Oscar 2026 Nominations Highlights: Homebound exits race, Sinners dominates with 16 nods

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Sinners has emerged as the biggest contender at the Oscars 2026, setting a new record by earning 16 nominations across 24 categories. This makes it the most nominated film of the year.

1. Actress in a supporting role
2. Makeup and hairstyling
3. Original score
4. Original screenplay
5. Actor in a supporting role
6. Casting
7. Costume design
8. Original song
9. Production design
10. Film editing
11. Sound
12. Visual effects
13. Cinematography
14. Actor in a leading role
15. Directing
16. Best picture

A major talking point emerged as Sinners set a new Oscars record this year by securing 16 nominations, making it the most nominated film of the ceremony so far.

Close behind is One Battle After Another with 13 nominations, while Marty Supreme, Frankenstein, Sentimental Value, and Hamnet have also picked up multiple nods across various categories.

Homebound’s Oscar journey ends. Producer Karan Johar shared a message for filmmaker Neeraj Ghaywan.

The nominees for Writing (Adapted Screenplay) have also been announced, recognising films that successfully reworked existing material for the screen. The category includes Bugonia, with a screenplay by Will Tracy; Frankenstein, written for the screen by Guillermo del Toro; Hamnet, with a screenplay by Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell; One Battle After Another, written by Paul Thomas Anderson; and Train Dreams, with a screenplay by Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar.

The Academy has revealed the nominees for Best Visual Effects at the Oscars 2026. This year’s contenders include Avatar: Fire and Ash, F1, Jurassic World Rebirth, The Lost Bus, and Sinners.

The nominees for Best Sound have also been announced. The shortlisted titles are F1, Frankenstein, One Battle After Another, Sinners, and Sirat.

The Academy has unveiled the nominees for Best Production Design at Oscars 2026. This year’s contenders are Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, and Sinners.

The nominees for Best Original Song have also been announced, featuring a mix of solo compositions and collaborative works from across genres and films. The shortlisted songs are Dear Me from Diane Warren: Relentless, Golden from KPop Demon Hunters, I Lied to You from Sinners, Sweet Dreams of Joy from Viva Verdi!, and Train Dreams from Train Dreams, as the Oscars 2026 nominations continue LIVE.

The Academy has unveiled the nominees for Best Original Score at Oscars 2026. The nominees include Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet, One Battle After Another, and Sinners, as the music categories take centre stage in the live announcements.

The nominations for Best International Feature Film have also been announced, featuring five films from different parts of the world. This year’s nominees include Brazil’s The Secret Agent, France’s It Was Just an Accident, Norway’s Sentimental Value, Spain’s Sirât, and Tunisia’s The Voice of Hind Rajab. With this, India's Homebound missed the Oscars race.

The nominees for Best Film Editing have also been announced. The category features F1, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, Sentimental Value, and Sinners.

The Academy has revealed the nominees in the Documentary Short Film category at the Oscars 2026. This year’s lineup includes All the Empty Rooms, Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud, Children No More: ‘We’re and Are Gone’, The Devil Is Busy, and Perfectly a Strangeness.

The films nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film are:

• The Alabama Solution
• Come See Me in the Good Light
• Cutting through Rocks
• Mr. Nobody against Putin
• The Perfect Neighbor

The nominees for Best Costume Design have also been announced. This year’s nominees are Deborah L. Scott for Avatar: Fire and Ash, Kate Hawley for Frankenstein, Malgosia Turzanska for Hamnet, Miyako Bellizzi for Marty Supreme, and Ruth E. Carter for Sinners.

The Academy has revealed the nominees for Best Cinematography at the Oscars 2026. The nominees include Dan Laustsen for Frankenstein, Darius Khondji for Marty Supreme, Michael Bauman for One Battle After Another, Autumn Durald Arkapaw for Sinners, and Adolpho Veloso for Train Dreams. 

The Academy has announced the nominees in the Best Casting category at the Oscars 2026, marking a historic moment as the award is being presented for the first time.

This year’s nominees include Nina Gold for Hamnet, Jennifer Venditti for Marty Supreme, Cassandra Kulukundis for One Battle After Another, Gabriel Domingues for The Secret Agent, and Francine Maisler for Sinners. 

The nominees for Best Animated Short Film are:

1. Butterfly
2. Forevergreen
3. The Girl Who Cried Pearls
4. Retirement Plan
5. The Three Sisters

These are the nominations for Best Animated Feature Film:

1. Arco
2. Elio
3. KPOP Demon Hunters
4. Little Amelie or the Character of rain
5. Zootopia 2

The list of nominees for Actor in a Supporting Role was announced. The nominees are Benicio del Toro for One Battle After Another, Jacob Elordi for Frankenstein, Delory Lindo for Sinners, Sean Penn for One Battle After Another, and Stellan Skarsgård for Sentimental Value.

Nominees for Actor in a Leading Role category were announced, as the Academy revealed the performers competing for one of the evening’s top acting honours. The nominees are:

• 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

The nominees for Actress in a Leading Role were officially unveiled as part of the live announcement.

1. Jessie Buckley for Hamnet
2. Rose Byrne for If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
3. Kate Hudson for Song Sung Blue
4. Renate Reinsve for Sentimental Value
5. Emma Stone for Bugonia

The nominations for Best Director are in. The category reflects a strong year for both established names and bold storytelling styles.

The nominees for directing are Chloe Zhao for Hamnet, Josh Safdie for Marty Supreme, Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another, Joachim Trier for Sentimental Value, and Ryan Coogler for Sinners.

These are the 10 films that made the cut for Best Picture. 

1. Bugonia
2. F1
3. Frankenstein
4. Hamnet
5. Marty Supreme
6. One Battle After Another
7. The Secret Agent
8. Sentimental Value
9. Sinners
10. Train Dreams

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The Best Actor nominees in a Supporting Role are:

1. Benicio Del Toro for One Battle after Another
2. Jacob Elordi for Frankenstein
3. Delroy Lindo for Sinners
4. Sean Penn for One Battle after Another
5. Stellan Skarsgård for Sentimental Value

"Short on time, big on talent: here are this year's nominees for Live Action Short Film #Oscars", wrote The Academy.

The original score nominees are:

Here are the nominees for Makeup and Hairstyling:

The nominations for the 98th Academy Awards began with the Actress in a Supporting Role category, marking the official start of the live announcements. The nominees in this category are Elle Fanning for Sentimental Value, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas for Sentimental Value, Amy Madigan for Weapons, Wunmi Mosaku for Sinners, and Teyana Taylor for One Battle After Another.

The countdown for Oscars nomination announcement has officially begun.

If Homebound moves ahead and makes it to Oscar nomination, it would become India’s first film since Aamir Khan’s Lagaan to secure a nomination in the Best International Feature Film category, earlier known as Best Foreign Language Film.

Marathi and regional Indian cinema has found a place on the global stage, as filmmaker Subodh Khanolkar’s feature film Dashavatar has officially entered the Oscar contention list ahead of the 98th Academy Awards. The development was confirmed by Khanolkar himself, marking an important moment for the film and for regional Indian cinema.

Each Oscar category will feature five nominees, with the exception of Best Picture, which will have a total of 10 films in contention.

Hours back, The Academy wrote in a post that the nominations have been sealed. "The ballots have been counted. The names are all sealed", the post read.

Fifteen films have officially moved forward to the next round of voting in the International Feature Film category at the 98th Academy Awards, narrowing down a field that initially included submissions from 86 countries and regions across the world. The shortlisted films, listed alphabetically by country or region, include Argentina’s Belén, Brazil’s The Secret Agent, France’s It Was Just an Accident, Germany’s Sound of Falling, and India’s Homebound. Also advancing are Iraq’s The President’s Cake, Japan’s Kokuho, Jordan’s All That’s Left of You, Norway’s Sentimental Value, Palestine’s Palestine 36, South Korea’s No Other Choice, Spain’s Sirât, Switzerland’s Late Shift, Taiwan’s Left-Handed Girl, and Tunisia’s The Voice of Hind Rajab. It is left to see which of these films make it to the nominations.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has already announced shortlists in 12 categories for the 98th Academy Awards. They include Animated Short Film, Casting, Cinematography, Documentary Feature Film, Documentary Short Film, International Feature Film, Live Action Short Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Sound and Visual Effects. The same was announced on December 16, 2025.

The announcement will be streamed on Oscar.com and Oscar.org, which are the Academy’s official platforms. Audiences can also tune in via Facebook, Oscars YouTube, and Instagram, making the event widely accessible across devices. The nominations will go live at exactly 111 minutes from now (at the time of publishing this post).

Indian viewers can watch the Oscars 2026 nominations live on Thursday at 7:00 pm IST. 

Seems like The Academy is equally excited to announce the nominations for this year. One of the many countdown posts on their official X (formerly Twitter) page reads: "Waking up and realizing you only have three more hours until Oscars nominations."