Ryan Coogler’s supernatural thriller Sinners has dominated the 2026 Academy Award nominations, earning a record-breaking 16 mentions including Best Picture and Best Director, per hollywoodreporter.com. The Warner Bros. production outpaced Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, which secured 13 nominations.
Other heavy hitters in the Best Picture race include Frankenstein, Marty Supreme, and Sentimental Value, all of which earned nine nods apiece. Completing the ten-film shortlist for the top prize are Bugonia, F1, Hamnet, The Secret Agent, and Train Dreams.
Warner Bros. leads the studio tally with 30 nominations, followed by Neon with 18 and Netflix with 16. In a year of notable shifts, the Academy introduced its first new category since 2002: Best Casting, with Hamnet and Sinners among the inaugural nominees.
While veterans like Leonardo DiCaprio and Emma Stone secured spots in the acting categories, the morning was marked by significant shocks. The musical Wicked: For Good was completely shut out, while Delroy Lindo and Kate Hudson scored surprise nominations for their respective roles in Sinners and Song Sung Blue.
To ensure integrity, the Academy has enforced stricter viewing requirements this year. Members must now verify they have watched every nominee in a category via the Academy Screening Room app or formal festival logs before being eligible to vote.
The 98th Oscars, hosted by Conan O’Brien, will broadcast live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 15.
Full List of Nominees
Best Picture
* Bugonia
* F1
* Frankenstein
* Hamnet
* Marty Supreme
* One Battle After Another
* The Secret Agent
* Sentimental Value
* Sinners
* Train Dreams
Best Director
* Chloé 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 Skarsgård, 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, Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian
* Marty Supreme, Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
* Sentimental Value, Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
* Sinners, Ryan Coogler
Best Animated Feature
* Arco
* Elio
* KPop Demon Hunters
* Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
* Zootopia 2
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 Documentary Feature
* The Alabama Solution
* Come See Me in the Good Light
* Cutting Through Rocks
* Mr. Nobody Against Putin
* The Perfect Neighbor
Best Casting
* Hamnet, Nina Gold
* Marty Supreme, Jennifer Venditti
* One Battle After Another, Cassandra Kulukundis
* The Secret Agent, Gabriel Domingues
* Sinners, Francine Maisler
Best Cinematography
* Frankenstein, Dan Laustsen
* Marty Supreme, Darius Khondji
* One Battle After Another, Michael Bauman
* Sinners, Autumn Durald Arkapaw
* Train Dreams, Adolpho Veloso
Best Costume Design
* Avatar: Fire and Ash, Deborah L. Scott
* Frankenstein, Kate Hawley
* Hamnet, Malgosia Turzanska
* Marty Supreme, Miyako Bellizzi
* Sinners, Ruth E. Carter
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 Makeup and Hairstyling
* Frankenstein
* Kokuho
* Sinners
* The Smashing Machine
* The Ugly Stepsister
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”, Diane Warren: Relentless
* “Golden”, KPop Demon Hunters
* “I Lied to You”, Sinners
* “Sweet Dreams of Joy”, Viva Verdi!
* “Train Dreams”, Train Dreams
Best Production Design
* Frankenstein
* Hamnet
* Marty Supreme
* One Battle After Another
* Sinners
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
Short Film Categories
* Animated Short: Butterfly, Forevergreen, The Girl Who Cried Pearls, Retirement Plan, The Three Sisters
* Documentary Short: All the Empty Rooms, Armed Only With a Camera, Children No More, The Devil Is Busy, Perfectly a Strangeness
* Live-Action Short: Butcher’s Stain, A Friend of Dorothy, Jane Austen’s Period Drama, The Singers, Two People Exchanging Saliva
