Oscar Predictions - David Merkle - Next Best Picture

Saturday, August 8, 2026

David Merkle

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Best Picture

Aug 2

1	1	Dune: Part Three Warner Bros. \| Denis Villeneuve
2	2	The Odyssey Universal \| Christopher Nolan
3	3	Digger Warner Bros. \| Alejandro G. Iñárritu
4	4	Wild Horse Nine Searchlight \| Martin McDonagh
5	5	La Bola Negra Netflix \| Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo
6	6	Project Hail Mary Amazon MGM \| Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
7	7	Fjord Neon \| Cristian Mungiu
8 1	8 1	The Debut A24 \| Jesse Eisenberg
9	9	Elsinore Focus Features \| Simon Stone
10	10	All of a Sudden Neon \| Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Best Director

Aug 2

1	1	Denis Villeneuve Dune: Part Three
2	2	Christopher Nolan The Odyssey
3	3	Alejandro G. Iñárritu Digger
4	4	Martin McDonagh Wild Horse Nine
5	5	Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo La Bola Negra

Best Actress

Aug 6

1	1	Julianne Moore The Debut
2 2	2 2	Inde Navarrette Obsession
3 4	3 4	Sandra Hüller Rose
4 1	4 1	Renate Reinsve Fjord
5 3	5 3	Virginie Efira All of a Sudden

Best Actor

Aug 6

1	1	Tom Cruise Digger
2	2	John Malkovich Wild Horse Nine
3 1	3 1	Matt Damon The Odyssey
4 1	4 1	Ryan Gosling Project Hail Mary
5 1	5 1	Andrew Scott Elsinore

Best Supporting Actress

Aug 6

1	1	Anne Hathaway The Odyssey
2 1	2 1	Penélope Cruz The Invite
3 2	3 2	Lola Dueñas La Bola Negra
4	4	Mariana di Girolamo Wild Horse Nine
5 5	5 5	Tao Okamoto All of a Sudden

Best Supporting Actor

Aug 6

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

Best Adapted Screenplay

Aug 2

1	1	The Invite Rashida Jones, Will McCormack \| A24
2	2	La Bola Negra Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo \| Netflix
3	3	The Odyssey Christopher Nolan \| Universal
4	4	Project Hail Mary Drew Goddard \| Amazon MGM
5	5	Dune: Part Three Denis Villeneuve, Brian K. Vaughan \| Warner Bros.

Best Original Screenplay

Aug 2

1	1	Wild Horse Nine Martin McDonagh \| Searchlight
2	2	Digger Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolás Giacobone, Sabina Berman \| Warner Bros.
3	3	Fjord Cristian Mungiu \| Neon
4 1	4 1	The Debut Jesse Eisenberg \| A24
5 1	5 1	Behemoth! Tony Gilroy \| Searchlight