2027 Oscar Predictions

Here are predictions for the 99th Academy Awards, set to take place March 14th, 2027. These prognostications have been compiled by members of the InSession Film team, and will be updated weekly to reflect the changing landscape of awards season.

Best Picture

RankPicture
1 The Odyssey
2 La Bola Negra
3 The Debut
4 Wild Horse Nine
5 Dune: Part Three
6 The Invite
7 Project Hail Mary
8 All of a Sudden
9 Artificial
10 I Play Rocky
11 You Can See Everything
12 Behemoth!
13 Fjord
14 Obsession
15 Digger

Best Director

RankDirector
1 Christopher Nolan, The Odyssey
2 Javier Ambrossi & Javier Calvo, La Bola Negra
3 Martin McDonagh, Wild Horse Nine
4 Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Three
5 Ryusuke Hamaguchi, All of a Sudden
6 Nathan Fielder & Lance Oppenheim, You Can See Everything
7 Olivia Wilde, The Invite
8 Jesse Eisenberg, The Debut
9 Cristian Mungiu, Fjord
10 Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, Project Hail Mary

Best Actor

RankActor
1 Andrew Scott, Elsinore
2 Matt Damon, The Odyssey
3 John Malkovich, Wild Horse Nine
4 Ryan Gosling, Project Hail Mary
5 Tom Cruise, Digger
6 Pedro Pascal, Behemoth!
7 Sebastian Stan, Fjord
8 Robert Pattinson, Primetime
9 John Turturro, The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
10 Anthony Ippolito, I Play Rocky

Best Actress

RankActress
1 Julianne Moore, The Debut
2 Virginie Efira, All of a Sudden
3 Olivia Wilde, The Invite
4 Renate Reinsve, Fjord
5 Sandra Hüller, Rose
6 Inde Navarrette, Obsession
7 Ruth Madeley, Being Heumann
8 Sandra Hüller, Fatherland
9 Jessica Lange, Long Day’s Journey into Night
10 Sophie Okonedo, Clarissa

Best Supporting Actor

RankActor
1 Paul Giamatti, The Debut
2 Andrew Garfield, Artificial
3 Guitarricadelafuente, La Bola Negra
4 John Leguizamo, The Odyssey
5 Sam Rockwell, Wild Horse Nine
6 Edward Norton, The Invite
7 Robert Pattinson, The Odyssey
8 Colman Domingo, Michael
9 Mark Ruffalo, Being Heumann
10 John Goodman, Digger

Best Supporting Actress

RankActress
1 Anne Hathaway, The Odyssey
2 Samantha Morton, The Odyssey
3 Tao Okamoto, All of a Sudden
4 Penélope Cruz, The Invite
5 Amanda Seyfried, You Can See Everything
6 Penélope Cruz, La Bola Negra
7 Olivia Wilde, Behemoth!
8 Sandra Hüller, Project Hail Mary
9 Olivia Colman, Elsinore
10 Mariana Di Girolamo, Wild Horse Nine

Best Original Screenplay

RankFilm
1 The Debut
2 Wild Horse Nine
3 Fjord
4 Tender Loving Care
5 Artificial
6 Obsession
7 Club Kid
8 Behemoth!
9 Josephine
10 Elsinore

Best Adapted Screenplay

RankFilm
1 The Invite
2 La Bola Negra
3 The Odyssey
4 All of a Sudden
5 Project Hail Mary
6 Dune: Part Three
7 I Play Rocky
8 Being Heumann
9 Clarissa
10 Primetime

Best Animated Film

RankFilm
1 Wildwood
2 Toy Story 5
3 Iron Boy
4 Tangles
5 Hoppers
6 Ray Gunn
7 Forgotten Island
8 In Waves
9 Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom
10 Coyote vs. Acme

Best International Film

RankFilm
1 La Bola Negra
2 All of a Sudden
3 Fjord
4 Possible Love
5 Rose
6 Fatherland
7 Minotaur
8 Coward
9 Woman Unknown
10 Everytime

Best Documentary Feature

RankFilm
1 Naza
2 Once Upon a Time in Harlem
3 American Doctor
4 Rehearsals for a Revolution
5 You Can See Everything
6 My Undesirable Friends: Part II – Exile
7 The History of Concrete
8 One in a Million
9 Everest: The Other Side
10 Musk

Best Casting

RankFilm
1 The Odyssey
2 La Bola Negra
3 Wild Horse Nine
4 The Debut
5 I Play Rocky
6 Obsession
7 The Invite
8 Project Hail Mary
9 Being Heumann
10 Dune: Part Three

Best Editing

RankFilm
1 The Odyssey
2 La Bola Negra
3 Wild Horse Nine
4 Project Hail Mary
5 Dune: Part Three
6 You Can See Everything
7 The Invite
8 The Debut
9 Obsession
10 Behemoth!

Best Cinematography

RankFilm
1 The Odyssey
2 La Bola Negra
3 Dune: Part Three
4 Project Hail Mary
5 Werwulf
6 Fatherland
7 Digger
8 Godzilla Minus Zero
9 All of a Sudden
10 You Can See Everything

Best Visual Effects

RankFilm
1 Dune: Part Three
2 Project Hail Mary
3 The Odyssey
4 Godzilla Minus Zero
5 Avengers: Doomsday
6 Spider-Man: Brand New Day
7 Whalefall
8 Wildwood
9 Disclosure Day
10 Coyote vs. Acme

Best Original Score

RankFilm
1 La Bola Negra
2 The Odyssey
3 Project Hail Mary
4 Wild Horse Nine
5 Disclosure Day
6 Behemoth!
7 Dune: Part Three
8 Toy Story 5
9 Wildwood
10 You Can See Everything

Best Original Song

RankSong
1 “I Knew It, I Knew You” from Toy Story 5
2 “La Nieve” from La Bola Negra
3 “This City May Have Chewed Me Up (But It Hasn’t Spit Me Out)” from The Debut
4 “By Any Means” from By Any Means
5 “When I’m Home” from The Odyssey
6 “The Better Part of Bravery” from Wildwood
7 “The Saddest Song” from Artificial
8 “Your God is Sleeping” from Behemoth!
9 “How to Write a Song Without You” from Power Ballad
10 “What Lies with You” from Linda Perry: Let It Die Here

Best Production Design

RankFilm
1 The Odyssey
2 Dune: Part Three
3 Project Hail Mary
4 La Bola Negra
5 Digger
6 Werwulf
7 Backrooms
8 The Invite
9 Wuthering Heights
10 Sense and Sensibility

Best Costume Design

RankFilm
1 La Bola Negra
2 Dune: Part Three
3 The Odyssey
4 Werwulf
5 Sense and Sensibility
6 Wuthering Heights
7 Michael
8 Project Hail Mary
9 The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
10 The Devil Wears Prada 2

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

RankFilm
1 Werwulf
2 The Odyssey
3 Dune: Part Three
4 Digger
5 Wicker
6 Clayface
7 Michael
8 Rose
9 Elsinore
10 La Bola Negra

Best Sound

RankFilm
1 Project Hail Mary
2 The Odyssey
3 Dune: Part Three
4 La Bola Negra
5 Disclosure Day
6 Michael
7 Godzilla Minus Zero
8 Spider-Man: Brand New Day
9 Whalefall
10 Werwulf

Best Live-Action Short Film

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Best Animated Short Film

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Best Documentary Short Subject

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