Oscar Predictions - Josh Parham - Next Best Picture

Sunday, October 4, 2026

Josh Parham

@jrparham

Best Picture

Sep 29

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	Project Hail Mary Amazon MGM \| Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
5	5	The Debut A24 \| Jesse Eisenberg
6 2	6 2	Dune: Part Three Warner Bros. \| Denis Villeneuve
7 2	7 2	The Invite A24 \| Olivia Wilde
8 2	8 2	Fjord Neon \| Cristian Mungiu
9 4	9 4	Elsinore Focus Features \| Simon Stone
10	10	Being Heumann Apple \| Sian Heder

Best Director

Sep 29

1	1	Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo La bola negra
2	2	Christopher Nolan The Odyssey
3	3	Martin McDonagh Wild Horse Nine
4	4	Cristian Mungiu Fjord
5	5	Olivia Wilde The Invite

Best Actress

Oct 1

1	1	Julianne Moore The Debut
2	2	Sandra Hüller Rose
3	3	Inde Navarrette Obsession
4 2	4 2	Ruth Madeley Being Heumann
5	5	Virginie Efira All of a Sudden

Best Actor

Oct 1

1 2	1 2	Andrew Scott Elsinore
2	2	John Malkovich Wild Horse Nine
3 1	3 1	Matt Damon The Odyssey
4 3	4 3	Tom Cruise Digger
5	5	John Turturro The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

Best Supporting Actress

Oct 1

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

Best Supporting Actor

Sep 29

1	1	Paul Giamatti The Debut
2 1	2 1	Sam Rockwell Wild Horse Nine
3 1	3 1	Colman Domingo Michael
4 1	4 1	Edward Norton The Invite
5 1	5 1	John Leguizamo The Odyssey

Best Adapted Screenplay

Sep 21

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

Best Original Screenplay

Sep 29

1	1	Wild Horse Nine Martin McDonagh \| Searchlight
2	2	The Debut Jesse Eisenberg \| A24
3	3	Fjord Cristian Mungiu \| Neon
4	4	Behemoth! Tony Gilroy \| Searchlight
5	5	Club Kid Jordan Firstman \| A24

Best Casting

Sep 29

1	1	The Odyssey John Papsidera \| Universal
2	2	La bola negra Eva Leira, Yolanda Serrano \| Netflix
3	3	Project Hail Mary Jeanne McCarthy, Nicole Abellera Hallman \| Amazon MGM
4	4	Being Heumann Adam Caldwell, Bernard Telsey \| Apple
5 1	5 1	Club Kid Carmen Cuba \| A24

Best Animated Feature

Sep 29

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

Best Documentary Feature

Sep 19

1	1	You Can See Everything A24 \| Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim
2	2	Once Upon a Time in Harlem Neon \| William Greaves, David Greaves
3	3	American Doctor Watermelon \| Poh Si Teng
4 2	4 2	NAZA
5	5	When a Witness Recants HBO \| Dawn Porter

Best International Feature Film

Sep 29

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

Best Cinematography

Sep 29

1	1	The Odyssey Hoyte van Hoytema \| Universal
2	2	Dune: Part Three Linus Sandgren \| Warner Bros.
3 1	3 1	La bola negra Gris Jordana \| Netflix
4 1	4 1	Project Hail Mary Greig Fraser \| Amazon MGM
5 1	5 1	Werwulf Jarin Blaschke \| Focus Features

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 1	4 1	Sense and Sensibility Focus Features
5 1	5 1	Werwulf Focus Features

Best Film Editing

Sep 29

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

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Oct 3

1 2	1 2	Dune: Part Three Warner Bros.
2 2	2 2	Werwulf Focus Features
3 1	3 1	Michael Universal
4 3	4 3	Digger Warner Bros.
5	5	Wicker Black Bear

Best Production Design

Oct 3

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

Best Original Score

Sep 14

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	Wild Horse Nine Carter Burwell \| Searchlight
5 1	5 1	Project Hail Mary Daniel Pemberton \| Amazon MGM

Best Original Song

Sep 9

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 6	3 6	By Any Means By Any Means
4	4	Let Me Sell You a Dream Musk
5	5	I Knew It, I Knew You Toy Story 5

Best Sound

Sep 9

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

Best Visual Effects

Sep 19

1	1	Dune: Part Three Warner Bros.
2	2	Project Hail Mary Amazon MGM
3 1	3 1	Avengers: Doomsday Disney
4 1	4 1	The Odyssey Universal
5 7	5 7	The Sheep Detectives Amazon MGM