Oscar 2026: The 98th Academy Awards—Full List of Nominees

The golden statues are polished, the red carpet is being rolled out, and the countdown to Hollywood’s biggest night is officially on! On January 22, 2026, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the contenders for Oscar 2026: The 98th Academy Awards, and the list is nothing short of electric.

Leading the pack is Ryan Coogler’s vampire epic Sinners with a record-shattering 16 nominations, followed closely by Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another with 13. Late-night icon Conan O’Brien is set to return as host on March 15, and with the first-ever “Best Casting” award up for grabs, history is already being made.

Main Categories

Best Picture

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

Directing

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

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

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

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

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
• Amy Madigan – Weapons
• Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
• Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

Writing (Original Screenplay)

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

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• Bugonia – Will Tracy
• Frankenstein – Guillermo del Toro
• Hamnet – Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell
• One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson
• Train Dreams – Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar

Animated Feature Film

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

International Feature Film

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

Documentary Feature Film

• The Alabama Solution
• Come See Me in the Good Light
• Cutting Through Rocks
• Mr. Nobody Against Putin
• The Perfect Neighbor

Technical & Creative Categories

Best Casting

• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• The Secret Agent
• Sinners

Cinematography

• Frankenstein
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Train Dreams

Film Editing

• F1
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners

Production Design

• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners

Costume Design

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• Sinners

Makeup & Hairstyling

• Frankenstein
• Kokuho
• Sinners
• The Smashing Machine
• The Ugly Stepsister

Original Score

• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners

Original Song

• “Dear Me” (Relentless)
• “Golden” (KPop Demon Hunters)
• “I Lied To You” (Sinners)
• “Sweet Dreams of Joy” (Viva Verdi!)
• “Train Dreams” (Train Dreams)

Sound

• F1
• Frankenstein
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Sirât

Visual Effects

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• F1
• Jurassic World Rebirth
• The Lost Bus
• Sinners

Short Film Categories

Animated Short

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

Live Action Short

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

Documentary Short

• All the Empty Rooms
• Armed Only with a Camera
• Children No More
• The Devil Is Busy
• Perfectly a Strangeness