{"id":348046,"date":"2026-03-15T21:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T21:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/348046\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T21:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T21:15:11","slug":"peter-bradshaws-oscars-2026-predictions-who-will-win-who-should-win-who-shouldve-been-in-the-running-oscars-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/348046\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Bradshaw\u2019s Oscars 2026 predictions: who will win, who should win, who should\u2019ve been in the running? | Oscars 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Best picture<\/p>\n

Will win: Sinners<\/a>
Should win: The Secret Agent<\/a>
Shoulda been a contender: The Mastermind<\/a><\/p>\n

Best director<\/p>\n

Will win: Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another<\/a>
Should win: Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another
Shoulda been a contender: Kleber Mendon\u00e7a Filho for The Secret Agent<\/p>\n

Prime contender \u2026 Sinners. Photograph: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.\/PABest actor<\/p>\n

Will win: Michael B Jordan<\/a> for Sinners
Should win: Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet<\/a> for Marty Supreme<\/a>
Shoulda been a contender: Josh O\u2019Connor for The Mastermind<\/a><\/p>\n

Best actress<\/p>\n

Will win: Jessie Buckley<\/a> for Hamnet<\/a>
Should win: Jessie Buckley for Hamnet
Shoulda been a contender: Jennifer Lawrence for Die My Love<\/a><\/p>\n

Praying for success \u2026 Jessie Buckley in Hamnet. Photograph: 2025 Focus Features LLC.\/PABest supporting actor<\/p>\n

Will win: Delroy Lindo<\/a> for Sinners
Should win: Delroy Lindo for Sinners
Shoulda been a contender: Russell Crowe for Nuremberg<\/a><\/p>\n

Best supporting actress<\/p>\n

Will win: Wunmi Mosaku<\/a> for Sinners
Should win: Teyana Taylor for One Battle After Another
Shoulda been a contender: Gwyneth Paltrow for Marty Supreme<\/p>\n

Listening out for a win \u2026Zootopia 2. Photograph: DIsney\/APBest animated feature<\/p>\n

Will win: Zootopia 2<\/a>
Should win: Little Am\u00e9lie<\/a>
Shoulda been a contender: Fixed<\/a><\/p>\n

Best adapted screenplay<\/p>\n

Will win: One Battle After Another
Should win: One Battle After Another
Shoulda been a contender: Don\u2019t Let\u2019s Go to the Dogs Tonight<\/a><\/p>\n

Deserves to be celebrated \u2026 It Was Just an Accident. Photograph: APBest original screenplay<\/p>\n

Will win: Sinners
Should win: It Was Just an Accident<\/a>
Shoulda been a contender: Black Bag<\/a><\/p>\n

Best documentary<\/p>\n

Will win: Mr Nobody Against Putin<\/a>
Should win: Mr Nobody Against Putin
Shoulda been a contender: Ocean With David Attenborough<\/a><\/p>\n

Holding on to hope \u2026 Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd and Elle Fanning in Sentimental Value. Photograph: Landmark Media\/AlamyBest international feature film<\/p>\n

Will win: Sentimental Value<\/a>
Should win: The Secret Agent
Shoulda been a contender: The Ice Tower<\/a><\/p>\n

Best production design<\/p>\n

Will win: Hamnet
Should win: Hamnet
Shoulda been a contender: Bugonia<\/a><\/p>\n

Waiting for news \u2026 The Secret Agent. Photograph: Victor Juca\/APBest cinematography<\/p>\n

Will win: Train Dreams<\/a>
Should win: Train Dreams
Shoulda been a contender: The Secret Agent<\/p>\n

Best makeup and hair<\/p>\n

Will win: Frankenstein<\/a>
Should win: Frankenstein
Shoulda been a contender: Blue Moon<\/a><\/p>\n

A monstrous oversight? \u2026 Oscar Isaac in Frankenstein. Photograph: Ken Woroner\/NetflixBest costume design<\/p>\n

Will win: Sinners
Should win: Sinners
Shoulda been a contender: The Phoenician Scheme<\/a><\/p>\n

Best editing<\/p>\n

Will win: Sentimental Value
Should win: Sentimental Value
Shoulda been a contender: Die My Love<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Best picture Will win: SinnersShould win: The Secret AgentShoulda been a contender: The Mastermind Best director Will win:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348047,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-348046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}