Predicting the 98th Academy Awards Winners

The 2025/26 awards season comes to a close on Sunday night (or Monday morning for those of us in the UK), as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces its winners for the 98th Academy Awards. The season so far has been full of surprises, with record-breaking nomination totals, shock wins, and an […]

Predicting the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards

The next awards body to announce their 2026 winners is BAFTA, whose winners often give us a decent indication of who is going to take home the Oscar. This is particularly true in the acting categories, with BAFTA having identical winners in all 4 categories both last year and the year before. Even though their […]

The Biggest Snubs and Surprise Nominations of Awards Season 2025/26

We all love to predict the nominees for the Big 5 awards shows, but there are some that we just could not have seen coming. Using the community predictions from GoldDerby.com as a bit of guidance, here are our picks for the most shocking snubs and nominations from the Critics’ Choice Awards, Golden Globes, Actor […]

Predicting the 2026 British Academy (BAFTA) Film Awards

Even though the Oscar nominations have been announced, there are still major nominations to come, as BAFTA are set to announce their nominees for this year’s British Academy Film Awards. With the longlists already out, it seems straightforward to predict who is getting nominated. But with BAFTA, you never know, as they love to surprise […]

Predicting the 2026 Oscar Nominations

Following months of speculation and precursors, the nominations for the 98th Academy Awards are set to be revealed on Thursday, 22nd January 2026. Ryan Coogler’s horror-thriller Sinners and Paul Thomas Anderson’s caper One Battle After Another are set to lead the nominations, while history could be made if the projected Best Picture nominees are accurate, […]

Predicting The 2026 Golden Globes Winners

Best Motion Picture- DramaCould Win: HamnetShould Win: HamnetWill Win: Sinners With Best Picture frontrunner One Battle After Another competing in the Musical or Comedy categories, it presents the opportunity for another contender to pick up a major prize. Hamnet could become the second Chloe Zhao film to win this category, following Nomadland’s triumph in 2021. […]

Predicting the 2026 Actors Awards Nominations

On Wednesday (7th January 2026), the Screen Actors Guild will announce their nominees for their 2026, which is now rebranded as The Actor Awards. SAG has often been a difficult group to predict, as they frequently nominate contenders who hadn’t even been considered by that point in the season. Notable shock nominations in recent years […]

Predicting the Critics’ Choice Awards 2026 Winners

The 2025/26 awards season properly kicks off this Sunday with the Critics Choice Awards. Announcing their winners before the Oscars, BAFTA and the major above the line guilds have even announced their nominees, it will give a good indication of who are the early frontrunners, and the opportunity for contenders to gain some momentum. Here […]

Predicting the 2026 Golden Globe Film Nominations

Following on from Friday’s Critics Choice Awards nominations, we will also soon find out the nominees for the 2026 Golden Globes, and it is setting up to be a competitive race. With major contenders on both the drama and comedy/musical sides, and more spaces to be nominated, it is one of the most essential precursors […]

Predicting the Critics Choice Awards 2026 Nominations

The first major awards body announces their nominations this Friday to kick off the 2025/26 awards season, as the Critics Choice Awards will be releasing their nominees. While not completely transferable to the Oscars as these are voted by critics rather than film industry professionals, it will give a good indication of which films and […]