The 2026 Oscar nominations were unveiled Thursday morning, setting the stage for one of the most closely watched awards races in recent years. Beginning at 5:30 a.m. PT, nominees were announced by Oscar-nominated actress Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The presentation streamed live across Oscar.com, Oscars.org, the Academy’s social platforms, and aired on Good Morning America, with additional streaming via ABC News Live, Disney+, and Hulu.
The nominations were revealed in two segments, covering all 24 categories. Early announcements included the supporting acting races, screenplay, costume design, and several technical fields, followed minutes later by the major categories, including lead acting, directing, and best picture.
Leading the pack was Sinners, Ryan Coogler’s genre-bending horror film, which made history by earning 16 Academy Award nominations, the most ever received by a single film. The feat surpasses the long-standing record of 14 nominations previously held by All About Eve, Titanic, and La La Land.
The film secured nominations in all major categories, including Best Picture, Best Director for Coogler, Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan, Best Supporting Actor for Delroy Lindo, Best Supporting Actress for Wunmi Mosaku, and Best Original Screenplay. It also dominated across technical fields and the Academy’s newer casting category.
Today’s recognition arrives after a notably unfulfilled awards season for Sinners. Despite a strong box office showing—opening to roughly $48 million domestically and exceeding $60 million globally in its first weekend—and sustained audience support, the film was largely overlooked by major voting bodies. At the Golden Globe Awards, it received nominations but secured only two wins: Best Cinematic and Box Office Achievement and Best Original Score for composer Ludwig Göransson. Jordan, praised for his dual performance as twins Smoke and Stack, left the Globes without an acting win. Critically, Sinners sparked debate for its themes, drawing mixed reactions even as its success fueled conversation throughout the year.
Final Oscar voting opens February 26 and closes March 5. The 98th Academy Awards, hosted by Conan O’Brien, will air live on ABC and stream on Hulu from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 15, beginning at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT.
Take a look at the full list of nominations below.
Best supporting actress
Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan, Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Frankenstein
Kokuho
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
The Ugly Stepsister
Best Original Score
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Best Live-Action Short
Butcher’s Stain
A Friend of Dorothy
Jane Austen’s Period Drama
The Singers
Two People Exchanging Saliva
Best Animated Short
Butterfly
Forevergreen
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters
Best Adapted Screenplay
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
Best Original Screenplay
Blue Moon, Robert Kaplow
It Was Just an Accident, Jafar Panahi & Script Collaborators
Marty Supreme, Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
Sentimental Value, Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt
Sinners, Ryan Coogler
Best Supporting Actor
Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo, Sinners
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgard, Sentimental Value
Best Casting
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sinners
Best Costume Design
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Best Original Song
“Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless
“Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters
“I Lied To You” from Sinners
“Sweet Dreams of Joy” from Viva Verdi!
“Train Dreams” from Train Dreams
Best Documentary Feature
The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor
Best Documentary Short
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
Best International Feature
Brazil, The Secret Agent
France, It Was Just an Accident
Norway, Sentimental Value
Spain, Sirât
Tunisia, The Voice of Hind Rajab
Best Animated Feature
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2
Best Film Editing
F1, Stephen Mirrione
Marty Supreme, Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another, Andy Jurgensen
Sentimental Value, Olivier Bugge Coutté
Sinners, Michael Shawver
Best Production Design
Frankenstein, Tamara Deverell
Hamnet, Fiona Crombie
Marty Supreme, Jack Fisk
One Battle After Another, Florencia Martin
Sinners, Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne
Best Cinematography
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Best Sound
F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirât
Train Dreams
Best Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Jurassic World Rebirth
The Lost Bus
Sinners
Best Actor
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
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 Picture
Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams