Oscar Predictions - Matt Neglia - Next Best Picture

Sunday, October 4, 2026

Matt Neglia

Owner & Editor in Chief of the film awards website NextBestPicture.com

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Best Picture

5:17 AM

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	Project Hail Mary Amazon MGM \| Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
6 1	6 1	The Debut A24 \| Jesse Eisenberg
7 1	7 1	The Invite A24 \| Olivia Wilde
8 4	8 4	I Play Rocky Amazon MGM \| Peter Farrelly
9 2	9 2	All of a Sudden Neon \| Ryusuke Hamaguchi
10	10	Artificial Neon \| Luca Guadagnino

Best Director

Oct 2

1	1	Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo La bola negra
2	2	Christopher Nolan The Odyssey
3	3	Denis Villeneuve Dune: Part Three
4	4	Olivia Wilde The Invite
5	5	Luca Guadagnino Artificial

Best Actress

Sep 26

1	1	Julianne Moore The Debut
2	2	Inde Navarrette Obsession
3	3	Sandra Hüller Rose
4	4	Olivia Wilde The Invite
5	5	Virginie Efira All of a Sudden

Best Actor

Oct 3

1	1	John Malkovich Wild Horse Nine
2	2	Andrew Scott Elsinore
3	3	Matt Damon The Odyssey
4	4	Tom Cruise Digger
5 2	5 2	Robert Pattinson Primetime

Best Supporting Actress

Sep 14

1	1	Anne Hathaway The Odyssey
2	2	Tao Okamoto All of a Sudden
3	3	Sandra Hüller Project Hail Mary
4	4	Penélope Cruz La bola negra
5	5	Samantha Morton The Odyssey

Best Supporting Actor

Sep 28

1	1	Paul Giamatti The Debut
2	2	John Leguizamo The Odyssey
3	3	Sam Rockwell Wild Horse Nine
4 2	4 2	Edward Norton The Invite
5	5	Andrew Garfield Artificial

Best Adapted Screenplay

Sep 16

1	1	La bola negra Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo, Alberto Conejero \| Netflix
2	2	The Odyssey Christopher Nolan \| Universal
3	3	All of a Sudden Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Léa Le Dimna \| Neon
4 1	4 1	The Invite Rashida Jones, Will McCormack \| A24
5 1	5 1	Ink James Graham \| Netflix

Best Original Screenplay

Oct 2

1	1	Wild Horse Nine Martin McDonagh \| Searchlight
2	2	The Debut Jesse Eisenberg \| A24
3 1	3 1	Fjord Cristian Mungiu \| Neon
4	4	I Play Rocky Peter Gamble \| Amazon MGM
5	5	Artificial Simon Rich \| Neon

Best Casting

5:18 AM

1	1	The Odyssey John Papsidera \| Universal
2	2	Wild Horse Nine Sarah Halley Finn \| Searchlight
3	3	La bola negra Eva Leira, Yolanda Serrano \| Netflix
4	4	Artificial Jessica Ronane \| Neon
5	5	I Play Rocky Rick Montgomery \| Amazon MGM

Best Animated Feature

Sep 26

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

Best Documentary Feature

Sep 30

1	1	You Can See Everything A24 \| Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim
2 2	2 2	Once Upon a Time in Harlem Neon \| William Greaves, David Greaves
3 1	3 1	NAZA
4 1	4 1	American Doctor Watermelon \| Poh Si Teng
5	5	Rehearsals for a Revolution SPC \| Pegah Ahangarani

Best International Feature Film

Sep 16

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

Best Cinematography

Sep 29

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

Best Costume Design

Sep 29

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

Best Film Editing

Sep 28

1	1	La bola negra Alberto Gutiérrez \| Netflix
2	2	The Odyssey Jennifer Lame \| Universal
3	3	Project Hail Mary Joel Negron \| Amazon MGM
4	4	Dune: Part Three Joe Walker \| Warner Bros.
5 3	5 3	I Play Rocky Sam Seig \| Amazon MGM

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Sep 27

1 1	1 1	Werwulf Focus Features
2 1	2 1	Dune: Part Three Warner Bros.
3 3	3 3	The Odyssey Universal
4 1	4 1	Rose Mubi
5 1	5 1	Wicker Black Bear

Best Production Design

Oct 3

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

Best Original Score

Oct 2

1	1	The Odyssey Ludwig Göransson \| Universal
2	2	La bola negra Raül Refree \| Netflix
3 1	3 1	Project Hail Mary Daniel Pemberton \| Amazon MGM
4 1	4 1	Dune: Part Three Hans Zimmer \| Warner Bros.
5	5	Disclosure Day John Williams \| Universal

Best Original Song

Sep 6

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

Best Sound

Oct 2

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

Best Visual Effects

Sep 27

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