Academy Unveils Full List of Nominees for the 2026 Oscars

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has officially announced the full list of nominees for the 98th Academy Awards, setting the stage for one of the most anticipated nights in global cinema. The nominations recognise outstanding achievements in filmmaking from the past year, celebrating excellence in acting, directing, screenwriting, technical craftsmanship, and storytelling across a wide range of genres.

This year’s nominations reflect a strong mix of blockbuster productions, critically acclaimed independent films, and international cinema, highlighting the Academy’s continued effort to broaden representation and reward creative risk-taking. Several films emerged as major contenders, earning multiple nominations across top categories, while a number of actors and filmmakers received first-time Oscar recognition.

At the centre of the awards race is Sinners, which leads the field with a record-breaking number of nominations. Other highly nominated films include One Battle After Another, Sentimental Value, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, and Frankenstein, all of which feature prominently in the major categories.

The Best Picture race is particularly competitive this year, with ten films shortlisted for the Academy’s top honour. These films span drama, biographical storytelling, historical narratives, and experimental cinema, reflecting a year of diverse creative output. Best Picture Nominees

Best picture

Bugonia Frankenstein F1 Hamnet Marty Supreme One Battle After Another The Secret Agent Sentimental Value Sinners Train Dreams

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 actress

Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value Amy Madigan – Weapons Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

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 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 – Diane Warren: Relentless Golden – KPop Demon Hunters I Lied to You – Sinners Sweet Dreams of Joy – Viva Verdi! Train Dreams – Train Dreams

Best original score

Bugonia Frankenstein Hamnet One Battle After Another Sinners

Best international feature

It Was Just an Accident Sentimental Value Sirât The Secret Agent The Voice of Hind Rajab

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 make-up and hairstyling

Frankenstein Kokuho Sinners The Smashing Machine The Ugly Stepsister

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 Austen’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

Technical categories such as cinematography, costume design, sound, visual effects, and film editing saw multiple nominations for Sinners, Frankenstein, F1, and Avatar: Fire and Ash, underlining the technical brilliance behind many of this year’s top films.

The 98th Academy Awards ceremony is scheduled to take place in Los Angeles, where winners will be announced in front of a global audience. As anticipation builds, film fans and industry experts continue to debate potential winners, making this year’s Oscars one of the most closely watched in recent history.

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