2026 Oscar Best Film Editing Predictions
Tracking my evolving predictions for Film Editing throughout Awards Season.

Film Editing
*Updated 01.16.2025
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In the Spotlight |
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1 |
Sinners (Michael P. Shawver) |
▲ 1🔒 |
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2 |
F1: The Movie (Stephen Mirrione, Patrick J. Smith) |
▲ 3 🔒 |
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3 |
One Battle After Another (Andy Jurgensen) |
▼ 2 🔒 |
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4 |
Hamnet (Affonso Gonçalves, Chloé Zhao) |
—🔒 |
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5 |
Marty Supreme (Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie) |
▼ 2 |
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On the Fringe |
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6 |
Frankenstein (Evan Schiff) |
▲ 1 |
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7 |
Wicked: For Good (Myron Kerstein, Tatiana S. Riegel) |
▼ 1 |
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In the Mix |
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8 |
Sentimental Value (Olivier Bugge Coutté) |
— |
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9 |
A House of Dynamite (Kirk Baxter) |
— |
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10 |
No Other Choice (Kim Sang-bum, Kim Ho-bin) |
— |
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Long Shots |
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11 |
Bugonia (Yorgos Mavropsaridis) |
— |
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12 |
Avatar: Fire and Ash (John Refoua, Stephen E. Rivkin, James Cameron, Nicolas De Toth) |
— |
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13 |
Weapons (Joe Murphy) |
— |
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14 |
It Was Just an Accident (Amir Etminan) |
— |
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15 |
The Perfect Neighbor (Viridiana Lieberman) |
— |

The table updates as the awards season shifts – my ADHD and OCD won’t let it sit still. The leaderboard below stays put; it’s the Top 7 I locked in at the start of the month.


