4 1	Possible Love Lee Chang-dong, Oh Jung-mi \| Netflix
5 1	5 1	Club Kid Jordan Firstman \| A24

Best Casting

Sep 29

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	Being Heumann Adam Caldwell, Bernard Telsey \| Apple
5	5	Club Kid Carmen Cuba \| A24

Best Animated Feature

Sep 25

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

Best Documentary Feature

Sep 14

1 2	1 2	NAZA
2	2	You Can See Everything A24 \| Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim
3 2	3 2	Once Upon a Time in Harlem Neon \| William Greaves, David Greaves
4	4	American Doctor Watermelon \| Poh Si Teng
5	5	14th Netflix \| Ava DuVernay

Best International Feature Film

Sep 25

1	1	La bola negra
2	2	Possible Love
3	3	All of a Sudden
4	4	Fjord
5	5	Minotaur

Best Cinematography

Sep 29

1 1	1 1	The Odyssey Hoyte van Hoytema \| Universal
2 1	2 1	La bola negra Gris Jordana \| Netflix
3	3	Dune: Part Three Linus Sandgren \| Warner Bros.
4 3	4 3	Fatherland Łukasz Żal \| Mubi
5 3	5 3	Behemoth! Damián García \| Searchlight

Best Costume Design

Sep 6

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

Best Film Editing

Sep 29

1 1	1 1	The Odyssey Jennifer Lame \| Universal
2 1	2 1	La bola negra Alberto Gutiérrez \| Netflix
3	3	Wild Horse Nine Mikkel E.G. Nielsen \| Searchlight
4	4	Project Hail Mary Joel Negron \| Amazon MGM
5	5	Dune: Part Three Joe Walker \| Warner Bros.

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Sep 25

1 2	1 2	The Odyssey Universal
2 3	2 3	Dune: Part Three Warner Bros.
3 1	3 1	Werwulf Focus Features
4 4	4 4	La bola negra Netflix
5 1	5 1	Wicker Black Bear

Best Production Design

Sep 25

1 1	1 1	The Odyssey Ruth De Jong, Larry Dias \| Universal
2 1	2 1	Dune: Part Three Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau \| Warner Bros.
3	3	La bola negra Roger Bellés, Judit Ferrer \| Netflix
4	4	Project Hail Mary Charles Wood, John Bush \| Amazon MGM
5	5	Werwulf Craig Lathrop, Anna Pinnock \| Focus Features

Best Original Score

Sep 29

1	1	La bola negra Raül Refree \| Netflix
2	2	The Odyssey Ludwig Göransson \| Universal
3	3	Disclosure Day John Williams \| Universal
4 1	4 1	Behemoth! James Newton Howard, Alan Silvestri, Brandon Roberts, Michael Abels, Emily Bear, Lukas Frank, Michael Giacchino, Henry Jackman, Nami Melumad \| Searchlight
5 1	5 1	The Debut Emile Mosseri \| A24

Best Original Song

Sep 25

1 1	1 1	La Nieve La bola negra
2 1	2 1	This City May Have Chewed Me Up (But It Hasn’t Spit Me Out) The Debut
3	3	By Any Means By Any Means
4	4	I Knew It, I Knew You Toy Story 5
5	5	Let Me Sell You a Dream Musk

Best Sound

Sep 29

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

Best Visual Effects

Sep 6

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	Spider-Man: Brand New Day Sony Pictures Releasing