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Best Casting

This is the first year for the Best Casting category, though the Casting Directors branch has been part of the Academy for years. A preliminary shortlist of 10 potential nominees will be announced in December.

Erik Anderson

Updated January 29, 2026 1:57pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Hamnet

Focus Features

Marty Supreme

A24

The Secret Agent

Neon

Sonny Bunch

Updated January 14, 2026 9:43am

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Marty Supreme

A24

Hamnet

Focus Features

Weapons

Warner Bros.

David Canfield

Updated January 15, 2026 7:17pm

Marty Supreme

A24

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Sentimental Value

Neon

Hamnet

Focus Features

Sophia Ciminello

Updated February 11, 2026 8:42am

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Marty Supreme

A24

Hamnet

Focus Features

The Secret Agent

Neon

Tyler Coates

Updated January 29, 2026 1:05pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Marty Supreme

A24

Hamnet

Focus Features

The Secret Agent

Neon

Gregory Ellwood

Updated November 19, 2025 1:07pm

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Marty Supreme

A24

Hamnet

Focus Features

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Sentimental Value

Neon

Joyce Eng

Updated February 13, 2026 8:14am

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

The Secret Agent

Neon

Marty Supreme

A24

Hamnet

Focus Features

Chris Feil

Updated January 29, 2026 12:59pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Marty Supreme

A24

Hamnet

Focus Features

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

The Secret Agent

Neon

Brian Formo

Updated January 10, 2026 7:18am

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Marty Supreme

A24

Hamnet

Focus Features

Weapons

Warner Bros.

Tomris Laffly

Updated January 16, 2026 1:30pm

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Marty Supreme

A24

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Hamnet

Focus Features

Sentimental Value

Neon

Richard Lawson

Updated January 15, 2026 5:21am

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Marty Supreme

A24

Hamnet

Focus Features

The Secret Agent

Neon

Shirley Li

Updated November 30, 2025 12:37pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Sentimental Value

Neon

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Marty Supreme

A24

Hamnet

Focus Features

Ryan McQuade

Updated January 30, 2026 10:21am

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Hamnet

Focus Features

The Secret Agent

Neon

Marty Supreme

A24

Drew McWeeny

Updated November 20, 2025 2:04pm

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Netflix

Nouvelle Vague

Netflix

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Frankenstein

Netflix

Matt Neglia

Updated February 6, 2026 4:48pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Marty Supreme

A24

Hamnet

Focus Features

The Secret Agent

Neon

Joe Reid

Updated January 15, 2026 5:00pm

Marty Supreme

A24

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Hamnet

Focus Features

The Secret Agent

Neon

Katey Rich

Updated January 29, 2026 12:55pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Hamnet

Focus Features

The Secret Agent

Neon

Marty Supreme

A24

Joanna Robinson

Updated October 30, 2025 1:39pm

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Netflix

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Hamnet

Focus Features

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Marty Supreme

A24

Christopher Rosen

Updated January 29, 2026 12:51pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Marty Supreme

A24

Hamnet

Focus Features

The Secret Agent

Neon

Richard Rushfield

Updated January 29, 2026 6:09pm

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Hamnet

Focus Features

Marty Supreme

A24

The Secret Agent

Neon

Michael Schulman

Updated January 30, 2026 4:40pm

Marty Supreme

A24

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

The Secret Agent

Neon

Hamnet

Focus Features

David Sims

Updated October 14, 2025 8:00am

Marty Supreme

A24

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Wicked: For Good

Universal

Hamnet

Focus Features

Katie Walsh

Updated February 2, 2026 7:01pm

Marty Supreme

A24

The Secret Agent

Neon

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Hamnet

Focus Features

Steven Weintraub

Updated December 2, 2025 11:38am

Bugonia

Focus Features

Hamnet

Focus Features

Nouvelle Vague

Netflix

It Was Just an Accident

Neon

Jada Yuan

Updated December 22, 2025 4:29pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Marty Supreme

A24

Hamnet

Focus Features

The Secret Agent

Neon

Esther Zuckerman

Updated January 29, 2026 12:56pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Marty Supreme

A24

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Hamnet

Focus Features

The Secret Agent

Neon

Best Casting Leaderboard

Films sorted by the percentage of pundits predicting a win in this category

54%

Sinners

Warner Bros.

19%

Marty Supreme

A24

19%

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Bugonia

Focus Features

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Netflix

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