From the THE LETTERBOXD OSCARS 2026 nominations voting, I have collated the entire vote count in a spreadsheet. The spreadsheet has a separate sheet for each category.

This list includes every eligible film which received a vote in Best Picture voting, ranked by how well they did.

Full spreadsheet of results is here.

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How the Votes Were Counted

The vote counting is a ranked choice voting system. It consists of many rounds of counting.

Round 1

Count the #1 choices on all voter ballots.

Calculate the "nomination number", which is the total number of ballots divided by the number of nomination slots available plus one. So in Best Picture this would be a division of 11 and in other categories divide by 6.

A "nomination number" must be rounded up, or have +1 added to it if it already a whole number. This is to ensure if it would be impossible for 6 nominees to achieve that number. So, for example, if votes / 6 = 100, then the "nomination number" is 101. If votes / 6 = 99.17, the "nomination number" is 100.

Also calculate the "surplus number". The "surplus number" = the "nomination number" + 20% (in Best Picture, it is 10%). Or, in other words, the number of initial votes x (1/6) x (6/5). It is rounded up to a whole number.

Subsequent Rounds

Step 1

Rank the films by their number of #1 votes.

Step 2

See if there any films mentioned in total on less ballots than the current number of #1 votes which the film in 5th place has, is eliminated (use the film in 10th place for Best Picture). Clearly these films can never overtake the 5th place film.

For example, if the 5th place film is #1 on 100 ballots and another film is mentioned on only 80 ballots, it is eliminated. If a film is #1 on 80 ballots, but is mentioned on 120 ballots, it is not eliminated.

If a ballot has an eliminated film in #1, the film in #2 on that ballot becomes the new #1 on that ballot.

If films are eliminated here, move to Step 5. If no films are eligible to be eliminated, move to Step 3.

Step 3

Check if any film has more #1 votes than the "surplus number". If that has happened, implement the "surplus rule".

So how does the "surplus rule" work? This rule is designed to not penalise voters who have picked a very popular choice. Without it, these voters would have essentially wasted the rest of their ballot. We give a fraction of their votes to the second choice films. When this "rule" is implemented, we reset the film's vote count to the initial "nomination number". This ensures it will remain nominated. The rest of the vote total is then proportioned out amongst the second choice films. So, for example, with 200 votes, the initial "nomination number" is 34 and the "surplus number" is 41. If a film reached 41 votes, we would reset its votes to 34 and every ballot with this film as #1 would give points to their #2 film. The #2 films would receive (total votes - 34) / (total votes) points per surplus vote.

The "surplus rule" is not invoked if a film passes the "surplus number" with a total including surplus points from another film. The film must pass the "surplus number" purely on current #1 choices. For example, if the "surplus number" is 41 and a film has 40 votes from #1 ballots and 42.38 votes from another film's surplus distribution, the film does not invoke the "surplus rule" even though the total 42.38 is greater than 41.

After the "surplus rule" has been implemented, move to Step 5. If the rule has not been invoked, move to Step 4.

Step 4

To reach this step, every film is mentioned on enough ballots to theoretically be able to overtake the film in fifth place and no film has newly overtaken the "surplus number". So in this scenario, we just eliminate the film in last place. Each ballot with that film listed as #1 now has their #2 film take its place.

Step 5

If there are 6 films remaining, the top 5 are nominated. In Best Picture, this is 11 and the top 10 are nominated.

In the acting categories, an actor cannot be nominated twice in the same category, so voting stops when there are 6 unique actors left. Similarly, in Best Original Song, a film cannot have three songs nominated, and so the same logic applies.

If there are more than 6 films remaining (11 in Best Picture), start a new round and repeat from Step 1.

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Rankings

In the summary section of the spreadsheet, the films have a rank in each category. The rankings are determined by the following criteria.

1. How many rounds of voting they survived.
2. How many votes they had upon elimination / nomination.
3. Their number of votes in each previous round.
4. How many total ballots included the film at all.
5. How many ballots including the film at position #2 (then #3, #4, #5 etc).