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🎬 2026 Actor Awards

🎬 2026 Actor Awards

Watch these films and tv series before the award ceremony on Sunday, March 1

February 26, 2026

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👋 Hi there, Nicole here.

As a new Mom, I don’t have nearly as much time to watch TV as I used to.

But I still LOVE movies, so deciding “what to watch” has become a bigger decision.

To help with this, I pulled a list of every movie and tv series with cast nominated for the Actor Awards (watch this Sunday at 8p ET).

Film

Television Dramas

Television Comedies

I then prioritized the list based on their Rotten Tomatoes critics score.

Here’s what I found 👇

Film Nominees:

All films* with nominated cast or featured actors in a leading or supporting role:

97%: Sinners (HBO Max)
94%: One Battle After Another (HBO Max)
93%: Marty Supreme (rent or buy)
93%: Weapons (HBO Max)
92%: If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (HBO Max)
90%: Blue Moon (Netflix)
88%: Bugonia (Peacock)
88%: Wicked: For Good (rent or buy)
86%: Hamnet (rent or buy)
85%: Frankenstein (Netflix)
77%: Song Sung Blue (Peacock)

^*^{Listed in order of their Rotten Tomatoes critics score, the}^Tomatometer⁽^{how it’s calculated}⁾

Television Nominees:

All drama series* with nominated ensemble or actors:

98%: PLURIBUS (Apple TV)
97%: SLOW HORSES (Apple TV)
97%: THE PITT (HBO Max)
95%: SEVERANCE (Apple TV)
92%: THE DIPLOMAT (Netflix)
90%: THE WHITE LOTUS (HBO Max)
87%: PARADISE (Hulu)
80%: LANDMAN (Paramount+)
69%: THE MORNING SHOW (Apple TV)

All comedy series* with nominated ensemble or actors:

99%: ABBOTT ELEMENTARY (HBO Max)
99%: HACKS (HBO Max)
98%: DYING FOR SEX (Hulu)
97%: ADOLESCENCE (Netflix)
95%: ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING (Hulu)
94%: A MAN ON THE INSIDE (Netflix)
93%: THE BEAR (Hulu)
92%: THE STUDIO (Apple TV)
87%: NOBODY WANTS THIS (Netflix)
84%: THE BEAST IN ME (Netflix)
80%: ALL HER FAULT (Peacock)
80%: WEDNESDAY (Netflix)
66%: BLACK RABBIT (Netflix)
60%: PALM ROYALE (Apple TV)
21%: MONSTER: THE ED GEIN STORY (Netflix)

^*^{Listed in order of their Rotten Tomatoes critics score, the}^Tomatometer

A NOTE FROM OUR TASTEMAKER

I’ve seen the top 3 films, and I’m hoping to find time to watch Frankenstein and Hamnet before the award ceremony on Sunday night.

Cheers to all of the other movie lovers!

Nicole

LIFESTYLE contributor for Slightly Smarter

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