The 2026 Academy Awards nominations are officially in, and this year’s lineup is packed with major studio releases, streaming contenders, international favorites, and some exciting surprises across the biggest categories.
Sinners leads this year’s nominations with 16 nominations, breaking the record for the most nominations for any movie in history. Ryan Cougler’s film now tops the previous record of 14 nominations shared by 1950s All About Eve, 1997’s Titanic, and 2016’s La La Land. Sinner’s nominations includes best picture, best original screenplay, and best director.
Other nominees for the Academy’s top honor of best picture include F1, Frankenstein, Marty Supreme, Sentimental Value, Train Dreams, and One Battle After Another, which is also a top nominee with 13 nominations.
Frankenstein, Sentimental Value, and Marty Supreme, which are also some of our favorite’s here at Verayea, make the list with nine nominations a piece. In the performance categories, the nominees for best actor are Timothy Shalamé in Marty Supreme, Leonardo DiCaprio in One Battle After Another, Ethan Hawk in Blue Moon, Michael B. Jordan in Sinners, and Vagner Mora in The Secret Agent. And those nominated for best actress are Jesse Buckley in Hamnet, Rose Burn in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Kate Hudson in Song, Sun Blue, Ranata Rinance Fay in Sentimental Value, and Emma Stone in Bugonia.
The 2026 Oscars will take place on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. The ceremony will air live on ABC at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, stream live on Hulu, and will also be broadcast in more than 200 territories worldwide.
Below is the complete list of 2026 Oscar nominations, organized by category.
Best Picture
- Bugonia (Focus Features); Ed Guiney & Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Lars Knudsen, Producers
- F1 (Apple); Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers
- Frankenstein (Netflix); Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber, Producers
- Hamnet (Focus Features); Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes, Producers
- Marty Supreme (A24); Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas and Timothée Chalamet, Producers
- One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.); Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers
- The Secret Agent (Neon); Emilie Lesclaux, Producer
- Sentimental Value (Neon); Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Producers
- Sinners (Warner Bros.); Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Ryan Coogler, Producers
- Train Dreams (Netflix); Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer and Michael Heimler, Producers
Best Director
- Chloé Zhao — Hamnet (Focus Features)
- Josh Safdie — Marty Supreme (A24)
- Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
- Joachim Trier — Sentimental Value (Neon)
- Ryan Coogler — Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Best Actor
- Timothée Chalamet — Marty Supreme (A24)
- Leonardo DiCaprio — One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
- Ethan Hawke — Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Michael B. Jordan — Sinners (Warner Bros.)
- Wagner Moura — The Secret Agent (Neon)
Best Actress
- Jessie Buckley — Hamnet (Focus Features)
- Rose Byrne — If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)
- Kate Hudson — Song Sung Blue (Focus Features)
- Renate Reinsve — Sentimental Value (Neon)
- Emma Stone — Bugonia (Focus Features)
Best Supporting Actor
- Benicio Del Toro — One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
- Jacob Elordi — Frankenstein (Netflix)
- Delroy Lindo — Sinners (Warner Bros.)
- Sean Penn — One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
- Stellan Skarsgård — Sentimental Value (Neon)
Best Supporting Actress
- Elle Fanning — Sentimental Value (Neon)
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas — Sentimental Value (Neon)
- Amy Madigan — Weapons (Warner Bros.)
- Wunmi Mosaku — Sinners (Warner Bros.)
- Teyana Taylor — One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Bugonia (Focus Features) — Screenplay by Will Tracy
- Frankenstein (Netflix) — Written for the Screen by Guillermo del Toro
- Hamnet (Focus Features) — Screenplay by Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
- One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.) — Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
- Train Dreams (Netflix) — Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
Best Original Screenplay
- Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics) — Written by Robert Kaplow
- It Was Just an Accident (Neon) — Written by Jafar Panahi; Script collaborators Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian
- Marty Supreme (A24) — Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
- Sentimental Value (Neon) — Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
- Sinners (Warner Bros.) — Written by Ryan Coogler
Best Animated Feature
- Arco (Neon) — Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas and Natalie Portman
- Elio (Walt Disney) — Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina and Mary Alice Drumm
- KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix) — Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Michelle L.M. Wong
- Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (GKIDS) — Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago and Henri Magalon
- Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney) — Jared Bush, Byron Howard and Yvett Merino
Best International Feature
- Brazil — The Secret Agent
- France — It Was Just an Accident
- Norway — Sentimental Value
- Spain — Sirat
- Tunisia — The Voice of Hind Rajab
Best Documentary Feature
- The Alabama Solution (HBO Documentary Films) — Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman
- Come See Me in the Good Light (Apple) — Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro and Stef Willen
- Cutting Through Rocks — Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni
- Mr. Nobody Against Putin (PINK) — Nominees to be determined
- The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix) — Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee
Best Animated Short
- Butterfly (Sacrebleu Productions) — Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens
- Forevergreen — Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears
- The Girl Who Cried Pearls (National Film Board of Canada) — Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
- Retirement Plan — John Kelly and Andrew Freedman
- The Three Sisters (Polydont Films/Rymanco Ventures) — Konstantin Bronzit
Best Casting
- Hamnet (Focus Features) — Nina Gold
- Marty Supreme (A24) — Jennifer Venditti
- One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.) — Cassandra Kulukundis
- The Secret Agent (Neon) — Gabriel Domingues
- Sinners (Warner Bros.) — Francine Maisler
Best Cinematography
- Dan Laustsen — Frankenstein (Netflix)
- Darius Khondji — Marty Supreme (A24)
- Michael Bauman — One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
- Autumn Durald Arkapaw — Sinners (Warner Bros.)
- Adolpho Veloso — Train Dreams (Netflix)
Best Costume Design
- Deborah L. Scott — Avatar: Fire and Ash (Walt Disney)
- Kate Hawley — Frankenstein (Netflix)
- Malgosia Turzanska — Hamnet (Focus Features)
- Miyako Bellizzi — Marty Supreme (A24)
- Ruth E. Carter — Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Best Documentary Short
- All the Empty Rooms (Netflix) — Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones
- Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud (HBO) — Craig Renaud and Juan Arredondo
- Children No More: “Were and Are Gone” (Sky) — Hilla Medalia and Sheila Nevins
- The Devil Is Busy (HBO) — Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir
- Perfectly a Strangeness (Second Sight Pictures) — Alison McAlpine
Best Film Editing
- F1 (Apple) — Stephen Mirrione
- Marty Supreme (A24) — Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
- One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.) — Andy Jurgensen
- Sentimental Value (Neon) — Olivier Bugge Coutté
- Sinners (Warner Bros.) — Michael P. Shawver
Best Live-Action Short
- Butcher’s Stain (Tel Aviv University Steve Tisch School of Film and Television) — Meyer Levinson-Blount and Oron Caspi
- A Friend of Dorothy — Lee Knight and James Dean
- Jane Austen’s Period Drama — Julia Aks and Steve Pinder
- The Singers (Netflix) — Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt
- Two People Exchanging Saliva (Canal+/The New Yorker) — Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- Frankenstein (Netflix) — Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey
- Kokuho (GKIDS) — Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu
- Sinners (Warner Bros.) — Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry
- The Smashing Machine (A24) — Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein
- The Ugly Stepsister (Independent Film Company/Shudder) — Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg
Best Original Score
- Jerskin Fendrix — Bugonia (Focus Features)
- Alexandre Desplat — Frankenstein (Netflix)
- Max Richter — Hamnet (Focus Features)
- Jonny Greenwood — One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
- Ludwig Göransson — Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Best Original Song
- “Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless (MasterClass/Greenwich Entertainment) — Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
- “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix) — 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” from Sinners (Warner Bros.) — Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson
- “Sweet Dreams of Joy” from Viva Verdi! — Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike
- “Train Dreams” from Train Dreams (Netflix) — Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner, Lyric by Nick Cave
Best Production Design
- Frankenstein (Netflix) — Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
- Hamnet (Focus Features) — Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton
- Marty Supreme (A24) — Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis
- One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.) — Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino
- Sinners (Warner Bros.) — Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne
Best Sound
- F1 (Apple) — Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta
- Frankenstein (Netflix) — Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern
- One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.) — José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor
- Sinners (Warner Bros.) — Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker
- Sirat (Neon) — Amanda Vil
Best Visual Effects
- Avatar: Fire and Ash (Walt Disney) — Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett
- F1 (Apple) — Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson
- Jurassic World Rebirth (Universal) — David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould
- The Lost Bus (Apple) — Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin
- Sinners (Warner Bros.) — Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean
