Oscars 2026: ‘Sinners’ makes history with record 16 nods as nominations announced

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Hollywood loves a record – and this year the Oscars 2026 found a new one. The nominations for the 98th Academy Awards were revealed Thursday, and it didn’t take long for the conversation to boil down to a film that refused to play by familiar rules.

Ryan Coogler’s Sinner not only led the field but rewrote the scoreboard. The musical horror epic received an astounding 16 nominations, the most ever received by a single film in Oscar history, overtaking All about Eva, Titanic and La La Land. The film landed across the board, from Best Picture and Best Director to Original Screenplay, along with acting nominations for Michael B. Jordan, Wunmi Mosaku and Delroy Lindo. It’s the kind of move that speaks to both creative ambition and cultural impact.

Close behind is Paul Thomas Anderson’s sly, fleeting political comedy One battle after another, which picked up 13 nominations. Anchored by Leonardo DiCaprio and featuring standout turns from Teyana Taylor, Benicio Del Toro and Sean Penn, the film’s strong showing reinforces Anderson’s steady draw with the academy—even at his most unpredictable.

The Best Picture lineup itself reads like a snapshot of cinema in motion. Yorgos Lanthimos’ eccentric sci-fi satire Bugonia sits alongside Chloé Zhao’s quietly devastating Shakespeare adaptation The portJoseph Kosinski’s full throttle racing drama F1and Guillermo del Toro’s Gothic reimagining of Frankenstein. Josh Safdie’s Kinetics Marty Supreme also made a strong impression, earning nine nominations – including another Best Actor nod for Timothée Chalamet, making him the youngest performer since Marlon Brando to earn three lead actor nominations.

International film continued its steady rise within the Academy’s top categories. Brazil’s political thriller The secret agent and Norway’s intimate family drama Sentimental value both secured Best Picture recognition alongside acting nominations, signaling a year where global storytelling was central, not sidelined.

Elsewhere, animation had its moment too, with Zootopia 2 and K-Pop Demon Hunters earning Best Animated Feature nominations, the latter also received a Best Original Score nod for “Golden.” This year’s nominations also introduce a new category – Best Casting – added for the first time in decades.

The nominations were announced by actors Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre. The 98th Academy Awards will take place on March 15, hosted by Conan O’Brien.

Below you will find the full list of nominees in all categories.

Best picture

  • Bugonia
  • Frankenstein
  • F1
  • The port
  • Marty Supreme
  • One battle after another
  • The secret agent
  • Sentimental value
  • Sinner
  • Train dreams

Best Actor in a Leading Role

  • Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
  • Leonardo DiCaprio – One battle after another
  • Ethan Hawke – Blue moon
  • Michael B Jordan – Sinner
  • Wagner Moura – The secret agent

Best Actress

  • Jessie Buckley – The port
  • Rose Byrne – If I had legs I’d kick you
  • Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue
  • Renate Reinsve – Sentimental value
  • Emma Stone – Bugonia

Best Actress in a supporting role

  • Elle Fanning – Sentimental value
  • Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental value
  • Amy Madigan – Arms
  • Wunmi Mosaku – Sinner
  • Teyana Taylor – One battle after another

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Benicio del Toro – One battle after another
  • Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
  • Delroy Lindo – Sinners
  • Sean Penn – One battle after another
  • Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental value
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Best director

  • Paul Thomas Andersson – One battle after another
  • Ryan Coogler – Sinners
  • Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
  • Joachim Trier – Sentimental value
  • Chloe Zhao – The port

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Bugonia
  • Frankenstein
  • The port
  • One battle after another
  • Train dreams

Best Original Screenplay

  • Blue The moon
  • It was just an accident
  • Marty Supreme
  • Sentimental value
  • Sinner

Best Original Song

  • “Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless
  • “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters
  • “I lied to you” from Sinner
  • “Sweet Dreams Of Joy” from Long live Verdi!
  • “Train dreams” from Train dreams

Best Original Score

  • Bugonia (Jerskin Fendrix)
  • Frankenstein (Alexandre Desplat)
  • The port (Max Richter)
  • One battle after another (Jonny Greenwood)
  • Sinner (Ludwig Göransson)

Best international feature

  • It was just an accident (France)
  • Sentimental value (Norway)
  • Sirat (Spain)
  • The secret agent (Brazil)
  • Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)

Best Animated Feature

  • Arco
  • Elio
  • KPop Demon Hunters
  • Little Amélie or the character of the rain
  • Zootopia 2

Best Documentary Film

  • Come and see me in the good light
  • Cut through the rocks
  • Mr. No one against Putin
  • The Alabama Solution
  • The perfect neighbor

Best Costume Design

  • Avatar: Fire and Ashes
  • Frankenstein
  • The port
  • Marty Supreme
  • Sinner

Best makeup and hair styling

  • Frankenstein (Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey)
  • That’s all (Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu)
  • Sinner (Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry)
  • The Smashing Machine (Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein)
  • The ugly stepsister (Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg)

Best Production Design

  • Frankenstein
  • The port
  • Marty Supreme
  • One battle after another
  • Sinner

Best sound

  • Frankenstein
  • F1
  • One battle after another
  • Sinner
  • Sirat

Best Film Editing

  • F1
  • Marty Supreme
  • One battle after another
  • Sentimental value
  • Sinner

Best Cinematography

  • Frankenstein
  • Marty Supreme
  • One battle after another
  • Sinner
  • Train dreams

Best Visual Effects

  • Avatar: Fire and Ashes
  • F1
  • Jurassic World Rebirth
  • Sinner
  • The lost bus

Best Live Action Short

  • A friend of Dorothy’s
  • Butcher’s Stain
  • Jane Austin’s period drama
  • The singers
  • Two people exchanging saliva

Best Animated Short Film

  • Butterfly
  • Forevergreen
  • Pension plan
  • The Girl Who Cried Pearls
  • The three sisters

Best Short Film

  • All empty rooms
  • Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
  • Children No More: Were and Gone
  • The devil is busy
  • Totally an oddity

Best casting

  • The port
  • Marty Supreme
  • One battle after another
  • Sinner
  • The secret agent

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