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Only the dunes of Arrakis remain on our horizon, invitations have been sent, hurrahs have sounded, horses have galloped, and Hamlet’s soliloquy has taken its final bow. It’s still October, but maybe we’ll see it all.
Here are our 2027 Oscar nomination predictions for Best Picture and Best Director in October.
best photo
| Eric Anderson | Ryan McQuade | Sophia Ciminello | mark johnson |
| black ball (Netflix) | Odyssey (Universal Pictures) | black ball (Netflix) | Odyssey (Universal Pictures) |
| Odyssey (Universal Pictures) | black ball (Netflix) | Odyssey (Universal Pictures) | black ball (Netflix) |
| wild horse nine (searchlight photo) | wild horse nine (searchlight photo) | wild horse nine (searchlight photo) | wild horse nine (searchlight photo) |
| invite (A24) | invite (A24) | invite (A24) | Project Hail Merry (Amazon MGM) |
| Dune: Part 3 (Warner Brothers) | suddenly (neon) | Project Hail Merry (Amazon MGM) | invite (A24) |
| debut (A24) | you can see everything (A24) | debut (A24) | debut (A24) |
| suddenly (neon) | fjord (neon) | Elsinore (focus function) | Dune: Part 3 (Warner Brothers) |
| Elsinore (focus function) | Dune: Part 3 (Warner Brothers) | suddenly (neon) | i play rocky (Amazon MGM) |
| Project Hail Merry (Amazon MGM) | Project Hail Merry (Amazon MGM) | artificial (neon) | suddenly (neon) |
| you can see everything (A24) | Elsinore (focus function) | you can see everything (A24) | Elsinore (focus function) |
| next | next | next | next |
| artificial (neon) | debut (A24) | Dune: Part 3 (Warner Brothers) | fjord (neon) |
| fjord (neon) | i play rocky (Amazon MGM) | fjord (neon) | club kid (A24) |
| i play rocky (Amazon MGM) | artificial (neon) | boy name (Lionsgate) | Become human (Apple Original Film) |
| club kid (A24) | boy name (Lionsgate) | seller (Warner Brothers) | artificial (neon) |
| adhesion (focus function) | reason and emotion (focus function) | club kid (A24) | possible love (Netflix) |
Full list of competitors (in alphabetical order)
Suddenly (NEON)
artificial (neon)
Backroom (A24)
behemoth! (searchlight photo)
Being Human (Apple Original Film)
Bitter Christmas (Sony Pictures Classics)
La Bola Negra (Netflix)
Bunker (Sony Pictures Classics)
coward (MUBI)
Debut (A24)
The Devil Wears Prada 2 (20th Century Studios)
Digger (Warner Brothers)
Reveal Day (Universal Pictures)
Dune: Part 3 (Warner Bros.)
Cho Kuk (MUBI)
fjord (neon)
The Misadventures of Cliff Booth (Netflix)
Hachan, shake your butt! (Sony Pictures Classics)
hope (neon)
I Play Rocky (Amazon MGM Studios)
I swear (Sony Pictures Classics)
Invitation (A24)
Josephine (Sumerian film)
Long Winter (MUBI)
Michael (Lionsgate)
Minotaur (MUBI)
Obsession (Focus function)
Odyssey (Universal Pictures)
Paper Tiger (NEON)
Possible Love (Netflix)
Project Hail Mary (Amazon MGM Studios)
Pink (MUBI)
Sense and Sensibility (Focus Function)
Social Review (Sony Pictures/Columbia)
Teen Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (MUBI)
Tender Loving Care (Bleecker Street)
Tenzing (Apple Original Film)
The Unknown (Neon)
Wild Horse Nine (Searchlight Pictures)
best director
| Eric Anderson | Ryan McQuade | Sophia Ciminello | mark johnson |
| christopher Nolan, Odyssey (Universal Pictures) | christopher Nolan, Odyssey (Universal Pictures) | With Javier Ambrosi Javier Calvo, black ball (Netflix) | christopher Nolan, Odyssey (Universal Pictures) |
| With Javier Ambrosi Javier Calvo, black ball (Netflix) | With Javier Ambrosi Javier Calvo, black ball (Netflix) | christopher Nolan, Odyssey (Universal Pictures) | With Javier Ambrosi Javier Calvo, black ball (Netflix) |
| martin mcdonagh, wild horse nine (searchlight photo) | martin mcdonagh, wild horse nine (searchlight photo) | martin mcdonagh, wild horse nine (searchlight photo) | martin mcdonagh, wild horse nine (searchlight photo) |
| Olivia Wilde, invite (A24) | Ryusuke Hamaguchi, suddenly (neon) | Ryusuke Hamaguchi, suddenly (neon) | Phil Lord and Christopher Miller; Project Hail Merry (Amazon MGM) |
| Ryusuke Hamaguchi, suddenly (neon) | Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, you can see everything (A24) | Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, you can see everything (A24) | Olivia Wilde, invite (A24) |
| next | next | next | next |
| Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, you can see everything (A24) | Olivia Wilde, invite (A24) | Olivia Wilde, invite (A24) | Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part 3 (Warner Brothers) |
| Christian Munju, fjord (neon) | Christian Munju, fjord (neon) | Christian Munju, fjord (neon) | Ryusuke Hamaguchi, suddenly (neon) |
| Phil Lord and Christopher Miller; Project Hail Merry (Amazon MGM) | Pawel Pavlikovski, fatherland (bad) | Lee Chang-dong, possible love (Netflix) | Jesse Eisenberg, debut (A24) |
| Jesse Eisenberg, debut (A24) | Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part 3 (Warner Brothers) | Jesse Eisenberg, debut (A24) | Christian Munju, fjord (neon) |
| Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part 3 (Warner Brothers) | georgia Oakley, reason and emotion (focus function) | alejandro gonzález inarritu, seller (Warner Brothers) | Lee Chang-dong, possible love (Netflix) |
Full list of competitors (in alphabetical order)
Ryusuke Hamaguchi – All of a Sudden (NEON)
Luca Guadagnino – Artificial (NEON)
Kane Parsons – Backroom (A24)
Tony Gilroy – Behemoth! (searchlight photo)
Siân Heder – Being Human (Apple Original Films)
Pedro Almodovar – Bitter Christmas (Sony Pictures Classics)
Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo – La Bola Negra (Netflix)
Florian Zeller – Bunker (Sony Pictures Classics)
Lucas Dont – MUBI
Jesse Eisenberg – Debut (A24)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu – Digger (Warner Bros.)
Steven Spielberg – Revealing Day (Universal Pictures)
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part 3 (Warner Bros.)
Paweł Pawlikowski – Motherland (MUBI)
Cristian Mungiu – Fjord (NEON)
David Fincher – The Misadventures of Cliff Booth (Netflix)
Na Hong-jin – Hope (NEON)
Peter Farrelly – I Play Rocky (Amazon MGM Studios)
Olivia Wilde – Invitation (A24)
Beth de Araújo – Josephine (Sumerian film)
Andrew Haigh – The Long Winter (MUBI)
Antoine Fuqua – Michael (Lionsgate)
Andrei Zvyagintsev – Minotaur (MUBI)
Curry Barker – Obsession (Focus)
Christopher Nolan – <오디세이>(Universal Pictures)
James Gray – Paper Tiger (NEON)
Lee Chang-dong – Possible Love (Netflix)
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller – Project Hail Merry (Amazon MGM Studios)
Markus Schleinzer – Rose (MUBI)
Georgia Oakley – Senses and Emotions (Focus Function)
Hirokazu Koreeda – Sheep in a Box (NEON)
Aaron Sorkin – The Social Reckoning (Sony Pictures/Columbia)
Mike Lee – Tender Loving Care (Bleecker Street)
Jane Schoenbrun – Teen Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (MUBI)
Jennifer Peedum – Tenzing (Apple Original Film)
Arthur Harari – The Unknown (NEON)
Martin McDonagh – Wild Horse Nine (Searchlight Pictures)
Erik Anderson has been ranking, predicting and debating the Oscars and all things entertainment since before he could drive. That obsession led him through film school, GoldDerby and the Oscarwatch forum to build Awards Watch in 2013. He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic and has been accredited by Cannes, Telluride, Toronto, AFI, and the New York Film Festival. He is a member of the International Cinephile Society, GALECA, and the San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Association. He lives in the Bay Area with his husband and son.