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Lewis Pullman and Danielle Brooks announced the 2026 Oscar nominees early Thursday morning in Beverly Hills, Calif. The 98th Academy Awards ceremony will be held on March 15. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Winter/Getty Images Nominations for the 2026 Oscars are out, with Sinners leading the pack with a record 16 nominations for an individual movie. Star Michael B. Jordan, who played twins Smoke and Stack in the horror film set in 1930s Mississippi, was nominated for his first time. The film also garnered nods for best picture, best original screenplay, best directing and more. First-time acting nominees this year also include Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein), Delroy Lindo and Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners), Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another), and much of the cast of the Norwegian drama Sentimental Value, including Elle Fanning, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Renate Reinsve and Stellan Skarsgård. One Battle After Another follows Sinners with 13 nods, including for best picture and a best actor nomination for Leonardo DiCaprio. Timothée Chalamet, the star of frenetic table tennis story Marty Supreme, was nominated for best actor for his second year in a row. Last year, he got a nod for A Complete Unknown.  The Oscars will be hosted by Conan O'Brien on Sunday, March 15 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, airing on ABC and streaming on Hulu. You can read our takeaways here, or scroll down for the full list of nominations. Best picture BugoniaF1FrankensteinHamnetMarty SupremeOne Battle After AnotherThe Secret AgentSentimental ValueSinnersTrain Dreams Performance by an actor in a leading role Timothée Chalamet, Marty SupremeLeonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After AnotherEthan Hawke, Blue MoonMichael B. Jordan, SinnersWagner Moura, The Secret Agent Performance by an actor in a supporting role Benicio del Toro, One Battle After AnotherJacob Elordi, FrankensteinDelroy Lindo, SinnersSean Penn, One Battle After AnotherStellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value Performance by an actress in a leading role Jessie Buckley, HamnetRose Byrne, If I Had Legs I'd Kick YouKate Hudson, Song Sung BlueRenate Reinsve, Sentimental ValueEmma Stone, Bugonia Performance by an actress in a supporting role Elle Fanning, Sentimental ValueInga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental ValueAmy Madigan, WeaponsWunmi Mosaku, SinnersTeyana Taylor, One Battle After Another Best animated feature film ArcoElioKPop Demon HuntersLittle Amélie or the Character of RainZootopia 2 Best animated short film ButterflyForevergreenThe Girl Who Cried PearlsRetirement PlanThe Three Sisters Achievement in cinematography FrankensteinMarty SupremeOne Battle After AnotherSinnersTrain Dreams Achievement in costume design Avatar: Fire and AshFrankensteinHamnetMarty SupremeSinners Achievement in directing Chloé Zhao, HamnetJosh Safdie, Marty SupremePaul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After AnotherJoachim Trier, Sentimental ValueRyan Coogler, Sinners Best documentary feature film The Alabama SolutionCome See Me in the Good LightCutting Through RocksMr. Nobody Against PutinThe Perfect Neighbor Best documentary short film All the Empty RoomsArmed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent RenaudChildren No More: Were and Are GoneThe Devil Is BusyPerfectly a Strangeness Achievement in film editing F1Marty SupremeOne Battle After AnotherSentimental ValueSinners Best international feature film The Secret Agent, BrazilIt Was Just an Accident, FranceSentimental Value, NorwaySirāt, SpainThe Voice of Hind Rajab, Tunisia Achievement in casting Hamnet, Nina GoldMarty Supreme, Jennifer VendittiOne Battle after Another, Cassandra KulukundisThe Secret Agent, Gabriel DominguesSinners, Francine Maisler Achievement in makeup and hairstyling Frankenstein, Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona FureyKokuho, Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi NishimatsuSinners, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika TerryThe Smashing Machine, Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern RehbeinThe Ugly Stepsister, Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg Original Score Bugonia, Jerskin FendrixFrankenstein, Alexandre DesplatHamnet, Max RichterOne Battle after Another, Jonny GreenwoodSinners, Ludwig Goransson 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 Achievement in production design FrankensteinHamnetMarty SupremeOne Battle After AnotherSinners Best live action short film Butcher's StainA Friend of DorothyJane Austen's Period DramaThe SingersTwo People Exchanging Saliva Achievement in sound F1FrankensteinOne Battle After AnotherSinnersSirāt Achievement in visual effects Avatar: Fire and AshF1Jurassic World RebirthThe Lost BusSinners Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Bugonia, screenplay by Will TracyFrankenstein, written for the screen by Guillermo del ToroHamnet, screenplay by Chloé Zhao and Maggie O'FarrellOne Battle after Another, written by Paul Thomas AndersonTrain Dreams, screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar Writing (Original Screenplay) Blue Moon, written by Robert KaplowIt Was Just an Accident, written by Jafar Panahi; script collaborators: Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi MahmoudianMarty Supreme, written by Ronald Bronstein and Josh SafdieSentimental Value, written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim TrierSinners, written by Ryan Coogler
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