Hollywood loves a record — and this year, the Oscars 2026 found a new one. The nominations for the 98th Academy Awards were unveiled on Thursday, and it didn’t take long for the conversation to narrow down to one film that refused to play by familiar rules.
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners didn’t just lead the field — it rewrote the scoreboard. The musical horror epic earned a staggering 16 nominations, the most ever received by a single film in Oscars history, overtaking All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land. The film landed across the board, from Best Picture and Best Director to Original Screenplay, alongside acting nominations for Michael B. Jordan, Wunmi Mosaku and Delroy Lindo. It’s the kind of haul that speaks to both creative ambition and cultural impact.
Close behind is Paul Thomas Anderson’s sly, volatile political comedy One Battle After Another, which picked up 13 nominations. Anchored by Leonardo DiCaprio and featuring standout turns from Teyana Taylor, Benicio Del Toro and Sean Penn, the film’s strong showing reinforces Anderson’s steady pull with the Academy — even when he’s at his most unpredictable.
The Best Picture lineup itself reads like a snapshot of cinema in motion. Yorgos Lanthimos’ eccentric sci-fi satire Bugonia sits alongside Chloé Zhao’s quietly devastating Shakespeare adaptation Hamnet, Joseph Kosinski’s full-throttle racing drama F1, and Guillermo del Toro’s gothic reimagining of Frankenstein. Josh Safdie’s kinetic Marty Supreme also made a strong impression, earning nine nominations — including yet another Best Actor nod for Timothée Chalamet, making him the youngest performer since Marlon Brando to score three lead actor nominations.
International cinema continued its steady rise within the Academy’s top categories. Brazil’s political thriller The Secret Agent and Norway’s intimate family drama Sentimental Value both secured Best Picture recognition alongside acting nominations, signaling a year where global storytelling was central, not sidelined.
Elsewhere, animation had its moment too, with Zootopia 2 and K-Pop Demon Hunters earning Best Animated Feature nominations, the latter also landing a Best Original Score nod for “Golden.” This year’s nominations also introduce a new category — Best Casting — added for the first time in decades.
The nominations were announced by actors Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The 98th Academy Awards will take place on March 15, with Conan O’Brien set to host.
Below, find the complete list of nominees across all categories.
Best Picture
- Bugonia
- Frankenstein
- F1
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- The Secret Agent
- Sentimental Value
- Sinners
- Train Dreams
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- 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 in a Leading Role
- 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 Actress in a Supporting Role
- Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
- Amy Madigan – Weapons
- Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
- Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
- Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
- Delroy Lindo – Sinners
- Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
- Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
Best Director
- Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
- Ryan Coogler – Sinners
- Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
- Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
- Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
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 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 Original Score
- Bugonia (Jerskin Fendrix)
- Frankenstein (Alexandre Desplat)
- Hamnet (Max Richter)
- One Battle After Another (Jonny Greenwood)
- Sinners (Ludwig Goransson)
Best International Feature
- It Was Just an Accident (France)
- Sentimental Value (Norway)
- Sirât (Spain)
- The Secret Agent (Brazil)
- The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)
Best Animated Feature
- Arco
- Elio
- KPop Demon Hunters
- Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
- Zootopia 2
Best Documentary Feature
- Come See Me in the Good Light
- Cutting Through the Rocks
- Mr. Nobody Against Putin
- The Alabama Solution
- The Perfect Neighbor
Best Costume Design
- Avatar: Fire and Ash
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- Sinners
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 Production Design
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
Best Sound
- Frankenstein
- F1
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
- Sirât
Best Film Editing
- F1
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- Sentimental Value
- Sinners
Best Cinematography
- Frankenstein
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
- Train Dreams
Best Visual Effects
- Avatar: Fire and Ash
- F1
- Jurassic World Rebirth
- Sinners
- The Lost Bus
Best Live Action Short
- A Friend of Dorothy
- Butcher’s Stain
- Jane Austin’s Period Drama
- The Singers
- Two People Exchanging Saliva
Best Animated Short
- Butterfly
- Forevergreen
- Retirement Plan
- The Girl Who Cried Pearls
- The Three Sisters
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 Casting
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
- The Secret Agent
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