Looking at Film from Every Angle

99th Academy Awards (2026): The Hopefuls

NEW: APRIL 15, 2022

I’m sure there are a lot of films we’ve yet to hear about that will make a play for Oscar nominations. For now, based on historical information, these are what my initial prediction thoughts are.

NOMINATIONS		AWARDS
Disclosure Day Narnia The Odyssey Dune: Part Three Wild Horse Nine Project Hail Mary Sense and Sensibility The Social Reckoning Tuner Clarissa Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol Fatherland The Adventures of Cliff Booth	12 — — 8 – 6 4 – – 3 – – –	The Odyssey Wild Horse Nine Disclosure Day Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol Prima Facie The Social Reckoning Toy Story 5	7 4 3 1 – – –

Best Picture

The Adventures of Cliff Booth – Netflix (dir. David Fincher) 3/29 4/14
Disclosure Day – Universal (dir. Steven Spielberg) 3/29 4/14
Dune: Part Three – Warner Bros. (dir. Denis Villeneuve) 3/29 4/14
Narnia – Netflix (dir. Greta Gerwig) 3/29 4/14
The Odyssey – Universal (dir. Christopher Nolan) 3/29 4/14 4/14
Project Hail Mary – Amazon MGM (dir. Phil Lord, Christopher Miller) 3/29 4/14
Sense and Sensibility – Focus (dir. Georgia Oakley) 3/29 4/14
The Social Reckoning – Sony (dir. Aaron Sorkin) 3/29 4/14
Tuner – Black Bear (dir. Daniel Roher) 3/29 4/14
Wild Horse Nine – Searchlight (dir. Martin McDonagh) 3/29 4/14

Behemoth! – TBD (dir. Tony Gilroy) 3/29
Charlie Harper – TBD (dir. Tom Dean, Mac Eldridge) 3/29
Clarissa – Neon (dir. Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri) 3/29
Cry to Heaven – TBD (dir. Tom Ford) 3/29
Digger – Warner Bros. (dir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu) 3/29
Fatherland – MUBI (dir. Pawel Pawlikowski) 3/29
I Play Rocky – Amazon MGM (dir. Peter Farrelly) 3/29
Ink – TBD (dir. Danny Boyle) 3/29
Klara and the Sun – Sony (dir. Taika Waititi) 3/29
Michael – Lionsgate (dir. Antoine Fuqua) 3/29
Omaha – Greenwich (dir. Cole Webley) 3/29

Best Animated Feature

Hexed – Disney 3/29 4/14
Hoppers – Pixar 3/29 4/14
Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom – Aardman 3/29 4/14
Toy Story 5 – Pixar 3/29 4/14 4/14
Wildwood – Laika 3/29 4/14

Animal Farm – Angel 3/29
Coyote vs. Acme – Warner Bros. 3/29
Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat – Warner Bros. 3/29

Best Directing

The Adventures of Cliff Booth – David Fincher 3/29 4/14
Disclosure Day – Steven Spielberg 3/29 4/14
Narnia – Greta Gerwig 3/29 4/14
The Odyssey – Christopher Nolan 3/29 4/14 4/14
Wild Horse Nine – Martin McDonagh 3/29 4/14

Behemoth! – Tony Gilroy 3/29
Charlie Harper – Tom Dean, Mac Eldridge 3/29
Clarissa – Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri 3/29
Cry to Heaven – Tom Ford 3/29
Digger – Alejandro G. Iñárritu 3/29
Dune: Part Three – Denis Villeneuve 3/29
Fatherland – Pawel Pawlikowski 3/29
I Play Rocky – Peter Farrelly 3/29
Ink – Danny Boyle 3/29
Klara and the Sun – Taika Waititi 3/29
Michael – Antoine Fuqua 3/29
Omaha – Cole Webley 3/29
Project Hail Mary – Phil Lord, Christopher Miller 3/29
Sense and Sensibility – Georgia Oakley 3/29
The Social Reckoning – Aaron Sorkin 3/29
Tuner – Daniel Roher 3/29

Best Actor

Ryan Gosling – Project Hail Mary 3/29 4/14
John Magaro – Omaha 3/29 4/14
Josh O’Connor – Disclosure Day 3/29 4/14
David Oyelowo – Clarissa 3/29 4/14
Sam Rockwell – Wild Horse Nine 3/29 4/14 4/14

Riz Ahmed – Hamlet 3/29
Robert Aramayo – I Swear 3/29
Timothée Chalamet – Dune: Part Three 3/29
Tom Cruise – Digger 3/29
Matt Damon – The Odyssey 3/29
Nicholas Hoult – Cry to Heaven 3/29
Anthony Ippolito – I Play Rocky 3/29
Hugh Jackman – The Death of Robin Hood 3/29
Jaafar Jackson – Michael 3/29
Jack O’Connell – Ink 3/29
Pedro Pescal – Behemoth! 3/29
Brad Pitt – The Adventures of Cliff Booth 3/29
Nick Robinson – Charlie Harper 3/29
Seth Rogen – The Invite 3/29
Jeremy Allen White – The Social Reckoning 3/29
Leo Woodall – Tuner 3/29

Best Actress

Emily Blunt – Disclosure Day 3/29 4/14
Daisy Edgar-Jones – Sense and Sensibility 3/29 4/14
Cynthia Erivo – Prima Facie 3/29 4/14 4/14
Sandra Hüller – Fatherland 3/29 4/14
Sophie Okonedo – Clarissa 3/29 4/14

Amy Adams – Klara and the Sun 3/29
Sandra Hüller – Rose 3/29
Emilia Jones – Charlie Harper 3/29
Olivia Wilde – The Invite 3/29

Mikey Madison – The Social Reckoning 3/29

Best Supporting Actor

Colman Domingo – Michael 3/29 4/14
Dustin Hoffman – Tuner 3/29 4/14
John Malkovich – Wild Horse Nine 3/29 4/14 4/14
Guy Pearce – Ink 3/29 4/14
Jeremy Strong – The Social Reckoning 3/29 4/14

Riz Ahmed – Digger 3/29
Will Arnett – Behemoth! 3/29
Colin Firth – Disclosure Day 3/29
Ciarán Hinds – Cry to Heaven 3/29
Stephan James – I Play Rocky 3/29
Edward Norton – The Invite 3/29

Best Supporting Actress

Caitriona Balfe – Sense and Sensibility 3/29 4/14
Emma D’Arcy – Digger 3/29 4/14
Emma Mackey – Narnia 3/29 4/14
Parker Posey – Wild Horse Nine 3/29 4/14 4/14
Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada 2 3/29 4/14

Penélope Cruz – The Invite 3/29
Ayo Edebiri – Clarissa 3/29
Claire Foy – Ink 3/29
Sandra Hüller – Project Hail Mary 3/29
Jenna Ortega – Klara and the Sun 3/29
AnnaSophia Robb – I Play Rocky 3/29
Zendaya – Dune: Part Three 3/29

Best Original Screenplay

Disclosure Day – David Koepp, Steven Spielberg 3/29 4/14
Fatherland – Henk Handloegten, Pawel Pawlikowski 3/29 4/14
Omaha – Robert Machoian 3/29 4/14
Tuner – Robert Ramsey, Daniel Roher 3/29 4/14
Wild Horse Nine – Martin McDonagh 3/29 4/14 4/14

Behemoth! – Tony Gilroy 3/29
Charlie Harper – Tom Dean 3/29
Digger – Sabina Berman, Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolás Giacobone, Alejandro G. Iñárritu 3/29
I Play Rocky – Peter Gamble 3/29
Ink – James Graham 3/29
Michael – John Logan 3/29

Best Adapted Screenplay

Narnia – Greta Gerwig 3/29 4/14
The Odyssey – Christopher Nolan 3/29 4/14
Project Hail Mary – Drew Goddard 3/29 4/14
Sense and Sensibility – Diana Reid 3/29 4/14
The Social Reckoning – Aaron Sorkin 3/29 4/14 4/14

The Adventures of Cliff Booth – Quentin Tarantino 3/29
Clarissa – Chuko Esiri 3/29
Cry to Heaven – Tom Ford 3/29
Dune: Part Three – Denis Villeneuve, Brian K. Vaughan 3/29
Klara and the Sun – Dahvi Waller 3/29

Best Casting

Clarissa – Nina Gold 3/29 4/14
Disclosure Day – Cindy Tolan 3/29 4/14
Narnia – Nina Gold, Francine Maisler 3/29 4/14
The Odyssey – John Papsidera 3/29 4/14 4/14
Wild Horse Nine – Sarah Finn 3/29 4/14

The Adventures of Cliff Booth – Laray Mayfield 3/29
Behemoth! – Carmen Cuba 3/29
Cry to Heaven – Victor Jenkins 3/29
Digger – Francine Maisler 3/29
Fatherland – Nina Haun 3/29
I Play Rocky – TBD 3/29
Ink – Rebecca Farhall, Gail Stevens 3/29
Klara and the Sun – Francine Maisler 3/29
Michael – Kimberly Hardin, Victoria Thomas 3/29
Omaha – Sunday Boling, Meg Morman 3/29
Project Hail Mary – Nicole Abellera, Jeanne McCarthy 3/29
Sense and Sensibility – Kharmel Cochrane 3/29
The Social Reckoning – TBD 3/29
Tuner – TBD 3/29

Best Original Song

No predictions made yet.

Best Original Score

The Adventures of Cliff Booth – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross 3/29 4/14
Disclosure Day – John Williams 3/29 4/14 4/14
Dune: Part Three – Hans Zimmer 3/29 4/14
The Odyssey – Ludwig Göransson 3/29 4/14
The Social Reckoning – Alexandre Desplat 3/29 4/14

Behemoth! – James Newton Howard, Brandon Roberts, Alan Silvestri 3/29
Clarissa – TBD 3/29
Cry to Heaven – Abel Korzeniowski 3/29
Digger – Bryce Dessner 3/29
Fatherland – Marcin Masecki 3/29
I Play Rocky – TBD 3/29
Ink – TBD 3/29
Klara and the Sun – Michael Giacchino 3/29
Narnia – Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt 3/29
Project Hail Mary – Daniel Pemberton 3/29
Sense and Sensibility – TBD 3/29
Toy Story 5 – Randy Newman 3/29
Tuner – Will Bates 3/29
Wild Horse Nine – Carter Burwell 3/29
Wildwood – Dario Marianelli 3/29

Best Film Editing

Disclosure Day – Sarah Broshar 3/29 4/14
Narnia – TBD 3/29 4/14
The Odyssey – Jennifer Lame 3/29 4/14 4/14
Project Hail Mary – Joel Negron 3/29 4/14
Wild Horse Nine – Mikkel E.G. Nielsen 3/29 4/14

The Adventures of Cliff Booth – TBD 3/29
Behemoth! – John Gilroy 3/29
Clarissa – Blair McClendon 3/29
Cry to Heaven – TBD 3/29
Digger – Stephen Mirrione, Conor O’Neill 3/29
Dune: Part Three – Joe Walker 3/29
Fatherland – Piotr Wójcik 3/29
I Play Rocky – Sam Seig 3/29
Ink – TBD 3/29
Klara and the Sun – Tom Eagles, Adam Gough 3/29
Michael – John Ottman, Harry Yoon 3/29
Omaha – Jai Shukla 3/29
Sense and Sensibility – TBD 3/29
The Social Reckoning – TBD 3/29
Tuner – Greg O’Bryant 3/29

Best Cinematography

Disclosure Day – Janusz Kaminski 3/29 4/14 4/14
Dune: Part Three – Linus Sandgren 3/29 4/14
Fatherland – Lukasz Zal 3/29 4/14
Narnia – Seamus McGarvey 3/29 4/14
The Odyssey – Hoyte van Hoytema 3/29 4/14

The Adventures of Cliff Booth – Erik Messerschmidt 3/29
Behemoth! – Damián García 3/29
Clarissa – Jonathan Bloom 3/29
Cry to Heaven – Benjamin Kracun 3/29
Digger – Emmanuel Lubezki 3/29
I Play Rocky – TBD 3/29
Ink – Alwin H. Küchler 3/29
Klara and the Sun – Mike Berlucchi 3/29
Michael – Dion Beebe 3/29
Project Hail Mary – Greig Fraser 3/29
The Social Reckoning – Jeff Cronenweth 3/29
Tuner – Lowell A. Meyer 3/29
Wild Horse Nine – Ben Davis 3/29

Best Production Design

Disclosure Day – Adam Stockhausen; Rena DeAngelo 3/29 4/14
Dune: Part Three – Patrice Vermette; Shane Vieau 3/29 4/14
Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol – Eve Stewart; Michael Standish 3/29 4/14
Narnia – James Chinlund; Lee Sandales 3/29 4/14
The Odyssey – Ruth De Jong; Larry Dias, Gene Serdena 3/29 4/14 4/14

The Adventures of Cliff Booth – TBD 3/29
Clarissa – Hanrui Wang; TBD 3/29
Cry to Heaven – Suzie Davies; TBD 3/29
Digger – Dennis Gassner; Anna Pinnock 3/29
Fatherland – Marcel Slawinski, Katarzyna Sobanska; TBD 3/29
I Love Boosters – Christopher Glass; Lizbeth Ayala 3/29
Ink – Carson McColl, Gareth Pugh; Ben Barrington-Groves 3/29
Klara and the Sun – Ra Vincent; Kathryn Lim 3/29
Michael – Barbara Ling; Amy Wells 3/29
Project Hail Mary – Charles Wood; John Bush 3/29
Sense and Sensibility – Francesca Di Mottola; Celia De La Hey 3/29
Wild Horse Nine – Denis Schnegg; Niamh Coulter 3/29

Best Costume Design

Disclosure Day – Paul Tazewell 3/29 4/14
Dune: Part Three – Jacqueline West 3/29 4/14
Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol – Catherine George 3/29 4/14
Narnia – TBD 3/29 4/14
The Odyssey – Ellen Mirojnick 3/29 4/14 4/14

The Adventures of Cliff Booth – Trish Summerville 3/29
Clarissa – Eniola Dawodu 3/29
Cry to Heaven – TBD 3/29
Digger – Jacqueline West 3/29
Fatherland – Ola Staszko 3/29
I Love Boosters – Shirley Kurata 3/29
Ink – Carson McColl, Gareth Pugh 3/29
Michael – Marci Rodgers 3/29
Sense and Sensibility – Grace Snell 3/29
Wild Horse Nine – Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh 3/29

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

The Bride! 3/29 4/14
Dune: Part Three 3/29 4/14
Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol 3/29 4/14 4/14
Narnia 3/29 4/14
The Odyssey 3/29 4/14

The Adventures of Cliff Booth 3/29
Clayface 3/29
Cry to Heaven 3/29
Digger 3/29
Disclosure Day 3/29
Michael 3/29
The Social Reckoning 3/29
Wild Horse Nine 3/29

Best Sound

Dune: Part Three 3/29 4/14
Narnia 3/29 4/14
The Odyssey 3/29 4/14 4/14
Project Hail Mary 3/29 4/14
Tuner 3/29 4/14

The Adventures of Cliff Booth 3/29
Behemoth! 3/29
Cry to Heaven 3/29
Digger 3/29
Disclosure Day 3/29
Fatherland 3/29
Ink 3/29
Klara and the Sun 3/29
The Mandalorian & Grogu 3/29
Michael 3/29
Spider-Man: Brand New Day 3/29
Supergirl 3/29
Toy Story 5 3/29
Wild Horse Nine 3/29

Best Visual Effects

Disclosure Day 3/29 4/14 4/14
Dune: Part Three 3/29 4/14
Narnia 3/29 4/14
The Odyssey 3/29 4/14
Project Hail Mary 3/29 4/14

Avengers: Doomsday 3/29
Clayface 3/29
Godzilla Minus Zero 3/29
The Mandalorian & Grogu 3/29
Moana 3/29
Spider-Man: Brand New Day 3/29
Supergirl 3/29
Wildwood 3/29