2026 Oscar Predictions
The Contending Consensus
Below, you will find the consensus predictions from staff and contributors here at The Contending. Simply select the header (e.g. “Best Picture”) if you’d like to view individual predictions per category. Select predictors’ names below to view their individual prediction pages.
| Michael B. Jordan, Sinners |
| Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme |
| Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent |
| Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another |
| Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon |
| Jessie Buckley, Hamnet |
| Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You |
| Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value |
| Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue |
| Emma Stone, Bugonia |
| Sean Penn, One Battle After Another |
| Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value |
| Delroy Lindo, Sinners |
| Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another |
| Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein |
| Amy Madigan, Weapons |
| Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another |
| Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners |
| Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value |
| Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value |
| Sinners |
| Sentimental Value |
| Marty Supreme |
| It Was Just an Accident |
| Blue Moon |
| One Battle After Another |
| Hamnet |
| Bugonia |
| Train Dreams |
| Frankenstein |
| Sinners |
| One Battle After Another |
| Hamnet |
| Marty Supreme |
| The Secret Agent |
| One Battle After Another |
| Sinners |
| Marty Supreme |
| F1 |
| Sentimental Value |
| Sinners |
| One Battle After Another |
| Train Dreams |
| Marty Supreme |
| Frankenstein |
| KPop Demon Hunters |
| Zootopia 2 |
| Little Amélie or the Character of Rain |
| Arco |
| Elio |
| Frankenstein |
| Hamnet |
| Sinners |
| Marty Supreme |
| Avatar: Fire and Ash |
| Frankenstein |
| Sinners |
| Kokuho |
| The Smashing Machine |
| The Ugly Stepsister |
| Frankenstein |
| Sinners |
| Hamnet |
| Marty Supreme |
| One Battle After Another |
| F1 |
| Sinners |
| Sirāt |
| One Battle After Another |
| Frankenstein |
| Avatar: Fire and Ash |
| Sinners |
| F1 |
| Jurassic World Rebirth |
| The Lost Bus |
| "Golden," KPop Demon Hunters |
| "I Lied To You," Sinners |
| "Train Dreams," Train Dreams |
| "Dear Me," Diane Warren: Relentless |
| "Sweet Dreams of Joy," Viva Verdi! |
| Sinners |
| One Battle After Another |
| Hamnet |
| Frankenstein |
| Bugonia |
| Sentimental Value |
| The Secret Agent |
| It Was Just an Accident |
| Sirāt |
| The Voice of Hind Rajib |
| The Perfect Neighbor |
| The Alabama Solution |
| Mr. Nobody against Putin |
| Come See Me in the Good Light |
| Cutting Through Rocks |
| Butterfly |
| The Girl Who Cried Pearls |
| Retirement Plan |
| The Three Sisters |
| Forevergreen |
| All the Empty Rooms |
| Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud |
| Children no More: "Were and Are Gone" |
| The Devil is Busy |
| Perfectly a Strangeness |
| Two People Exchanging Saliva |
| A Friend of Dorothy |
| The Singers |
| Butcher's Stain |
| Jane Austen's Period Drama |
Last Updated: 3/3
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