Oscar Predictions - Ema Sasic - Next Best Picture

Sunday, October 4, 2026

Ema Sasic

The Desert Sun/USA Today Network features reporter 🗞️ Next Best Picture film critic 🎥 Member of Critics Choice Association/ GALECA/Online Association of Female Film Critics/Rotten Tomatoes 🎬

@emasasic

Best Picture

2:31 PM

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

Best Director

2:33 PM

1	1	Christopher Nolan The Odyssey
2	2	Martin McDonagh Wild Horse Nine
3	3	Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo La bola negra
4	4	Denis Villeneuve Dune: Part Three
5	5	Olivia Wilde The Invite

Best Actress

Sep 29

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

Sep 29

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

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	5	Mariana di Girolamo Wild Horse Nine

Best Supporting Actor

Sep 29

1	1	Paul Giamatti The Debut
2 1	2 1	Sam Rockwell Wild Horse Nine
3 5	3 5	John Leguizamo The Odyssey
4 6	4 6	Edward Norton The Invite
5	5	Guitarricadelafuente La bola negra

Best Adapted Screenplay

2:36 PM

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

Best Original Screenplay

2:35 PM

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

Best Casting

2:36 PM

1	1	The Odyssey John Papsidera \| Universal
2	2	Wild Horse Nine Sarah Halley Finn \| Searchlight
3	3	The Invite A24
4 1	4 1	La bola negra Eva Leira, Yolanda Serrano \| Netflix
5 1	5 1	Project Hail Mary Jeanne McCarthy, Nicole Abellera Hallman \| Amazon MGM

Best Animated Feature

Jul 1

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

Best Documentary Feature

2:38 PM

1	1	You Can See Everything A24 \| Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim
2 1	2 1	Once Upon a Time in Harlem Neon \| William Greaves, David Greaves
3	3	NAZA
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

2:37 PM

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

Best Cinematography

Jul 1

1	1	The Odyssey Hoyte van Hoytema \| Universal
2	2	Digger Emmanuel Lubezki \| Warner Bros.
3	3	Project Hail Mary Greig Fraser \| Amazon MGM
4	4	Dune: Part Three Linus Sandgren \| Warner Bros.
5	5	Werwulf Jarin Blaschke \| Focus Features

Best Costume Design

Jul 1

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

Best Film Editing

Jul 1

1	1	The Odyssey Jennifer Lame \| Universal
2	2	Wild Horse Nine Mikkel E.G. Nielsen \| Searchlight
3	3	Digger Conor O'Neill, Stephen Mirrione \| Warner Bros.
4	4	Project Hail Mary Joel Negron \| Amazon MGM
5	5	Dune: Part Three Joe Walker \| Warner Bros.

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Jul 1

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

Best Production Design

Jul 1

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	Digger Anna Pinnock, Dennis Gassner, Richard L. Johnson \| Warner Bros.
5	5	Werwulf Craig Lathrop, Anna Pinnock \| Focus Features

Best Original Score

Jul 1

1	1	The Odyssey Ludwig Göransson \| Universal
2	2	Disclosure Day John Williams \| Universal
3	3	Project Hail Mary Daniel Pemberton \| Amazon MGM
4	4	Wild Horse Nine Carter Burwell \| Searchlight
5	5	Dune: Part Three Hans Zimmer \| Warner Bros.

Best Original Song

Aug 19

1	1	I Knew It, I Knew You Toy Story 5
2	2	Chains of Love “Wuthering Heights”
3	3	La Nieve La bola negra
4	4	Runway The Devil Wears Prada 2
5	5	By Any Means By Any Means

Best Sound

Jul 1

1	1	Dune: Part Three Warner Bros.
2	2	Project Hail Mary Amazon MGM
3	3	The Odyssey Universal
4	4	Disclosure Day Universal
5	5	Werwulf Focus Features

Best Visual Effects

Jul 1

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	Avengers: Doomsday Disney

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

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

1	1	The Odyssey Hoyte van Hoytema \| Universal
2	2	Digger Emmanuel Lubezki \| Warner Bros.
3	3	Project Hail Mary Greig Fraser \| Amazon MGM
4	4	Dune: Part Three Linus Sandgren \| Warner Bros.
5	5	Werwulf Jarin Blaschke \| Focus Features

1	1	The Odyssey Jennifer Lame \| Universal
2	2	Wild Horse Nine Mikkel E.G. Nielsen \| Searchlight
3	3	Digger Conor O'Neill, Stephen Mirrione \| Warner Bros.
4	4	Project Hail Mary Joel Negron \| Amazon MGM
5	5	Dune: Part Three Joe Walker \| Warner Bros.

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	Digger Anna Pinnock, Dennis Gassner, Richard L. Johnson \| Warner Bros.
5	5	Werwulf Craig Lathrop, Anna Pinnock \| Focus Features

Ema Sasic

Best Picture

The Odyssey

La bola negra

Wild Horse Nine

Dune: Part Three

The Invite

Project Hail Mary

The Debut

All of a Sudden

Possible Love

Digger

Best Director

Christopher Nolan

Martin McDonagh

Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo

Denis Villeneuve

Olivia Wilde

Best Actress

Julianne Moore

Inde Navarrette

Olivia Wilde

Virginie Efira

Sandra Hüller

Best Actor

John Malkovich

Andrew Scott

Matt Damon

Tom Cruise

Robert Pattinson

Best Supporting Actress

Anne Hathaway

Penélope Cruz

Samantha Morton

Tao Okamoto

Mariana di Girolamo

Best Supporting Actor

Paul Giamatti

Sam Rockwell

John Leguizamo

Edward Norton

Guitarricadelafuente

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Odyssey

La bola negra

The Invite

Dune: Part Three

Project Hail Mary

Best Original Screenplay

Wild Horse Nine

The Debut

Fjord

Digger

Artificial

Best Casting

The Odyssey

Wild Horse Nine

The Invite

La bola negra

Project Hail Mary

Best Animated Feature

Wildwood

Toy Story 5

Hoppers

Forgotten Island

Ray Gunn

Best Documentary Feature

You Can See Everything

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

NAZA

American Doctor

Nuisance Bear

Best International Feature Film

La bola negra

Fjord

All of a Sudden

Possible Love

Fatherland

Best Cinematography

The Odyssey