“Sinners” Makes Oscars History as Full 2026 Nominations Are Announced

Your 2026 Oscar nominations are here, presented in the wee hours on Thursday morning by Oscar-nominated actress Danielle Brooks and Thunderbolts* star Lewis Pullman at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Ryan Coogler‘sSinnerscontinued its stellar awards season run, topping all films with an astonishing 16 nominations, including for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan, Best Supporting Actress for Wunmi Mosaku, Best Original Screenplay for Coogler, and Best Cinematography for Autumn Durald Arkapaw.

As expected, writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson’sOne Battle After Another(Warner Bros.) had another victorious performance this morning, landing 13 nominations, including for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio, Best Supporting Actress for Teyana Taylor, and Best Supporting Actor for both Benicio Del Toro and Sean Penn.

Joachim Trier’sSentimental Value(Neon) also fared extremely well, nabbing nine noms, including for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress in a Leading Role for Renate Reinsve, Actor in a Supporting Role for Stellan Skarsgård, and Supporting Actress for both Elle Fanning and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas.

This year’s Oscars will also be the first to include (at long last!) casting directors, and in the inaugural nominees in this category are Francine Maisler for Sinners, Gabriel Domingues forThe Secret Agent,Cassandra Kulukundis forOne Battle After Another, Jennifer Venditti for Marty Supreme,and Nina Gold forHamnet.

And in another bit of interesting history, Focus Features became the first studio in the modern era to land three Best Actress noms in a single year, for Jessie Buckley (Hamnet), Emma Stone (Bugonia), and Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue).

Check out the full list of nominees below. This year’s Oscars will be hosted by Conan O’Brien for the second year in a row, and will air live on ABC and Hulu from the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 15, beginning at 4 p.m. PT.

Best Picture

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

Best Director

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

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

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

Animated Short Film

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

Costume Design

Deborah L. Scott, Avatar: Fire and Ash
Kate Hawley, Frankenstein
Malgosia Turzanska, Hamnet
Miyako Bellizzi, Marty Supreme
Ruth E. Carter, Sinners

Achievement in Casting

Nina Gold, Hamnet
Jennifer Venditti, Marty Supreme
Cassandra Kulukundis, One Battle After Another
Gabriel Domingues, The Secret Agent
Francine Maisler, Sinners

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
Kokuho
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
The Ugly Stepsister

Original Score

Jerskin Fendrix, Bugonia
Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein
Max Richter, Hamnet
Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another
Ludwig Göransson, Sinners

Animated Feature Film

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

Cinematography

Dan Lausten, Frankenstein
Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another
Darius Khondji, Marty Supreme
Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners
Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams

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 & Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another, Andy Jurgensen
Sentimental Value, Olivier Bugge Coutté
Sinners, Michael Shawver

International Feature Film

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

Original Song

“Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless
“Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters
“Highest 2 Lowest” from Highest 2 Lowest
“I Lied To You” from Sinners
“Sweet Dreams of Joy” from Viva Verdi!
“Train Dreams” from Train Dreams

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

Sound

F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirât
Train Dreams

Visual Effects

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

Featured image: L-r; MICHAEL B. JORDAN as Smoke and as Stack, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ “SINNERS,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures; Jessie Buckley stars as Agnes in director Chloé Zhao’s HAMNET, a Focus Features release.
Credit: Agata Grzybowska / © 2025 FOCUS FEATURES LLC; LEONARDO DI CAPRIO as Bob Ferguson in “One Battle After Another.” A Warner Bros. Pictures Release. Photo Credit: Photo Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures; TEYANA TAYLOR as Perfidia in “One Battle After Another.” A Warner Bros. Pictures Release. Photo Credit: Photo Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures