2026 Oscar Nominations

Last updated on February 19, 2026

By: Ella Coleman
Copy Editor

The nominations for the 2026 Oscars were announced on January 22, with Ryan Coogler’s Sinners setting the record for the most nominations. Sinners, a story about vampirism, race, and colonialism set in 1930s Mississippi, received 16 nominations, surpassing Titanic, All About Eve, and La La Land, each having 14 nominations. One Battle After Another is a close second behind Sinners with 13 nominations.

Additionally, a new category was introduced this year: Best Casting. This category recognizes the role of casting directors in film production. This is the newest addition to the Oscar awards since Best Animated Film in 2002.

Sinners is the most Oscar-nominated film in movie history, earning nominations in Best Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Original Song, Costume Design, Casting, Original Score, Makeup and Hairstyling, Production Design, Visual Effects, and Sound. According to Variety, Ruth E. Carter, the movie’s costume designer, has also become the most nominated Black woman in Oscar history.

Alongside Marty Supreme getting a Best Picture nomination, its star Timothée Chalamet is nominated for Best Actor. This would make him the youngest male actor with 3 Oscar nominations at just age 30.

Sentimental Value’s entire main cast was also nominated: Renate Reinsve for Best Actress, Stellan Skarsgård for Best Supporting Actor, and Elle Fanning and Inga Ibsdotter for Best Supporting Actress. This Norwegian movie, alongside Brazil’s The Secret Agent, is not only nominated for Best International Film, but Best Picture as well.

Many people were left surprised when, despite its global success, Wicked: For Good was completely snubbed at the Oscars, receiving zero nominations this year. Wicked had received 10 nominations in 2024, including Best Picture.

Meanwhile, numerous people are hoping that Sinners completely sweeps the Oscars. The film achieved major success in the box office, and has grossed $365 million globally. It’s the second highest grossing horror film in the US behind It (2017), but because It (2017) is a remake, this makes Sinners the highest grossing original horror film in the US.

From historical dramas such as Hamnet to gothic classics like Frankenstein, the 2026 Academy Awards nominations have finally arrived after months of predictions and debates.

The 98^th Academy Awards will take place on March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Below is a list of all 2026 Oscar nominations.

Best Picture:

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

Best Actress:

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

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 Supporting Actress:

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

Best Supporting Actor:

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

Best Director:

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

Best Original Song:

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

Best Original Score:

• Bugonia, Jerskin Fendrix
• Frankenstein, Alexandre Desplat
• Hamnet, Max Richter
• One Battle After Another, Jonny Greenwood
• Sinners, Ludwig Göransson

Best Animated Film:

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

Best International Film:

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

Best Documentary Feature:

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

Best Documentary Short Film:

• 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 Live Action Short Film:

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

Best Animated Short Film:

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

Best Adapted Screenplay:

• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• One Battle After Another
• Train Dreams

Best Original Screenplay:

• Blue Moon
• It Was Just an Accident
• Marty Supreme
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners

Best Costume Design:

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

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:

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

Best Production Design:

• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners

Best Visual Effects:

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

Best Editing:

• F1
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners

Best Sound:

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

Best Cinematography:

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

Best Casting:

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