2026 Oscar Nominations List: Sinners Makes History with Record 16 Nominations

The 98th Academy Award nominations were announced Thursday morning in a live presentation from the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater, and Ryan Coogler's musical horror epic Sinners has made Oscars history by shattering the previous nomination record. With a stunning 16 nominations, the film surpassed the longstanding mark of 14 held jointly by "All About Eve" (1950), "Titanic" (1997), and "La La Land" (2016).

Sinners' unprecedented haul includes nominations across all major categories: Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Ryan Coogler, Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan (in his dual role as twins Smoke and Stack), Best Supporting Actress for Wunmi Mosaku, and Best Supporting Actor for Delroy Lindo. The film's technical achievements were equally recognized with nominations for Cinematography, Production Design, Costume Design, Sound, Editing, Makeup & Hair, Casting, Visual Effects, Original Score, and Original Song ("I Lied to You").

Paul Thomas Anderson's comedic political thriller One Battle After Another followed as the second-most nominated film with 13 nods, marking a stellar one-two punch for Warner Bros., which scored 30 total nominations. The film earned recognition for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and acting nominations for Leonardo DiCaprio (Best Actor), Teyana Taylor (Best Supporting Actress), as well as both Benicio Del Toro and Sean Penn in Best Supporting Actor.

The Best Picture race features ten nominees, including the top two contenders alongside Frankenstein (Netflix), Marty Supreme (A24), Sentimental Value (Neon), Bugonia (Focus Features), F1 (Apple), Hamnet (Focus Features), The Secret Agent (Neon), and Train Dreams (Netflix). Frankenstein, Marty Supreme, and Sentimental Value each garnered nine nominations, while Hamnet received eight.

Among the morning's biggest surprises was the complete shutout of "Wicked: For Good," just one year after the franchise's first film earned 10 nominations. Other notable snubs included Guillermo del Toro missing Best Director for Frankenstein, Paul Mescal's absence from Best Supporting Actor for Hamnet, and Chase Infiniti's omission from Best Actress for One Battle After Another.

The nominations achieved several historic milestones. Ten Black artists earned nominations for their work on Sinners, tying "Judas and the Black Messiah" (2021) for the most from a single film. Ryan Coogler became only the third Black filmmaker nominated in the same year for producing, directing, and screenwriting, joining Jordan Peele and Spike Lee. His wife and producing partner Zinzi Coogler made history as the first Filipina producer and third Black woman nominated for Best Picture.

International cinema continued its strong showing with a record four non-English language performances nominated: Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Wagner Moura, Renate Reinsve, and Stellan Skarsgård. Both The Secret Agent and Sentimental Value earned nominations for both Best Picture and Best International Feature, marking the 12th and 13th films to achieve this distinction.

Women reached new representation heights with record numbers in directing, sound—including "Sirāt" fielding the first all-women sound team—and overall participation, with 74 women nominated across all categories. Autumn Durald Arkapaw became the first woman of color nominated for Cinematography for her work on Sinners.

The ceremony also introduces a new category for the first time since 2002: Best Casting, recognizing the crucial work of casting directors with nominees including Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent, and Sinners.

The 98th Academy Awards will take place Sunday, March 15, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, hosted by Conan O'Brien for the second consecutive year. The ceremony will air live on ABC and stream on Hulu beginning at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT.

2026 Oscars: Full List of Nominations

Best Picture

Bugonia (Focus Features)
F1: The Movie (Apple)
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Hamnet (Focus Features)
Marty Supreme (A24)
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
The Secret Agent (Neon)
Sentimental Value (Neon)
Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Train Dreams (Netflix)

Best Director

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

Best Actor

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

Best Actress

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

Best Supporting Actor

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

Best Supporting Actress

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

Best Adapted Screenplay

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

Best Original Screenplay

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

Best Animated Feature

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

Best International Feature

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

Best Documentary Feature

The Alabama Solution Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman
Come See Me in the Good Light Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro and Stef Willen
Cutting Through Rocks; Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni
Mr. Nobody Against Putin Nominees to be determined
The Perfect Neighbor Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee

Best Animated Short

Butterfly Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens
Forevergreen Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears
The Girl Who Cried Pearls Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
Retirement Plan John Kelly and Andrew Freedman
The Three Sisters (Polydont Films/Rymanco Ventures); Konstantin Bronzit

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 Documentary Short

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

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 Live-Action Short

Butcher’s Stain 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 Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt
Two People Exchanging Saliva Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

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

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 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 Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson
“Sweet Dreams of Joy” from Viva Verdi! Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike
“Train Dreams” from Train Dreams Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner, Lyric by Nick Cave

Best Production Design

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

Best Sound

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

Best Visual Effects

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