The 98th Academy Award nominations were announced on January 22 at 13:30 GMT, with The Color Purplestar Danielle Brooks and Top Gun: Maverickactor Lewis Pullman revealing contenders across all 23 Oscar categories.
Leading the 2026 Oscars is Sinners, which scored a record-breaking 16 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. The film’s dominance represents a watershed moment for the horror genre, long marginalised by the Academy. That resistance began to crack last year when Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance secured nominations for Best Picture and Best Actress for Demi Moore. That breakthrough paved the way for Sinners, as Ryan Coogler’s audacious blend of vampires, blues music and Southern gothic storytelling surged ahead of the competition.
Close behind is One Battle After Anotherwith 13 nominations, while Frankenstein, Marty Supreme and Sentimental Value each earned nine. All five films are nominated for Best Picture, alongside Bugonia, F1, Hamnet, The Secret AgentandTrain Dreams, making for one of the most eclectic Best Picture line-ups in recent Oscar history.
Among the studios, Warner Bros. emerged as the clear leader, collecting 30 nominations overall, bolstered by the success of Sinners and One Battle After Another. Neon followed with 18 nominations, driven largely by The Secret Agentand Sentimental Value, while Netflix secured 16 nods, including recognition for Frankenstein and Train Dreams.
The nominations were not without controversy. Wicked: For Good was notably shut out, despite the strong performance of its predecessor at last year’s ceremony. Paul Mescal was also absent from the acting lineup, missing a nomination for his turn as William Shakespeare in Hamnet.
There were, however, several unexpected bright spots. Kate Hudson landed a surprise nomination for her performance in Blue Song Song, while Delroy Lindo earned his first-ever Oscar nomination for Sinners, marking a long-overdue moment of recognition in a career spanning more than five decades. Lindo is one of several first-time nominees this year, including his Sinners co-star Michael B. Jordan, who received his first Best Actor nomination for playing twin brothers Stag and Smoke.
Shifting from vampires to stitched-together monsters, Critics Choice Award winner Jacob Elordi also picked up his first Oscar nomination, recognised for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of the misunderstood creature in Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein.
Also celebrating a standout awards season is Best Supporting Actress nominee Teyana Taylor, who makes a lasting impact with just 20 minutes of screen time in One Battle After Another. Her Oscar nod follows her emotional Golden Globe win earlier this year.
Here are the full list:
Best Picture
Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams
Best Director
Chloe Zhao – Hamnet
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
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 actor
Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo – Sinners
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgaard – Sentimental Value
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 original screenplay
Blue Moon
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Best adapted screenplay
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Train Dreams
Best animated feature
Arco
Elio
K-Pop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie of the Character of Rain
Zootropolis 2
Best international film
The Secret Agent
It Was Just an Accident
Sentimental Value
Sirat
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Best original score
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Best original song
Dear Me from Diane Warren: Relentless
Golden from K-Pop Demon Hunters
I Lied to You from Sinners
Sweet Dreams of Joy from Viva Verdi!
Train Dreams from Train Dreams
Best costume design
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Best cinematography
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams
Best documentary feature
The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
Mr Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbour
Best editing
F1
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Best production design
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Best makeup and hairstyling
Frankenstein
Kokuho
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
The Ugly Stepsister
Best sound
F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirat
Best visual effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Jurassic World: Rebirth
The Lost Bus
Sinners
