Oscar Nominations 2026: The Full List of Nominees

The wait is over. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominations for the 98th Academy Awards on Thursday, January 22, 2026. This year made history before the ceremony even began.

Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” received 16 nominations. That breaks the all-time record. The previous mark of 14 was shared by “All About Eve” (1950), “Titanic” (1997) and “La La Land” (2016). Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” followed with 13 nominations.

The ceremony takes place on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Conan O’Brien returns as host for his second consecutive year. ABC broadcasts the show live at 7:00 PM Eastern Time. Hulu streams it simultaneously.

This year also marks a historic addition. The Academy introduced the Best Casting award, the first new category since Best Animated Feature debuted in 2001.

Nominations Leaders: Films by Total Nods

Film	Total Nominations
Sinners	16 (all-time record)
One Battle After Another	13
Frankenstein	9
Sentimental Value	9
Marty Supreme	8
Hamnet	8
F1	5
Bugonia	4
Train Dreams	4
Avatar: Fire and Ash	2

Warner Bros. Pictures produced both “Sinners” and “One Battle After Another.” The studio earned 30 total nominations, tying its own record set in 2005.

Best Picture Nominees

Ten films compete for the top prize this year.

• BUGONIA — Producers: Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Lars Knudsen
• F1 — Producers: Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski, Jerry Bruckheimer
• FRANKENSTEIN — Producers: Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale, Scott Stuber
• HAMNET — Producers: Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg, Sam Mendes
• MARTY SUPREME — Producers: Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas, Timothée Chalamet
• ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER — Producers: Adam Somner, Sara Murphy, Paul Thomas Anderson
• THE SECRET AGENT — Producer: Emilie Lesclaux
• SENTIMENTAL VALUE — Producers: Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
• SINNERS — Producers: Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler
• TRAIN DREAMS — Producers: Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer, Michael Heimler

Notable snub: “Wicked: For Good” received zero nominations. The original film earned 10 nods and won two.

Acting Nominees

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Timothée Chalamet in Marty Supreme
• Leonardo DiCaprio in One Battle After Another
• Ethan Hawke in Blue Moon
• Michael B. Jordan in Sinners (first nomination)
• Wagner Moura in The Secret Agent

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Jessie Buckley in Hamnet
• Rose Byrne in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (first nomination)
• Kate Hudson in Song Sung Blue
• Renate Reinsve in Sentimental Value
• Emma Stone in Bugonia

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Benicio Del Toro in One Battle After Another
• Jacob Elordi in Frankenstein (first nomination)
• Delroy Lindo in Sinners (first nomination)
• Sean Penn in One Battle After Another
• Stellan Skarsgård in Sentimental Value

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Elle Fanning in Sentimental Value (first nomination)
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas in Sentimental Value
• Amy Madigan in Weapons
• Wunmi Mosaku in Sinners (first nomination)
• Teyana Taylor in One Battle After Another (first nomination)

Best Director Nominees

• Chloé Zhao for Hamnet
• Josh Safdie for Marty Supreme
• Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another
• Joachim Trier for Sentimental Value
• Ryan Coogler for Sinners

Chloé Zhao becomes the second woman and first woman of color nominated for Best Director twice. She previously won for “Nomadland” in 2021. Guillermo del Toro was not nominated for directing “Frankenstein” despite the film earning 9 nominations total.

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Writing Nominees

Best Original Screenplay

• Blue Moon — Written by Robert Kaplow
• It Was Just an Accident — Jafar Panahi; script collaborators: Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian
• Marty Supreme — Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
• Sentimental Value — Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier
• Sinners — Ryan Coogler

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Bugonia — Screenplay by Will Tracy
• Frankenstein — Written for the screen by Guillermo del Toro
• Hamnet — Screenplay by Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell
• One Battle After Another — Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
• Train Dreams — Screenplay by Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar

NEW CATEGORY: Best Casting

This is the first new Oscar category since Best Animated Feature in 2001. The Academy created this award to recognize the essential work casting directors do in building a film’s ensemble.

• Hamnet — Nina Gold
• Marty Supreme — Jennifer Venditti
• One Battle After Another — Cassandra Kulukundis
• The Secret Agent — Gabriel Domingues
• Sinners — Francine Maisler

Technical Category Nominees

Best Cinematography

• Frankenstein — Dan Laustsen
• Marty Supreme — Darius Khondji
• One Battle After Another — Michael Bauman
• Sinners — Autumn Durald Arkapaw
• Train Dreams — Adolpho Veloso

Autumn Durald Arkapaw became the first woman of color nominated for Best Cinematography.

Best Film Editing

• F1 — Stephen Mirrione
• Marty Supreme — Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
• One Battle After Another — Andy Jurgensen
• Sentimental Value — Olivier Bugge Coutté
• Sinners — Michael P. Shawver

Best Production Design

• Frankenstein — Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration by Shane Vieau
• Hamnet — Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration by Alice Felton
• Marty Supreme — Jack Fisk; Set Decoration by Adam Willis
• One Battle After Another — Florencia Martin; Set Decoration by Anthony Carlino
• Sinners — Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration by Monique Champagne

Best Costume Design

• Avatar: Fire and Ash — Deborah L. Scott
• Frankenstein — Kate Hawley
• Hamnet — Malgosia Turzanska
• Marty Supreme — Miyako Bellizzi
• Sinners — Ruth E. Carter

Ruth E. Carter becomes the most nominated Black woman across any Oscar category with her fifth nomination.

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

• Frankenstein — Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey
• Kokuho — Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino, Tadashi Nishimatsu
• Sinners — Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, Shunika Terry
• The Smashing Machine — Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin, Bjoern Rehbein
• The Ugly Stepsister — Thomas Foldberg, Anne Cathrine Sauerberg

Best Sound

• F1 — Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta
• Frankenstein — Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern
• One Battle After Another — José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflor
• Sinners — Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker
• Sirāt — Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas, Yasmina Praderas

Best Visual Effects

• Avatar: Fire and Ash — Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett
• F1 — Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington, Keith Dawson
• Jurassic World Rebirth — David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan, Neil Corbould
• The Lost Bus — Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen, Brandon K. McLaughlin
• Sinners — Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, Donnie Dean

Music Nominees

Best Original Score

• Bugonia — Jerskin Fendrix
• Frankenstein — Alexandre Desplat
• Hamnet — Max Richter
• One Battle After Another — Jonny Greenwood
• Sinners — Ludwig Goransson

Best Original Song

• “Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless — Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
• “Golden” from KPOP Demon Hunters — EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Teddy Park
• “I Lied To You” from Sinners — Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson
• “Sweet Dreams Of Joy” from Viva Verdi! — Nicholas Pike
• “Train Dreams” from Train Dreams — Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; Lyric by Nick Cave

International Feature Film Nominees

Film	Country
The Secret Agent	Brazil
It Was Just an Accident	France
Sentimental Value	Norway
Sirāt	Spain
The Voice of Hind Rajab	Tunisia

Animated Feature Film Nominees

• Arco — Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas, Natalie Portman
• Elio — Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina, Mary Alice Drumm
• KPOP Demon Hunters — Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans, Michelle L.M. Wong
• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain — Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago, Henri Magalon
• Zootopia 2 — Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino

Documentary Nominees

Best Documentary Feature Film

• The Alabama Solution — Andrew Jarecki, Charlotte Kaufman
• Come See Me in the Good Light — Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro, Stef Willen
• Cutting Through Rocks — Sara Khaki, Mohammadreza Eyni
• Mr. Nobody Against Putin — David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin, Helle Faber, Alžběta Karásková
• The Perfect Neighbor — Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu, Sam Bisbee

Best Documentary Short Film

• All the Empty Rooms — Joshua Seftel, Conall Jones
• Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud — Craig Renaud, Juan Arredondo
• Children No More: “Were and Are Gone” — Hilla Medalia, Sheila Nevins
• The Devil Is Busy — Christalyn Hampton, Geeta Gandbhir
• Perfectly a Strangeness — Alison McAlpine

Short Film Nominees

Best Animated Short Film

• Butterfly — Florence Miailhe, Ron Dyens
• Forevergreen — Nathan Engelhardt, Jeremy Spears
• The Girl Who Cried Pearls — Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski
• Retirement Plan — John Kelly, Andrew Freedman
• The Three Sisters — Konstantin Bronzit

Best Live Action Short Film

• Butcher’s Stain — Meyer Levinson-Blount, Oron Caspi
• A Friend of Dorothy — Lee Knight, James Dean
• Jane Austen’s Period Drama — Julia Aks, Steve Pinder
• The Singers — Sam A. Davis, Jack Piatt
• Two People Exchanging Saliva — Alexandre Singh, Natalie Musteata

Historic Records Set in 2026

“Sinners” set the all-time record with 16 nominations, breaking the previous mark of 14. The film also broke the record for most Black individuals nominated for a single film with 10. Warner Bros. earned 30 nominations, tying its own studio record from 2005.

Timothée Chalamet became the youngest actor to earn three acting nominations since Marlon Brando. Autumn Durald Arkapaw became the first woman of color nominated for Best Cinematography. Chloé Zhao became the second woman and first woman of color nominated for Best Director twice. Amy Madigan’s 40-year gap between nominations set the record for the longest gap for an actress. Ruth E. Carter became the most-nominated Black woman across any category with her fifth nomination. Dede Gardner became the most-nominated female producer with nine Best Picture nominations.

What to Expect on Oscar Night

The 98th Academy Awards take place on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at 7:00 PM ET. ABC carries the live broadcast. Hulu streams it simultaneously. Conan O’Brien hosts for the second year in a row.

Starting with this ceremony, Academy members must watch every nominated film in their voting categories before casting final ballots. Final voting runs from February 26 through March 5.

Oscar Nominations 2026: FAQs

“Sinners” rewrote the record books before the Oscars handed out a single award. March 15 cannot come fast enough. Bookmark this page and check back for live winner updates on ceremony night.