2026 Oscar Nominations Announced: ‘Sinners’ Makes History With Record Nominations

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The nominees for the 98th Academy Awards, honoring films released in 2025, were announced this morning.

Read on for a full list of this year’s Oscar nominees.


Best Picture

  • Bugonia
  • F1
  • Frankenstein
  • Hamnet
  • Marty Supreme
  • One Battle After Another
  • The Secret Agent
  • Sentimental Value
  • Sinners
  • Train Dreams

Best Director

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

Best Actor

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

Best Actress

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

Best Supporting Actor

  • Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another 
  • Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
  • Delroy Lindo, Sinners
  • Sean Penn, One Battle After Another  
  • Stellan Skarsgard, Sentimental Value  

Best Supporting Actress

  • Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
  • Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
  • Amy Madigan, Weapons
  • Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
  • Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another 

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Bugonia, Will Tracy
  • Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro
  • Hamnet, Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
  • One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson
  • Train Dreams, Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar

Best Original Screenplay

  • Blue Moon, Robert Kaplow
  • It Was Just an Accident, Jafar Panahi & Script Collaborators
  • Marty Supreme, Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
  • Sentimental Value, Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt
  • Sinners, Ryan Coogler

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

  • Frankenstein
  • Kokuho
  • Sinners
  • The Smashing Machine
  • The Ugly Stepsister

Best Original Score

  • Bugonia
  • Frankenstein
  • Hamnet
  • One Battle After Another
  • Sinners

Best Live-Action Short

  • Butcher’s Stain
  • A Friend of Dorothy
  • Jane Austen’s Period Drama
  • The Singers
  • Two People Exchanging Saliva

Best Animated Short

  • Butterfly
  • Forevergreen
  • The Girl Who Cried Pearls
  • Retirement Plan
  • The Three Sisters

Best Casting

  • Hamnet
  • Marty Supreme
  • One Battle After Another
  • The Secret Agent
  • Sinners

Best Costume Design

  • Avatar: Fire and Ash
  • Frankenstein
  • Hamnet
  • Marty Supreme
  • Sinners

Best Original Song

  • “Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless
  • “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters
  • “I Lied To You” from Sinners
  • “Sweet Dreams of Joy” from Viva Verdi!
  • “Train Dreams” from Train Dreams

Best Documentary Feature

  • The Alabama Solution
  • Come See Me in the Good Light
  • Cutting Through Rocks
  • Mr. Nobody Against Putin
  • The Perfect Neighbor

Best Documentary Short

  • All the Empty Rooms
  • Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
  • Children No More: “Were and Are Gone”
  • The Devil Is Busy
  • Perfectly a Strangeness

Best International Feature

  • Brazil, The Secret Agent
  • France, It Was Just an Accident
  • Norway, Sentimental Value
  • Spain, Sirât
  • Tunisia, The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best Animated Feature

  • Arco
  • Elio
  • KPop Demon Hunters
  • Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
  • Zootopia 2

Best Film Editing

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

Best Production Design

  • Frankenstein, Tamara Deverell
  • Hamnet, Fiona Crombie
  • Marty Supreme, Jack Fisk
  • One Battle After Another, Florencia Martin
  • Sinners, Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne

Best Cinematography

  • Frankenstein
  • Marty Supreme
  • One Battle After Another
  • Sinners
  • Train Dreams

Best Sound

  • F1
  • Frankenstein
  • One Battle After Another
  • Sinners
  • Sirât

Best Visual Effects

  • Avatar: Fire and Ash
  • F1
  • Jurassic World Rebirth
  • The Lost Bus
  • Sinners

Sinners amassed 16 Oscar nominations this morning, the most for any movie in history — topping the previous record shared by 1950’s All About Eve and 2016’s La La Land. However, One Battle After Another wasn’t far behind with 13 nominations.

There were other surprises, including a few major snubs, such as Wicked: For Good being shut out completely for recognition.


The 98th Academy Awards, hosted by Conan O’Brien, will be held on March 15, 2026.

Author: Marmaduke Karlston

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