Chasing the Gold: Shadan Larki’s Final Oscar Predictions

In advance of the 98th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 15th, InSession Film’s Awards Editor Shadan Larki shares her picks for the winners in all 24 categories. For more Oscars insights, listen or watch the latest episode of Chasing the Gold, with special guest Mark Johnson.

The Oscars will begin at 7pm EST on ABC, hosted once again by Conan O’Brien. Here is how to watch (almost) all of the 2026 nominees before Sunday’s show.

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Best Picture

1. One Battle After Another
2. Sinners
3. Hamnet
4. Marty Supreme
5. Sentimental Value
6. Frankenstein
7. The Secret Agent
8. Train Dreams
9. Bugonia
10. F1

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Best Director

1. Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After Another
2. Ryan Coogler — Sinners
3. Chloé Zhao — Hamnet
4. Joachim Trier — Sentimental Value
5. Josh Safdie — Marty Supreme

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Best Actor

1. Michael B. Jordan — Sinners
2. Timothée Chalamet — Marty Supreme
3. Leonardo DiCaprio — One Battle After Another
4. Wagner Moura — The Secret Agent
5. Ethan Hawke — Blue Moon

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Best Actress

1. Jessie Buckley — Hamnet
2. Rose Byrne — If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
3. Kate Hudson — Song Sung Blue
4. Renate Reinsve — Sentimental Value
5. Emma Stone — Bugonia

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Best Supporting Actor

1. Sean Penn — One Battle After Another
2. Stellan Skarsgård — Sentimental Value
3. Delroy Lindo — Sinners
4. Jacob Elordi — Frankenstein
5. Benicio del Toro — One Battle After Another

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Best Supporting Actress

1. Wunmi Mosaku — Sinners
2. Amy Madigan — Weapons
3. Teyana Taylor — One Battle After Another
4. Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas — Sentimental Value
5. Elle Fanning — Sentimental Value

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Best Original Screenplay

1. Ryan Coogler — Sinners
2. Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt — Sentimental Value
3. Jafar Panahi, Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin & Mehdi Mahmoudian — It Was Just an Accident
4. Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie — Marty Supreme
5. Robert Kaplow — Blue Moon

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Best Adapted Screenplay

1. Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After Another
2. Maggie O’Farrell & Chloé Zhao — Hamnet
3. Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar — Train Dreams
4. Will Tracy — Bugonia
5. Guillermo del Toro — Frankenstein

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Best Animated Feature

1. KPop Demon Hunters
2. Zootopia 2
3. Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
4. Arco
5. Elio

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Best International Feature

1. Sentimental Value — Norway
2. The Secret Agent — Brazil
3. It Was Just an Accident — France
4. Sirât — Spain
5. The Voice of Hind Rajab — Tunisia

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Best Documentary Feature

1. The Perfect Neighbor
2. Mr. Nobody Against Putin
3. Come See Me in the Good Light
4. Cutting Through Rocks
5. The Alabama Solution

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Best Casting

1. Sinners — Francine Maisler
2. One Battle After Another — Cassandra Kulukundis
3. Hamnet — Nina Gold
4. The Secret Agent — Gabriel Domingues
5. Marty Supreme — Jennifer Venditti

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Best Film Editing

1. One Battle After Another — Andy Jurgensen
2. Sinners — Michael P. Shawver
3. F1: The Movie — Stephen Mirrione
4. Marty Supreme — Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
5. Sentimental Value — Olivier Bugge Coutté

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Best Cinematography

1. One Battle After Another — Michael Bauman
2. Sinners — Autumn Durald Arkapaw
3. Train Dreams — Adolfo Veloso
4. Frankenstein — Dan Laustsen
5. Marty Supreme — Darius Khondji

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Best Visual Effects

1. Avatar: Fire and Ash
2. F1: The Movie
3. The Lost Bus
4. Sinners
5. Jurassic World: Rebirth

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Best Original Score

1. Ludwig Göransson — Sinners
2. Jonny Greenwood — One Battle After Another
3. Max Richter — Hamnet
4. Alexandre Desplat — Frankenstein
5. Jerskin Fendrix — Bugonia

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Best Original Song

1. “Golden” — KPop Demon Hunters
2. “I Lied to You” — Sinners
3. “Dear Me” — Diane Warren: Relentless
4. “Train Dreams” — Train Dreams
5. “Sweet Dreams of Joy” — Viva Verdi!

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Best Production Design

1. Frankenstein — Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau
2. Sinners — Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne
3. Hamnet — Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton
4. Marty Supreme — Jack Fisk, Adam Willis
5. One Battle After Another — Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino

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Best Costume Design

1. Frankenstein — Kate Hawley
2. Sinners — Ruth E. Carter
3. Hamnet — Malgosia Turzanska
4. Marty Supreme — Miyako Bellizzi
5. Avatar: Fire and Ash — Deborah L. Scott

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Best Makeup & Hairstyling

1. Frankenstein
2. Sinners
3. The Ugly Stepsister
4. Kokuho
5. The Smashing Machine

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Best Sound

1. F1: The Movie
2. Sinners
3. Sirât
4. One Battle After Another
5. Frankenstein

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Best Live Action Short Film

1. A Friend of Dorothy
2. Two People Exchanging Saliva
3. The Singers
4. Jane Austen’s Period Drama
5. Butcher’s Stain

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Best Animated Short Film

1. Butterfly
2. Retirement Plan
3. The Girl Who Cried Pearls
4. Forevergreen
5. The Three Sisters

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Best Documentary Short Subject

1. All the Empty Rooms
2. Children No More: “Were and Are Gone”
3. The Devil Is Busy
4. Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
5. Perfectly a Strangeness