The nominations for the 98th Academy Awards were announced Thursday morning, and history was made. Ryan Coogler’s music-centered vampire horror film Sinners led the field with a staggering 16 nominations—more than any film at the 2026 Oscars and the most nominations ever earned by a single movie in Academy Awards history. Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another followed closely behind with 13 nods. Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme, and Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value each received a total of 9 nominations, followed by Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet getting 8 nominations.
Conan O’Brien will return to host the ceremony for the second consecutive year, airing live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 15 at 7 p.m. ET on ABC and Hulu. Alongside the expected contenders, this year’s nominations delivered plenty of surprises and a handful of notable snubs that have left audiences and awards watchers reeling.
Check out the full list of 2026 Oscars nominations below followed by snubs and surprises.
2026 Oscar nominations
Actor in a 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
Actor in a Supporting Role
Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo – Sinners
Sean Penn – One Battler After Another
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
Actress in a 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
Actress in a Supporting Role
Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Teyana Taylor – One Battler After Another
Animated Feature Film
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2
Animated Short Film
Butterfly
Forevergreen
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters
Casting
Hamnet – Nina Gold
Marty Supreme – Jennifer Venditti
One Battle After Another – Cassandra Kulukundis
The Secret Agent – Gabriel Domingues
Sinners – Francine Maisler
Cinematography
Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen
Marty Supreme – Darius Khondji
One Battle After Another – Michael Bauman
Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Train Dreams – Adolpho Veloso
Costume Design
Avatar: Fire and Fish – Deborah L. Scott
Frankenstein – Kate Hawley
Hamnet – Malgosia Turzanska
Marty Supreme – Miyako Bellizzi
Sinners – Ruth E. Carter
Directing
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier
Sinners – Ryan Coogler
Documentary Feature Film
The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting through Rocks
Mr. Nobody against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor
Documentary Short Film
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
Film Editing
F1 – Stephen Mirrione
Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another – Andy Jurgensen
Sentimental Value – Olivier Bugge Coutté
Sinners – Michael P. Shawver
International Feature Film
The Secret Agent – Brazil
It Was Just an Accident – France
Sentimental Value – Norway
Sirāt – Spain
The Voice of Hind Rajab – Tunisia
Live Action Short Film
Butcher’s Stain
A Friend of Dorothy
Jane Austen’s Period Drama
The Singers
Two People Exchanging Saliva
Makeup and Hairstyling
Frankenstein – Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey
Kokuho – Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu
Sinners – 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
Music (Original Score)
Bugonia – Jerskin Fendrix
Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat
Hamnet – Max Richter
One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood
Sinners – Ludwig Goransson
Music (Original Song)
“Dear Me” – Diane Warren: Relentless; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“Golden” – KPop Demon Hunters; Music and Lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon and Teddy Park
“I Lied to You” – Sinners; Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson
“Sweet Dreams of Joy” – Viva Verdi!; Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike
“Train Dreams” – Train Dreams; Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; Lyric by Nick Cave
Best Picture
Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Batter After Another
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams
Production Design
Frankenstein – Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
Hamnet – Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton
Marty Supreme – Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis
One Battle After Another – Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino
Sinners – Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne
Sound
F1 – Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta
Frankenstein – Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern
One Battle After Another – José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor
Sinners – Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker
Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker
Sirāt – Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas
Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Fish – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett
F1 – Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson
Jurassic World Rebirth: David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould
The Lost Bus – Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin
Sinners – Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean
Adapted Screenplay
Bugonia – Screenplay by Will Tracy
Frankenstein – Written for the Screen by Guillermo del Toro
Hamnet – Screenplay by Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell
One Battle After Another – Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
Train Dreams – Screenplay by Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar
Original Screenplay
Blue Moon – Written by Robert Kaplow
It Was Just Accident – Written by Jafar Panahi; Script collaborators – Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian
Marty Supreme – Written by Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
Sentimental Value – Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
Sinners – Written by Ryan Coogler
SNUBS
Films that Were Completely Snubbed
- After the Hunt
- Wicked: For Good (Probably the biggest snub considering Wicked received 10 nominations at the 2025 Oscars)
- Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
- Jay Kelly
- The Testament of Ann Lee
- Sorry, Baby
- No Other Choice
- Hedda
- Die, My Love
Actor in a Leading Role SNUBS
Jesse Plemons – Bugonia
Oscar Isaac – Frankenstein
George Clooney – Jay Kelly
Hugh Jackman – Song Sung Blue
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
Actor in a Supporting Role SNUBS
Paul Mescal – Hamnet
Miles Caton – Sinners
Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly
Jack O’Connell – Sinners
Lee Byung-hun – No Other Choice
Actress in a Leading Role SNUBS
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee
Jennifer Lawrence – Die My Love
Tessa Thompson – Hedda
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked: For Good
Actress in a Supporting Role SNUBS
Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good
Hailee Steinfeld – Sinners
Julia Garner – Weapons
Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
Regina Hall – One Battle After Another
Directing SNUBS
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
Yorgos Lanthimos – Bugonia
Mona Fastvold – The Testament of Ann Lee
Nia DaCosta – Hedda
Best Picture SNUBS
It Was Just An Accident
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Weapons
No Other Choice
Wicked: For Good
International Feature Film SNUBS
No Other Choice – South Korea
Sound of Falling – Germany
Belén – Argentina
Left-Handed Girl – Taiwan
Original Screenplay SNUBS
Sorry, Baby – Eva Victor
The Secret Agent – Kleber Mendonça Filho
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery – Rian Johnson
Adapted Screenplay SNUBS
Hedda – Nia DaCosta
No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, and Lee Ja-hye
Cinematography SNUBS
Sentimental Value – Kasper Tuxen
Bugonia – Robbie Ryan
Wicked: For Good – Alice Brooks
Hamnet – Łukasz Żal
Makeup and Hairstyling SNUBS
Wicked: For Good – Frances Hannon
One Battle After Another – Heba Thorisdottir
Music (Original Score) SNUBS
Hedda – Hildur Guðnadóttir
Train Dreams – Bryce Dessner
Wicked: For Good – John Powell and Stephen Schwartz
Marty Supreme – Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never)
Music (Original Song) SNUBS
“The Girl In The Bubble” – Wicked For Good; Music and Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
“Dream As One” – Avatar: Fire and Ash; Music and Lyric by Miley Cyrus, Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, and Simon Franglen
“Drive” – F1; Music and Lyric by Ed Sheeran and John Mayer
Visual Effects SNUBS
Frankenstein – Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, and José Granell
Wicked: For Good – Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Anthony Smith, Dale Newton, and Paul Corbould
Surprises:
- F1 receiving a Best Picture nomination
- Rose Byrne’s Actress in a Leading Role nomination for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
- Kate Hudson’s Actress in a Leading Role nomination for Song Song Blue
- Wunmi Mosaku and Delroy Lindo for Sinners‘s supporting role nominations
- Ethan Hawke’s Actor in a Leading Role nomination for Blue Moon
- Bugonia receiving best picture nomination along with Emma Stone’s Actress in a Leading Role nomination
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