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Oscars 2026 priority watchlist

My personal watchlist for the Oscars 2026, thanks to Variety and Next Best Picture. The list starts off with Variety's first blind predictions and NBP's list of early contenders for 2026's nominees in the feature length categories (except for Original Song). After that I update whenever Variety releases and updates their predictions (top 20 in Best Picture, top 10 in all other categories) until the actual unseen nominees remain.

Latest update: May 19

NOTE: it's a personal watchlist, so whenever I see a film from this list, it will be removed.

  • After the Hunt
  • Anemone
  • Ann Lee
  • At the Sea
  • Avatar: Fire and Ash
  • The Ballad of a Small Player
  • Blue Moon
  • The Bride!
  • Bugonia
  • Caught Stealing
  • The Collaboration
  • Deliver Me from Nowhere
  • Die My Love
  • The Drama
  • Eddington
  • Eleanor the Great
  • Elio
  • Ella McCay
  • Endless Cookie
  • Eternity
  • F1 The Movie
  • The Fantastic Four: First Steps
  • Father Mother Sister Brother
  • Frankenstein
  • Good Fortune
  • Hamnet
  • Hedda
  • Highest 2 Lowest
  • The History of Sound
  • How to Train Your Dragon
  • In the Blink of an Eye
  • In Your Dreams
  • Jay Kelly
  • Kiss of the Spider Woman
  • Klara and the Sun
  • Late Fame
  • The Lost Bus
  • A Magnificent Life
  • Marty Supreme
  • Materialists
  • Michael
  • Mother Mary
  • No Other Choice
  • Nouvelle Vague
  • One Battle After Another
  • The Phoenician Scheme
  • Roofman
  • Rosemead
  • Sentimental Value
  • The Smashing Machine
  • Song Sung Blue
  • Sorry, Baby
  • Superman
  • Train Dreams
  • TRON: Ares
  • Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
  • Wicked: For Good
  • Wildwood
  • Zootopia 2