Every year a flurry of discussion surrounding the illustrious Academy Awards sweeps social media. Who will win Best Actor, Actress, Director and Picture? Days, weeks and months of debate surrounds these Hollywood icons, an opportunity for respected performers to cement their names into history, or for newcomers to blow away expectations and deliver dramatic upsets. 2026 will surely be no different.

Anyone with even a minor online presence will have witnessed Timothée Chalamet’s (Dune: Part One) global awards push for his A24 hit film Marty Supreme, directed by singular Safdie brother, Josh Safdie, following their split. Since the release of Marty Supreme, Chalamet has been touted as a frontrunner to secure this years Best Actor award, which would mark his first win in this category. However, the EE Bafta Award and Actor Awards, formerly SAG Awards, have both struck uncertainty into the hearts of cinephiles, with Robert Aramayo (I, Swear) and Michael B. Jordan (Sinners), respectively, both recently winning. Outside of this, Ryan Coogler’s (Black Panther) Sinners is tipped to fight furiously against Paul Thomas Anderson’s (There Will Be Blood) One Battle After Another, with the pair guaranteed to compete heavily against each other across the night. But don’t forget Netflix’s Frankenstein or KPop Demon Hunters, which have both found significant success on the streaming platform.

Of course, until the Academy Awards announce the winners themselves nothing is off the table. But here at Nexus Point News, I’ve tried my best to predict the Academy Awards 2026 winners…

Actor in a Leading Role

Nominees:

• Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)
• Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)
• Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)
• Michael B. Jordan (Sinners) – PREDICTED WINNER
• Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)

Actor in a Supporting Role

Nominees:

• Benicio Del Toro (One Battle After Another)
• Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)
• Delroy Lindo (Sinners)
• Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)
• Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value) – PREDICTED WINNER

Actress in a Leading Role

Nominees:

• Jessie Buckley (Hamnet) – PREDICTED WINNER
• Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)
• Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue)
• Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value)
• Emma Stone (Bugonia)

Actress in a Supporting Role

Nominees:

• Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value)
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value)
• Amy Madigan (Weapons)
• Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners)
• Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another) – PREDICTED WINNER

Animated Feature Film

Nominees:

• Arco (Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas and Natalie Portman)
• Elio (Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina and Mary Alice Drumm)
• KPop Demon Hunters (Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Michelle L.M. Wong) – PREDICTED WINNER
• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago and Henri Magalon)
• Zootopia 2 (Jared Bush, Byron Howard and Yvett Merino)

Animated Short Film

Nominees:

• Butterfly (Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens)
• Forever Green (Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears)
• The Girl Who Cried Pearls (Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski)
• Retirement Plan (John Kelly and Andrew Freedman) – PREDICTED WINNER
• The Three Sisters (Konstantin Bronzit)

Casting

Nominees:

• Hamnet (Nina Gold)
• Marty Supreme (Jennifer Venditti)
• One Battle After Another (Cassandra Kulukundis)
• The Secret Agent (Gabriel Domingues)
• Sinners (Francine Maisler) – PREDICTED WINNER

Cinematography

Nominees:

• Frankenstein (Dan Laustsen)
• Marty Supreme (Darius Khondji)
• One Battle After Another (Michael Bauman)
• Sinners (Autumn Durald Arkapaw)
• Train Dreams (Adolpho Veloso) – PREDICTED WINNER

Costume Design

Nominees:

• Avatar: Fire and Ash (Deborah L. Scott)
• Frankenstein (Kate Hawley)
• Hamnet (Malgosia Turzanska)
• Marty Supreme (Miyako Bellizzi)
• Sinners (Ruth E. Carter) – PREDICTED WINNER

Directing

Nominees:

• Hamnet (Chloe Zhao)
• Marty Supreme (Josh Safdie)
• One Battle After Another (Paul Thomas Anderson) – PREDICTED WINNER
• Sentimental Value (Joachim Trier)
• Sinners (Ryan Coogler)

Documentary Feature Film

Nominees:

• The Alabama Solution (Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman)
• Come See Me In The Good Light (Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro and Stef Willen)
• Cutting Through Rocks (Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni)
• Mr. Nobody Against Putin (David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin, Helle Faber and Alžběta Karásková)
• The Perfect Neighbor (Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee) – PREDICTED WINNER

Documentary Short Film

Nominees:

• All The Empty Rooms (Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones)
• Armed Only With A Camera: The Life And Death Of Brent Renaud (Craig Renaud and Juan Arredondo) – PREDICTED WINNER
• Children No More: “Were And Are Gone” (Hilla Medalia and Sheila Nevins)
• The Devil Is Busy (Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir)
• Perfectly A Strangeness (Alison McAlpine)

Film Editing

Nominess:

• F1 (Stephen Mirrione)
• Marty Supreme (Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie)
• One Battle After Another (Andy Jurgensen) – PREDICTED WINNER
• Sentimental Value (Olivier Bugge Coutté)
• Sinners (Michael P. Shawver)

International Feature Film

Nominees:

• Brazil (The Secret Agent)
• France (It Was Just An Accident)
• Norway (Sentimental Value) – PREDICTED WINNER
• Spain (Sirāt)
• Tunisia (The Voice of Hind Rajab)

Live Action Short Film

Nominees:

• Butcher’s Stain (Meyer Levinson-Blount and Oron Caspi)
• A Friend of Dorothy (Lee Knight and James Dean)
• Jane Austen’s Period Drama (Julia Aks and Steve Pinder)
• The Singers (Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt) – PREDICTED WINNER
• Two People Exchanging Saliva (Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata)

Makeup and Hairstyling

Nominees:

• Frankenstein (Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey) – PREDICTED WINNER
• Kokuho (Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu)
• Sinners (Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry)
• The Smashing Machine (Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein)
• The Ugly Stepsister (Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg)

Music (Original Score)

Nominees:

• Bugonia (Jerskin Fendrix)
• Frankenstein (Alexandre Desplat)
• Hamnet (Max Richter)
• One Battle After Another (Jonny Greenwood)
• Sinners (Ludwig Goransson) – PREDICTED WINNER

Music (Original Song)

Nominees:

• Dear Me (from Diane Warren: Relentless; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren)
• Golden (from KPop Demon Hunters; Music and Lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo and Teddy Park) – PREDICTED WINNER
• I Lied To You (from Sinners; Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson)
• Sweet Dreams of Joy (from Viva Verdi!; Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike)
• Train Dreams (from Train Dreams; Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; Lyric by Nick Cave)

Best Picture

Nominees:

• Bugonia (Ed Guiney & Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Lars Knudsen, Producers)
• F1 (Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers)
• Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber, Producers)
• Hamnet (Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes, Producers)
• Marty Supreme (Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas and Timothée Chalamet, Producers)
• One Battle After Another (Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers)
• The Secret Agent (Emilie Lesclaux, Producer)
• Sentimental Value (Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Producers)
• Sinners (Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Ryan Coogler, Producers) – PREDICTED WINNER
• Train Dreams (Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer and Michael Heimler, Producers)

Production Design

Nominees:

• Frankenstein (Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau) – PREDICTED WINNER
• Hamnet (Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton)
• Marty Supreme (Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis)
• One Battle After Another (Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino)
• Sinners (Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne)

Sound

Nominees:

• F1 (Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta) – PREDICTED WINNER
• Frankenstein (Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern)
• One Battle After Another (José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor)
• Sinners (Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker)
• Sirāt (Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas)

Visual Effects

Nominees:

• Avatar: Fire and Ash (Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett) – PREDICTED WINNER
• F1 (Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson)
• Jurassic World Rebirth (David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould)
• The Lost Bus (Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin)
• Sinners (Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean)

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Nominees:

• Bugonia (Screenplay by Will Tracy)
• Frankenstein (Written for the Screen by Guillermo del Toro)
• Hamnet (Screenplay by Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell) – PREDICTED WINNER
• One Battle After Another (Written by Paul Thomas Anderson)
• Train Dreams (Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar)

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Nominees:

• Blue Moon (Written by Robert Kaplow)
• It Was Just An Accident (Written by Jafar Panahi; Script collaborators – Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian)
• Marty Supreme (Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie)
• Sentimental Value (Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier)
• Sinners (Written by Ryan Coogler) – PREDICTED WINNER