The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the nominations for the 98th Oscars on January 22, 2026, in 24 categories, including the new casting award. Ryan Coogler's Sinners and Leonardo DiCaprio's One Battle After Another recieved maximum nods.
Interestingly, Sinners has set a new Oscars record, receiving 16 nominations out of 24 categories. Check out the full list of nominations here.
Oscars 2026 Nominations announced
Actor in a Leading Role
- Timothée Chalamet for Marty Supreme
- Leonardo DiCaprio for One Battle after Another
- Ethan Hawke for Blue Moon
- Michael B. Jordan for Sinners
- Wagner Moura for The Secret Agent
Actor in a Supporting Role
- Benicio Del Toro for One Battle after Another
- Jacob Elordi for Frankenstein
- Delroy Lindo for Sinners
- Sean Penn for One Battle after Another
- Stellan Skarsgård for Sentimental Value
Actress in a Leading Role
- Jessie Buckley for Hamnet
- Rose Byrne for If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
- Kate Hudson for Song Sung Blue
- Renate Reinsve for Sentimental Value
- Emma Stone for Bugonia
Actress in a Supporting Role
- Elle Fanning for Sentimental Value
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas for Sentimental Value
- Amy Madigan for Weapons
- Wunmi Mosaku for Sinners
- Teyana Taylor for One Battle after Another
Animated Feature Film
- Arco
- Elio
- KPOP Demon Hunters
- Little Amelie or the Character of rain
- Zootopia 2
Animated Short Film
- Butterfly
- Forevergreen
- The Girl Who Cried Pearls
- Retirement Plan
- The Three Sisters
Casting
- Nina Gold for Hamnet
- Jennifer Venditti for Marty Supreme
- Cassandra Kulukundis for One Battle after Another
- Gabriel Domingues for The Secret Agent
- Francine Maisler for Sinners
Cinematography
- Dan Laustsen for Frankenstein
- Darius Khondji for Marty Supreme
- Michael Bauman for One Battle after Another
- Autumn Durald Arkapaw for Sinners
- Adolpho Veloso for Train Dreams
Costume Design
- Deborah L. Scott for Avatar: Fire and Ash
- Kate Hawley for Frankenstein
- Malgosia Turzanska for Hamnet
- Miyako Bellizzi for Marty Supreme
- Ruth E. Carter for Sinners
Directing
- Chloe Zhao for Hamnet
- Josh Safdie for Marty Supreme
- Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle after Another
- Joachim Trier for Sentimental Value
- Ryan Coogler for Sinners
Documentary Feature Film
- The Alabama Solution
- Come See Me in the Good Light
- Cutting through Rocks
- Mr. Nobody against Putin
- The Perfect Neighbor
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
Film Editing
- Stephen Mirrione for F1
- Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie for Marty Supreme
- Andy Jurgensen for One Battle After Another
- Olivier Bugge Coutte for Sentimental Value
- Michael P Shawver for Sinners
International Feature Film
- The Secret Agent
- It Was Just an Accident
- Sentimental Value
- Sirat
- The Voice of Hind Rajab
Live Action Short Film
- Butcher's Stain
- A Friend of Dorothy
- Jane Austen's Period Drama
- The Singers
- Two People Exchanging Saliva
Makeup and Hairstyling
- Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey for Frankenstein
- Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu for Kokuho
- Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry for Sinners
- Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein for The Smashing Machine
- Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg for The Ugly Stepsister
Music (Original Score)
- Jerskin Fendrix for Bugonia
- Alexandre Desplat for Frankenstein
- Max Richter for Hamnet
- Jonny Greenwood for One Battle after Another
- Ludwig Goransson for Sinners
Music (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 Goransson
- 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 Picture
- Bugonia
- F1
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle after Another
- The Secret Agent
- Sentimental Value
- Sinners
- Train Dreams
Production Design
- Frankenstein (Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau)
- Hamnet (Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton)
- Marty Supreme (Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis)
- One Battle after Another (Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino)
- Sinners (Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne)
Sound
- Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta for F1
- Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern for Frankenstein
- José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor for One Battle after Another
- Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker for Sinners
- Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas for Sirāt
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)
Writing (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
Writing (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
For the unversed, the announcement was made by Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman, including ASL interpreters.
