Category: Predictions

The festivals are done (including the last one to show some major Oscar contenders, the New York Film Festival) and the precursors haven’t started announcing, so we’ve let some of the things we’re waiting on settle a bit and here are our latest predictions. There are still a couple of potential major contenders yet to…

With the three major year-end festivals now in the rearview mirror, we’re starting to narrow things down a bit more. We’ve added two new categories this month: Best Production Design and Best Costume Design. Some also offered up Best Makeup & Hairstyling and Best Sound predictions but it was not required. KEY: Appears on Three…

Our final set of predictions before the major year-end festivals. We’ll see how things change from this point forward. KEY: Appears on Three Lists Appears on Two Lists Appears on One Lists Wesley Lovell Peter Patrick Tripp Burton Thomas LaTourrette Introductions Wesley Lovell: Added three films to the roster this month, Animals, The Uprising, and…

We’re midsummer now with Cannes behind and Toronto/Telluride/Venice ahead. As such, we’re adding two categories that speak to the grandeur of the summer: Original Score and Visual Effects. Beyond this, we’re just starting to get more details about the films coming out in the file and contending for the Oscars. In certain categories, we appear…

The three major early-year film festivals are done and the three major late-year festivals are still to come. Let’s take stock of where we’re at this June. KEY: Appears on Three Lists Appears on Two Lists Appears on One Lists Wesley Lovell Peter Patrick Tripp Burton Thomas LaTourrette Introductions Wesley Lovell: Another batch with few…

Not a lot of changes from any of us but we’ve added two new categories: Original and Adapted Screenplay KEY: Appears on Three Lists Appears on Two Lists Appears on One Lists Wesley Lovell Peter Patrick Tripp Burton Thomas LaTourrette Introductions Wesley Lovell: With Narnia moving to 2027 and Michael a critical flop, there are…

Although April may seem like it’s a bit too early for Oscar predictions, Sinners was in release at this time last year, so it’s entirely valid. Sure, a lot of films will come out in the last half of the year that will upend these predictions but for now, this is how we all see…

The ballots are in and presumably tabulated. The winners are probably known to a small number of lawyers and will be announced this Sunday. Here at Awards Landscape, we’ve been predicting since early in 2025 and the culmination of our efforts is here. Below are our final predictions for the 98th Academy Awards. KEY: Appears…

We’re looking at each individual category for the Oscars and what our thoughts are going into the final stretch. We’ve adjusted our thoughts based on the precursor associated with this category, Producers Guild of America. Below are our predictions in Best Picture. Best Pictures Winner Predictions Bugonia F1 Frankenstein Hamnet Marty Supreme One Battle After…

A mid-March broadcast gives the Oscars a lot of room to breathe, whether that’s because most of the precursors were done in January to avoid the Olympics or that even after the Olympics, the majors kept their distance from the Oscars. That doesn’t mean anything is settled but it does leave room for last minute…

We’re looking at each individual category for the Oscars and what our thoughts are going into the final stretch. We’ve adjusted our thoughts based on the precursors associated with this category, Cinema Audio Society and Motion Picture Sound Editors. Below are our predictions in Best Sound. Best Sound Winner Predictions F1 (WL) (PP) [New] (TL)…

We’re looking at each individual category for the Oscars and what our thoughts are going into the final stretch. We’ve adjusted our thoughts based on the precursor associated with this category, American Society of Cinematographers. Below are our predictions in Best Cinematography. Best Cinematography Winner Predictions Frankenstein Marty Supreme One Battle After Another (WL) [New]…

We’re looking at each individual category for the Oscars and what our thoughts are going into the final stretch. We’ve adjusted our thoughts based on the precursor associated with this category, Writers Guild of America. Below are our predictions in Best Adapted Screenplay. Best Adapted Screenplay Winner Predictions Bugonia Frankenstein Hamnet One Battle After Another…

We’re looking at each individual category for the Oscars and what our thoughts are going into the final stretch. We’ve adjusted our thoughts based on the precursor associated with this category, Writers Guild of America. Below are our predictions in Best Original Screenplay. Best Original Screenplay Winner Predictions Blue Moon It Was Just an Accident…

We’re looking at each individual category for the Oscars and what our thoughts are going into the final stretch. We’ll adjust our thoughts based on the precursor associated with this category, Screen Actors Guild. Below are our predictions in Best Actor. Best Actor Winner Predictions Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle…