0scars 2026 EARLY Best Picture Predictions

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The 2026 Oscars rapidly approach! With the Venice Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, and Telluride Film Festival all around the corner ititss time to blindly preview the films in contention for the 98th Academy Awards! Who will win best picture? What @A24 sports film will be up for Oscar consideration? Will Adam Sandler win an Oscar for @Netflix Jay Kelly? Should Spike Lee be nominated for his film Highest 2 Lowest? Why is The Life of Chuck failing at Oscar success? Which film festival will have the most important films? And can Avatar Fire and Ash repeat previous success? Find out the questions and many more in today's episode of Oscars 2026 Predictions, brought to you by film critic Ben Friedman.Email Me: [email protected] Follow Me on Social Media: Instagram, TikTok - @BenTalksFilm Subscribe to my Podcast Channel: Ben Talks FilmTimecodes00:00 Oscars 2026 Preview03:20 The History of Sound ( @mubi )04:30 The Life of Chuck ( @neonrated )06:00 A Big Beautiful Journey ( @Sony )06:55 Nuremberg ( @Sony )09:00 Brazil's International Feature: The Secret Agent ( @neonrated )10:30 Spike Lee's Highest 2 Lowest Deserves More Attention ( @A24 and @Apple )11:40 Marty Supreme @A24 )12:00 The Smashing Machine is The Rock's Oscar Play ( @A24 )15:30 Nouvelle Vague ( @Netflix )16:30 After the Hunt ( @AmazonMGMStudios )18:00 Father Mother Sister Brother ( @mubi )18:30 Wicked for Good ( @UniversalPictures )19:30 F1 ( @Apple )20:00 Brendan Fraser's Rental Family looks great @searchlightpictures )21:25 Springsteen Deliver Me From Nowhere ( @20thCenturyStudios )22:45 Ella McCay ( @Disney )24:00 The Lost Bus ( @Apple )25:30 A House of Dynamite ( @Netflix )26:30 Avatar Fire and Ash ( @Disney )27:30 Is This Thing On? ( @searchlightpictures )28:20 Frankenstein ( @Netflix )29:30 Hamnet ( @FocusFeatures )30:30 Bugonia ( @FocusFeatures )32:00 One Battle After Another ( @WarnerBros )33:00 Jay Kelly ( @Netflix )33:30 Sentimental Value ( @neonrated )34:30 Sinners is the Oscar frontrunner ( @WarnerBros )#oscars #academyawards #oscars2026 #emmastone #predictions #venicefilmfestival #sinners #adamsandler #oscarpredictions

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