2027 Oscar Predictions
Updated September 17th, 2026
1. You Can See Everything
Thirty-four days before she’s sent to prison, notorious Silicon Valley founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. What begins as an intimate portrait of an enigmatic felon becomes a mind-bending three-year journey into the abyss. From boundary-pushing directors Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim comes You Can See Everything.
2. Once Upon a Time in Harlem
A decade after his death, genre-defying filmmaker William Greaves has one last trick up his sleeve with what he considered the most important event he captured on film: a 1972 party he engineered with the living luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance.
3. Musk
A thorough and unvarnished analysis of Elon Musk, a technology billionaire who serves as the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and Twitter.
4. American Doctor
When three American doctors, Palestinian, Jewish and Zoroastrian, enter Gaza to save lives, they find themselves caught between medicine and politics, risking everything to expose the truth.
5. Everest: The Other Side
Elite mountaineers Jim Morrison and Hilaree Nelson try to climb and ski the direct north face of Mount Everest, the most dangerous and coveted ski descent on Earth.
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6. My Undesirable Friends: Part II – Exile
Several journalists Anna Nemzer, Ksenia Mironova, Sonya Groysman, Olga Churakova, Irina Dolinina and Alesya Marokhovskaya flee Russia and travel to various countries where they struggle with shame and accountability for the Russo-Ukrainian war they all oppose.
7. 14th
Follows filmmaker Ava DuVernay as she speaks with scholars, politicians, and legal experts about the 14th Amendment, exploring who gets to belong in America and the ongoing fight over birthright citizenship.
8. One in a Million
A Syrian girl's decade-long journey to Germany and back, as she and her family face the challenges of war and life as refugees, showing both the hardships and hopes of starting anew.
9. The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist
Hoping to figure out what's happening with artificial intelligence, a father-to-be embarks on an eye-opening journey to learn more about the most powerful technology humanity has ever created -- and what's at stake if we get it wrong.
10. The History of Concrete
A filmmaker applies lessons from a Hallmark movie writing workshop to pitch a documentary about concrete.