The nominees for the 98th Academy Awards were unveiled today with Ryan Coogler's Sinners emerging as the dominant force after securing an extraordinary 16 nominations across the ceremony's 24 categories.
Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman presented the contenders during a live announcement from the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater, broadcast across multiple platforms including ABC's Good Morning America and various streaming services.
Sinners collected recognition in virtually every major category, including Best Picture, Best Director for Coogler, and Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan.
The film also earned nominations for Best Supporting Actor (Delroy Lindo), Best Supporting Actress (Wunmi Mosaku), Best Original Screenplay, Best Casting, Best Costume Design, Best Original Song, Best Original Score, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Sound, Best Visual Effects, Best Cinematography, and Best Make-up and Hairstyling.
The 2026 Oscar nominations are in
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This year's ceremony introduces a new award for Best Casting, marking the first additional category since Best Animated Feature was established in 2002.
Conan O'Brien will return as host for the second consecutive year, following his success in drawing the largest audience in five years at last year's event.
The ceremony takes place on Sunday, 15 March at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, airing live on ABC and streaming on Hulu, with broadcast reaching more than 200 territories worldwide.
Ryan Coogler's Sinners emerged as the dominant force after securing an extraordinary 16 nominations across the ceremony's 24 categories
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COMPLETE LIST OF NOMINEES:
Best Picture: Bugonia, F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value, Sinners, Train Dreams
Best Director: Chloe Zhao (Hamnet), Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme), Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another), Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value), Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
Best Actor: Timothee 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)Dreams
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Best Supporting Actor: Benicio Del Toro (One Battle After Another), Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein), Delroy Lindo (Sinners), Sean Penn (One Battle After Another), Stellan Skarsgard (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 Original Screenplay: Blue Moon, It Was Just an Accident, Marty Supreme, Sentimental Value, Sinners
Best Adapted Screenplay: Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet, One Battle After Another, Train Dreams
Best Animated Feature: Arco, Elio, KPop Demon Hunters, Little Amelie, Zootopia 2
Best Make-up and Hairstyling: Frankenstein, Sinners, Kokuho, The Smashing Machine, The Ugly Stepsister
Best Animated Short: Butterfly, Forever Green, The Girl Who Cried Pearls, Retirement Plan, The Three Sisters
Lewis Pullman and Danielle Brooks revealed the full 2026 list
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Best Live Action Short: Butcher’s Stain, A Friend of Dorothy, Jane Austen’s Period Drama, The Singers, Two People Exchanging Saliva
Best International Feature: The Secret Agent (Brazil), It Was Just an Accident (France), Sentimental Value (Norway), Sirât (Spain), The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)
Best Casting: Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent, Sinners
Best Cinematography: Frankenstein, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, Sinners, Train
Best Production Design: Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, Sinners
Best Documentary Feature: The Alabama Solution, Come See Me in the Good Light, Cutting Through Rocks, Mr. Nobody Against Putin, The Perfect Neighbor
Best Editing: F1, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, Sentimental Value, Sinners
Best Original Score: Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet, One Battle After Another, Sinners
Best Original Song: Diane Warren: Relentless, KPop Demon Hunters, Sinners, Viva Verdi!, Train Dreams
Best Sound: F1, Frankenstein, One Battle After Another, Sinners, Sirât
Best Visual Effects: Avatar: Fire and Ash, F1
Best Costume Design: Avatar: Fire and Ash, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, Sinners