The organisers of the 98th Academy Awards on Thursday unveiled the first set of nominations for the 2026 Oscars, with actors Lewis Pullman and Danielle Brooks announcing nominees across all 24 categories.
Emerging as early frontrunners are Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, which picked up 13 nominations, and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, which made Oscar history with a record-breaking 16 nominations — the highest ever for a single film, surpassing the previous record of 14 jointly held by All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land.
The 98th Oscars ceremony will hold on March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Ovation Hollywood, with Conan O’Brien returning as host.
Full List of Nominees
Best Picture
- Bugonia
- F1: The Movie
- Frankenstein
- 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 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 Director
- Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
- Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
- Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
- Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
- Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Original Screenplay
- Robert Kaplow, Blue Moon
- Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident
- Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
- Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
- Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Adapted Screenplay
- Will Tracy, Bugonia
- Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein
- Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell, Hamnet
- Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
- Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar, Train Dreams
Animated Feature
- Arco
- Elio
- KPop Demon Hunters
- Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
- Zootopia 2
Documentary Feature
- The Alabama Solution
- Come See Me in the Good Light
- Cutting Through Rocks
- Mr Nobody Against Putin
- The Perfect Neighbor
International Feature
- The Secret Agent, Brazil
- It Was Just an Accident, France
- Sentimental Value, Norway
- Sirāt, Spain
- The Voice of Hind Rajab, Tunisia
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Editing
- Stephen Mirrione, F1: The Movie
- Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
- Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another
- Olivier Bugge Coutté, Sentimental Value
- Michael P. Shawver, Sinners
Cinematography
- Dan Laustsen, Frankenstein
- Darius Khondji, Marty Supreme
- Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another
- Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners
- Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams
Original Score
- Jerskin Fendrix, Bugonia
- Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein
- Max Richter, Hamnet
- Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another
- Ludwig Goransson, Sinners
Casting
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- The Secret Agent
- Sinners
Production Design
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
Costume Design
- Avatar: Fire and Ash
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- Sinners
Visual Effects
- Avatar: Fire and Ash
- F1: The Movie
- Jurassic World Rebirth
- The Lost Bus
- Sinners
Sound
- F1: The Movie
- Frankenstein
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
- Sirāt
Makeup and Hairstyling
- Frankenstein
- Kokuho
- Sinners
- The Smashing Machine
- The Ugly Stepsister
Original Song
- Dear Me from Diane Warren: Relentless
- Golden from KPop Demon Hunters
- I Lied to You from Sinners
- Sweet Dreams of Joy from Viva Verdi
- Train Dreams from Train Dreams
Live-Action Short
- Butcher’s Stain
- A Friend of Dorothy
- Jane Austen’s Period Drama
- The Singers
- Two People Exchanging Saliva
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
Animated Short
- Butterfly
- Forevergreen
- The Girl Who Cried Pearls
- Retirement Plan
- The Three Sisters