The 2026 Oscar nominations were revealed Thursday, January 22nd, and the nominees included a lot of recognition for Warner Bros.’s Sinners and One Battle After Another. The actors nominated for their performances in 2025 films include Timothée Chalamet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael B. Jordan, Emma Stone, Jessie Buckley, Wagner Moura, Rose Byrne, Benicio del Toro, and Jacob Elordi. Additionally, KPop Demon Hunters picked up its expected nominations for Best Song and Animated Film, and Nick Cave was recognized for his original song for Train Dreams.
Sinners broke the record for most nominations for a single film, receiving 16 and breaking the record of 14 long since held by All About Eve, Titanic, and La La Land. Making a surprising showing was Joseph Kosinski’s F1, receiving a Best Picture nomination as well as technical recognition for sound, visual effects, and editing. Brazil’s The Secret Agent and Norway’s Sentimental Value were also recognized both in the Best Picture and International Film categories, proving the Academy’s increased embrace of foreign films. There’s a lot of diversity amongst this year’s nominees, as well as a lot of recognition for movies featured on Consequence’s Best Movies of 2025 list.
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One fun twist for this year: In 2025, following the 97th Academy Awards, AMPAS announced a new rule that in order to participate in the final voting, Academy members must watch all the nominated movies in each category. Which means getting to imagine folks like Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise sitting through all of the below nominees before casting their votes.
The 2026 Academy Awards are set to take place on Sunday, March 15th, 2026 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Conan O’Brien returns as host.
Best Picture
Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams
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
Directing
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Animated Feature Film
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2
Animated Short Film
Butterfly
Forevergreen
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters
Casting
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sinners
Cinematography
Dan Laustsen, Frankenstein
Darius Khondji, Marty Supreme
Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another
Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners
Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams
Costume Design
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
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
Stephen Mirrione, F1
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another
Olivier Bugge Coutté, Sentimental Value
Michael P. Shawver, Sinners
International Feature Film
The Secret Agent
It Was Just an Accident
Sentimental Value
Sirat
The Voice of Hind Rajab
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
Music (Original Score)
Jerskin Fendrix, Bugonia
Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein
Max Richter, Hamnet
Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another
Ludwig Goransson, Sinners
Music (Original Song)
“Dear Me,” Diane Warren: Relentless — Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“Golden,” 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,” Sinners — Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson
“Sweet Dreams of Joy,” Viva Verdi! — Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike
“Train Dreams,” Train Dreams — Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner, Lyric by Nick Cave
Production Design
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sound
F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirat
Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Jurassic World Rebirth
The Lost Bus
Sinners
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Will Tracy, Bugonia
Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein
Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell, Hamnet
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar, Train Dreams
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Robert Kaplow, Blue Moon
Jafar Panahi (in collaboration with Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian), It Was Just an Accident
Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
