Red-hot ‘Marty Supreme’ joins fan-fave ‘Bring Her Back’ as A24 locks down Oscar slate

A24 has announced 14 films are part of its official "For Your Consideration" campaign for the 2026 Oscars.

The would-be contenders include Marty Supreme, which Gold Derby predicts will receive multiple Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Timothée Chalamet as a passionate table tennis player; The Smashing Machine, in which Dwayne Johnson delivers a heralded performance as a real-life MMA fighter; If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, with Rose Byrne in the Oscar discussion for playing a therapist at her wit's end; and Bring Her Back, a fan-fave horror flick starring Sally Hawkins as the foster parent from hell.

A24 was founded in 2012 and has produced some truly groundbreaking motion pictures, including Best Picture Oscar champions Moonlight (2016) — which also won Best Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali and Best Adapted Screenplay — and Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) — which also received Best Actress for Michelle Yeoh, Best Supporting Actress for Jamie Lee Curtis, Best Supporting Actor for Ke Huy Quan, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, and Best Film Editing.

Other A24 films to take home Academy Awards over the past decade include Room (2015) for Best Actress for Brie Larson; Ex Machina for Best Visual Effects (2015); Amy (2015) for Best Documentary Feature; Minari (2020) for Best Supporting Actress for Yuh-jung Youn; The Whale (2022) for Best Actor for Brendan Fraser and Best Makeup & Hairstyling; The Zone of Interest (2023) for Best International Feature Film and Best Sound; and The Brutalist (2024) for Best Actor for Adrien Brody, Best Score, and Best Cinematography.

Will the studio's luck continue with its 2025 slate of films? We'll find out when the nominations are announced Jan. 22, and the 2026 Oscars take place on March 15.

Below is the breakdown of A24's Oscar slate, in alphabetical order by film, including the official logline, filmmakers, and main cast. (To see all of the below-the-line artisans, visit the official website.)

Architecton

Theatrical release date: Aug. 1
Synopsis: An extraordinary journey through the material that makes up our habitat: concrete, and its ancestor, stone. Director Victor Kossakovsky raises a fundamental question: how do we inhabit the world of tomorrow?
Categories: TBA

Bring Her Back

Theatrical release date: May 30
Synopsis: A brother and sister uncover a terrifying ritual at the secluded home of their new foster mother.
Categories: Best Picture (Samantha Jennings and Kristina Ceyton), Best Director (Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou), Best Original Screenplay (Danny Philippou and Bill Hinzman), Best Actor (Billy Barratt), Best Actress (Sally Hawkins), Best Supporting Actor (Jonah Wren Phillips), Best Supporting Actress (Sora Wong), Best Casting, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Production Design, Best Score, Best Sound.

Eddington

Theatrical release date: July 18
Synopsis: In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff and mayor sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, N.M.
Categories: Best Picture (Lars Knudsen, Ari Aster, and Ann Ruark), Best Director (Ari Aster), Best Original Screenplay (Ari Aster), Best Actor (Joaquin Phoenix), Best Supporting Actor (Pedro Pascal, Micheal Ward, Austin Butler, and Luke Grimes), Best Supporting Actress (Emma Stone and Deirdre O'Connell), Best Casting, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Production Design, Best Score, Best Sound.

Eternity

Theatrical release date: Nov. 14
Synopsis: In an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, Joan is faced with the impossible choice between the man she spent her life with and her first love, who died young and has waited decades for her to arrive.
Categories: Best Picture (Tim White, Trevor White), Best Director (David Freyne), Best Original Screenplay (Pat Cunnane and David Freyne), Best Actor (Miles Teller), Best Actress (Elizabeth Olsen), Best Supporting Actor (Callum Turner and John Early), Best Supporting Actress (Da'Vine Joy Randolph), Best Casting, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Production Design, Best Score, Best Sound.

Friendship

Theatrical release date: May 9
Synopsis: Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor, but Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives.
Categories: Best Picture (Raphael Margules, J. D. Lifshitz, Nick Weidenfeld, and Johnny Holland), Best Director (Andrew DeYoung), Best Original Screenplay (Andrew DeYoung), Best Actor (Tim Robinson), Best Supporting Actor (Paul Rudd), Best Supporting Actress (Kate Mara), Best Casting, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Production Design, Best Score, and Best Sound.

Highest 2 Lowest

Theatrical release date: Aug. 15
Synopsis: When a titan music mogul, widely known as having the “best ears in the business”, is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma. Brothers Denzel Washington and Spike Lee reunite for the fifth in their long working relationship for a reinterpretation of the great filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s crime thriller High and Low, now played out on the mean streets of modern-day New York City.
Categories: Best Picture (Jason Michael Berman and Todd Black), Best Director (Spike Lee), Best Adapted Screenplay (Alan Fox), Best Actor (Denzel Washington), Best Supporting Actor (Jeffrey Wright and A$AP Rocky), Best Supporting Actress (Ilfenesh Hadera), Best Casting, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Production Design, Best Score, Best Song ("Highest 2 Lowest" and "Trunks"), Best Sound, and Best Visual Effects.

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

Theatrical release date: Oct. 10
Synopsis: With her life crashing down around her, Linda attempts to navigate her child's mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person, and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist.
Categories: Best Picture (Sara Murphy, Ryan Zacarias, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Eli Bush, Conor Hannon, and Richie Doyle), Best Director (Mary Bronstein), Best Original Screenplay (Mary Bronstein), Best Actress (Rose Byrne), Best Supporting Actor (Conan O'Brien and A$AP Rocky), Best Supporting Actress (Danielle Macdonald), Best Casting, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Production Design, Best Sound, Best Visual Effects.

The Legend of Ochi

Theatrical release date: April 18
Synopsis: In a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a shy farm girl named Yuri is raised to fear an elusive animal species known as ochi. But when Yuri discovers a wounded baby ochi has been left behind, she escapes on a quest to bring him home.
Categories: Best Picture (Richard Peete, Traci Carlson, Isaiah Saxon, and Jonathan Wang), Best Director (Isaiah Saxon), Best Original Screenplay (Isaiah Saxon), Best Actress (Helena Zengel), Best Supporting Actor (Willem Dafoe and Finn Wolfhard), Best Supporting Actress (Emily Watson), Best Casting, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Production Design, Best Score, Best Song ("Through the Long and Lonely Night"), Best Sound, Best Visual Effects.

Marty Supreme

Theatrical release date: Dec. 25
Synopsis: Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.
Categories: TBA

Materialists

Theatrical release date: June 13
Synopsis: A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex.
Categories: Best Picture (David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon, Pamela Koffler, and Celine Song), Best Director (Celine Song), Best Original Screenplay (Celine Song), Best Actress (Dakota Johnson), Best Supporting Actor (Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal), Best Supporting Actress (Zoe Winters), Best Casting, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Production Design, Best Score, Best Song ("My Baby Got Nothing At All"), Best Sound.

Pillion

Theatrical release date: Nov. 28
Synopsis: A timid man is swept off his feet when an enigmatic, impossibly handsome biker takes him on as his submissive.
Categories: TBA

The Smashing Machine

Theatrical release date: Oct. 3
Synopsis: The story of legendary mixed martial arts & UFC fighter Mark Kerr.
Categories: Best Picture (Benny Safdie, Dwayne Johnson, Eli Bush, Hiram Garcia, Dany Garcia, David Koplan), Best Director (Benny Safdie), Best Adapted Screenplay (Benny Safdie), Best Actor (Dwayne Johnson), Best Supporting Actress (Emily Blunt), Best Casting, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Production Design, Best Score, Best Sound, Best Visual Effects.

Sorry, Baby

Theatrical release date: June 27
Synopsis: Something bad happened to Agnes. But life goes on ... for everyone around her, at least. When her beloved best friend comes to visit, Agnes recognizes just how stuck she still is and begins to take her first steps towards healing.
Categories: Best Picture (Adele Romanski, Mark Ceryak, and Barry Jenkins), Best Director (Eva Victor), Best Original Screenplay (Eva Victor), Best Actress (Eva Victor), Best Supporting Actress (Naomi Ackie), Best Supporting Actor (Lucas Hedges and John Carroll Lynch), Best Casting, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Production Design, Best Score, Best Sound.

Warfare

Theatrical release date: April 11
Synopsis: Written and directed by Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland, Warfare embeds audiences with a platoon of American Navy SEALs on a surveillance mission gone wrong in insurgent territory. A visceral, boots-on-the-ground story of modern warfare and brotherhood, told like never before: in real time and based on the memory of the people who lived it.
Categories: Best Picture (Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Matthew Penry-Davey, and Peter Rice), Best Director (Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland), Best Original Screenplay (Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland) Best Supporting Actor (D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, Joseph Quinn, and Charles Melton), Best Casting, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Production Design, Best Sound, Best Visual Effects.