98th Oscars nominations announced: <i>Sinners</i> sets new record with nods in 16 categories
January 22, 2026

98th Oscars nominations announced: Sinners sets new record with nods in 16 categories

Oscar-nominated actor Danielle Brooks and actor Lewis Pullman announced the 98th Oscars nominations today, live from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills via a global livestream on Oscars.org, Oscar.com, and the Academy’s digital platforms, ABC’s Good Morning America and ABC News Live, Disney+, Hulu, broadcast media, and an international satellite feed.
Brooks and Pullman announced the nominees in two groups starting at 5:30 a.m. PT, followed by the remaining categories at 5:41 a.m. PT.  For a complete list of nominees, visit www.oscars.org.

Watch the announcement here: 



Academy members from each of the 19 branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories – actors nominate actors, costume designers nominate costume designers, etc.  In the Animated Feature Film, Animated Short Film, International Feature Film and Live Action Short Film categories, nominees are selected by a vote of members from all branches who opt in to participate and have met the eligibility requirements.  All active members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees.  Members submitted nomination ballots from 88 countries.

Twenty-four categories will be awarded at the 98th Oscars.  Each category has five nominees, except for Best Picture, which has 10. Active members of the Academy must view all nominated films to be eligible to vote. 

Finals voting begins on Thursday, February 26, 2026, and concludes on Thursday, March 5, 2026. Visit oscars.org/oscars/voting for more information.  

All rounds of Oscars voting are conducted by secret online ballot, tabulated by the independent accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. 

The 98th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC, streamed live on Hulu and airs live in more than 200 territories worldwide.

98th Oscars: Complete Nominee List


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

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 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

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

Animated Feature Film

Arco
Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas and Natalie Portman

Elio
Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina and Mary Alice Drumm

KPop Demon Hunters
Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Michelle L.M. Wong

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago and Henri Magalon

Zootopia 2
Jared Bush, Byron Howard and Yvett Merino

Animated Short Film

Butterfly
Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens

Forevergreen
Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears

The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski

Retirement Plan
John Kelly and Andrew Freedman

The Three Sisters
Konstantin Bronzit

Casting

Hamnet
Nina Gold

Marty Supreme
Jennifer Venditti

One Battle after Another
Cassandra Kulukundis

The Secret Agent
Gabriel Domingues

Sinners
Francine Maisler

Cinematography

Frankenstein
Dan Laustsen

Marty Supreme
Darius Khondji

One Battle after Another
Michael Bauman

Sinners
Autumn Durald Arkapaw

Train Dreams
Adolpho Veloso

Costume Design

Avatar: Fire and Ash
Deborah L. Scott

Frankenstein
Kate Hawley

Hamnet
Malgosia Turzanska

Marty Supreme
Miyako Bellizzi

Sinners
Ruth E. Carter

Directing

Hamnet
Chloé Zhao

Marty Supreme
Josh Safdie

One Battle after Another
Paul Thomas Anderson

Sentimental Value
Joachim Trier

Sinners
Ryan Coogler

Documentary Feature Film

The Alabama Solution
Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman

Come See Me in the Good Light
Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro and Stef Willen

Cutting through Rocks
Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni

Mr. Nobody against Putin
Nominees to be determined

The Perfect Neighbor
Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee

Documentary Short Film

All the Empty Rooms
Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones

Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
Craig Renaud and Juan Arredondo

Children No More: "Were and Are Gone"
Hilla Medalia and Sheila Nevins

The Devil Is Busy
Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir

Perfectly a Strangeness
Alison McAlpine

Film Editing

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

International Feature Film

Brazil
The Secret Agent

France
It Was Just an Accident

Norway
Sentimental Value

Spain
Sirāt

Tunisia
The Voice of Hind Rajab

Live Action Short Film

Butcher's Stain
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
Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt

Two People Exchanging Saliva
Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata

Makeup and Hairstyling

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

Music (Original Score)

Bugonia
Jerskin Fendrix

Frankenstein
Alexandre Desplat

Hamnet
Max Richter

One Battle after Another
Jonny Greenwood

Sinners
Ludwig Goransson

Music (Original Song)

"Dear Me"
from Diane Warren: Relentless
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

"Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters
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
Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson

"Sweet Dreams Of Joy" from Viva Verdi!
Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike

"Train Dreams" from Train Dreams
Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; Lyric by Nick Cave

Production Design

Frankenstein
Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau

Hamnet
Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton

Marty Supreme
Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis

One Battle after Another
Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino

Sinners
Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne

Sound

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

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

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Bugonia
Screenplay by Will Tracy

Frankenstein
Written for the Screen by Guillermo del Toro

Hamnet
Screenplay by Chloé Zhao & Maggie O'Farrell

One Battle after Another
Written by Paul Thomas Anderson

Train Dreams
Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Blue Moon
Written by Robert Kaplow

It Was Just an Accident
Written by Jafar Panahi; Script collaborators - Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian

Marty Supreme
Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie

Sentimental Value
Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier

Sinners
Written by Ryan Coogler

Best Picture

Bugonia
Producers: Ed Guiney & Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, and Lars Knudsen

F1
Producers: Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski, and Jerry Bruckheimer

Frankenstein
Producers: Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale, and Scott Stuber

Hamnet
Producers: Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg, and Sam Mendes

Marty Supreme
Producers: Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas, and Timothée Chalamet

One Battle after Another
Producers: Adam Somner, Sara Murphy, and Paul Thomas Anderson

The Secret Agent
Producer: Emilie Lesclaux

Sentimental Value
Producers: Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar

Sinners
Producers: Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, and Ryan Coogler

Train Dreams
Producers: Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer, and Michael Heimler
 
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