The most effective movies of the yr are competing for the largest trophy in Hollywood on the 2026 Oscars — and Us Weekly is weighing in on who will take residence the night time’s most prestigious wins.
It’s been an surprising awards season main as much as the Sunday, March 15, ceremony, with One Battle After One other breaking out into an early lead with its Golden Globe sweepsuccessful Finest Image, Finest Director for Paul Thomas Anderson and Finest Supporting Actress for Teyana Taylor. Timothée Chalamet and Jessie Buckley additionally seemed to be shoe-ins for the Finest Actor and Actress classes for his or her respective movies, Marty Supreme and Hamnetwhereas Stellan Skarsgård took the win for Finest Supporting Actor.
That each one modified, nevertheless, when SAG’s 2026 Actor Awards got here alongside in early March, with Michael B. Jordan securing a shock Finest Lead Actor win for his roles as twins Stack and Smoke in Sinners. The horror-thriller additionally took residence Finest Solid, whereas Weapons’ Amy Madigan and One Battle After One other’s Sean Penn snagged the Finest Supporting classes.
Strolling into the 98th Academy Awards, solely Buckley’s Finest Actress and Anderson’s Finest Director wins appear to be a certain factor. Preserve scrolling to see Us’ picks for a few of this yr’s Oscars’ largest classes:
Hollywood’s largest night time will quickly be in full swing on the 2026 Oscars, however first, the nominations for the 98th annual Academy Awards have been revealed. Lewis Pullman and Danielle Brooks introduced the nominees from California on Thursday, January 22. For the primary time, casting shall be honored on the Academy Awards, with as much as two (…)
Finest Image
Nominated:
Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After One other
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Worth
Sinners
Prepare Goals
Will Win: Sinners
Finest Actor
Nominated:
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After One other
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent
Will Win: Michael B Jordan, Sinners
Finest Actress
Nominated:
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Kate Hudson, Track Sung Blue
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Worth
Emma Stone, Bugonia
Will Win: Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
Finest Supporting Actor
Nominated:
Benicio del Toro, One Battle After One other
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo, Sinners
Sean Penn, One Battle After One other
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Worth
Will Win: Sean Penn, One Battle After One other
Finest Supporting Actress
Assortment
Focus Options / courtesy EverettNominated:
Elle Fanning, Sentimental Worth
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Worth
Amy Madigan, Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After One other
Will Win: Amy Madigan, Weapons
Finest Authentic Screenplay
Nominated:
Blue Moon
It Was Simply an Accident
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Worth
Sinners
Will Win: Sinners
Finest Director
Nominated:
Chloe Zhao, Hamnet
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After One other
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Worth
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Will Win: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After One other
Finest Tailored Screenplay
Nominated:
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After One other
Prepare Goals
Will Win: One Battle After One other
Finest Animated Characteristic Movie
Nominated:
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2
Will Win: KPop Demon Hunters
Finest Costume Design
FRANKENSTEIN, Jacob Elordi as The Monster, 2025. © Netflix / courtesy Everett Assortment
Netflix / courtesy Everett AssortmentNominated:
Avatar: Hearth and Ash
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Sinners
Will Win: Frankenstein
Finest Make-up and Hairstyling
Nominated:
Frankenstein
That is it
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
The Ugly Stepsister
Will Win: Frankenstein
Finest Authentic Rating
Nominated:
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After One other
Sinners
Will Win: Hamnet
With the latest announcement of the 2026 Oscar nominations, the awards season is formally underway. Fortunately for streaming followers, the overwhelming majority of 2025’s Academy Award nominees, from the record-breaking horror movie Sinners to the Brad Pitt racing drama F1, are available to stream on Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu and extra. To assist movie (…)
Finest Worldwide Characteristic
Nominated:
The Secret Agent, Brazil
It Was Simply an Accident, France
Sentimental Worth, Norway
Sirat, Spain
The Voice of Hind Rajab, Tunisia
Will Win: Sentimental Worth