For the past decade or so we have, after each Oscar ceremony, had a stab at guessing the next year’s best-picture nominees. The OdysseyDirected by Christopher NolanThe Odyssey: Matt Damon as Odysseus in Christopher Nolan's film. We write a few days before release, and this is the sort of film whose Oscar chances depend on box-office returns. Photograph: Niko Tavernise/Universal Pictures and Amblin EntertainmentIs there room for two Spielbergian science-fiction flicks in the list (Project Hail Mary makes explicit reference to Close Encounters of the Third Kind)? Sandra Hüller – also in 1949 and Project Hail Mary, above – co-stars.

Source: The Irish Times March 17, 2026 08:11 UTC