Hollywood loves a file — and this yr, the Oscars 2026 discovered a brand new one. The nominations for the 98th Academy Awards had been unveiled on Thursday, and it didn’t take lengthy for the dialog to slender down to 1 movie that refused to play by acquainted guidelines.
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners didn’t simply lead the sphere — it rewrote the scoreboard. The musical horror epic earned a staggering 16 nominations, probably the most ever obtained by a single movie in Oscars historical past, overtaking All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land. The movie landed throughout the board, from Greatest Image and Greatest Director to Unique Screenplay, alongside performing nominations for Michael B. Jordan, Wunmi Mosaku and Delroy Lindo. It’s the form of haul that speaks to each inventive ambition and cultural influence.
Shut behind is Paul Thomas Anderson’s sly, unstable political comedy One Battle After One other, which picked up 13 nominations. Anchored by Leonardo DiCaprio and that includes standout turns from Teyana Taylor, Benicio Del Toro and Sean Penn, the movie’s robust displaying reinforces Anderson’s regular pull with the Academy — even when he’s at his most unpredictable.
The Greatest Image lineup itself reads like a snapshot of cinema in movement. 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 additionally made a robust impression, incomes 9 nominations — together with yet one more Greatest Actor nod for Timothée Chalamet, making him the youngest performer since Marlon Brando to attain three lead actor nominations.
Worldwide cinema continued its regular rise inside the Academy’s high classes. Brazil’s political thriller The Secret Agent and Norway’s intimate household drama Sentimental Worth each secured Greatest Image recognition alongside performing nominations, signaling a yr the place world storytelling was central, not sidelined.
Elsewhere, animation had its second too, with Zootopia 2 and Okay-Pop Demon Hunters incomes Greatest Animated Characteristic nominations, the latter additionally touchdown a Greatest Unique Rating nod for “Golden.” This yr’s nominations additionally introduce a brand new class — Greatest Casting — added for the primary time in many years.
The nominations had been introduced by actors Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman on the Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The 98th Academy Awards will happen on March 15, with Conan O’Brien set to host.
Beneath, discover the entire checklist of nominees throughout all classes.
Greatest Image
- Bugonia
- Frankenstein
- F1
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After One other
- The Secret Agent
- Sentimental Worth
- Sinners
- Practice Goals
Greatest Actor in a Main Position
- Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
- Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After One other
- Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
- Michael B Jordan – Sinners
- Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent
Greatest Actress in a Main Position
- Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
- Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
- Kate Hudson – Track Sung Blue
- Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Worth
- Emma Stone – Bugonia
Greatest Actress in a Supporting Position
- Elle Fanning – Sentimental Worth
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Worth
- Amy Madigan – Weapons
- Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
- Teyana Taylor – One Battle After One other
Greatest Actor in a Supporting Position
- Benicio del Toro – One Battle After One other
- Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
- Delroy Lindo – Sinners
- Sean Penn – One Battle After One other
- Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Worth
Greatest Director
- Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After One other
- Ryan Coogler – Sinners
- Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
- Joachim Trier – Sentimental Worth
- Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
Greatest Tailored Screenplay
- Bugonia
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- One Battle After One other
- Practice Goals
Greatest Unique Screenplay
- Blue Moon
- It Was Simply an Accident
- Marty Supreme
- Sentimental Worth
- Sinners
Greatest Unique Track
- “Pricey Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless
- “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters
- “I Lied To You” from Sinners
- “Candy Goals Of Pleasure” from Viva Verdi!
- “Practice Goals” from Practice Goals
Greatest Unique Rating
- Bugonia (Jerskin Fendrix)
- Frankenstein (Alexandre Desplat)
- Hamnet (Max Richter)
- One Battle After One other (Jonny Greenwood)
- Sinners (Ludwig Goransson)
Greatest Worldwide Characteristic
- It Was Simply an Accident (France)
- Sentimental Worth (Norway)
- Sirât (Spain)
- The Secret Agent (Brazil)
- The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)
Greatest Animated Characteristic
- Arco
- Elio
- KPop Demon Hunters
- Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
- Zootopia 2
Greatest Documentary Characteristic
- Come See Me within the Good Mild
- Slicing By way of the Rocks
- Mr. No one In opposition to Putin
- The Alabama Answer
- The Good Neighbor
Greatest Costume Design
- Avatar: Hearth and Ash
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- Sinners
Greatest Make-up 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)
Greatest Manufacturing Design
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After One other
- Sinners
Greatest Sound
- Frankenstein
- F1
- One Battle After One other
- Sinners
- Sirât
Greatest Movie Modifying
- F1
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After One other
- Sentimental Worth
- Sinners
Greatest Cinematography
- Frankenstein
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After One other
- Sinners
- Practice Goals
Greatest Visible Results
- Avatar: Hearth and Ash
- F1
- Jurassic World Rebirth
- Sinners
- The Misplaced Bus
Greatest Stay Motion Quick
- A Good friend of Dorothy
- Butcher’s Stain
- Jane Austin’s Interval Drama
- The Singers
- Two Individuals Exchanging Saliva
Greatest Animated Quick
- Butterfly
- Forevergreen
- Retirement Plan
- The Lady Who Cried Pearls
- The Three Sisters
Greatest Documentary Quick
- All of the Empty Rooms
- Armed Solely with a Digital camera: The Life and Demise of Brent Renaud
- Kids No Extra: Had been and Are Gone
- The Satan Is Busy
- Completely a Strangeness
Greatest Casting
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After One other
- Sinners
- The Secret Agent
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