2027 Oscar Predictions
Updated October 26th, 2026
1. Julianne Moore – The Debut
When an unassuming housewife is unexpectedly cast in a community theater production, she loses herself in the role under the spell of a strong-willed director.
2. Inde Navarrette – Obsession
After breaking the mysterious "One Wish Willow" to win his crush's heart, a hopeless romantic gets exactly what he asked for. However, he soon discovers that some desires come at a dark and sinister price.
3. Sandra Hüller – Rose
A woman in the early 17th century, who is disguised as a man and wants to be a good citizen at any cost.
4. Carrie Coon – The Liberation
Rita, a mother escaping the weight of a harrowing past, finds solace in a secluded all-women's cult - but when her daughters arrive she must choose between the freedom she's found and the life she left behind. Based on a true story.
5. Marion Bailey – Tender Loving Care
Amy, a government child protection worker, moves back with her upbeat best friend Rosie, a social services officer facing daily anger and resentment. Amy's aging parents worry about her happiness while dealing with their own crisis.
Next In Line:
6. Renate Reinsve – Fjord
An immigrant Romanian family living in Norway is subject to an investigation and faces the scrutiny of the local judicial system.
7. Olivia Wilde – The Invite
Joe and Angela's marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places.
8. Emily Blunt – Disclosure Day
If you found out we weren't alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you?
9. Virginie Efira – All of a Sudden
Two scholars exchange letters about chance and risk. As the philosopher falls ill, their academic correspondence evolves into intimate discussions about mortality and a deeper connection forms between them.
10. Rosalind Eleazar – Misty Green
Years after her Hollywood breakthrough, a talented actress whose career has stalled fights for her second act.
Also Consider:
11. Ruth Madeley – Being Heumann
In 1977, disability rights activist Judy Heumann leads a historic 28-day occupation of San Francisco's Federal Building, uniting protesters in a fight for accessibility laws and equal rights.
12. Jeon Do-yeon – Possible Love
Four strangers' paths cross by chance, leading to complex emotional entanglements that challenge their existing relationships and force them to confront uncomfortable truths about love and commitment.
13. Sandra Hüller – Fatherland
At the height of the Cold War, Fatherland centers on the relationship between the writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika—actress, writer and rally driver—as they embark on a road trip in a black Buick cruiser across a Germany in ruins.
14. Mikey Madison – The Social Reckoning
Facebook engineer Frances Haugen and The Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz blow the whistle on the social network's most guarded secrets.
15. Zendaya – Dune: Part Three
The third and final installment in Villeneuve's Dune film trilogy and based on Frank Herbert's novel Dune Messiah.
16. Helen Mirren – A Talent for Murder
A mysterious young man from a New York publisher travels to Switzerland to persuade renowned writer Patricia Highsmith to pen one final installment of her famous Ripley series.
17. Mason Reeves – Josephine
After 8-year-old Josephine accidentally witnesses a crime in Golden Gate Park, she acts out in search of a way to regain control of her safety, while adults are helpless to console her.
18. Léa Seydoux – Gentle Monster
A musician embarks on an emotional search for the truth after her husband is arrested for possession of child pornography.
19. Daisy Edgar-Jones – Sense and Sensibility
From Focus Features and Working Title comes an irresistible new take on Jane Austen's iconic Sense and Sensibility: a charming, witty, and deeply relatable story of love and sisterhood starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles.
20. Sophie Okonedo – Clarissa
Based on Mrs Dalloway. Follows a Lagos society wife preparing for a party while reflecting on her youth and the choices that led her to marry a respected man instead of her poet boyfriend.
