Oscar nominations 2026 full list: ‘Sinners’ leads with record 16 nods

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Thursday unveiled the nominations for the 98th Academy Awards, with “Sinners” emerging as the clear frontrunner after securing a record-breaking 16 nominations—the highest ever for a single film. The previous record of 14 nominations was shared by “All About Eve” (1950), “Titanic” (1997) and “La La Land” (2016).

Directed by Ryan Coogler, “Sinners” is nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor (Michael B. Jordan), Best Supporting Actress (Wunmi Mosaku), Best Supporting Actor (Delroy Lindo), Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. The film also received nominations across technical categories including cinematography, editing, sound, production design, costume design, makeup and hairstyling, visual effects, casting, original score and original song (“I Lied to You”).

Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” followed closely with 13 nominations, contributing to a strong showing for Warner Bros, which earned a total of 30 nominations—matching its record haul set in 2005. Netflix and indie distributor Neon secured 18 nominations each, while Focus Features received 13 and A24 earned 11.

Several other films made strong appearances. Netflix’s “Frankenstein”, A24’s “Marty Supreme” and Neon’s “Sentimental Value” each received nine nominations, while Focus Features’ “Hamnet” earned eight. The Best Picture lineup includes “Sinners”, “One Battle After Another”, “Bugonia”, “F1”, “The Secret Agent”, “Sentimental Value” and “Train Dreams”.

One of the biggest surprises was the complete absence of nominations for “Wicked: For Good”, which had been widely expected to feature prominently following the success of its predecessor. Notable omissions also included Guillermo del Toro in the Best Director category, as well as performances by Paul Mescal (“Hamnet”) and Chase Infiniti (“One Battle After Another”).

The nominations also marked several milestones. At 30, Timothée Chalamet became the youngest male actor to receive three acting nominations. Steven Spielberg earned his 14th Best Picture nomination as a producer, the most by any individual since producers began being credited in 1951.

International cinema continued to gain ground, with a record four non-English-language performances nominated in acting categories. “The Secret Agent” and “Sentimental Value” also joined a select group of films nominated in both Best Picture and International Feature Film categories in the same year.

The 98th Academy Awards ceremony will be held on March 15 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, with Conan O’Brien returning as host. The event will be broadcast live on ABC and streamed on Hulu.

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Check out the scorecards and the full list of nominees below.

Nominations by Movie

(2 or more)

Sinners – 16
One Battle After Another – 13
Frankenstein – 9
Marty Supreme – 9
Sentimental Value – 9
Hamnet – 8
Bugonia – 4
F1 – 4
The Secret Agent – 4
Train Dreams – 4
Avatar: Fire and Ash – 2
Blue Moon – 2
It Was Just an Accident – 2
KPop Demon Hunters – 2
Sirāt – 2

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Nominations By Studio

(excluding short films)

Warner Bros – 30
Neon – 18
Netflix – 16
Focus Features – 13
A24 – 11
Apple – 6
Disney – 4
Gkids – 2
Sony Pictures Classics – 2
HBO Documentary Films – 1
Independent Film Company/Shudder – 1
MasterClass/Greenwich Entertainment – 1
Pink – 1
Universal – 1
Viva Verdi! – 1
Willa – 1

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Here is the list of nominees.

Best Picture

Bugonia (Focus Features)
An Element Pictures/Square Peg/CJ ENM in association with Pith/Fruit Tree Enterprises Production
Ed Guiney & Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Lars Knudsen, Producers

F1 (Apple)
An Apple Original Films/Monolith Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer/Plan B Entertainment/Dawn Apollo Films Production
Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers

Frankenstein (Netflix)
A Netflix/Double Dare You/Demilo Films/Bluegrass 7 Production
Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber, Producers

Hamnet (Focus Features)
A Hera Pictures/Neal Street/Amblin Entertainment in association with Book of Shadows Production
Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes, Producers

Marty Supreme (A24)
An A24/Central Group Production
Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas and Timothée Chalamet, Producers

One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
A Ghoulardi Film Company Production
Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers

The Secret Agent (Neon)
A CinemaScópio/MK/Lemming Film/One Two Films Production
Emilie Lesclaux, Producer

Sentimental Value (Neon)
A Mer Film/Eye Eye Pictures/MK/Lumen/Zentropa/ Komplizen Film/BBC Film Production
Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Producers

Sinners (Warner Bros.)
A Proximity Media Production
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Ryan Coogler, Producers

Train Dreams (Netflix)
A Black Bear/Kamala Films Production
Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer and Michael Heimler, Producers

Actress In A Leading Role

Jessie Buckley
Hamnet (Focus Features)

Rose Byrne
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)

Kate Hudson
Song Sung Blue (Focus Features)

Renate Reinsve
Sentimental Value (Neon)

Emma Stone
Bugonia (Focus Features)

Actor In A Leading Role

Timothée Chalamet
Marty Supreme (A24)

Leonardo DiCaprio
One Battle after Another (Warner Bros.)

Ethan Hawke
Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)

Michael B. Jordan
Sinners (Warner Bros.)

Wagner Moura
The Secret Agent (Neon)

Actress In A Supporting Role

Elle Fanning
Sentimental Value” (Neon)

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas
Sentimental Value” (Neon)

Amy Madigan
Weapons (Warner Bros.)

Wunmi Mosaku
Sinners (Warner Bros.)

Teyana Taylor
One Battle after Another (Warner Bros.)

Actor In A Supporting Role

Benicio Del Toro
One Battle after Another (Warner Bros.)

Jacob Elordi
Frankenstein (Netflix)

Delroy Lindo
Sinners (Warner Bros.)

Sean Penn
One Battle after Another (Warner Bros.)

Stellan Skarsgård
Sentimental Value (Neon)

Directing

Hamnet (Focus Features)
Chloé Zhao

Marty Supreme (A24)
Josh Safdie

One Battle after Another (Warner Bros.)
Paul Thomas Anderson

Sentimental Value (Neon)
Joachim Trier

Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Ryan Coogler

International Feature Film

The Secret Agent
A CinemaScópio Production
Brazil

It Was Just an Accident
A Les Films Pelléas Production
France

Sentimental Value
A Mer Film/Eye Eye Pictures Production
Norway

Sirāt
An El Deseo Production
Spain

The Voice of Hind Rajab
A Mime Films Production
Tunisia

Animated Feature Film

Arco (Neon)
Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas and Natalie Portman

Elio (Walt Disney)
Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina and Mary Alice Drumm

KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Michelle L.M. Wong

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (GKIDS)
Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago and Henri Magalon

Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney)
Jared Bush, Byron Howard and Yvett Merino

Documentary Feature Film

The Alabama Solution (HBO Documentary Films)
An HBO Documentary Films/Alabama Film Project Production
Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman

Come See Me in the Good Light (Apple)
An Apple Original Films/Tripod Media/Amplify Pictures in association with Treat Media/Something Fierce Production
Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro and Stef Willen

Cutting Through Rocks
A Gandom Films Production
Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni

Mr. Nobody against Putin (PINK)
A PINK Production
Nominees to be determined

The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix)
A Netflix Documentary/Message Pictures in association with SO’B/Park Pictures Production
Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee

Writing (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

Writing (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

Music (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 Göransson

Music (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 Göransson

“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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)
Constantin Bronzit