Oscar Predictions - Amy Kim - Next Best Picture

Sunday, October 4, 2026

Amy Kim

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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	Project Hail Mary Amazon MGM \| Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
5	5	The Debut A24 \| Jesse Eisenberg
6	6	Obsession Focus Features \| Curry Barker
7	7	Dune: Part Three Warner Bros. \| Denis Villeneuve
8	8	The Invite A24 \| Olivia Wilde
9	9	All of a Sudden Neon \| Ryusuke Hamaguchi
10	10	I Play Rocky Amazon MGM \| Peter Farrelly

Best Director

Sep 25

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	Ryusuke Hamaguchi All of a Sudden
5 1	5 1	Olivia Wilde The Invite

Best Actress

Sep 14

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

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	Anthony Ippolito I Play Rocky

Best Supporting Actress

Sep 7

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

Best Supporting Actor

Sep 6

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

Best Adapted Screenplay

Sep 20

1	1	La bola negra Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo, Alberto Conejero \| Netflix
2	2	The Odyssey Christopher Nolan \| Universal
3	3	The Invite Rashida Jones, Will McCormack \| A24
4	4	All of a Sudden Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Léa Le Dimna \| Neon
5 1	5 1	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	3	Obsession Curry Barker \| Focus Features
4	4	Fjord Cristian Mungiu \| Neon
5	5	I Play Rocky Peter Gamble \| Amazon MGM

Best Casting

Sep 6

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	4 4	The Debut Douglas Aibel \| A24
5 2	5 2	All of a Sudden Coralie Amédéo \| Neon

Best Animated Feature

Sep 28

1	1	Wildwood Fathom \| Travis Knight
2	2	Toy Story 5 Disney \| Andrew Stanton
3 6	3 6	Iron Boy SPC \| Louis Clichy
4	4	Coyote vs. Acme Ketchup \| Dave Green
5	5	Ray Gunn Netflix \| Brad Bird

Best Documentary Feature

Sep 12

1	1	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 2	4 2	American Doctor Watermelon \| Poh Si Teng
5 2	5 2	Nuisance Bear Mubi \| Gabriela Osio Vanden, Jack Weisman

Best International Feature Film

Sep 28

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

Best Cinematography

Oct 3

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

Best Costume Design

Jul 18

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

Best Film Editing

Sep 7

1	1	The Odyssey Jennifer Lame \| Universal
2	2	Wild Horse Nine Mikkel E.G. Nielsen \| Searchlight
3	3	La bola negra Alberto Gutiérrez \| Netflix
4 1	4 1	The Invite Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Anthony Boys \| A24
5 4	5 4	The Debut Robert Nassau \| A24

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Oct 3

1 1	1 1	Werwulf Focus Features
2 1	2 1	The Odyssey Universal
3 1	3 1	Dune: Part Three Warner Bros.
4 3	4 3	Digger Warner Bros.
5	5	Clayface Warner Bros.

Best Production Design

Aug 28

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

Best Original Score

Sep 25

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

Best Original Song

Oct 3

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

Oct 3

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

Best Visual Effects

Aug 2

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	The Sheep Detectives Amazon MGM

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	6	Obsession Focus Features \| Curry Barker
7	7	Dune: Part Three Warner Bros. \| Denis Villeneuve
8	8	The Invite A24 \| Olivia Wilde
9	9	All of a Sudden Neon \| Ryusuke Hamaguchi
10	10	I Play Rocky Amazon MGM \| Peter Farrelly

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

1	1	Wild Horse Nine Martin McDonagh \| Searchlight
2	2	The Debut Jesse Eisenberg \| A24
3	3	Obsession Curry Barker \| Focus Features
4	4	Fjord Cristian Mungiu \| Neon
5	5	I Play Rocky Peter Gamble \| Amazon MGM

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	4 4	The Debut Douglas Aibel \| A24
5 2	5 2	All of a Sudden Coralie Amédéo \| Neon

1	1	Wildwood Fathom \| Travis Knight
2	2	Toy Story 5 Disney \| Andrew Stanton
3 6	3 6	Iron Boy SPC \| Louis Clichy
4	4	Coyote vs. Acme Ketchup \| Dave Green
5	5	Ray Gunn Netflix \| Brad Bird

Amy Kim

Best Picture

La bola negra

The Odyssey

Wild Horse Nine

Project Hail Mary

The Debut

Obsession

Dune: Part Three

The Invite

All of a Sudden

I Play Rocky

Best Director

Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo

Christopher Nolan

Martin McDonagh

Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Olivia Wilde

Best Actress

Julianne Moore

Inde Navarrette

Olivia Wilde

Virginie Efira

Sandra Hüller

Best Actor

John Malkovich

Andrew Scott

Matt Damon

Ryan Gosling

Anthony Ippolito

Best Supporting Actress

Anne Hathaway

Penélope Cruz

Penélope Cruz

Samantha Morton

Tao Okamoto

Best Supporting Actor

Paul Giamatti

Sam Rockwell

John Leguizamo

Guitarricadelafuente

Edward Norton

Best Adapted Screenplay

La bola negra

The Odyssey

The Invite

All of a Sudden

Project Hail Mary

Best Original Screenplay

Wild Horse Nine

The Debut

Obsession

Fjord

I Play Rocky

Best Casting

La bola negra

The Odyssey

Wild Horse Nine

The Debut

All of a Sudden

Best Animated Feature

Wildwood

Toy Story 5

Iron Boy

Coyote vs. Acme

Ray Gunn

Best Documentary Feature

NAZA

You Can See Everything

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

American Doctor

Nuisance Bear

Best International Feature Film

La bola negra

All of a Sudden

Fjord

Possible Love

Minotaur

Best Cinematography

The Odyssey