2026 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Predictions

Following the 2026 BAFTA race with ranked predictions in every category.
79th BAFTA Awards

Film | Director | Lead Actor | Lead Actress | Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress | Casting | Adapted Screenplay | Original Screenplay | British Film | British Debut | Non-English Language | Animated Feature | Documentary | Cinematography | Costume Design | Film Editing | Makeup & Hairstyling | Production Design |  Score | Sound | Special Visual Effects

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* Updated on 01.25.2026

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Best Film

1

Hamnet (Focus Features)

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2

One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

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3

Sinners (Warner Bros.)

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4

Marty Supreme (A24)

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5

Sentimental Value (Neon)

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6

Bugonia (Focus Features)

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7

Frankenstein (Netflix)

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8

I Swear (Sony Pictures Classic)

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9

The Ballad of Wallis Island (Focus Features)

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10

Nuremberg (Sony Pictures Classic)

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Director

1

Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)

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2

Ryan Coogler (Sinners)

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3

Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)

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4

Chloé Zhao (Hamnet)

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5

Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)

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6

Yorgos Lanthimos (Bugonia)

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7

Lynne Ramsay (Die My Love)

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8

Kathryn Bigelow (A House of Dynamite)

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9

HIKARI (Rental Family)

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10

Kaouther Ben Hania (The Voice of Hind Rajab)

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Lead Actor

1

Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)

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2

Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)

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3

Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)

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4

Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)

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5

Jesse Plemons (Bugonia)

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6

Joel Edgerton (Train Dreams)

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7

Robert Aramayo (I Swear)

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8

Cillian Murphy (Steve)

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9

Harry Melling (Pillion)

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10

Russell Crowe (Nuremberg)

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Lead Actress

1

Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)

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2

Emma Stone (Bugonia)

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3

Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)

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4

Jennifer Lawrence (Die My Love)

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5

Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value)

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6

Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue)

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7

Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another)

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8

Cynthia Erivo (Wicked: For Good)

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9

Tessa Thompson (Hedda)

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10

Andrea Riseborough (Dragonfly)

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Supporting Actor

1

Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value)

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2

Benicio del Toro (One Battle After Another)

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3

Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)

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4

Paul Mescal (Hamnet)

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5

Alexander Skarsgård (Pillion)

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6

Delroy Lindo (Sinners)

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7

Andrew Scott (Blue Moon)

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8

Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)

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9

Adam Sandler (Jay Kelly)

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10

Peter Mullan (I Sweari)

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Supporting Actress

1

Ariana Grande (Wicked: For Good)

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2

Amy Madigan (Weapons)

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3

Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)

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4

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value)

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5

Emily Watson (Hamnet)

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6

Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners)

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7

Brenda Blethyn (Dragonfly)

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8

Gwyneth Paltrow (Marty Supreme)

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9

Carey Mulligan (The Ballad of Wallis Island)

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10

Odessa A’zion (Marty Supreme)

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Original Screenplay

1

Sinners (Ryan Coogler)

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2

Sentimental Value (Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier)

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3

Marty Supreme (Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie)

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4

It Was Just an Accident (Jafa Panahi)

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5

I Swear (Kirk Jones)

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6

The Secret Agent (Kieber Mendonca Filho)

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7

Weapons (Zach Cregger)

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8

Blue Moon (Robert Kaplow)

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9

Is This Thing On? (Mark Chappell, Will Arnett, Bradley Cooper)

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10

A House of Dynamite (Noah Oppenheim)

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Adaptive Screenplay

1

One Battle After Another (Paul Thomas Anderson)

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2

Hamnet (Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell)

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3

Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro)

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4

Train Dreams (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar)

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5

Bugonia (Will Tracy)

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6

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Rian Johnson)

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7

The Ballad of Wallis Island (Tom Basden, Tim Key)

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8

Pillion (Harry Lighton)

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9

28 Years Later (Alex Garland)

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10

Nuremberg (James Vanderbilt)

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Casting

1

Hamnet (Nina Gold)

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2

Sinners (Francine Maisler)

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3

Sentimental Value (Avy Kaufman)

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4

One Battle After Another (Cassandra Kulukundis)

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5

Marty Supreme (Jennifer Venditti)

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6

I Swear

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7

Sirāt (Luis Bértolo)

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8

Frankenstein (Robin Cook)

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9

Pillion (Carla Morris)

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10

A House of Dynamite (Susanne Scheel)

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Best British Film

1

Hamnet (Focus Features)

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2

Ballad of a Small Player (Netflix)

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3

Die My Love (MUBI)

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4

The Roses (Searchlight)

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5

28 Years Later (Sony)

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6

The Ballad of Wallis Island (Focus Features)

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7

Warfare (A24)

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8

Pillion (A24)

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9

I Swear (Sony Pictures Classic)

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10

Goodbye June (Netflix)

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11

Steve (Row K Entertainment)

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12

The Choral (Sony Pictures Classic)

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13

H is for Hawk (Roadside Attractions)

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14

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Universal Pictures)

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15

Mr. Burton (Icon Film)

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Best British Debut

1

Pillion (A24)

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2

Urchin (1-2 Special)

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3

My Father’s Shadow (FilmOne Entertainment)

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4

Wasteman (Lionsgate)

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5

Ocean with David Attenborough (National Geographic)

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6

A Want in Her (Break Out Pictures)

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7

The Man in My Basement (Greenwich Entertainment)

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8

The Ceremony (Filmhub)

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9

The Shadow Scholars (Dogwoof)

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10

Mother Vera (Seeking U.S. Distribution)

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Non-English Language

1

Sentimental Value (Neon)

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2

The Secret Agent (Neon)

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3

It Was Just an Accident (Neon)

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4

Sirāt (Neon)

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5

No Other Choice (Neon)

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6

The Voice of Hind Rajab (Willa)

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7

Left-Handed Girl (Netflix)

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8

Nouvelle Vague (Netflix)

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9

Rental Family (Searchlight)

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10

La Grazia (MUBI)

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Documentary

1

The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix)

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2

Apocalypse in the Tropics (Impact Partners)

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3

Mr. Nobody Against Putin (Kino Lorber)

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4

Cover-Up (Netflix)

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5

Ocean with David Attenborough (National Geographic)

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6

2000 Meters to Andriivka (PBS)

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7

One to One: John & Yoko (Mercury Studios)

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8

Becoming Led Zeppelin (Sony Pictures Classic)

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9

Riefenstahl (Kino Lorber)

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10

The Librarians (PBS)

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Animated Feature

1

Zootopia 2 (Disney)

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2

Little Amelie or the Character of Rain (GKIDS)

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3

Arco (Neon)

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4

Elio (Disney)

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5

The Bad Guys 2 (Universal Pictures)

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Cinematography

1

Sinners (Autumn Durald Arkapaw)

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2

Train Dreams (Adolpho Veloso)

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3

Hamnet (Łukasz Żal)

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4

Frankenstein (Dan Lausten)

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5

One Battle After Another (Michael Bauman)

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6

F1: The Movie (Claudio Miranda)

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7

Marty Supreme (Darius Khondji)

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8

Bugonia (Robbie Ryan)

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9

Die My Love (Seamus McGarvey)

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10

Ballad of a Small Player (James Friend)

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Film Editing

1

Sinners (Michael P. Shawver)

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2

F1: The Movie (Stephen Mirrione, Patrick J. Smith)

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3

One Battle After Another (Andy Jurgensen)

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4

Marty Supreme (Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie)

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5

Hamnet (Affonso Gonçalves, Chloé Zhao)

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6

Frankenstein (Evan Schiff)

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7

Bugonia (Yorgos Mavropsaridis)

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8

Weapons (Joe Murphy)

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9

28 Years Later (Jon Harris)

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10

A House of Dynamite (Kirk Baxter)

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Production Design

1

Frankenstein (Shane Vieau, Tamara Deverell)

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2

Sinners (Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne)

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3

Hamnet (Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton)

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4

Bugonia (James Price, Prue Howard, Sarah Carter)

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5

One Battle After Another (Florencia Martin, Anthony Cartino)

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6

Wicked: For Good (Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales)

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7

Marty Supreme (Adam Willis, Jack Fisk)

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8

Mickey 17 (Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton)

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9

The Fantastic 4: First Steps (Kasra Farahani, Jille Azis)

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10

Ballad of a Small Player (Jonathan Houlding)

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Costume Design

1

Frankenstein (Kate Hawley)

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2

Hamnet (Malgosia Turzanska)

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3

Sinners (Ruth E. Carter)

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4

Marty Supreme (Miyako Bellizzi)

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5

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (Anna Mary Scott Robbins)

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6

Wicked: For Good (Paul Tazewell)

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7

One Battle After Another (Colleen Atwood)

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8

Bugonia (Jennifer Johnson)

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9

Nuremberg (Bart Cariss)

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10

Nouvelle Vague (Katia Wyszkop)

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Makeup and Hairstyling

1

Frankenstein (Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey)

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2

The Smashing Machine (Kazu Hiro, Felix Fox, Mia Neal)

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3

Sinners (Siân Richards, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, Shunika Terry)

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4

Hamnet (Nicole Stafford, Marie Deehanas)

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5

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (Anne Oldham)

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6

Nuremberg (Sony Pictures Classic)

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7

Wicked: For Good (Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier, Laura Blount)

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8

Bugonia (Torsten Witte, Jennifer Johnson)

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9

Marty Supreme (Fontaine, Kyra Panchenko)

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10

One Battle After Another (Heba Thorisdottir, Arjen Tuiten)

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Special Visual Effects

1

Avatar: Fire and Ash (Charles Lai, Jeff White, Nigel Sumner, Richard Baneham)

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2

F1: The Movie (Ryan Tudhope, Nikeah Forde, Robert Harrington, Nicolas Chevallier, Eric Leven, Edward Price, Keith Dawson)

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3

Frankenstein (Dennis Berardi, Ivan Busquets)

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4

The Lost Bus (Charlie Noble, Russell Bowen, Max Dennison, David Zarett, Oliver Schultz, John McLaren, Jiwoong Kim, Sasi Kumar)

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5

Jurassic World Rebirth (David Vickery, Charmaine Chan, Simone Coco, Andrew Roberts, Daniel Jahnel, Nicolas Hernandez)

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6

Superman (Stephen Ceretti, Jason Billington, Genevieve Camilleri, Enrico Damm, Dave Dalley, Stephane Naze, Guy Williams, Sean Noel Walker, Joanna Davison)

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7

Mickey 17 (Dan Glass, Chris Mclaughlin, Stuart Penn, Guido Wolter, Ryan Urban)

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8

Wicked: For Good (Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Robert Weaver, Anthony Smith)

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9

TRON: Ares (David Seager, Abishek Nair, Vincent Papaix, Jeff Capogreco)

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10

How to Train Your Dragon (Christian Manz, Francois Lambert, Andy Kind, Glenn Melenhorst, Robert Altman)

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Sound

1

F1: The Movie (Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta, Gareth John)

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2

Sinners (Chris Welcker, Benny Burtt, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Felipe Pacheco, David V. Butler)

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3

Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th Century Studio)

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4

One Battle After Another (Jose Antonio Garcia, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflor)

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5

Warfare (Mitch Low, Glenn Freemantle, Ben Barker, Howard Bargroff, Richard Spooner)

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6

Frankenstein (Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern, Greg Chapman)

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7

Wicked: For Good (John Powell, Stephen Schwartz)

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8

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount)

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9

Bugonia (Focus Features)

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10

The Lost Bus (Apple Film)

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Original Score

1

Sinners (Ludwig Göransson)

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2

Frankenstein (Alexandre Desplat)

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3

One Battle After Another (Jonny Greenwood)

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4

Hamnet (Max Richter)

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5

Bugonia (Jerskin Fendrix)

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6

Marty Supreme (Daniel Lopatin)

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7

Wicked: For Good (John Powell, Stephen Schwartz)

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8

28 Years Later (Alloysious Massaquoi, Kayus Bankole, ‘G’ Hastings)

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9

The Ballad of Wallis Island (Adem Ilhan)

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10

Nuremberg (Brian Tyler)

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