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items: Weapons' Aunt Gladys prequel moves ahead with major update following Amy Madigan’s Oscar win
items: Oscar predictions 2027: 25 films which could compete for best picture next year
items: Oscars 2026 snubs numerous late A-list stars from emotional In Memoriam segment
items: Oscar winners 2026: Full list as One Battle After Another wins best picture, Michael B Jordan takes home best actor
items: Which film has won the most Oscars ever? Academy Award winner records
items: How Train Dreams winning the 2026 Oscar for best picture could help spread its most vital message
items: Sinners becoming the 2026 best picture winner would prove the Oscars don't need to play it safe
items: How a win for the delicate Sentimental Value would bring something totally fresh to the Oscars' 2026 best picture race
items: How to watch the Oscars 2026 in the UK
items: How The Secret Agent's overflow of cinematic possibilities proves it deserves best picture at the 2026 Oscars
items: Hidden gems at the 2026 Oscars: 10 nominated films you might not have seen
items: Every best picture Oscar winner of 21st century ranked – from Crash to Moonlight
items: Why One Battle After Another deserves to win the war for best picture at the 2026 Oscars
items: Why Marty Supreme's unlikable characters are still a reason it deserves to win best picture at the 2026 Oscars
items: To be or not to be? There's no question the 'emotionally manipulative' Hamnet deserves to win the 2026 Oscar for best picture
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Weapons' Aunt Gladys prequel moves ahead with major update following Amy Madigan’s Oscar win
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date: 2026-04-02T11:25:18.000Z
creator: Tilly Pearce
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description: After the runaway success of the horror movie, its stand-out character is taking centre stage.
encoded: After becoming one of cinema's biggest talking points in 2025, horror movie Weapons will be getting a prequel film charting the origins of stand-out character Aunt Gladys. The genre-bender, which tells the story of a strange mystery when a group of schoolchildren all go missing in the dead of night, became a hit upon release, raking in just shy of $270million at the worldwide box office. Aunt Gladys, played by Amy Madigan, proved an instant fan favourite, thanks to her eccentric make-up and stand-out colourful wigs. A sinister figure from the very beginning, Gladys pulls the strings from behind the scenes, but, even still, there's no predicting just how influential she would be on the film's dramatic, and surprisingly hilarious, finale. During awards season this year, Madigan took home an Oscar for her portrayal of the already iconic horror villain – and now fans are set to find out more about the character. View Green Video on the source website According to Deadline, the new movie, tentatively titled Gladys, will be written by Zach Cregger and Zach Shields. Cregger wrote and directed the first Weapons film following the success of his 2022 horror movie, Barbarian. He will be joined on the new project by Shields, whose credits include Krampus Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Madigan is set to reprise her role in the upcoming film. At this year’s Academy Awards, Madigan took home her first Oscar, beating out Teyana Taylor for One Battle After Another, Wunmi Mosaku for Sinners, and Elle Fanning and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, both for Sentimental Value. When she took to the stage, she let out a Gladys-like cackle before declaring: "This is great!" <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2026/04/GettyImages-2266299282-f633bb3.jpg" width="5776" height="3853" alt="Amy Gladigan wears a black and gold outfit with sunglasses as she smiles while holding her Oscar statue. Her eyes are hidden by her sunglasses, and her hair is pulled back, with two st…

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Oscar predictions 2027: 25 films which could compete for best picture next year
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date: 2026-03-16T17:38:16.000Z
creator: Patrick Cremona
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description: We might be a year away, but we can already take a good stab at predicting some of the films which might well feature at the next Oscars.
encoded: After what sometimes felt like an endless awards season, last night's Academy Awards ceremony in LA marked the end of this year's cycle, with Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another eventually named as the deserving best picture winner. The film saw off competition from the likes of Ryan Coogler's Sinners to win the main prize, with Anderson also scooping the honours for best director and best adapted screenplay. It was the first time the filmmaker had won Oscar gold despite coming close on numerous previous occasions, but few would have been too surprised if they'd been told this time last year that he would finally get his day in the sun. With that in mind, we're taking an early stab at suggesting who might be in the running this time next year. We've used our expert insight to round up a list of some of the films that might well be in contention when the time comes to hand out golden statuettes in 2027. It should obviously be taken into account that – with the exception of one or two films – most of the titles listed below have not yet been screened, and so we're relying entirely on the names attached and plot synopses to indicate which films might be in the running. It's likely that after some of these premiere they could drop off our predictions list entirely, and it's equally probable that several films will come out of nowhere to emerge as major contenders in the coming months – as was the case this year. But for the time being, read on for a list of films that could be up for best picture in 2027. If nothing else, it certainly points to another exciting year for new releases... 1. The Odyssey View Green Video on the source website It's almost impossible to imagine a world in which Christopher Nolan's follow-up to his Oscar-sweeping 2023 biographical epic Oppenheimer doesn't land a glut of nominations. While winning two best pictures in a row may prove a little too much, the combination of on-screen and off-screen talent, source material and pre-relea…

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Oscars 2026 snubs numerous late A-list stars from emotional In Memoriam segment
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date: 2026-03-16T12:28:03.000Z
creator: Molly Moss
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description: The 98th Academy Awards paid tribute to stars such as Robert Redford, Diane Keaton, Rob Reiner and Catherine O’Hara.
encoded: Several notable film and TV figures were omitted from the In Memoriam segment of the Oscars 2026 on Sunday (15 March). Held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, the 98th Academy Awards featured an expanded In Memoriam segment, paying tribute to previous Oscar winners Robert Redford and Diane Keaton, and director Rob Reiner. Actors Catherine O’Hara, Claudia Cardinale and Diane Ladd were also among those honoured. But several notable stars such as film icon Brigitte Bardot, Dawson’s Creek actor James Van Der Beek, and Euphoria and Grey’s Anatomy star Eric Dane were not included in the line-up. French screen legend-turned-activist Bardot died aged 91 in December from cancer. Van Der Beek died on 11 February aged 48 after a battle with colorectal cancer, while Dane, who was diagnosed with ALS in 2024, died aged 58 eights days later on 19 February. Despite being mainly known for their roles in television, the pair have also both appeared in a string of films. The Game Awards host Geoff Keighley also took to social media to express his disappointment following his father David Keighley’s omission from the segment. David Keighley was the first quality control officer for IMAX and oversaw post-production on more than 500 IMAX films. “So incredibly disappointed and heartbroken that the #Oscars and AMPAS chose not to include my father, David Keighley, and his immeasurable contributions to IMAX and cinema in the In Memoriam segment in the broadcast,” he wrote. “I will never forget.” David died of cancer in August at the age of 77. Other stars absent from the line-up included Lost in Space actor June Lockhart, Harold and Maude star Bud Cort, and Dr Kildare and Shogun actor Richard Chamberlain. View oEmbed on the source website Despite the omissions, the In Memoriam segment was widely praised by Oscar viewers. "That was the best In Memoriam in the history of memorials. Thank you to The Academy," wrote interviewer Landon Johnson, and journalist Matt Neglia said: "Classiest, most …

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Oscar winners 2026: Full list as One Battle After Another wins best picture, Michael B Jordan takes home best actor
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date: 2026-03-16T06:55:03.000Z
creator: Lewis Knight
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description: Other big winners on the night included Jessie Buckley for best actress and Sean Penn for best supporting actor.
encoded: In a very big night for the film, One Battle After Another was named best picture at last night's 98th Academy Awards in LA – with director Paul Thomas Anderson's film beating the likes of Sinners and Hamnet to become the latest winner of Hollywood's most coveted honour. The film took home an additional five awards, including best director for Anderson, best music, best casting, and best adapted screenplay. An absent Sean Penn also took home the award for best supporting actor, beating the likes of Frankenstein's Jacob Elordi and Sentimental Value's Stellan Skarsgard, for his performance in One Battle After Another. Meanwhile, Michael B Jordan took home a much-contested best actor award for his work as identical twins in the night's most-nominated film, Sinners, while the film also won best original screenplay, best music, and best cinematography. Awards season constant Jessie Buckley did indeed win best actress for her turn in Hamnet, while Amy Madigan won her first Oscar for her turn as Gladys in the horror film Weapons. Elsewhere, there were also wins for the likes of K-Pop Demon Hunters for best animated feature, Sentimental Value for best international film, and Mr Nobody Against Putin for best documentary feature. Read below for the full list of nominees and winners. Oscar winners 2026: Full list of Academy Awards winners Best picture Bugonia F1 Frankenstein Hamnet Marty Supreme One Battle After Another - WINNER The Secret Agent Sentimental Value Sinners Train Dreams Best director Chloe Zhao – Hamnet Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another - WINNER Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value Ryan Coogler – Sinners Best actor Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon Michael B Jordan – Sinners - WINNER Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent Best actress Jessie Buckley – Hamnet - WINNER Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue Renate Reinsve – Sentimental …

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Which film has won the most Oscars ever? Academy Award winner records
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date: 2026-03-15T11:15:00.000Z
creator: Lewis Knight
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description: Find out who's had the most nominations and wins for acting, directing, screenwriting and more.
encoded: The Oscars 2026 are upon us, as the who's who of Hollywood descend on the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles — hoping either to claim a golden statuette or deliver what might be the finest performance of their career: the gracious-in-defeat face. This year, Ryan Coogler's Sinners leads the charge with an impressive – and well-deserved – 16 nominations – including in almost every major category, making it the most nominated film in Academy Awards history. But will the vampire horror sweep the board and officially become the most successful film in Oscars history? Elsewhere, Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another and Chloé Zhao's Hamnet are also in the running for a truly memorable night, having picked up 13 and eight nods respectively, while Marty Supreme, Sentimental Value and Frankenstein have nine nominations apiece. Read more: Every best picture Oscar winner of 21st century ranked – from Crash to Moonlight Oscar nominations 2026: Full list of nominees as Sinners smashes record with 16 nods As the glitzy ceremony rolls around once again, we're taking a look at some of the biggest Oscar records, from the most-decorated film of all time to the actors who have won more than anybody else. There's even a chance that we could see more records broken tonight, with both Sinners and One Battle After Another in the running to make Oscars history. If you're interested to find out more about the impressive Oscar records spanning the history of the nearly 100-year-old event, read on to find out about the films and people with the most Academy Awards. Which film has won the most Oscars of all time? Three films hold the record of winning the most Academy Awards, having garnered 11 Oscars each: Ben-Hur (1959), Titanic (1997) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). Out of these, Titanic received the most nods with a total of 14 nominations. <a id="menur4co" class="fui-Link ___1q1shib f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1…

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How Train Dreams winning the 2026 Oscar for best picture could help spread its most vital message
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date: 2026-03-14T17:00:11.000Z
creator: Calum Russell
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description: 2026 is a tough time, but Train Dreams is the antidote.
encoded: There is a tranquility in Clint Bentley’s best picture nominee that feels entirely at odds with the clangour of modern America. Set in the early years of the 20th century, the meditative drama tells the tale of a railroad labourer grappling with life’s most existential questions, considering his lowly standing in a world that swells around him. An introspective ballad to the wonder of life’s ephemerality, Train Dreams is the ideal antidote to the desolation of late-stage capitalism. A stirring celebration of what it means to be alive while sharing similarities with the "great frontier" of classic western cinema, this should be the kind of film that the Academy laps up like a savoury hors d'oeuvre. But, this is not a film made for lovers of mythical gunslingers or elaborate heists in windswept dustbowls — this is a different kind of romance — an impassioned ode to God’s lonely souls, trying to find the breadth to flourish in the face of affliction. Based on Denis Johnson’s novella of the same name, Bentley’s film is a similar miniature epic that tails Robert Grainier (Joel Edgerton), a man who earns his way felling forests and constructing a grand railroad in its place. A pensive introvert, Grainier finds more kinship in the soaring pine trees than in his ragtag co-workers, though glimmers of companionship are offered in the form of like-minded labourers such as William H. Macy’s Arn. His tumultuous, industrious life in the forest contrasts nicely with the haven he has created back home, where his wife Gladys (Felicity Jones) and young daughter thrive. Existing in an almost ethereal paradise that is submerged in the same sun-soaked cinematography of a Terrence Malick landscape, the home effortlessly cohabits with the surrounding environment and the family abide by the self-same chaotic forces of nature. Without warning, their lives are upended by tragedy and their paradise crumbles, leaving Grainier to find meaning in the ash that’s left behind. It’s a devastating ta…

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Sinners becoming the 2026 best picture winner would prove the Oscars don't need to play it safe
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date: 2026-03-14T08:00:39.000Z
creator: Katelyn Mensah
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description: Ryan Coogler's Mississippi-set horror has more nominations than any film in history — and is much more than just a vampire story.
encoded: From the moment Sinners hit cinema screens back in April of last year, it was clear that it would be a contender in the Hollywood awards race. There was immediate critical acclaim for everything from storytelling and soundtrack to casting and cinematography, which culminated in 16 Oscar nominations – the most received by a single film in history. But now, as 98th Academy Awards draws near, Sinners has increasingly felt like a worthy winner of the best picture Oscar. Yet another impressive outing from writer/director Ryan Coogler (Black Panther, Fruitvale Station) and star Michael B Jordan (Creed, Without Remorse), Sinners is set in Jim Crow-era Mississippi and follows twin brothers Smoke and Stack (Jordan) as they return to their hometown and open a juke joint, which reunites them with friends and loved ones like their cousin, Sammie 'Preacher Boy' Moore (Miles Caton). But what starts as a night of celebration for the Blues soon descends into destruction as the vampire Remmick (Jack O'Connell) arrives with a trail of blood in his wake. View Green Video on the source website The acclaim for Sinners feels more important than ever in a time when people of colour around the world are facing an exhausting cycle of violence and dehumanising rhetoric. Coogler takes a setting that constantly tells Black and brown communities that their lives are disposable and puts their ancestry and spirituality at the centre, proving they are important and have epic stories to be told. Just look at one the film's most striking scenes, the transcendent juke-joint dance sequence. As Sammie sings I Lied To You, spirits from the past and present are drawn into the joint, which catches the attention of Remmick, who hopes to turn Sammie into a vampire and use his gift of music to reconnect with his ancestors. It's an extraordinary moment, so it's no surprise that it's this very song that Caton will perform at this year's Oscars. <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites…

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How a win for the delicate Sentimental Value would bring something totally fresh to the Oscars' 2026 best picture race
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date: 2026-03-13T17:00:05.000Z
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description: With nine nominations and some of the finest performances of the year, this fine Norwegian family drama is more than worthy of the top prize.
encoded: "But we didn't have the same childhood. I had you.” Spoken by Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas’s Agnes in Sentimental Value, these 10 words are some of the most affecting in any film from 2025. It's a line that encapsulates the reason that the film has been nominated for nine awards in this year’s Oscars race – one that perfectly and poignantly captures the antithetical yet remarkable relationship between sisters. Renate Reinsve’s Nora, brown-eyed and teary, cradles the gentle form of the younger sister she has spent a lifetime loving, attempting to compensate for the affection withheld by their father and wondering why Agnes didn’t end up as fractured as she did. It’s a seismic moment – and one that any viewer of the 133-minute feature would cite as a standout. That scene alone feels worthy of an award. Of all the films nominated for best picture this year, it’s clear that Sentimental Value possesses the most heart – and for that reason, it deserves to win. Following his acclaimed drama The Worst Person in the World (arguably a 2022 best picture snub itself), Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier has returned with an even more assured character study in the form of Sentimental Value, once again centred on a performance by the astonishing Renate Reinsve. <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2026/03/SentimentalValue32Renate-ReinsveAnders-DanielsenLiePhotoKasper-Tuxen-Andersen-2dd7ea4-e1772533480422.jpg" width="3230" height="2150" alt="Renate Reinsve as Nora in Sentimental Value, laying down in a bed, with covers pulled over her, smiling." title="SentimentalValue_32_Renate-Reinsve_Anders-Danielsen_Lie_Photo_Kasper-Tuxen-Andersen" /> This time, she’s Nora Borg – a 30-something theatre actress whose adult identity has been painfully marred by her relationship with her estranged father Gustav (Stellan Skarsgård), an acclaimed film director. When Gustav offers Nora a part in his new film, her historic resentment of him begins to resurface. What soon unf…

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How to watch the Oscars 2026 in the UK
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date: 2026-03-13T12:08:23.000Z
creator: Katelyn Mensah
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description: Get your ballots ready!
encoded: The time has come for Hollywood's biggest names to celebrate the best films of the year, with the Academy Awards just days away. This year's Oscars race has been an impressive one to say the least, with Sinners receiving a record-breaking 16 nominations, followed closely behind by One Battle After Another. As it stands, the best picture race and lead actor categories are still up to much debate, with Sinners, One Battle After Another and The Secret Agent considered frontrunners, while it seems Michael B Jordan and Jessie Buckley will walk home with the gold in their respective lead categories. Alongside usual acceptance speeches and electric performances, it has been confirmed the Oscars will include a special tribute to Rob Reiner, who sadly died in December 2025. It is understood that this year's in memoriam segment will be longer than past ceremonies. "I guess we can't really go into detail of what it's gonna be this year, but we really hope that it is a tribute that moves people and feels like it does the incredible people we've lost this year justice," producer Katy Mullan explained. If you're looking forward to see what the dazzling night has in store, read on for everything you need to know about how to watch the Oscars 2026 in the UK. You can also remind yourself of the 2026 Oscars nominations ahead of the main event. When are the Oscars 2026? Date and time <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2026/03/SentimentalValueRenate-ReinsveInga-Ibsdotter-Lilleaasphoto-Kasper-Tuxen-69d7e7d-e1773402945239.jpg" width="1612" height="1076" alt="Renate Reinsve and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas as Nora and Agnes in Sentimental Value. They are lying down, Nora is hugging Agnes as she smiles. Nora has tears in her eyes." title="SentimentalValue_Renate-Reinsve_Inga-Ibsdotter-Lilleaas_photo-Kasper-Tuxen" /> The Oscars are scheduled to take place on Sunday 3 March 2026, returning to its usual home at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The ceremony has be…

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How The Secret Agent's overflow of cinematic possibilities proves it deserves best picture at the 2026 Oscars
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date: 2026-03-13T09:30:30.000Z
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description: Wagner Moura is quietly staggering in this textured, stylish and profound Brazilian film from Kleber Mendonça Filho.
encoded: The wholehearted embrace of international cinema – once largely consigned to its own separate category – has been one of the most encouraging developments at the Oscars in recent years. Since Parasite’s groundbreaking win back in 2020, almost every best picture line-up has seen at least one film in a language other than English compete for the top prize, and that’s the case again this year, with both Norwegian drama Sentimental Value and Brazilian film The Secret Agent in the mix. The latter of those is, for my money, the best of a pretty stellar crop of nominees in the category. Interestingly, it’s the second film from Brazil in as many years to be up for best picture, following on from Walter Salles's I'm Still Here last time out. And that’s not the only similarity between the pair. Just like that film, The Secret Agent unfolds in the 1970s against the tumultuous backdrop of the country’s military dictatorship, although on this occasion we’re dealing with a work of fiction inspired by the atmosphere of the era rather than the dramatisation of a true story. The fourth narrative feature from writer/director Kleber Mendonça Filho, the gripping, stylish, and at times endearingly offbeat film is built around a quietly staggering performance from Wagner Moura, who is quite rightly up for best actor. Moura plays Armando, a university professor with an initially unclear past on the run for reasons that are gradually and deftly unspooled over a luxurious 2 hour 40 minute run-time that never comes close to dragging. In the early scenes, he arrives in the city of Recife and adopts a new identity as Marcelo, seeking to evade his enemies while also reuniting with his young son Fernando, who is living with the parents of his mysteriously dead wife. That’s the starting point for a remarkable, profound film that defies easy categorisation and consistently keeps the audience on its toes, offering up a richer range of delights than any of its competitors in the awards race. From th…

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Hidden gems at the 2026 Oscars: 10 nominated films you might not have seen
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date: 2026-03-13T07:00:43.000Z
creator: Radio Times Staff
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description: We all know about One Battle After Another, Hamnet and Sinners – but here are some Oscar-nominated films from this year that might have slipped under your radar.
encoded: The quality of this year's Oscar best picture race is of a very high standard – with frontrunners Sinners and One Battle After Another joined in the category by a number of other tremendous films including The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value and Marty Supreme. But as well as those big-hitters, there are several other movies in the running in various other categories that may have slipped under your radar. As ever, many of those can be found in the best international and best documentary feature categories – with the likes of Sirât and Mr Nobody Against Putin among those worth seeking out. Meanwhile, we've also selected a few films that have picked up a stray nomination in a below-the-line category but have otherwise been largely snubbed, such as make-up and hairstyling nominee The Ugly Stepsister. Check out our list of 10 hidden gems from the Oscar nominations list below – including our official Radio Times reviews and details on where to watch each film. 1. If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Nominated for: Best actress – Rose Byrne RT Review: Motherhood is a mountain to be exhaustingly climbed in this scathing, innovative comedy drama from American writer/director Mary Bronstein (who also pops up to play a patronising paediatrician). Rose Byrne is sensational as Linda, a woman whose life, and ceiling, is tumbling down around her. She's grappling with the demands of her daughter (a largely unseen Delaney Quinn) whom she feeds via a gastric tube, while trying to maintain her career as a psychotherapist. Her ship-captain husband Charles (voiced by Christian Slater) is away with work, and her own therapist (Conan O'Brien) seems to despise her. Things get really ugly when Linda is forced to move herself and her daughter into a motel (run by A$AP Rocky's James) and she starts behaving recklessly, while a client's crisis touches a nerve. Bronstein confronts the depth of Linda's depression and the judgements she faces in imaginative, interrogatory style, punctuating her film with …

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Every best picture Oscar winner of 21st century ranked – from Crash to Moonlight
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date: 2026-03-13T07:00:28.000Z
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description: With the Oscars almost upon us, we look back at the past 25 best picture winners – and put them in order from worst to best.
encoded: Heading into this Sunday's Academy Awards in Los Angeles, the best picture race seems to have solidified largely around two films: Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another and Ryan Coogler's Sinners. Both films have their passionate champions, and either would be pretty great winners of a prize which has thrown up a fascinating array of victors at recent ceremonies – a far cry from the years not so long ago where the category was mainly the domain of safe, rather middlebrow pictures. As we wait to see which of those likely winners prevails, we've gone back in time to the turn of the century to rank each of the last 25 winners in order from worst to best, and have published the list below, alongside our official Radio Times review for each winner. Of course, it's always worth pointing out that such an exercise is inherently subjective – and it's very possible that your own list could differ substantially from the one printed below – it's certainly a varied group of films, some of which will naturally appeal to some viewers more than others. Scroll down for the ranked list and details of where you can watch the films in question. 25. Crash View Green Video on the source website RT Review: Los Angeles provides the setting for writer/director Paul Haggis's finely tuned ensemble drama about interconnected lives, which was the surprise winner of the 2005 best picture Oscar. Like Short Cuts and Magnolia, Haggis's film ambitiously weaves several narrative strands into a short time frame – in this case, just 36 hours. Here, as the title suggests, the characters are brought together by a series of violent collisions and close encounters. Among them are a racist cop (Matt Dillon), a TV director's highly strung wife (Thandie Newton), a detective dogged by serious family problems (Don Cheadle) and two car-jacking victims (Sandra Bullock and Brendan Fraser). Haggis and co-writer Bobby Moresco - who picked up an Academy Award for their screenplay - have created a raft of fu…

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Why One Battle After Another deserves to win the war for best picture at the 2026 Oscars
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date: 2026-03-12T17:00:36.000Z
creator: Max Copeman
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description: Celebrating a film as politically urgent as the action thriller with Leonardo DiCaprio is an opportunity the Academy must not miss – especially when recognition for 14-time nominee Paul Thomas Anderson is so overdue.
encoded: The so-called “Career Oscar” can be an awkward compliment. There are two types, but both are tinged with embarrassment: honorary Oscars for those who never received a statuette — and competitive awards given to established talent largely due to their unrecognised body of previous work, rather than the film actually nominated that year. Alfred Hitchcock, David Lynch, Charlie Chaplin, Debbie Reynolds and Peter O'Toole are some of the most egregious examples of the former; Martin Scorsese (The Departed), Paul Newman (The Color of Money), Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman) and Henry Fonda (On Golden Pond) fit into the latter category, where one can hardly say they won for their best work. This year, the Academy can avoid another one of these by handing Paul Thomas Anderson a best picture Oscar. The superlative One Battle After Another presents voters with an unmissable opportunity to invest in their future selves and save face down the line, after years of leaving a generation’s most acclaimed film-maker without a prize from his industry’s leading body. The Californian writer/director has come a long way from the 27-year-old wunderkind who dazzled audiences with his second feature in 1997, the porn-industry drama Boogie Nights. That was the first of his films to receive an Oscar nomination and he has been a consistent fixture on ballots ever since, with eight out of his ten features nominated in any category. Overall, Anderson’s films have had 41 nominations and won three awards, for acting, cinematography and costume design. The man behind There Will Be Blood, The Master, Phantom Thread and Licorice Pizza has 14 nominations and zero wins to his own name. View Green Video on the source website Of course, the likes of Sinners and Hamnet should not lose to One Battle because Anderson’s previous films deserved more love in years gone by — that would be the kind of logic that sees the Academy get it wrong so often. Rather, Anderson’s time has come because One Battle is an achieve…

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Why Marty Supreme's unlikable characters are still a reason it deserves to win best picture at the 2026 Oscars
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description: Timothée Chalamet and Josh Safdie's story of a table tennis player in 1950s New York is a rare and unforgettable high-wire act with people you would never want to know.
encoded: Surely destined to succeed at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre this year is Josh Safdie’s electric sports drama Marty Supreme. Yes, the “ping-pong movie” that became a talking point over New Year has rallied its way to nine Academy Award nominations, including best director for Josh Safdie and best actor for Timothée Chalamet, alongside a coveted best picture nod. Standing in its path are formidable contenders, from Ryan Coogler’s record-breaking horror Sinners and Chloé Zhao’s delicate adaptation Hamnet to Paul Thomas Anderson’s sprawling political epic One Battle after Another. Yet for all the richness of this year’s field, no film feels more deserving than Marty Supreme. Aside from being a gripping tale of the fine line between ambition and obsession, it is a high-wire act built almost entirely on people you would never want to know – and it somehow makes them unforgettable. Loosely inspired by table tennis champion Marty Reisman, Safdie’s first solo feature since his split from brother Benny centres on Marty Mauser (Chalamet), a cocky 1950s New York shoe salesman with two things in inexhaustible supply: ego and ambition. Marty is not a hero in any conventional sense. He is vain, selfish and exhausting. He mistakes self-belief for superiority and treats relationships like stepping stones. In less capable hands than those of Chalamet and Safdie, he would be intolerable. View Green Video on the source website Chalamet delivers a career-best performance, anchoring the film so completely that our grip on Marty never loosens, however far the character drifts from decency. The role demands charm, arrogance and vulnerability, and Chalamet navigates those shifts with astonishing control. For a three-time nominee who has already claimed the Golden Globe and Critics' Choice awards, this feels like the performance that could finally secure him Oscar gold. Equally, Safdie understands that cinema doesn’t need comfort to captivate. Marty’s unlikability isn’t a flaw; it’s the engine.…

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To be or not to be? There's no question the 'emotionally manipulative' Hamnet deserves to win the 2026 Oscar for best picture
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description: The tragic tale of William Shakespeare's family life is well deserving of its flowers.
encoded: To be or not to be? It probably shouldn’t be a question. Somehow, for many pundits and critics, Chloé Zhao’s adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s acclaimed historical fiction novel Hamnet has become something of a villain this Oscars season. It’s a bizarre take when the tragedy has so much to offer. The film tackles a lesser-known element of William Shakespeare’s life: the loss of his son Hamnet. Like O’Farrell’s novel, though, this text primarily centres its experience on Shakespeare’s wife and Hamnet’s mother, here named Agnes. Portrayed with ferocity and heartbreaking nuance by Irish triple-threat Jessie Buckley, Agnes is a spiritual, earthy and misunderstood figure — one who draws the attention of Shakespeare in his youth (a moving Paul Mescal) and before his success as a playwright in London. Primarily set in the pastoral setting of Stratford-Upon-Avon, we see how the Shakespeare clan grows in size following Agnes and Shakespeare’s wedding, with the pair welcoming three children and living an idyllic life as William's career in London begins to take off. View Green Video on the source website However, the true crux of the drama occurs when a malady claims the life of their son Hamnet (the wonderful young talent Jacobi Jupe) and sets them on diverging paths… until Shakespeare’s works come to the rescue. A moving examination of grief and the power of art, Hamnet has signalled another vote of confidence in Zhao from the film industry, after the plaudits and gongs won for her much-celebrated film Nomadland. The prospect of a female and non-white Oscar-winner gaining recognition from the Academy so close to her previous wins should be welcomed – as although ceilings can be shattered, in the film industry they can always quickly grow back, leaving a long wait until the next slice of the pie. Separately, success for Hamnet would be just recognition for one of our finest acting talents in Jessie Buckley, who continues to give emotionally true performances in a singular ran…

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Oscar 2026 predictions: Which films will actually win at the 2026 Oscars – and why?
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description: Some races look more or less tied up – especially best actress – but there's still room for plenty of surprises and upsets in several categories.
encoded: Oftentimes when we approach the Oscars, many of the major prizes already look like foregone conclusions ahead of time, but – for the most part – that's not the case this time around. With the exception of best actress, which looks more or less sewn up for Hamnet's Jessie Buckley, most of the main categories still appear to be up for grabs, with some very tight races for the likes of best actor and best supporting actress. But who will actually end up taking home the golden statuettes when all is said and done on Sunday evening? We've taken a look at the major categories below, assessing the various runners and riders and delivering our verdict on who seems most likely to prevail. Read on for our Oscars 2026 predictions. What will win and should win best picture? In recent years, with an entire industry of obsessives and prognosticators calculating every single outcome at every step of the six-to-nine-month awards season, the Oscars best-picture race has often suffered from fatigue long before its finale in February/March. Some years, thankfully, a late surprise pops in to reverse a seeming foregone conclusion: Anora, CODA and Parasite are all recent examples of films whose wins were set in stone almost overnight, during sudden groundswells with just weeks of voting to go. And nine years ago, Moonlight famously mounted its grand upset on the night itself. But this year, One Battle After Another has – surely to the irritation of even its most ardent fans – found itself comfortably in the position previously held by Oppenheimer, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Nomadland and The Shape of Water: a nigh-on unstoppable steamroller. Until now. Two weeks before the biggest night on America’s film calendar, Sinners pulled a couple of last-minute surprises at the Actor (formerly SAG) Awards and finally forced a little drag onto One Battle After Another’s runaway campaign – and that could be enough for a full-on overtake. View Green Video on the source website The critical r…

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Why Frankenstein does not deserve to be left out in the cold in the Oscars 2026 best picture race
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description: In a particularly standout year for horror, this would be a historic win for the film, which adapts and improves upon Mary Shelley’s original material.
encoded: It took director Guillermo del Toro 30 years to finally say “It’s alive!” to his Frankenstein film, with every studio passing on it until Netflix approached him. He also set high standards for himself, wanting to create “the greatest Frankenstein ever”. This passion project was ignited when he saw the 1931 film as a boy, and although Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel has been adapted hundreds of times, the master of monsters has something fresh to bring to the table… the Evelyn table. In this version, Oscar Isaac (with a very good English accent) plays Victor Frankenstein, with Jacob Elordi as the doomed Creature he creates. There are a few notable changes from the book, which some people have welcomed, while others have criticised. There’s the introduction of the new character Henrich Harlander (Christoph Waltz), a wealthy arms dealer who funds Frankenstein’s experiments. Lady Elizabeth Harlander (Mia Goth, who also plays Frankenstein’s mother Claire) is Henrich’s niece, and Victor’s brother’s fiancée. In the book, she’s called Elizabeth Lavenza, an orphan raised by the Frankenstein family as Victor’s cousin and eventual fiancée. But the biggest difference of all is that the violent Creature in the novel is replaced by a much more sympathetic character who only lashes out in self-defence, not in fits of rage, while Frankenstein is more overtly violent and downright cruel. As Shelley always intended, the man is the monster, and the Creature is the moral one – del Toro just connects those dots even more. View Green Video on the source website The film also includes the scene where the Creature learns how to speak and read from a blind man who is unaware of what he looks like, which has often been left out of other adaptations, but is pivotal to understanding the Creature. When Elordi made his first movie, The Kissing Booth, he was reading posts online about himself, and one said: “This plank of wood is so boring he could play nothing but Frankenstein’s Creature.” The seed wa…

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Why underdog F1 has a real case to argue for a best picture win at the 2026 Oscars
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date: 2026-03-10T17:00:05.000Z
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description: It's hard to argue that this formulaic sports drama should beat its fellow nominees, but previous best picture winners and the popularity of Formula One mean that stranger things have happened…
encoded: There’s an expression in Formula One racing: “outperforming the car.” It refers to a scenario in which a driver delivers outstanding results despite the questionable pedigree of the vehicle itself. You might apply that maxim to F1, the sports drama that has been nominated for four Oscars including, somewhat bafflingly, best picture – despite receiving perfectly average notices across the board and no buzz for its top-line talent. Directed by Joseph Kosinski and starring Brad Pitt, the film combines a “one last chance" narrative with the kind of high-speed car races that only a (reported) $200 million-plus budget can buy. Pitt, who also co-produces, plays Sonny Hayes, an ex-F1 driver whose career stalled after an on-track accident 30 years ago. He’s given a chance to prove he’s still got it when an old friend (Javier Bardem) invites him to race for his new team. It’s an inoffensive throwback to the kind of sports films that Hollywood used to make on the regular. The expected beats all play out in slick, unsurprising fashion (“visceral but corny,” said our own review) as Sonny gets back behind the wheel and pieces his life together, one lap at a time. View Green Video on the source website Here’s the thing: the film’s trio of Oscar nominations for technical achievements does make sense. The film’s sound, editing and visual effects work in tandem to capture the concussive noise and speed of a Formula One Grand Prix. The movie’s race sequences, crafted with the cooperation of F1, are genuinely exciting (even if Sonny commits so many illegal moves that, realistically, he would have incurred championship-ending penalties from the notoriously stringent FIA). So, the technical nods feel warranted — but best picture? That’s a stretch. What exactly is it about F1 that earns it a place alongside the likes of Sentimental Value, Sinners and Marty Supreme? Those are films with genuine artistry under the hood. They feel urgent and ground-breaking, their drama and action threaded w…

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Why Bugonia winning the 2026 best picture Oscar is perfect for the supreme anxiety of these maddening times
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date: 2026-03-10T10:08:35.000Z
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description: Starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons, the latest black comedy from Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos might be this year's underdog.
encoded: There’s no Oscar best-picture hopeful this year with slimmer chances than the latest black comedy from director Yorgos Lanthimos, which has been met with a cautious reception even while scoring nominations at most major awarding bodies. But this underdog status highlights what’s interesting about the film: defined by an apparent sourness and misanthropy missing from frontrunners like One Battle After Another and Hamnet, the gorgeous and unhappy Bugonia feels far more suited to its moment – even if many of us would hesitate to admit this. The story follows a conspiracy-obsessed white American man, Teddy (Jesse Plemons), who persuades his loyal cousin Don (Aidan Delbis) to help kidnap Michelle Fuller (Emma Stone), the CEO of a biomedical company. Teddy believes that Michelle represents an extra-terrestrial race that is working to infiltrate and destabilise humanity, and he wishes, quite literally, to be taken to her leader. Will Tracy, nominated for his screenplay, adapts the 2003 South Korean film Save the Green Planet! and smartly whittles its story down, retaining the major twists but excising a couple of subplots. What remains keeps largely to the compelling battle of wits between abductor and abductee, the latter gender-swapped from the original film. Tracy, Lanthimos and co-producer/star Stone craft a focused study in class dynamics that demands its viewer constantly refocus their own values and ethics. View Green Video on the source website Teddy, deeply troubled, seems to be enacting a revolutionary strike against the corporate class, whose frequent malfeasance has, so we see in the film, real and painful consequences for the 99 per cent. (Weeks after filming wrapped, big-pharma CEO Brian Thompson was murdered in New York. An encapsulation of popular reaction to this might be a December 2024 Saturday Night Live audience cheering a reference to Thompson’s alleged killer.) But this anti-hero’s motivations are far from altruistic or even particularly righteous. M…

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Are you being emotionally manipulated? Why an Oscar contender is splitting opinion about emotional response
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date: 2026-03-06T07:00:50.000Z
creator: Patrick Cremona
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description: Despite critical acclaim and several Oscar nominations, Hamnet has fiercely divided some audiences – with some accusing Choe Zhao's film of 'emotional manipulation.' Are there actually any grounds for that?
encoded: If you've been following the ongoing awards race, you can't have escaped the fact that Jessie Buckley has been lavished with acclaim for her leading turn in Chloé Zhao's film Hamnet. The drama – adapted from Maggie O'Farrell's 2020 historical fiction novel of the same name – sees the Irish actress take on the role of Agnes, the wife of William Shakespeare who experiences unimaginable tragedy when her titular son dies from the bubonic plague. After debuting at least year's Telluride Film Festival, early word on the film, and especially its devastating emotional impact, was ecstatic. Our own 5-star Radio Times review was full of praise – with critic James Mottram calling it a "masterly study of loss". He added: "The finale, all set around a stage performance, lives long in the memory, making this quietly-hewn movie feel utterly wrenching." That verdict was by no means an anomaly. The film was met with a wave of extremely positive reviews, many of which emphasised the sheer visceral nature of the grief depicted by Buckley's performance as Agnes. Meanwhile, there were many reports of cinemagoers leaving their screenings in floods of tears and needing considerable recovery time before continuing about their days. Unsurprisingly, a glut of award nominations followed; for the film itself, for Zhao's direction, and of course for Buckley's leading turn – with Paul Mescal also picking up several nods for his supporting turn as Shakespeare (although he was snubbed by the Oscars). View Green Video on the source website But despite all this acclaim, a dissenting opinion soon began to emerge. A number of pieces surfaced that referred to the film as "grief porn" or "trauma porn", with some pundits revealing how they found it to be an exercise in "emotional manipulation". One particularly critical piece in The Independent described it as "artificial and manipulative Shakespeare fan fiction". As is often the way with these things, a fierce social media debate kicked off in response.…

The Oscars completely snubbed the year's most daring film – and it doesn't make sense
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description: There's just one problem with this year's Oscar nominations...
encoded: Add The Testament of Ann Lee to your watchlist Every Oscars season, us film fans are met with the inevitable snubs: from films of certain genres not being considered serious enough, to quiet, brilliant performances being dropped in favour of louder ones that sit within the rigid framework of what the Academy considers 'worthy'. Of course, we’re also then often met by the rogue choices that leave everyone blinking in disbelief at their television screens. (I, for one, received a few surprised texts when one certain Best Picture nominee was read out this afternoon…). This year, however, one particular snub has stuck out like a sore thumb – Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee. And not only was Ann Lee snubbed – it was completely ignored from the nominations list, with its name not falling under a single category in this year’s slate. That’s right. Daniel Blumburg’s staggering, hypnotic score (which I actually have on in the background while writing this) was erased; Woman Clothed by the Sun, one of the most angelic original songs of the year (I challenge anyone to listen to it and try to tell me it’s inferior to any of the five nominees) was blanked, Fastvold’s writing and brilliant direction were both nowhere to be seen. Not even Best Actress, which once seemed the only category Ann Lee could get a look in, served plaudits. It is that latter snub for Best Actress that perhaps is the most shocking. Until about a month ago, Amanda Seyfried receiving an Oscar nomination for pouring her entire heart and soul into playing Mother Ann Lee felt almost inevitable. And yes, while the Best Actress category is undoubtedly stacked this year, Seyfried’s Critics’ Choice and Golden Globe nominations had me convinced that her flawless performance as the founding leader of the Shaker movement would get at least a small nod. To be clear, The Testament of Ann Lee isn’t some kind of niche, underground film that only four of your biggest cinephile friends have seen (not that obscurity…

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How to watch The Secret Agent in the UK – release date for Oscar-nominated film
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date: 2026-01-27T09:54:48.000Z
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description: The Brazilian political thriller is up for Best Picture and Best Actor at the upcoming Academy Awards.
encoded: For the second year on the trot, the line-up for Best Picture at the upcoming Oscars includes an acclaimed Brazilian film – with Kleber Mendonça Filho's The Secret Agent following I'm Still Here in making it onto the 10-strong shortlist for the highly coveted award. Just like that earlier film, The Secret Agent is set in the 1970s and takes place against the backdrop of Brazil's military dictatorship of that era, with Narcos and Civil War actor Wagner Moura starring as a professor fleeing persecution after he finds himself embroiled in the political turmoil. In addition to the best picture nomination – and an unsurprising corresponding nod in the best international film category – the film is also up for a further two awards at the Oscars, including the inaugural best casting gong and the best actor prize for Moura. Moura will face tough competition from major stars including Timothée Chalamet and Leonardo DiCaprio for that latter honour, but he'll no doubt have plenty of support from fans of a film which has been receiving very high praise across the board. Intrigued and wondering how you can watch The Secret Agent in the UK? Read on for everything you need to know. How to watch The Secret Agent in the UK The Secret Agent is not yet available to watch in the UK – but there's not too long to wait. It will be released in cinemas from Friday 20th February, and given the boost the film has received thanks to it's Oscar nomination it should hopefully be playing at plenty of locations around the country – just check your local cinema to double check. The UK release comes nine months after it first premiered at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival – where star Wagner Moura was awarded the Best Actor prize and Kleber Mendonça Filho was named Best Director – and the praise for the film has only increased in the time since. It is being distributed by Mubi in the UK, which means it will eventually also be available on that streaming platform – but we're still awaiting a date for whe…

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The Oscars should be about celebrating groundbreaking films – so why has Brad Pitt's unremarkable F1 movie been nominated?
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date: 2026-01-22T17:31:23.000Z
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description: The inclusion of the formulaic sports movie from Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski is utterly baffling.
encoded: The term "Oscar-bait" is one that has been thrown around for decades when awards season rolls around. Traditionally, it was used to describe a film that was made with the express purpose of winning awards but with little thought for its lasting legacy beyond that. These films tended to be relatively safe true story period pieces or perhaps inspirational tales about an underdog overcoming terrible odds, and were generally defined by solid but unremarkable filmmaking and sentimental scripts that tended towards the formulaic. In other words, they were in-the-moment crowd-pleasers that pulled on the heartstrings but did little to truly shake up the film world. In recent years, however, the old criteria for what was considered an "Oscars film" has begun to shift, and the sorts of movies described above have largely been absent from the, admittedly, still imperfect best picture line-ups. Recent trends point to an Academy that is now more inclined towards auteur-driven cinema, international features and even films belonging to once awards-resistant genres like horror – just look at the monumental, record-breaking success of Sinners in today's nominations for one example of the latter. In keeping with these changes, this year's list of 10 films up for best picture includes plenty of nominees that deserve to be there – including Joachim Trier's incredibly moving family drama Sentimental Value and Paul Thomas Anderson's thrilling masterpiece One Battle After Another. And then, there's F1. View Green Video on the source website The racing picture's inclusion in the list has been treated by many pundits as baffling and – in this writer's opinion – with good reason: how on Earth is such a middling blockbuster worthy of a place among the finest 2025 had to offer? The film – which is directed by Top Gun: Maverick's Joseph Kosinski and stars Brad Pitt – was made in conjunction with the governing body of the titular sport, and that is very much apparent while watching: it plays as a…

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The Oscars completely snubbed the year's most daring film – and it doesn't make sense
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description: Oscar nominations are out – there's just one problem...
encoded: Every Oscars season, us film fans are met with the inevitable snubs: from films of certain genres not being considered serious enough, to quiet, brilliant performances being dropped in favour of louder ones that sit within the rigid framework of what the Academy considers 'worthy'. Of course, we’re also then often met by the rogue choices that leave everyone blinking in disbelief at their television screens. (I, for one, received a few surprised texts when one certain Best Picture nominee was read out this afternoon…). This year, however, one particular snub has stuck out like a sore thumb – Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee. And not only was Ann Lee snubbed – it was completely ignored from the nominations list, with its name not falling under a single category in this year’s slate. That’s right. Daniel Blumburg’s staggering, hypnotic score (which I actually have on in the background while writing this) was erased; Woman Clothed by the Sun, one of the most angelic original songs of the year (I challenge anyone to listen to it and try to tell me it’s inferior to any of the five nominees) was blanked, Fastvold’s writing and brilliant direction were both nowhere to be seen. Not even Best Actress, which once seemed the only category Ann Lee could get a look in, served plaudits. It is that latter snub for Best Actress that perhaps is the most shocking. Until about a month ago, Amanda Seyfried receiving an Oscar nomination for pouring her entire heart and soul into playing Mother Ann Lee felt almost inevitable. And yes, while the Best Actress category is undoubtedly stacked this year, Seyfried’s Critics’ Choice and Golden Globe nominations had me convinced that her flawless performance as the founding leader of the Shaker movement would get at least a small nod. To be clear, The Testament of Ann Lee isn’t some kind of niche, underground film that only four of your biggest cinephile friends have seen (not that obscurity would have made its snub acceptable, but you g…

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Oscar nominations 2026: Full list of nominees as Sinners smashes record with 16 nods
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description: One Battle After Another and Hamnet also performed well.
encoded: Ryan Coogler's Sinners has become the most nominated film in Academy Awards history after receiving a staggering 16 nods – including in almost every major category. The hugely acclaimed vampire movie – which was also a major box office hit – is one of 10 films which will compete for the best picture trophy at the ceremony in March, while Coogler is up for best director, and three of its stars (Michael B Jordan, Wunmi Mosaku and Delroy Lindo) are all in the running across the various acting categories. As expected, other films that performed well included Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another and Chloé Zhao's Hamnet – which scored 13 and eight nominations respectively. Those two films are arguably still the frontrunners to pick up the top prize, although the sheer number of nominations for Sinners suggests that it could pose a major challenge as well. Elsewhere, Marty Supreme, Sentimental Value and Frankenstein enjoyed plenty of success – gaining nine nominations each – while F1 was something of a surprise entry in the best picture category. The Academy's welcome embrace of international movies also continued, with place for both Brazilian drama The Secret Agent and the aforementioned Norwegian film Sentimental Value in best picture. However others such as It Was Just an Accident and Sirat had to settle for a place in the best international feature category. View Green Video on the source website As ever there were a couple of notable snubs – including Hamnet's Paul Mescal and One Battle After Another's Chase Infiniti – while some films were looked over entirely, including The Testament of Ann Lee and No Other Choice, both of which can consider themselves incredibly unfortunate to have no place in the conversation. These nominations were also the first to include the brand new casting category, with Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent and Sinners the five films to receive Oscar nods in this discipline. Read on for the full list…

Oscar predictions 2026: Which films could compete for Best Picture next year?
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description: This year's awards season has wrapped up...
encoded: Awards season has finally wrapped up following Sunday night's Academy Awards ceremony in LA – with Sean Baker's Anora ultimately taking top honours on Oscars night ahead of rivals including The Brutalist, Conclave and Emilia Pérez. Although Baker has been an acclaimed name in indie circles for several years prior to this latest film, few would have predicted Anora as an Oscars frontrunner prior to its premiere at Cannes last May, and so the idea of guessing next year's Best Picture at this stage is self-evidently something of a fool's errand. That said, a little bit of speculation never did anyone any harm, and so we've rounded up a list of some of the films that might well be in contention when the time comes to hand out golden statuettes again next year. Of course, it should be taken into account that – with the exception of one or two films – most of the titles listed below have not yet been screened, and so we're relying entirely on the names attached to indicate which films might be in the running. It's widely likely that after some of these premiere they could drop off our predictions list entirely, and it's equally probable that several films will come out of nowhere to emerge as major contenders in the coming months. But for the time being, read on for a list of films that could be up for Best Picture in 2026. If nothing else, it certainly points to an exciting year for new releases... Sponsored by Vue Save up to 30% on the latest releases at Vue in 2025 Are you a movie lover who always wants to be up to date with the latest releases? Then you're in luck, as RadioTimes.com readers can enjoy new films at Vue Cinemas for less. Customers will receive up to 30% off films with Vue Pass, as long as they have a RadioTimes.com account. It's a great time for new releases, with films such as Wicked, Nosferatu, The Brutalist and Moana 2 taking UK cinemas by storm. Head to your nearest Vue to catch these movies and more for up to 30% less if you're signed up as a RadioT…

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Oscar winners 2025: Full list as Anora wins Best Picture
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description: Other big winners on the night included Adrien Brody for Best Actor and Mikey Madison for Best Actress.
encoded: Anora was crowned the latest winner of the Best Picture trophy at last night's 97th Academy Awards in Hollywood – with the film seeing off competition from the likes of Conclave and The Brutalist to follow Oppenheimer in winning the coveted prize. Meanwhile, the film's writer and director Sean Baker also equalled a longstanding record set by Walt Disney by winning a total of four Oscars in one night, receiving the gongs for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing in what was a hugely successful night for the indie filmmaker. Perhaps the most hotly contested of the major acting categories going into the ceremony was Best Actress, with The Substance star Demi Moore and Anora's Mikey Madison battling it out for the prize – but in the end it was Madison who was crowned winner, bringing Anora's total to five awards. And although Timothée Chalamet's win at last week's SAG Awards had seen the Best Actor race thrown wide open again, in the end The Brutalist star Adrien Brody was crowned winner, while Kieran Culkin and Zoe Saldaña both completed their hugely successful awards campaigns in Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress respectively. Elsewhere, there were also wins for the likes of Flow for Best Animated Feature, I'm Still Here for Best International Film, and No Other Land for Best Documentary Feature. Read below for the full list of nominees and winners. Sponsored by Vue Save up to 30% on the latest releases at Vue in 2025 Are you a movie lover who always wants to be up to date with the latest releases? Then you're in luck, as RadioTimes.com readers can enjoy new films at Vue Cinemas for less. Customers will receive up to 30% off films with Vue Pass, as long as they have a RadioTimes.com account. It's a great time for new releases, with films such as Wicked, Nosferatu, The Brutalist and Moana 2 taking UK cinemas by storm. Head to your nearest Vue to catch these movies and more for up to 30% less if you're signed up as a RadioTimes.com mem…

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Oscars 2025 presenters: Which stars are presenting awards at the ceremony?
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date: 2025-03-02T11:46:10.000Z
creator: Patrick Cremona
subject: Movies
subject: Oscars
description: As ever, an impressive line-up of Hollywood royalty and former winners will be taking to the stage at the Dolby Theatre alongside host Conan O'Brien.
encoded: After months of debate, campaigning and controversy, the 97th Academy Awards are finally here to announce what Hollywood believes to be the greatest films and performances of the past year. In a shake-up to recent editions, Jimmy Kimmel has exited the long-running ceremony, with former late night host and The Simpsons golden age legend Conan O'Brien stepping up to fill the risky role of Oscar host. The glamorous event has been prone to unexpected moments in recent years, from the Will Smith slap to the mistaken announcement of La La Land as Best Picture, meaning O'Brien needs to be ready for near enough anything. Luckily, he'll have plenty of back-up from some of Hollywood's most prominent names, with recent winners Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr, Emma Stone and Da'Vine Joy Randolph among the line-up enlisted to present the individual categories. Alas, a previously confirmed name has had to drop out at the last moment, with Variety reporting that Captain America: Brave New World star Harrison Ford will no longer be appearing at the Oscars after developing shingles. He is recovering at home. Read on for the full list of Oscars 2025 presenters, ahead of the starry broadcast tonight (also, check out our full guide on how to watch the Oscars in the UK if you're hoping to tune in). Oscars presenters 2025 – full list The full list of Oscars 2025 presenters are listed in alphabetical order below: Joe Alwyn Dave Bautista Halle Berry Sterling K Brown Penélope Cruz Willem Dafoe Ana de Armas Lily-Rose Depp Robert Downey Jr Elle Fanning Gal Gadot Andrew Garfield Whoopi Goldberg Selena Gomez Goldie Hawn Samuel L Jackson Scarlett Johansson John Lithgow Cillian Murphy Connie Nielsen Amy Poehler Margaret Qualley Da'Vine Joy Randolph Alba Rohrwacher Zoe Saldaña June Squibb Ben Stiller Emma Stone Oprah Winfrey Bowen Yang Rachel Zegler Who is hosting the Oscars 2025? The man in charge of presiding over the ceremony is comedian and legendary talk show host Conan O'Brien – who was ann…

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How to watch the Oscars 2025 in the UK
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date: 2025-03-02T11:25:20.000Z
creator: Patrick Cremona
subject: Movies
subject: Oscars
description: It's almost time to crown a new Best Picture winner.
encoded: The biggest night in showbiz has finally arrived, with the Academy Awards now mere hours away as Hollywood veterans and rising stars alike converge on Los Angeles for the glamorous ceremony. It's been a truly rollercoaster awards season with lots of surprises along the way, from the heated discourse surrounding Emilia Pérez to the AI debate triggered by The Brutalist, and the usual snubs for titles once considered top contenders. As it stands, the Best Picture race and lead actor categories remain open to speculation, with The Brutalist, Anora and Conclave deemed frontrunners, while fans are split on whether Mikey Madison or The Substance's Demi Moore will walk home with the gold. The lead actor category was thought to be going in Adrien Brody's direction, until a last minute win for Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown) at the SAG Awards opened the possibility of an upset. In addition to the usual mix of gags, gaffes and hit-and-miss speeches, the Oscars will also be paying tribute to brave emergency response workers who fought the recent Los Angeles wildfires, which caused enormous damage and claimed several lives. Deadline reports that the ceremony will "honour Los Angeles as the city of dreams" and "reflect on the recent events while highlighting the strength, creativity and optimism that defines Los Angeles and our industry". If you're excited to see what the night has in store, read on for everything you need to know about how to watch the Oscars 2025 in the UK. You can also remind yourself of the 2025 Oscars nominations ahead of the main event. When are the Oscars 2025? Date and time The Oscars are scheduled to take place on Sunday 2nd March 2025 at their usual home in Hollywood's Dolby Theatre, where they have been held since 2001 (with the exception of 2021, when the ceremony was significantly downsized due to the pandemic). The three-hour ceremony will begin at 4pm PST. The delayed nominations announcement will now take place on Thursday 23rd January, wit…

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Oscars 2025: The case for Emilia Pérez to win Best Picture
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date: 2025-03-01T15:00:01.000Z
creator: James Mottram
subject: Movies
subject: Comment
subject: Oscars
description: The crime drama and musical from Frenchman Jacques Audiard has been marred by controversy, but remains a fearless adrenaline shot.
encoded: A joyous and daring musical, Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez started its public journey in Cannes last May, where critics were overwhelmingly positive and the film saw the four female leads – Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Adriana Paz – take a share of the Best Actress prize. Since then, until recently at least, this Mexican-set tale of a cartel boss named Manitas who undergoes gender reassignment has been a hot favourite in the awards season. Bought by Netflix, the film won four Golden Globes, including Best Picture in the musical or comedy category. Better still, it gained 13 Oscar nominations, the most ever by a non-English language film. But then came the backlash, from Mexican commentators complaining the film is an inauthentic representation of their country to LGBTQ+ advocates claiming it’s not a good representation of the trans community. View oEmbed on the source website Worse was to come as old social media posts by Gascón – the first ever trans performer to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar – were unearthed. To put it mildly, Gascón’s opinions were deeply problematic, ranging from offensive comments about Islam to police brutality victim George Floyd. Although she later apologised, such comments threw Emilia Pérez’s campaign into chaos, as Audiard and others backed away from Gascón. What harm Gascón’s spectacular self-sabotage has fully done to her and Emilia Pérez’s chances at the Oscars will only become clearer after the ceremony has unfolded. At the recent BAFTAs, the film took the prize for Best Foreign Film while Best Supporting Actress was won by Saldaña, whose terrific work as the campaign lawyer Rita deserves to be recognised. But without doubt, Emilia Pérez also deserves to win Best Picture at this year’s Academy Awards. <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2025/02/Emilia-Perez-Karla-Sofia-Gascon-Zoe-Saldana-2dcbfec.jpg" width="7200" height="4800" alt="Karla Sofía Gascón as Emilia Pérez lookin…

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