The 2026 Oscars (celebrating films of 2025) - nominations, predictions, discussion

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Respectfully, to a genuinely respected poster, we seem to have radically different opinions about movies, but to each their own – there is no objective truth in art. But at least we share common ground about dogs – please give loving skritches to Luna on my behalf! :dog_face:

Moving on to the main topic, having just seen Train Dreams, I’ve now seen all ten of the Best Picture nominees. There are so many great movies there that it’s hard to pick a favourite, although I’m sure the voters will select one of the lesser ones like One Battle After Another. If that wins BP, and DiCaprio wins Best Actor, I’m giving up on the Oscars. Same if Marty Supreme wins anything.

FWIW, my faves – in no particular order – are Sentimental Value, Hamnet, and Frankenstein, with Bugonia and Train Dreams trailing a little behind.

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This may be the first time my favorite and my prediction for Best Picture align. One Battle After Another hits the sweet spot for Academy voters wanting to acknowledge the ridiculous state of our politics right now. They’ll make it up to Sinners with Best Actor and a half dozen other well deserved wins. Amy Madigan is going to win for not just a great performance but also to make up for snubs of Weapons in other categories. My personal victory will be if Marty Supreme gets completely shut out.

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It’s weird how Leo has basically no shot at winning when he seems like such a sure thing when One Battle first opened. Micheal B Jordan is now the front runner ahead of Timmy. It would be really cool if Wagner Moura managed a win, and the Brazilian contingent is strong. I’d probably say now it’ll be Jordan, and well-deserved.

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Marty Supreme??!! really?? I quit

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Alright, I have finalized my Oscar predictions. Three of the four acting awards are really up in the air and can go in several ways. (Jessie Buckley will win. The other three, I dunno!) I suspect I will be wrong in one or more of those three categories but I had to choose someone.

Best Picture: One Battle After Another

Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Actor: Michael B. Jordan

Best Actress: Jessie Buckley

Best Supporting Actor: Sean Penn

Best Supporting Actress: Amy Madigan

Best Original Screenplay: Sinners

Best Adapted Screenplay: One Battle After Another

Best Animated Feature: K-Pop Demon Hunters

Best Song: “Golden” from K-Pop Demon Hunters

Best Score: Sinners

Best Cinematography: One Battle After Another

Best Editing: One Battle After Another

Best Production Design: Frankenstein

Best Costume: Frankenstein

Best Makeup & Hairstyling: Frankenstein

Best Casting: Sinners

Best Sound: F1

Best Visual Effects: Avatar: Fire & Ash

Best International Feature: Sentimental Value

Best Documentary: The Perfect Neighbor

Best Live Action Short: Two People Exchanging Saliva

Best Animated Short: Butterfly

Best Documentary Short: All the Empty Rooms

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Huh???

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I finally saw Blue Moon last night. I still think Michael B. Jordan will win, but Ethan Hawke is my personal favorite.

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Nathaniel Arcand plays the Choctaw vampire-chaser in Sinners, and Joel Edgerton’s friend/employer in Train Dreams.

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Hey! We match (on the subset of predictions I made). Which, of course, means this will be an evening of upsets. :upside_down_face:

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I Presume this is going to be the watch along thread, if any thread is?

I have not seen the Oscars in decades, I have never really had the means to for a long time, but I recently got live TV on Hulu, so I figured… Why not? Why not catch them tonight? This will be the first time I’m catching them as they go on since probably… Maybe early 2000s. I’m strangely excited so I am obviously looking for and hoping a watch along threat exists, I assume this will be it.

Also, I am woefully behind when it comes to movies. I am behind on my movies by at least 6 or 7 years, so I have not even heard of any of the movies nominated in any of the awards tonight, but that’s not the reason why I watch anyway, I like to watch just for the excitement and the spectacle and to be able to say that I watched.

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Makes sense!

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So is it a spoiler to say what won? I mean, I know that some record things to watch later and some might catch things later on on streaming services like peacock or hulu. I don’t really know what the rules are regarding these threads.

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I may not watch it until tomorrow, but I would say it’s absolutely NOT a spoiler to say what won – it’s kinda hard to avoid if you go to any news source, which will be blasting the major winners in giant headlines! So, IMHO, go nuts! :slight_smile: I’m sure I’m going to disagree with many of the picks, so may as well get my disappointment out of the way ahead of time!

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I saw go full spoilers as it airs. Totally a viewing thread.

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Amy Madigan wins for Weapons the best actress in a supporting role award

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Well, that was expected, but disappointing to me because it wasn’t memorable – as in, I literally don’t remember anything spectacular about her performance. But let’s move on …

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Conan O’Brien: Welcome back to the “has a small penis” theater. Let’s see him put his name in front of that.

That was comedy gold

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Surprising no one, Animated Feature goes to KPop Demon Hunters.

After a rather cringe attempt at banter between the presenters.

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I was kind of pulling for Zootopia 2 because I loved the first one, whereas I’ve never even heard of K-pop Demon Hunters until tonight.

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The Girl Who Cried Pearls won the Oscar for best animated short.