Oscar Nominations 2026 Final List Announced: Sinners Leads with Historic 16 Nods

The excitement around the 98th Academy Awards is steadily building as the Oscar 2026 nominations spark massive buzz across the global film industry. With an exceptional lineup of films released in 2025—ranging from bold experimental cinema to big-scale prestige dramas—the race for Hollywood’s most coveted honour promises to be fiercely competitive.

Leading the pack this year is Sinners, which has emerged as the top contender with 16 nominations, followed closely by One Battle After Another with 13 nods. As anticipation peaks, here’s a detailed look at the major categories and the films and artists dominating the Oscar conversation.

Best Picture – Oscar 2026 Frontrunners

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

Best Director

Chloé Zhao – Hamnet Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value Ryan Coogler – Sinners

Best Actress (Leading Role)

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 Actor (Leading Role)

Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon Michael B. Jordan – Sinners Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent

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 Original Screenplay

Blue Moon – Robert Kaplow It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi Marty Supreme – Josh Safdie & Ronald Bronstein Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt Sinners – Ryan Coogler

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 Cinematography

Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen Marty Supreme – Darius Khondji One Battle After Another – Michael Bauman Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw Train Dreams – Adolpho Veloso

Best Production Design

Frankenstein Hamnet Marty Supreme One Battle After Another Sinners

Best Original Score

Bugonia Frankenstein Hamnet One Battle After Another 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 International Feature Film

It Was Just an Accident (France) The Secret Agent (Brazil) Sentimental Value (Norway) Sirât (Spain) The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)

Best Animated Feature

Arco Elio KPop Demon Hunters Little Amélie or the Character of Rain Zootopia 2

Best Animated Short

Butterfly Forevergreen The Girl Who Cried Pearls Retirement Plan The Three Sisters

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 Costume Design

Avatar: Fire and Ash – Deborah L. Scott Frankenstein – Kate Hawley Hamnet – Malgosia Turzanska Marty Supreme – Miyako Bellizzi Sinners – Ruth E. Carter

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 P. Shawver

Best Live-Action Short

Butcher’s Stain A Friend of Dorothy Jane Austen’s Period Drama The Singers Two People Exchanging Saliva

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Kokuho Frankenstein Sinners Smashing Machine The Ugly Stepsister

Best Sound

F1 Frankenstein One Battle After Another Sinners Sirât

Best Visual Effects

Avatar F1 Jurassic World Rebirth Lost Bus Sinners

Best Casting (New Category – 2026)

Hamnet Marty Supreme Sinners The Secret Agent One Battle After Another

Oscars 2026 Ceremony Details

The 98th Academy Awards will be hosted by Conan O’Brien for the second consecutive year. The grand ceremony will be broadcast live on ABC and Hulu from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 15, 2026, starting at 4:00 PM PT.