2026 Oscar Predictions
Updated April 10th, 2025
1. June Squibb – Eleanor the Great
After seventy years with best friend, Eleanor moves to New York City for a fresh start. Making new friends at ninety proves difficult. Longing for connection, she befriends a 19-year-old student
2. Cynthia Erivo – Wicked: For Good
Follows Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West and her relationship with Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. The second of a two-part feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical.
3. Jessie Buckley – 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.
4. Emma Stone – Bugonia
Two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
5. Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
An intimate and moving exploration of family, memories, and the reconciliatory power of art.
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6. Julia Roberts – After the Hunt
A college professor finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil levels an accusation against one of her colleagues and a dark secret from her own past threatens to come to light.
7. Jennifer Lawrence – Die, My Love
In a remote forgotten rural area, a mother struggles to maintain her sanity as she battles with psychosis.
8. Teyana Taylor – 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.
9. Sydney Sweeney – Untitled Christy Martin Movie
Tells the story of Christy Martin, the most successful female boxer of the 90s.
10. Tessa Thompson – Hedda
Henrik Ibsen's renowned stage drama from 1891 is reimagined in an epic and emotional way in this production, Hedda Gabler.
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