At the 2026 Oscars, genre cinema was the big winner

Is traditional Oscar bait dead? Big awards going to movies in the horror and thriller genres suggests a gradual shift in Academy voter tastes. The films themselves can take on many guises, but it’s easy to spot a piece of Oscar bait in the wild. Lead performances praised as ‘transformative’ by critics – the likes ... At the 2026 Oscars, genre cinema was the big winner The post At the 2026 Oscars, genre cinema was the big winner appeared first on Film Stories.