2026 Writers Guild of America (WGA) Predictions

Updated on Jan. 14, 2026

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1	One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson	🔒
2	Hamnet – Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell	—
3	Bugonia – Will Tracy	▲ 2
4	Frankenstein – Guillermo del Toro	▼ 1
5	Train Dreams – Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar	▲ 1

6	Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery – Rian Johnson	▼ 2
7	Hedda – Nia DaCosta	▲ 2
8	Nuremberg – James Vanderbilt	▲ 2
9	The Life of Chuck – Mike Flanagan	▼ 1
10	Wicked: For Good – Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox	▼ 3

WGA Ineligible Screenplays:

Ballad of a Small Player
The Chronology of Water
Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
The History of Sound
No Other Choice
Peter Hujar’s Day
Pillion

1	Sinners – Ryan Coogler	🔒
2	Weapons – Zach Cregger	▲2
3	Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie	▼ 1
4	If I Had Legs I’d Kick You – Mary Bronstein	▲ 2
5	Jay Kelly – Emily Mortimer, Noah Baumbach	▼ 2

6	A House of Dynamite – Noah Oppenheim	▼ 1
7	F1: The Movie – Ehren Kruger	▲ 2
8	Is This Thing On? – Mark Chappell, Will Arnett, Bradley Cooper	—
9	The Testament of Ann Lee – Mona Fastvold, Brady Corbet	▼ 2
10	Materialists – Celine Song	—

WGA Ineligible Screenplays:

Blue Moon
Dead Man’s Wire

Father, Mother, Sister, Brother
It Was Just an Accident

A Private Life
Rental Family

Rosemead
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sirāt
Sorry, Baby

1	The Perfect Neighbor – Geeta Gandbhir	—
2	The Alabama Solution – Andrew Jarecki	▲ 1
3	Cover-Up – Laura Poitris	▲ 2
4	My Mom Jayne – Mariska Hargitay	—

5	Come See Me in the Good Light – Ryan White	▼ 3
6	Seeds – Brittany Shyne	—
7	Apocalypse in the Tropics – Petra Costa	—
8	It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley – Amy Berg	▲ 1
9	Folktales – Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady	▼ 1
10	BLACKNWS: Terms & Conditions – Kahlil Joseph	—

The WGA does not release an official list of ineligible documentary screenplays.