2027 Oscar Predictions
Updated July 1st, 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. Alejandro G. Iñárritu – Digger
The most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove that he's humanity's savior.
5. Cristian Mungiu – Fjord
An immigrant Romanian family living in Norway is subject to an investigation and faces the scrutiny of the local judicial system.
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6. 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.
7. David Fincher – The Adventures of Cliff Booth
Showcases more of Cliff Booth's backstory in his new role as a Hollywood fixer.
8. Steven Spielberg – Disclosure Day
If you found out we weren't alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you?
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. 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.
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