'Sinners' and ‘One Battle After Another’ Lead The 2026 Oscar Nominees
The likes of ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Marty Supreme,’ ‘The Secret Agent’ and more also dominate, though there are a few surprises lurking among the Oscar nom list.
The Academy Awards will air live March 15th on ABC and Hulu.
Preview:
- The 2026 Academy Award nominations have been announced.
- ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Sinners’ and ‘Hamnet’ are all up for trophies.
- This year’s award ceremony is dated for March 15.
There are other awards ceremonies, but few can match the dominance of the Academy Awards.
And the time for the 98th Oscars ceremony is fast approaching with the Academy employing actors Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman to read the list of nominees, which this year include ‘One Battle After Another,’‘Sinners’ and ‘Hamnet.’
Also nominated? Movies including ‘Bugonia,’‘Marty Supreme’ and ‘The Secret Agent.’ Who will win? We’ll find that out on March 15th.
2026 Oscar Nominations Predictions: Who Will Be Nominated?
Here is the full list of nominations:
PICTURE
Leonardo Di Caprio as Bob Ferguson in 'One Battle After Another.' A Warner Bros. Pictures Release. Photo Credit: Photo Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures.
- ‘Bugonia’
- ‘F1’
- 'Frankenstein'
- ‘Hamnet’
- ‘Marty Supreme’
- ‘One Battle After Another'
- ‘The Secret Agent’
- ‘Sentimental Value’
- ‘Sinners’
- ‘Train Dreams’
DIRECTOR
(L to R) Leonardo Di Caprio and Director/Writer/Producer Paul Thomas Anderson on the set of 'One Battle After Another.' A Warner Bros. Pictures Release. Photo Credit: Merrick Morton.
- ‘Hamnet’ - Chloé Zhao
- ‘Marty Supreme’ - Josh Safdie
- ‘One Battle after Another’ - Paul Thomas Anderson
- ‘Sentimental Value’ - Joachim Trier
- ‘Sinners’ - Ryan Coogler
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Timothée Chalamet in ‘Marty Supreme’. Photo: A24.
- 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 stars as Agnes in director Chloé Zhao’s 'Hamnet', a Focus Features release. Credit: Agata Grzybowska / © 2025 FOCUS FEATURES LLC
- Jessie Buckley - ‘Hamnet’
- Rose Byrne - ‘If I Had Legs I'd Kick You’
- Chase Infiniti - 'One Battle After Another'
- Kate Hudson – ‘Song Sung Blue’
- Renate Reinsve - 'Sentimental Value’
- Emma Stone - 'Bugonia'
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Stellan Skarsgård in 'Sentimental Value'. Photo: Kasper Tuxen Andersen.
- Benicio del Toro - ‘One Battle After Another’
- Jacob Elordi - ‘Frankenstein’
- Delroy Lindo - 'Sinners'
- Paul Mescal - ‘Hamnet’
- Sean Penn - ‘One Battle After Another’
- Stellan Skarsgård - ‘Sentimental Value’
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Madigan as Gladys in New Line Cinema’s 'Weapons,' a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Quantrell Colbert. Copyright: © 2025 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- Elle Fanning – ‘Sentimental Value’
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - 'Sentimental Value'
- Amy Madigan - 'Weapons'
- Wunmi Mosaku - 'Sinners'
- Teyana Taylor - 'One Battle After Another'
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
(L to R) Nick Wilde (voiced by Jason Bateman) and Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) in Walt Disney Animation Studios' 'Zootopia 2'. © 2025 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
A still from 'Forevergreen.'
CASTING
(L to R) Jayme Lawson as Pearline, Wunmi Mosaku as Annie, Michael B. Jordan as Smoke, Miles Caton as Sammie Moore, and Li Jun Li as Grace Chow, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ 'Sinners,' a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. Copyright: © 2025 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- ‘Hamnet’ - Nina Gold
- ‘Marty Supreme’ - Jennifer Venditti
- ‘One Battle after Another’ - Cassandra Kulukundis
- ‘The Secret Agent’ - Gabriel Domingues
- ‘Sinners’- Francine Maisler
FILM EDITING
A scene from Apple Original Films’ 'F1', a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Photo Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures / Apple Original Films. Copyright: © 2025 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- ‘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
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Joel Edgerton as Robert Grainier in 'Train Dreams'. Cr: Netflix © 2025.
- ‘Frankenstein’ - Dan Laustsen
- ‘Marty Supreme’ - Darius Khondji
- ‘One Battle After Another’ - Michael Bauman
- ‘Sinners’ - Autumn Durald Arkapaw
- ‘Train Dreams’- Adolpho Veloso
COSTUME DESIGN
(L to R) Jacobi Jupe stars as Hamnet, Bodhi Rae Breathnach as Susanna and Olivia Lynes as Judith in director Chloé Zhao’s 'Hamnet', a Focus Features release. Credit: Agata Grzybowska / © 2025 FOCUS FEATURES LLC
- ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ - Deborah L. Scott
- ‘Frankenstein’ - Kate Hawley
- 'Hamnet’- Malgosia Turzanska
- ‘Marty Supreme’ - Miyako Bellizzi
- ‘Sinners’ - Ruth E. Carter
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Wagner Moura in 'The Secret Agent.' Photo: Neon.
- ‘The Secret Agent’ - Brazil
- ‘It Was Just an Accident’ - France
- ‘Sentimental Value’ - Norway
- ‘Sirāt’ - Spain
- ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ - Tunisia
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
Andrea Gibson in 'Come See Me in the Good Light,' now streaming on Apple TV.
- ‘The Alabama Solution’
- ‘Come See Me in the Good Light’
- ‘Cutting through Rocks'
- ‘Mr. Nobody against Putin’
- ‘The Perfect Neighbor’
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
Lou Bopp in 'All The Empty Rooms.' Photo: Netflix © 2025.
- ‘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’
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
'A Friend of Dorothy'. Photo: Filthy Gorgeous Productions.
- ‘Butcher's Stain’
- ‘A Friend of Dorothy’
- ‘Jane Austen's Period Drama’
- ‘The Singers’
- ‘Two People Exchanging Saliva’
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Dwayne Johnson stars in 'The Smashing Machine'. Photo: A24.
- ‘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
ORIGINAL SCORE
Emma Stone stars as Michelle in director Yorgos Lanthimos' 'Bugonia', a Focus Features release. Credit: Atsushi Nishijima/Focus Features © 2025 All Rights Reserved.
- ‘Bugonia’ - Jerskin Fendrix
- ‘Frankenstein’ - Alexandre Desplat
- ‘Hamnet’ - Max Richter
- ‘One Battle after Another’- Jonny Greenwood
- ‘Sinners’- Ludwig Goransson
ORIGINAL SONG
'Kpop Demon Hunters'. ©2025 Netflix.
- “Dear Me”- 'Diane Warren: Relentless’
- “Golden” - ‘KPop Demon Hunters’
- “I Lied To You” - 'Sinners’
- “Sweet Dreams Of Joy” – ‘Viva Verdi’
- “Train Dreams” - ‘Train Dreams’
PRODUCTION DESIGN
(L to R) Jacob Elordi as The Creature and Oscar Isaac as Dr. Victor Frankenstein on the set of Frankenstein. Photo: Ken Woroner/Netflix © 2025.
- ‘Frankenstein’ - Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
- ‘Hamnet’ - Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton
- 'Marty Supreme' - Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis
- ‘One Battle after Another’ - Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino
- ‘Sinners’ - Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne
SOUND
A scene from 'Sirāt'. Photo: Neon.
- ‘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
- ‘Sirāt’ - Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas
VISUAL EFFECTS
Varang (Oona Chaplin) in 20th Century Studios' 'Avatar: Fire and Ash'. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
- ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ - 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
Director Paul Thomas Anderson attends a special screening and Q&A of 'One Battle After Another'. Photo Credit: Jay L. Clendenin/Shutterstock for Warner Bros. Copyright: Copyright ©2025 Jay L. Clendenin.
- ‘Bugonia’ - Will Tracy
- ‘Frankenstein’ - Guillermo del Toro
- ‘Hamnet’ - Chloé Zhao & Maggie O'Farrell
- ‘One Battle after Another’ - Paul Thomas Anderson
- ‘Train Dreams’ - Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Director Ryan Cooler at the New York Premiere of 'Sinners'. Photo: Warner Bros.
- ‘Blue Moon’ - Robert Kaplow
- ‘It Was Just an Accident’ - Jafar Panahi; Script collaborators - Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian
- ‘Marty Supreme’ - Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
- ‘Sentimental Value’ - Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
- ‘Sinners’ - Ryan Coogler
When and where can I watch the 2026 Oscars?
The 98th Academy Awards ceremony, to be hosted again by Conan O’Brien, will be broadcast on the ABC network on March 15th.
The 95th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 12, 2023.
