The 2026 98th Academy Awards nominations have officially been announced! The biggest night in film — honoring movies released in 2025 — will take place on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood and will air live on ABC and Hulu. Conan O’Brien returns as host for a second year.
🌟 Historic Leader: Sinners Makes Oscar History
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners stormed the nominations with an unprecedented 16 nods, making it the most-nominated film in Oscars history — surpassing classics like Titanic and La La Land. It earned recognition across major categories including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan.
💥 Other Top Contenders
Right on Sinners’ heels is Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, with 13 nominations, including multiple acting and directing nods. Other critically acclaimed films with significant representation include Frankenstein, Marty Supreme, Hamnet, and the international favorite Sentimental Value.
🏆 Best Picture Nominees
Here are the films contending for the top prize of Best Picture:
- Bugonia
- F1
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- The Secret Agent
- Sentimental Value
- Sinners
- Train Dreams
Here are the full acting nominee contenders:
🏆 Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominees
- 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 in a Leading Role Nominees
- 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 in a Supporting Role Nominees
- Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another
- Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
- Delroy Lindo – Sinners
- Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
- Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
👩🎤 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominees
- Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
- Amy Madigan – Weapons
- Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
- Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
🎶 Music & Tech Honors
The nominations also feature standout work in score and song categories, with composers like Alexandre Desplat (Frankenstein), Max Richter (Hamnet), Jonny Greenwood (One Battle After Another), and Ludwig Göransson (Sinners) recognized among the best original scores.
🌍 Global Cinema Shines
International films made a splash, too. Sentimental Value (Norway), The Secret Agent (Brazil), It Was Just an Accident (France), Sirāt (Spain), and The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia) are all nominated in the Best International Feature category.
😱 Snubs & Surprises
Not all anticipated contenders made the cut — box office juggernauts like Wicked: For Good and fan favorites in major categories were notably absent, spurring buzz across social platforms.
For the full list of nominees, visit https://oscars.org
Congratulations to all the nominees!
