2026 Best Picture Power Rankings, and the Best Movies at TIFF. Plus: Zach Cregger on ‘Resident Evil’!
The Big Picture
September 22, 2026 · Resident Evil (2026) · Horror · Sci-Fi · 2:13:23 · ▶ Listen on Spotify
Hosts: Sean Fennessey, Adam Nayman, Amanda Dobbins · With Zach Cregger
Chapters
Lists in this episode
The 30 Best Picture contenders, read alphabetically
Unranked list · Sean Fennessey · ▶ 58:14
- ·All of a Sudden▶ 58:14
- ·Artificial▶ 58:16
- ·Behemoth▶ 58:17
- ·Being Human▶ 58:17
- ·La Bola Negra▶ 58:18
- ·Club Kid▶ 58:19
- ·The Debut▶ 58:20
- ·Digger (2026)▶ 58:21
- ·Dune Part 3▶ 58:21
- ·Elsinore▶ 58:22
- ·Fatherland▶ 58:23
- ·Fjord▶ 58:24
- ·The Further Misadventures of Cliff Booth▶ 58:25
- ·Ink▶ 58:21
- ·The Invite (2026)▶ 58:27
The first 2026 Best Picture Power Rankings
Ranked list · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · ▶ 59:22
- 1The Odyssey (2016) · Amanda Dobbins▶ 59:22
- 2La Bola Negra · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:00:27
- 3Wild Horse 9 · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:04:45
- 4Dune Part 3 · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:05:47
- 5Project Hail Mary (2026) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:13:01
- 6Fjord · Amanda Dobbins▶ 1:11:42
- 7The Invite (2026) · Amanda Dobbins▶ 1:11:39
- 10Obsession (2025) · Amanda Dobbins▶ 1:17:10
- 8The Debut · Amanda Dobbins▶ 1:22:09
- 9All of a Sudden · Amanda Dobbins▶ 1:22:08
Movies Referenced (35)
23 mentions · Zach Cregger, Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins▶ 1:14:03IMDb ↗Lb ↗
16 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins, Adam Nayman▶ 36:56IMDb ↗Lb ↗
6 mentions · Zach Cregger, Sean Fennessey▶ 1:32:29IMDb ↗Lb ↗
5 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey▶ 12:18IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins▶ 58:38IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Directors Referenced (13)
4 mentions · Adam Nayman · Known for 127 Hours, 28 Days Later, Shallow Grave▶ 23:27IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Zach Cregger, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Se7en, Gone Girl, Zodiac▶ 9:13IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Adam Nayman · Known for Ad Astra, The Lost City of Z▶ 13:33IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey · Known for Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, From Dusk Till Dawn▶ 2:24IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for Tenet, Interstellar, Inception▶ 2:19IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Adam Nayman · Known for Dark Star, Halloween▶ 52:21IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Adam Nayman · Known for Punch-Drunk Love, Licorice Pizza, There Will Be Blood▶ 48:51IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for Cold War▶ 1:19:25IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Adam Nayman · Known for Green Book, There's Something About Mary, Dumb and Dumber▶ 39:40IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Adam Nayman · Known for Red Rocket, The Florida Project▶ 46:08IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Actors Referenced (44)
11 mentions · Zach Cregger, Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Paper Towns, Weapons, Do Revenge▶ 1:25:28IMDb ↗Lb ↗
8 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey▶ 53:48IMDb ↗Lb ↗
6 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Far from Heaven, Boogie Nights, Magnolia▶ 1:08:55IMDb ↗Lb ↗
5 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Zach Cregger, Sean Fennessey▶ 1:26:19IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Barbie, Lady Bird, Mistress America▶ 2:13IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey · Known for Draft Day▶ 1:28:09IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Jurassic Park, Jurassic World, Willow▶ 58:38IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Adam Nayman · Known for All of Us Strangers, Spectre▶ 39:46IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Babylon▶ 5:16IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Sixth Sense▶ 11:04IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for A Real Pain, The Social Network, The Squid and the Whale▶ 1:10:02IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Writers Referenced (3)
1 mentions · Zach Cregger · Known for The Road, No Country for Old Men, The Counselor▶ 1:53:36IMDb ↗Lb ↗