After almost five months of campaigning, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed the nominees for the 2026 Oscars, and to no one’s surprise, Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” led all films with 16 nominations. The Warner Bros. release made history, earning the most nominations ever, surpassing the 14 that “All About Eve,” “Titanic,” and“La La Land” received. Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” earned 13 noms. Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” Josh Safdie’s “Marty Surpreme,” took 9 nominations, and Joachim Tier’s “Sentimental Value” took nine noms, while Chloe Zhao’s “Hamnet” found 8.
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This year’s Best Picture nominees include the aforementioned “Sinners,” “One Battle After Another,” “Frankenstein,” “Sentimental Value,” “Marty Supreme,” and “Hamnet” as well as Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Bugonia,” Joseph Kosinski’s “F1,” Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “The Secret Agent,” and Clint Bentley’s “Train Dreams.”
“Sinners,” “One Battle,” and “F1,” which was financed and produced by Apple Studios, were all distributed by Warner Bros. This is the first time in 51 years that one distributor has been credited with three Best Picture nominations. The last time it occurred, in 1975, Paramount Pictures earned Best Picture noms for “Chinatown,” “The Conversation,” and “The Godfather: Part II,” the latter of which won the category.
“Sinners” tally was partially thanks to a new Casting category that also saw “Hamnet,” “One Battle After Another,” “Marty Supreme,” and “The Secret Agent” recognized.
Notably, Diane Warren earned her 17th Oscar nomination in the Original Song category, Focus Features became the first studio in the modern era to land three Best Actress nominees (Jessie Buckley, Kate Hudson, Emma Stone), a record four non-English language performances are nominated this year (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Wagner Moura, Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård), for the seventh consecutive year, at least one film nominated for Best Picture has been directed by a woman (Chloe Zhao becomes the second woman to earn Directing nominations after Jane Campion), Steven Spielberg earned his 14th nomination for Best Picture, a record for an individual producer (since 1951 when producers were first named as nominees), and “Sirat’s” Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas become the first all-women sound team (production sound mixing, supervising sound editing and rerecording mixing) to be nominated for a sound award.
The 98th Oscars will occur on Sunday, March 18, and broadcast live on ABC and Hulu. Conan O’Brien will return as host, and you can pretty much guarantee “Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters” will be performed at some point.
This year’s nominees are as follows:
Best Picture
“Bugonia”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”
“Train Dreams”
Achievement in Directing
Chloe Zhao, “Hamnet”
Josh Safdie, “Marty Supreme”
Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another”
Joachim Trier, “Sentimental Value”
Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”
Actor in a Leading Role
Timothy Chalamet, “Marty Supreme”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “One Battle After Another”
Ethan Hawke, “Blue Moon”
Michael B Jordan, “Sinners”
Wagner Moura, “The Secret Agent”
Actress in a Leading Role
Jessie Buckley, “Hamnet”
Rose Byrne, “If I Had Legs I’ Kick You”
Kate Hudson, “Song Sung Blue”
Renata Reinsve, “Sentimental Value”
Emma Stone, “Bugonia”
Actor in a Supporting Role
Benicio Del Toro, “One Battle After Another”
Jacob Elordi, “Frankenstein”
Delroy Lindo, “Sinners”
Sean Penn, “One Battle After Another”
Stellan Skarsgard, “Sentimental Value”
Actress in a Supporting Role
Elle Fanning, “Sentimental Value”
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, “Sentimental Value”
Amy Madigan, “Weapons”
Wunmi Mosaku, “Sinners”
Teyana Taylor, “One Battle After Another”
Original Screenplay
“Blue Moon” (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by Robert Kaplow
“It Was Just an Accident” (Neon) Written by Jafar Panahi
Script collaborators – Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian
“Marty Supreme” (A24) Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
“Sentimental Value” (Neon) Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Written by Ryan Coogler
Adapted Screenplay
“Bugonia” (Focus Features) Screenplay by Will Tracy
“Frankenstein” (Netflix) Written for the Screen by Guillermo del Toro
“Hamnet” (Focus Features) Screenplay by Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
“One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.) Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
“Train Dreams” (Netflix) Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
Casting
“Hamnet” (Focus Features) Nina Gold
“Marty Supreme” (A24) Jennifer Venditti
“One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.) Cassandra Kulukundis
“The Secret Agent” (Neon) Gabriel Domingues
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Francine Maisler
Animated Feature
“Arco”
“Elio”
“KPop Demon Hunters”
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain”
“Zootopia 2”
Production Design
“Frankenstein” (Netflix) Production Design: Tamara Deverell Set Decoration:
Shane Vieau
“Hamnet” (Focus Features) Production Design: Fiona Crombie Set Decoration:
Alice Felton
“Marty Supreme” (A24) Production Design: Jack Fisk Set Decoration: Adam Willis
“One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.) Production Design: Florencia Martin Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Production Design: Hannah Beachler Set Decoration: Monique Champagne
Cinematography
“Frankenstein” (Netflix) Dan Laustsen
“Marty Supreme” (A24) Darius Khondji
“One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.) Michael Bauman
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Autumn Durald Arkapaw
“Train Dreams” (Netflix) Adolpho Veloso
Costume Design
“Avatar: Fire and Ash” (Walt Disney) Deborah L. Scott
“Frankenstein” (Netflix) Kate Hawley
“Hamnet” (Focus Features) Malgosia Turzanska
“Marty Supreme” (A24) Miyako Bellizzi
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Ruth E. Carter
Film Editing
“F1” (Apple) Stephen Mirrione
“Marty Supreme” (A24) Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
“One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.) Andy Jurgensen
“Sentimental Value” (Neon) Olivier Bugge Coutté
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Michael P. Shawver
Makeup and Hairstyling
“Frankenstein” (Netflix) Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey
“Kokuho” (GKIDS) Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi
Nishimatsu
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry
“The Smashing Machine” (A24) Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein
“The Ugly Stepsister” (Independent Film Company/Shudder) Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg
Sound
“F1” (Apple) Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle,
Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta
“Frankenstein” (Netflix) Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson
Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern
“One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.) José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and
Tony Villaflor
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco,
Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker
“Sirāt” (Neon) Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina
Praderas
Visual Effects
“Avatar: Fire and Ash” (Walt Disney) Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and
Daniel Barrett
“F1” (Apple) Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert
Harrington and Keith Dawson
“Jurassic World Rebirth” (Universal) David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan
and Neil Corbould
“The Lost Bus” (Apple) Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and
Brandon K. McLaughlin
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and
Donnie Dean
Original Score
“Bugonia” (Focus Features) Jerskin Fendrix
“Frankenstein” (Netflix) Alexandre Desplat
“Hamnet” (Focus Features) Max Richter
“One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.) Jonny Greenwood
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Ludwig Goransson
Original Song
“Dear Me” from “Diane Warren: Relentless” (MasterClass/ Greenwich Entertainment), Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters” (Netflix) Music and Lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick,
Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon and Teddy Park
“I Lied To You” from “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson
“Sweet Dreams Of Joy” from “Viva Verdi!” (Viva Verdi!), Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike
“Train Dreams” from “Train Dreams” (Netflix) Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner, Lyric by Nick Cave
Documentary Feature
The Alabama Solution
Come See Me In The Good Light
Mr Nobody Against Putin
Perfect Neighbour
International Feature
“The Secret Agent” (Brasil)
“It Was Just An Accident” (France)
“Sentimental Value” (Norway)
“Sirat” (Spain)
“The Voice Of Hind Rajab” (Tunisa)
Animated Short Film
“Butterfly” (Sacrebleu Productions) Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens
“Forevergreen” Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears
“The Girl Who Cried Pearls” (National Film Board of Canada) Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
“Retirement Plan” John Kelly and Andrew Freedman
“The Three Sisters” (Polydont Films/Rymanco Ventures) Konstantin Bronzit
Live Action Short Film
“Butcher’s Stain” (Tel Aviv University Steve Tisch School of Film and Television) Meyer Levinson-Blount and Oron Caspi
“A Friend of Dorothy” Lee Knight and James Dean
“Jane Austen’s Period Drama” Julia Aks and Steve Pinder
“The Singers” (Netflix) Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt
“Two People Exchanging Saliva” (Canal+/The New Yorker) Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata
Documentary Short Film
“All the Empty Rooms” (Netflix) Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud” (HBO) Craig Renaud and Juan Arredondo
“Children No More: “Were and Are Gone”” (Sky) Hilla Medalia and Sheila Nevins
“The Devil Is Busy” (HBO) Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir
“Perfectly a Strangeness” (Second Sight Pictures) Alison McAlpine
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