Predicting the 2027 Oscars Way Too Early

The 2026 Oscars just wrapped up. A year from now, we’ll be coming off the awards season for the 2026 films, and I’m sure it will be just as delightful and non-toxic as the discourse was for the 2025 movies. Surely, the next crop of Best Actor nominees won’t be put through the unfair wringer, and the deserved Best Picture winner won’t be called one of the worst wins ever.

It’s totally foolish to try to predict the 2027 Oscars. I have seen fewer than 10 movies this calendar year, and I don’t think any of them will really be awards contenders (save maybe The Bone Temple, but with 28 Years Later being snubbed, I wouldn’t count on it). Still, it’s fun to predict, even if this list will look totally stupid in one year.

Predicting Major Oscar Awards for 2027

The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan, Oscars — Photo Credit: Rotten Tomatoes

This prediction is only really feasible for the acting, directing, writing, and Best Picture awards. The technical aspects can’t even be predicted now without even a trailer for most of these films, so it’s best to ignore those. So, without further ado, here are the predicted 2027 Oscars (based on the 2026 calendar via IMDb).

Best Picture

The Odyssey
Project Hail Mary
Digger
Dune: Part Three
Disclosure Day
The Social Reckoning
Godzilla Minus Zero
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
I Love Boosters
Michael

There will undoubtedly be some international films that weren’t on the calendar that get nominations, but this is a pretty good list. It’s The Odyssey’s award to lose, but don’t sleep on Project Hail Mary. The early reviews are astonishingly good.

Best Animated Feature

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Toy Story 5
The Angry Birds 3
The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender
Hoppers

I’m calling my shot now: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie will win Best Animated Feature at the Oscars. It’s not exactly a stacked animation year, and it figures to be the biggest hit unless Pixar really turns back the clock with Toy Story 5.

Best Actor

Ryan Gosling – Project Hail Mary
Matt Damon – The Odyssey
Timothee Chalamet – Dune: Part Three
Robert Aramayo – I Swear
Tom Cruise – Digger

These are all pretty straightforward. Robert Aramayo just won the BAFTA for I Swear, which will be eligible for the 2027 Oscars. If the Academy doesn’t nominate it due to weird scheduling things, then pencil in Sam Rockwell in Wild Horse Nine.

Best Actress

Zendaya – The Drama
Lili Reinhart – Forbidden Fruits
Emily Blunt – Disclosure Day
Renata Reinsve – Backrooms
Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada 2

The Drama looks really good, and Zendaya shines in roles like these. The early word out of South by Southwest is that Lili Reinhart is wonderful in Forbidden Fruits. Renata Reinsve may seem out of place, but horror is finally on the Oscars’ radar, and she’s a fantastic actress.

Best Supporting Actor

Jesse Plemons – Digger or Sunrise on the Reaping
Robert Pattinson – Dune: Part Three
Tom Holland – The Odyssey
Josh O’Connor – Disclosure Day
Andrew Scott – Pressure

Lock in Jesse Plemons for something. He was the biggest snub at the 2026 Oscars, and he’s got two excellent chances to get in this year. I’d expect Digger to do it, since he’ll be working with Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Tom Cruise there.

Best Supporting Actress

Anne Hathaway – The Odyssey
Parker Posey – Wild Horse Nine
Elle Fanning – Sunrise on the Reaping
AnnaSophia Robb – I Play Rocky
Lily-Rose Depp – Werwulf

It’s Anne Hathaway in a Christopher Nolan film. That’s all we need to know. I also expect Elle Fanning to continue her run of dominance after Sentimental Value and earn another nomination. Lily-Rose Depp might’ve been snubbed after Nosferatu, but not this time.

Best Director

Christopher Nolan – The Odyssey
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Three
Stephen Spielberg – Disclosure Day
Alejandro G. Iñárritu – Digger
Boots Riley – I Love Boosters

Basically, Best Director is a compilation of a few of the Best Picture nominees, which makes this prediction for the 2027 Oscars a little easier. Nolan is the easiest guess of all time, and Villeneuve is a highly likely nominee as well.

Conclusion

Go ahead and bookmark this page so you can make fun of me in January. I am sure this list will age pretty poorly, but it was a fun exercise and a fantastic way to look ahead at the 2026 slate of movies and guess which ones will be up for Oscars.