2026 Oscar Predictions
Updated April 10th, 2025
1. Jeremy Allen White – Deliver Me From Nowhere
Bruce Springsteen's journey crafting his 1982 album Nebraska, which emerged as he recorded Born in the USA with the E Street Band. Based on Warren Zanes' book.
2. Timotheé Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.
3. Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
When their evil enemy resurfaces after 16 years, a group of ex-revolutionaries reunites to rescue one of their own's daughter.
4. Paul Mescal – Hamnet
The story of Agnes - the wife of William Shakespeare - as she struggles to come to terms with the loss of her only son, Hamnet. A human and heart-stopping story as the backdrop to the creation of Shakespeare's most famous play, Hamlet.
5. Dwayne Johnson – The Smashing Machine
The story of mixed-martial arts and UFC champion Mark Kerr.
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6. Daniel Day-Lewis – Anemone
Family bonds between fathers, sons, and brothers are explored as complex relationships unfold through personal journeys and generational conflicts.
7. Colin Farrell – The Ballad of a Small Player
When his past and his debts start to catch up with him, a high-stakes gambler laying low in Macau encounters a kindred spirit who might just hold the key to his salvation.
8. Denzel Washington – Highest 2 Lowest
Adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's 1963 crime thriller.
9. Oscar Isaac – Frankenstein
Dr. Pretorius tracks down Frankenstein's monster, who is believed to have died in a fire forty years before, in order to continue the experiments of Dr. Victor Frankenstein.
10. Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Tells the story of Lorenz Hart's struggles with alcoholism and mental health as he tries to save face during the opening of "Oklahoma!".
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