The Yay Nay Or Meh Podcast

A list of predictions for what will be nominated for best picture at the 99th Academy awards in 2027. In some kind of order for what will win, but mostly what I think will get nominated.

The rankings are based entirely on what I think might get into the Best Picture discussion and ignore any other categories. There are films near the bottom of this list which I firmly expect to be in the running for acting awards.

This list is in three tiers: 10 nominees, 15 contenders and 15 maybes?

Most of these will look foolish in a few months, but if I hit I’ll look like a genius. (Last year I only got 3/10 in my initial predictions.)

1. The Odyssey Sir Christopher Nolan (Universal)
2. Digger Alejandro González Iñárritu (Warner Bros.l)
3. Fjord Cristian Mungiu (Neon)
4. Fatherland Paweł Pawlikowski (MUBI)
5. Wild Horse Nine Martin McDonagh (Searchlight)
6. Project Hail Mary Phil Lord & Christopher Miller (Amazon-MGM)
7. Disclosure Day Steven Spielberg (Universal)
8. Josephine Beth de Araújo (Sumerian)
9. The Social Reckoning Aaron Sorkin (Sony)
10. All of a Sudden Ryūsuke Hamaguchi (Neon)
11. Dune: Part Three Denis Villeneuve (Warner Bros.)
12. Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew Greta Gerwig (Netflix)
13. Michael Antoine Fuqua (Lionsgate)
14. The Adventures of Cliff Booth David Fincher (Netflix)
15. Sense and Sensibility Georgia Oakley (Focus)
16. Werwulf Robert Eggers (Focus)
17. The Dog Stars Sir Ridley Scott (20th Century)
18. Artificial Luca Guadagnino (Amazon-MGM)
19. At the Sea Kornél Mundruczó (TBD)
20. The Drama Kristoffer Borgli (A24)
21. Being Heumann Siân Heder (Apple)
22. Bitter Christmas Pedro Almodóvar (Sony Classics)
23. Sheep in the Box Hirokazu Kore-eda (Neon)
24. Look Back Hirokazu Kore-eda (GKIDS)
25. Possible Love Lee Chang-Dong (Netflix)
26. The Rivals of Amziah King Andrew Patterson (Black Bear)
27. Late Fame Kent Jones (Magnolia)
28. Jack of Spades Joel Coen (TBD)
29. Ink Danny Boyle (TBD)
30. Madden David O. Russell (Amazon-MGM)
31. A Long Winter Andrew Haigh (MUBI)
32. The Uprising Paul Greengrass (Focus)
33. “Wuthering Heights” Emerald Fennell (Warner Bros.)
34. Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Jane Schoenbrun (MUBI)
35. The Invite Olivia Wilde (A24)
36. Bedford Park Stephanie Ahn (Sony Classics)
37. Take Me Home Liz Sargent (TBD)
38. Behemoth! Tony Gilroy (Searchlight)
39. Cry to Heaven Tom Ford (TBD)
40. De Noche Todd Haynes (TBD)