2027 Oscar Predictions
Updated April 30th, 2026
1. Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Three
The third and final installment in Villeneuve's Dune film trilogy and based on Frank Herbert's novel Dune Messiah.
2. Christopher Nolan – The Odyssey
Odysseus, king of Ithaca, embarks on a perilous journey to return home after the Trojan War.
3. Martin McDonagh – Wild Horse Nine
CIA agents Chris and Lee face a trust-testing mission from Santiago to Easter Island during 1973 Chile.
4. David Fincher – The Adventures of Cliff Booth
Showcases more of Cliff Booth's backstory in his new role as a Hollywood fixer.
5. Alejandro G. Iñárritu – Digger
The most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove that he's humanity's savior.
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6. Steven Spielberg – Disclosure Day
If you found out we weren't alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you?
7. Phil Lord and Chris Miller – Project Hail Mary
Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory slowly returns, he soon discovers he must solve the riddle behind a mysterious substance that's causing the sun to die out. As details of the mission unravel, he calls on his scientific training and sheer ingenuity -- but he may not have to do it alone.
8. Greg Kwedar – Saturn Return
Follows two Chicago college sweethearts over a decade as they navigate the complexities of adulthood and fate tests their youthful dreams.
9. Aaron Sorkin – 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.
10. Paul Greengrass – The Uprising
In plague-ravaged 14th century England a peasant triggers a rebellion against King Richard II and unintentionally becomes a legend of resistance.
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