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

Rank 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

Best Director

Rank 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

Rank 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

Rank 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

Rank 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

Rank Supporting Actress
1 Amy Madigan, Weapons
2 Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
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

Rank Screenplay
1 Sinners
2 Sentimental Value
3 It Was Just an Accident
4 Marty Supreme
5 Blue Moon
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Best Adapted Screenplay

Rank Screenplay
1 One Battle After Another
2 Hamnet
3 Train Dreams
4 Bugonia
5 Frankenstein
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Best Animated Film

Rank Picture
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 Film

Rank Picture
1. Sentimental Value
2 The Secret Agent
3. It Was Just an Accident
4 Sirât
5 The Voice of Hind Rajab
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Best Documentary

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

Rank Picture
1. One Battle After Another
2 Sinners
3 Hamnet
4 The Secret Agent
5 Marty Supreme
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Best Editing

Rank Picture
1 One Battle After Another
2 Sinners
3. F1: The Movie
4 Marty Supreme
5 Sentimental Value
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Best Cinematography

Rank Picture
1 Sinners
2 One Battle After Another
3 Train Dreams
4 Frankenstein
5 Marty Supreme
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Best Visual Effects

Rank Picture
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

Rank Picture
1 Sinners
2 One Battle After Another
3 Hamnet
4 Frankenstein
5 Bugonia
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Best Original Song

Rank Picture
1  “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters
2 “I Lied to You” from Sinners
3 “Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless
4 “Train Dreams” from Train Dreams
5 “Sweet Dreams of Joy” from Viva Verdi!
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Best Production Design

Rank Picture
1 Frankenstein
2 Sinners
3 Hamnet
4 Marty Supreme
5 One Battle After Another
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Best Costume Design

Rank Picture
1 Frankenstein
2 Sinners
3 Hamnet
4 Marty Supreme
5 Avatar: Fire and Ash
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Best Make-Up & Hairstyling

Rank Picture
1 Frankenstein
2 Sinners
3 The Ugly Stepsister
4 Kokuho
5 The Smashing Machine
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Best Sound

Rank Picture
1 F1: The Movie
2 Sinners
3 Sirât
4 One Battle After Another
5 Frankenstein
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Best Live-Action Short Film

Rank Picture
1 Two People Exchanging Saliva
1 The Singers
3 A Friend of Dorothy
4 Jane Austen’s Period Drama
5 Butcher’s Stain
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Best Animated Short Film

Rank Picture
1 The Girl Who Cried Pearls
2 Retirement Plan
3 Butterfly
4 Forevergreen
5 The Three Sisters
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Best Documentary Short Subject

Rank Picture
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
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