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. Wild Horse Nine Martin McDonagh (Searchlight)
3. Project Hail Mary Phil Lord & Christopher Miller (Amazon-MGM)
4. Fjord Cristian Mungiu (Neon)
5. Digger Alejandro González Iñárritu (Warner Bros.)
6. Josephine Beth de Araújo (Sumerian)
7. La Bola Negra Javier Ambrossi & Javier Calvo (Netflix) Up
8. The Invite Olivia Wilde (A24) Up
9. The Debut Jesse Eisenberg (A24) Up
10. Elsinore Simon Stone (Focus) New Entry
11. Behemoth! Tony Gilroy (Searchlight) Down
12. All of a Sudden Ryūsuke Hamaguchi (Neon) Down
13. The Social Reckoning Aaron Sorkin (Sony) Down
14. Obsession Curry Barker (Focus) New Entry
15. Ink Danny Boyle (Netflix) New Entry
16. Dune: Part Three Denis Villeneuve (Warner Bros.)
17. Fatherland Paweł Pawlikowski (MUBI)
18. Sense and Sensibility Georgia Oakley (Focus)
19. Club Kid Jordan Firstman (A24)
20. Being Heumann Siân Heder (Apple)
21. Michael Antoine Fuqua (Lionsgate)
22. Disclosure Day Steven Spielberg (Universal)
23. Possible Love Lee Chang-Dong (Netflix) Up
24. Clarissa Arie & Chuko Esiri (Neon) New Entry
25. I Play Rocky Peter Farrelly (Amazon-MGM) New Entry
26. The Man I Love Ira Sachs (TBD) Down
27. Werwulf Robert Eggers (Focus) Down
28. Minotaur Andrey Zvyagintsev (MUBI) Down
29. Paper Tiger James Gray (Neon) Down
30. Tuner Daniel Roher (Black Bear)
31. A Long Winter Andrew Haigh (MUBI)
32. Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Jane Schoenbrun (MUBI)
33. The Dog Stars Sir Ridley Scott (20th Century)
34. The Rivals of Amziah King Andrew Patterson (Black Bear)
35. The Beloved Rodrigo Sorogoyen (TBD)
36. The Only Living Pickpocket in New York Noah Segan (Sony Classics) New Entry
37. Misty Green Chris Rock (A24) New Entry
38. Bunker Florian Zeller (Sony Classics) New Entry
39. Look Back Hirokazu Kore-eda (GKIDS) New Entry
40. Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People? Shin’ya Tsukamoto (TBD)New Entry