The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has officially unveiled the nominees for the 98th Academy Awards, marking the beginning of Hollywood’s most closely watched awards season. Actors Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman announced the nominations across 24 categories during a live presentation from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
This year’s lineup reflects a broad spectrum of cinematic ambition, with studio prestige projects, auteur-driven works, and international contenders all finding space on the ballot. Notably, Sinners leads the pack with a historic 16 nominations, setting a new record in Academy Awards history. The ceremony also marks the introduction of a new competitive category—Best Casting—the first new Oscar category since Best Animated Feature was added in 2002.
The 2026 Oscars will be hosted by Conan O’Brien for the second consecutive year and are scheduled to air live on ABC and Hulu from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 15.
Below is the complete and official list of nominees for the 2026 Academy Awards.
Best Picture
Bugonia (Focus Features); Ed Guiney & Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Lars Knudsen, Producers
F1 (Apple); Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers
Frankenstein (Netflix); Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber, Producers
Hamnet (Focus Features); Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes, Producers
Marty Supreme (A24); Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas and Timothée Chalamet, Producers
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.); Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers
The Secret Agent (Neon); Emilie Lesclaux, Producer
Sentimental Value (Neon); Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Producers
Sinners (Warner Bros.); Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Ryan Coogler, Producers
Train Dreams (Netflix); Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer and Michael Heimler, Producers
Best Director
Hamnet — Chloé Zhao
Marty Supreme — Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another — Paul Thomas Anderson
Sentimental Value — Joachim Trier
Sinners — Ryan Coogler
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 Actress
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 Supporting Actor
Benicio Del Toro — One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi — Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo — Sinners
Sean Penn — One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård — Sentimental Value
Best Supporting Actress
Elle Fanning — Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas — Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan — Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku — Sinners
Teyana Taylor — One Battle After Another
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Frankenstein
Kokuho
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
The Ugly Stepsister
Best Original Score
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Best Live-Action Short
Butcher’s Stain
A Friend of Dorothy
Jane Austen’s Period Drama
The Singers
Two People Exchanging Saliva
Best Animated Short
Butterfly
Forevergreen
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters
Best Adapted Screenplay
Bugonia — Will Tracy
Frankenstein — Guillermo del Toro
Hamnet — Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
One Battle After Another — Paul Thomas Anderson
Train Dreams — Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
Best Original Screenplay
Blue Moon — Robert Kaplow
It Was Just an Accident — Jafar Panahi & collaborators
Marty Supreme — Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
Sentimental Value — Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt
Sinners — Ryan Coogler
Best Casting
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sinners
Best Costume Design
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Best Original Song
“Dear Me” — Diane Warren: Relentless
“Golden” — KPop Demon Hunters
“I Lied To You” — Sinners
“Sweet Dreams of Joy” — Viva Verdi!
“Train Dreams” — Train Dreams
Best Documentary Feature
The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor
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 International Feature
Brazil — The Secret Agent
France — It Was Just an Accident
Norway — Sentimental Value
Spain — Sirât
Tunisia — The Voice of Hind Rajab
Best Animated Feature
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2
Best Film Editing
F1 — Stephen Mirrione
Marty Supreme — Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another — Andy Jurgensen
Sentimental Value — Olivier Bugge Coutté
Sinners — Michael Shawver
Best Production Design
Frankenstein — Tamara Deverell
Hamnet — Fiona Crombie
Marty Supreme — Jack Fisk
One Battle After Another — Florencia Martin
Sinners — Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne
Best Cinematography
Frankenstein — Dan Laustsen
Marty Supreme — Darius Khondji
One Battle After Another — Michael Bauman
Sinners — Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Train Dreams — Adolpho Veloso
Best Sound
F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirât
Train Dreams
Best Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Jurassic World Rebirth
The Lost Bus
Sinners
At the nominations tally level, Sinners emerged as the undisputed frontrunner of the year, dominating the field with a historic 16 nominations, spanning top-tier categories like Best Picture, Director, multiple acting races, and a near-sweep of the technical fields.
Close behind, One Battle After Another mounted a formidable showing with 12 nominations, underlining its broad Academy appeal across directing, acting, writing, and craft categories. Sentimental Value followed with a strong 10-nomination haul, buoyed by widespread recognition in performance, screenplay, and international categories.
Marty Supreme and Frankenstein both secured nine nominations each, reflecting the Academy’s continued enthusiasm for ambitious auteur-driven projects. Meanwhile, films like Hamnet (eight nominations) and Train Dreams, F1, Bugonia, and The Secret Agent rounded out the field with focused but impactful tallies, ensuring that the 2026 race remains as competitive as it is wide-ranging.
