Oscars 2026 Nominations Revealed as Sinners Makes History

OSCARS 2026 NOMINEE

Hollywood has officially unveiled the nominations for this year’s Academy Awards, celebrating the most outstanding films, performances, and creatives from the past 12 months. The ceremony will take place on 15 March, hosted by US comedian Conan O’Brien, and it’s already shaping up to be one of the most competitive Oscars in recent memory.

Leading the pack is vampire horror epic Sinners, which has shattered records with 16 nominations, becoming the most-nominated film in Oscar history. The previous record was jointly held by All About Eve, Titanic, and La La Land, making Sinners’ achievement truly historic.

Close behind is One Battle After Another with 13 nominations, while Marty Supreme, Frankenstein, and Sentimental Value all secured nine nods. Hamnet follows closely with eight.

Oscar Nominations – Full List

Best Picture

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

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 Supporting Actress

  • Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
  • Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
  • Amy Madigan – Weapons
  • Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
  • Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

Best Supporting Actor

  • Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
  • Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
  • Delroy Lindo – Sinners
  • Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
  • Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value

Best Director

  • Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
  • Ryan Coogler – Sinners
  • Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
  • Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
  • Chloé Zhao – Hamnet

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Bugonia
  • Frankenstein
  • Hamnet
  • One Battle After Another
  • Train Dreams

Best Original Screenplay

  • Blue Moon
  • It Was Just an Accident
  • Marty Supreme
  • Sentimental Value
  • Sinners

Best Original Song

  • “Dear Me” – Diane Warren: Relentless
  • “Golden” – KPop Demon Hunters
  • “I Lied to You” – Sinners
  • “Sweet Dreams of Joy” – Viva Verdi!
  • “Train Dreams” – Train Dreams

Best Original Score

  • Bugonia
  • Frankenstein
  • Hamnet
  • One Battle After Another
  • Sinners

Best International Feature

  • It Was Just an Accident
  • Sentimental Value
  • Sirât
  • The Secret Agent
  • The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best Animated Feature

  • Arco
  • Elio
  • KPop Demon Hunters
  • Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
  • Zootopia 2

Best Documentary Feature

  • Come See Me in the Good Light
  • Cutting Through the Rocks
  • Mr. Nobody Against Putin
  • The Alabama Solution
  • The Perfect Neighbor

Best Costume Design

  • Avatar: Fire and Ash
  • Frankenstein
  • Hamnet
  • Marty Supreme
  • Sinners

Best Make-Up & Hairstyling

  • Frankenstein
  • Kokuho
  • Sinners
  • The Smashing Machine
  • The Ugly Stepsister

Best Production Design

  • Frankenstein
  • Hamnet
  • Marty Supreme
  • One Battle After Another
  • Sinners

Best Sound

  • Frankenstein
  • F1
  • One Battle After Another
  • Sinners
  • Sirât

Best Film Editing

  • F1
  • Marty Supreme
  • One Battle After Another
  • Sentimental Value
  • Sinners

Best Cinematography

  • Frankenstein
  • Marty Supreme
  • One Battle After Another
  • Sinners
  • Train Dreams

Best Visual Effects

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

Best Live-Action Short

  • A Friend of Dorothy
  • Butcher’s Stain
  • Jane Austen’s Period Drama
  • The Singers
  • Two People Exchanging Saliva

Best Animated Short

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

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 Casting

  • Hamnet
  • Marty Supreme
  • One Battle After Another
  • Sinners
  • The Secret Agent

A Landmark Year for Cinema

From genre-defying horror to sweeping dramas and literary adaptations, the 2025 Oscar nominations reflect a year where bold storytelling and creative risk-taking paid off. With records broken and careers potentially defined, all eyes now turn to March to see which films will take home cinema’s highest honour.

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