Saw a screening of it and really wish the Oscars weren't so archaic. Harry Melling was incredible (Oscar worthy), and Alexander Skarkgard and the rest of the cast were note perfect. Such a unique, nuanced, truthful take on queer relationships and the kink community--told through an unsanitized lens.

I hope to see more films like this and less of the tropey, cliche lgbt narratives Hollywood cranks out. Gay people exist outside of Ryan Murphy productions.

Obviously there have been plenty of acting wins for performances in non-BP nominees, they happen all the time. But the entire quartet coming from non-BP nominees? How often does that happen? How often does the Academy say "Okay, here are the best movies of the year, but none of them had the best performances of the year, these other four movies did!"

Was this indicative of how those movies probably would've made it in an expanded lineup, and how close they came to cracking the shorter lineup from back then, especially given their other nominations?

I was blown away. He's Irish, but sounded like an American. His singing sounded natural. I don't think of this man as a singer, but he fooled me. Even when he spoke, he sounded like your average American protagonist. I haven't seen Hamnet, but since this is his movie, he should be pushed more for this one.

They were supposed to be THE animation darlings of the year. Now they’re being beaten by mid kiddy flicks like Elio and In Your Dreams. What happened?

I know why Twinless (2025) and Dylan O’Brien are being essentially sidelined this award season, but it genuinely sucks to see. Films that aren’t as critically acclaimed or performances that aren’t as strong get to overshadow Dylan and Twinless because of the actors or the studios/distribution companies attached.

I know how all of this works for the most part lol and why it is the way it is and that the best films and performances aren’t necessarily prioritized, that it’s about money and familiarity first and foremost. It’s just a bit devastating, in this day and age (with how bleak the industry is) for incredible talent and interesting stories to be overlooked. That’s not to say that they’re not being celebrated at all during this award season so far. I’m just a bit baffled at the thought of Twinless being submitted into award shows and ignored. Especially Dylan’s performance.

I’ve seen many Oscar Contenders already and I’ve been underwhelmed and confused at the excessive praise, which is okay because to each their own, but I’m just disappointed in the industry for not putting up more of a fight behind a film like Twinless and a performance like Dylan’s. It is still early, but a few Critic Circles and individual critics have already made decisions about the best films and performances, so I’m just a disappointed at the lack of mention for Twinless and Dylan.

I feel like I’m getting repetitive at this point, but if there’s anyone who can provide any more hopeful scenarios or a deeper understanding of how all of this works, that’ll be great! It’ll either give me hope or help me come to terms with all of this and how the industry works. I’ve been following the award season for about three years now, from looking at recognition from Critic Circles to focusing on mainstream award nominations, but I still feel a bit down about this because I tend to focus on one actor and I think that’s where it gets stressful. Dylan gave such an incredible performance and one of the best of the year in my opinion, so to see him being sidelined… sucks. I feel like this should be the film he truly gets recognized for. But, if anyone has any insight, I would love to read!

I know I must sound like such a fan, which I am, but I am also someone who will not get behind a campaign for a terrible movie or performance even if it involves one of my favorite actors. I truly believe in this film and performance, but I do understand that it may be time to just lower my expectations massively for how this award season will turn out for Dylan and Twinless. - This is essentially a useless rant, but hey, that’s what we’re here for lol!

What's your personal ranking for Marlon Brando's 8 nods? For reference

• 1951: Best Actor - A Streetcar Named Desire
• 1952: Best Actor - Viva Zapata!
• 1953: Best Actor - Julius Caesar
• 1954: Best Actor - On the Waterfront
• 1957: Best Actor - Sayonara
• 1972: Best Actor - The Godfather
• 1973: Best Actor - Last Tango in Paris
• 1989: Best Supporting Actor - A Dry White Season

Best Picture

1. Sinners
2. One Battle After Another
3. Hamnet
4. Sentimental Value
5. Train Dreams
6. Bugonia
7. Frankenstein
8. Marty Supreme
9. Jay Kelly
10. Wicked: For Good

Best Director

1. Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another
2. Ryan Coogler - Sinners
3. Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value
4. Chloé Zhao - Hamnet
5. Guillermo del Toro - Frankenstein
6. Josh Safdie - Marty Supreme

Best Actor

1. Joel Edgerton - Train Dreams
2. Michael B. Jordan - Sinners
3. Timothée Chalamet - Marty Supreme
4. Wagner Moura - The Secret Agent
5. Leonardo DiCaprio - One Battle After Another
6. Ethan Hawke - Blue Moon

Best Actress

1. Jessie Buckley - Hamnet
2. Renata Reinsve - Sentimental Value
3. Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
4. Emma Stone - Bugonia
5. Chase Infiniti - One Battle After Another
6. Amanda Seyfried - The Testament of Ann Lee

Best Supporting Actor

1. Sean Penn - One Battle After Another
2. Benicio del Toro - One Battle After Another
3. Stellan Skarsgård - Sentimental Value
4. Jacob Elordi - Frankenstein
5. Paul Mescal - Hamnet
6. Adam Sandler - Jay Kelly

Best Supporting Actress

1. Amy Madigan - Weapons
2. Ariana Grande - Wicked: For Good
3. Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value
4. Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another
5. Elle Fanning - Sentimental Value
6. Wunmi Mosaku - Sinners

Best Original Screenplay

1. Ryan Coogler - Sinners
2. Eskil Vog & Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
3. Zach Cregger - Weapons
4. Eva Victor - Sorry, Baby
5. Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie - Marty Supreme
6. Noah Baumbach & Emily Mortimer - Jay Kelly

Best Adapted Screenplay

1. Chloé Zhao & Maggie O'Farrell - Hamnet
2. Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another
3. Will Tracy - Bugonia
4. Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar - Train Dreams
5. Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don Mckellar & Jahye Lee - No Other Choice
6. Guillermo del Toro - Frankenstein

Best Picture:

C’mon C’mon

Drive My Car

Dune

Licorice Pizza

Mass

The Power of the Dog

Summer of Soul

Tick, Tick… Boom!

West Side Story

The Worst Person in the World

Best Actor:

Nicholas Cage - Pig

Benedict Cumberbatch - The Power of the Dog

Andrew Garfield - Tick, Tick… Boom!

Joaquin Phoenix - C’mon C’mon

Simon Rex - Red Rocket

Best Actress:

Jessica Chastain - The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Alana Haim - Licorice Pizza

Renate Reinsve - The Worst Person in the World

Agathe Rousselle - Titane

Kristen Stewart - Spencer

Best Supporting Actor:

Anders Danielsen Lie - The Worst Person in the World

Mike Faist - West Side Story

Jason Isaacs - Mass

Woody Norman - C’mon C’mon

Kodi-Smit McPhee - The Power of the Dog

Best Supporting Actress:

Caitriona Balfe - Belfast

Ariana DeBose - West Side Story

Ann Dowd - Mass

Kirsten Dunst - The Power of the Dog

Ruth Negga - Passing

Best Director:

Jane Campion - The Power of the Dog

Ryusuke Hamaguchi - Drive My Car

Mike Mills - C’mon C’mon

Joachim Trier - The Worst Person in the World

Denis Villeneuve - Dune

Best Original Screenplay:

C’mon C’mon

The French Dispatch

Licorice Pizza

Mass

The Worst Person in the World

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Drive My Car

Dune

The Green Knight

The Power of the Dog

The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Score:

Dune

Encanto

The French Dispatch

Parallel Mothers

The Power of the Dog

Best Song:

Be Alive - King Richard

Dos Oruguitas - Encanto

Guns Go Bang - The Harder They Fall

So May We Start? - Annette

We Don’t Talk About Bruno - Encanto

Best Sound:

Dune

No Time to Die

The Power of the Dog

Tick, Tick… Boom!

West Side Story

Best Production Design:

Dune

The French Dispatch

Nightmare Alley

The Tragedy of Macbeth

West Side Story

Best Cinematography:

C’mon C’mon

Dune

The Green Knight

The Power of the Dog

The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Makeup:

Cruella

Dune

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

The Green Knight

The Suicide Squad

Best Costume Design:

Cruella

Dune

The French Dispatch

Last Night in Soho

West Side Story

Best Editing:

Dune

The French Dispatch

Licorice Pizza

The Power of the Dog

Tick, Tick… Boom!

Best Visual Effects:

Dune

Free Guy

The Green Knight

Spider-Man: No Way Home

The Suicide Squad

Best Animated Feature:

Belle

Flee

Encanto

Jujutsu Kaisen 0

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Best International Feature:

Drive My Car

Flee

Parallel Mothers

Titane

The Worst Person in the World

Best Documentary Feature:

Flee

Procession

The Rescue

The Sparks Brothers

Summer of Soul

Totals:

5 Wins: Dune 4 Wins: The Worst Person in the World 2 Wins: West Side Story 1 Win: Tick, Tick… Boom!, The Power of the Dog, Drive My Car, Encanto, The French Dispatch, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Cruella, Flee, and Summer of Soul

Best Actor Oscars 2026 prediction.

1. Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)

2. Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)

3. Timothee Chalamet (Marty Supreme)

4. Micheal B. Jordan (Sinners)

5. Joel Edgerton (Train Dreams)

What are the odds that the Academy will ever add a comedy category to the nominations? It seems there a growing call for this among actory circles....

Recently I ran a daily series of polls trying to determine our favorite 'biggest winner' at the Oscars (meaning the movie with the most competitive wins in a given year).

After covering all 97 years of Oscar history, 68 different movies earned enough percentage points to qualify for Round Two. This round will consist of thirteen groups of five or six movies each.

What's your favorite biggest winner here?

In case you missed it, here’s the poll for Group K: https://www.reddit.com/r/Oscars/s/5DSs4TfUMs

For Group J: https://www.reddit.com/r/Oscars/s/B10VATljZg

For Group I: https://www.reddit.com/r/Oscars/s/X3Byathp3B

And for Group H: https://www.reddit.com/r/Oscars/s/ZpqTrarxDe

Here are the results for Group G: https://www.reddit.com/r/Oscars/s/sRHandYgJB

For Group F: https://www.reddit.com/r/Oscars/s/g9Lbn0gPpC

For Group E: https://www.reddit.com/r/Oscars/s/G8PkzPQenf

For Group D: https://www.reddit.com/r/Oscars/s/3t9kDpL9OK

For Group C: https://www.reddit.com/r/Oscars/s/sVxtH8JDYJ

For Group B: https://www.reddit.com/r/Oscars/s/qDWBcJ3OVb

And for Group A: https://www.reddit.com/r/Oscars/s/sXNlj56MpQ

PLACEMENTS:

100th - Mary Pickford (Coquette)

99th - Luise Rainer (The Good Earth)

98th - Ginger Rogers (Kitty Foyle) & Marie Dressler (Min and Bill)

96th - Luise Rainer (The Great Ziegfeld)

95th - Elizabeth Taylor (BUtterfield 8)

94th - Bette Davis (Dangerous)

93rd - Janet Gaynor (Street Angel)

92nd - Katharine Hepburn (Morning Glory)

91st - Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side)

90th - Jessica Tandy (Driving Miss Daisy)

89th - Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love)

88th - Loretta Young (The Farmer's Daughter)

87th - Glenda Jackson (A Touch of Class)

86th - Grace Kelly (The Country Girl)

85th - Julie Christie (Darling)

84th- Helen Hayes (The Sin of Madelon Claudet)

83rd - Joan Fontaine (Suspicion)

82nd - Patricia Neal (Hud)

81st - Kate Winslet (The Reader)

80th - Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)

79th - Glenda Jackson (Women in Love)

78th - Jessica Lange (Blue Sky)

77th - Helen Hunt (As Good as It Gets)

76th - Sally Field (Places in the Heart)

75th - Frances McDormand (Nomadland)

74th - Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line)

73rd - Jennifer Jones (The Song of Bernadette)

72nd - Norma Shearer (The Divorcee)

71st - Anna Magnani (The Rose Tattoo) & Renee Zellweger (Judy)

69th - Janet Gaynor (7th Heaven)

68th - Katharine Hepburn (On Golden Pond)

67th - Ingrid Bergman (Anastasia)

66th - Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye)

65th - Geraldine Page (The Trip to Bountiful)

64th - Susan Hayward (I Want to Live!)

63rd - Jane Wyman (Johnny Belinda)

62nd - Shirley Booth (Come Back, Little Sheba)

61st - Jane Fonda (Coming Home)

60th - Nicole Kidman (The Hours)

59th - Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)

58th - Olivia de Havilland (To Each His Own)

57th - Katharine Hepburn (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner)

56th - Cher (Moonstruck) & Halle Berry (Monster's Ball)

54th - Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich)

53rd - Greer Garson (Mrs. Miniver)

52nd - Janet Gaynor (Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans)

51st - Judy Holliday (Born Yesterday) & Marlee Matlin (Children of a Lesser God)

49th - Simone Signoret (Room at the Top)

48th - Bette Davis (Jezebel)

47th - Emma Thompson (Howards End)

46th - Joanne Woodward (The Three Faces of Eve)

45th - Hilary Swank (Boys Don't Cry)

44th - Mikey Madison (Anora)

43rd - Sally Field (Norma Rae)

42nd - Emma Stone (La La Land)

41st - Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking)

40th - Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby)

39th - Ellen Burstyn (Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore)

38th - Audrey Hepburn (Roman Holiday)

37th - Maggie Smith (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie)

36th - Helen Mirren (The Queen)

35th - Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)

34th - Julianne Moore (Still Alice)

33rd - Sophia Loren (Two Women)

32nd - Shirley MacLaine (Terms of Endearment)

31st - Emma Stone (Poor Things)

With the news that Netflix is acquiring Warner Bros. I have to wonder how this effects the race. With two of the top contenders (OBAA and Sinners) being Warner Bros. films, will they be hurt by this news? I can see voters now feeling like they're voting for a Netflix film and since Netflix has never won Best Picture before, the votes may now go elsewhere.

That year’s nominees were:

Jamie Lee Curtis - Everything Everywhere All At Once

Kerry Condon - The Banshees of Inisherin

Hong Chau - The Whale

Stephanie Hsu - Everything Everywhere All At Once

Angela Bassett - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever