Oscars nominations revealed: see the full list of nominees and biggest snubs

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The Academy revealed its 2026 Oscar nominees, and one film towered above the rest. Sinners leads the pack with a record 16 nominations, grabbing attention across major and technical categories.

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Sinners: 16 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director.

One Battle After Another: 13 noms and multiple top-category placements.

Frankenstein, Marty Supreme, and Sentimental Value: nine nominations each.

Studios with the largest tallies were: Warner Bros. with 30 noms, Neon with 18, and Netflix with 16.

New casting award and stricter viewing rules from the Academy

The Oscars introduced a new prize this year for Best Casting. It is the first new category added since 2002.

A shortlist of ten films was pared down after casting directors held a “bake-off.” Films that earned casting nods include Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent and Sinners.

The Academy also tightened voting rules. Members must confirm how and when they watched films. Viewings are tracked through the members-only Screening Room app or via a viewing log for festival and screening attendance.

Hosts, broadcast details and notable surprises

Conan O’Brien returns as host for the second straight year. The ceremony will air live on ABC and stream on Hulu. The broadcast is set for Sunday, March 15, beginning at 4 p.m. PT from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

Among the surprises: Delroy Lindo and Kate Hudson scored nominations. By contrast, Wicked: For Good received no nominations.

Standout nominees in directing and acting categories

Best Director: Chloé 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).

Full nominations: every category

Best Picture

Bugonia (Focus Features); Producers: Ed Guiney & Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Lars Knudsen

F1 (Apple); Producers: Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski, Jerry Bruckheimer

Frankenstein (Netflix); Producers: Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale, Scott Stuber

Hamnet (Focus Features); Producers: Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg, Sam Mendes

Marty Supreme (A24); Producers: Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas, Timothée Chalamet

One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.); Producers: Adam Somner, Sara Murphy, Paul Thomas Anderson

The Secret Agent (Neon); Producer: Emilie Lesclaux

Sentimental Value (Neon); Producers: Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar

Sinners (Warner Bros.); Producers: Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler

Train Dreams (Netflix); Producers: Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer, Michael Heimler

Best Director

Chloé 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 Skarsgård — 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 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

Best Original Screenplay

Blue Moon; Written by Robert Kaplow

It Was Just an Accident; Written by Jafar Panahi with 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 Animated Feature

Arco (Neon); Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas, Natalie Portman

Elio (Walt Disney); Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina, Mary Alice Drumm

KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix); Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans, Michelle L.M. Wong

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (GKIDS); Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago, Henri Magalon

Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney); Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino

Best International Feature

Brazil — The Secret Agent

France — It Was Just an Accident

Norway — Sentimental Value

Spain — Sirât

Tunisia — The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best Documentary Feature

The Alabama Solution (HBO Documentary Films); Andrew Jarecki, Charlotte Kaufman

Come See Me in the Good Light (Apple); Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro, Stef Willen

Cutting Through Rocks; Sara Khaki, Mohammadreza Eyni

Mr. Nobody Against Putin (PINK); Nominees to be determined

The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix); Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu, Sam Bisbee

Best Animated Short

Butterfly (Sacrebleu Productions); Florence Miailhe, Ron Dyens

Forevergreen; Nathan Engelhardt, Jeremy Spears

The Girl Who Cried Pearls (National Film Board of Canada); Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski

Retirement Plan; John Kelly, Andrew Freedman

The Three Sisters (Polydont Films/Rymanco Ventures); Konstantin Bronzit

Best Casting

Hamnet (Focus Features); Casting by Nina Gold

Marty Supreme (A24); Casting by Jennifer Venditti

One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.); Casting by Cassandra Kulukundis

The Secret Agent (Neon); Casting by Gabriel Domingues

Sinners (Warner Bros.); Casting by Francine Maisler

Best Cinematography

Frankenstein (Netflix); Dan Laustsen

Marty Supreme (A24); Darius Khondji

One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.); Michael Bauman

Sinners (Warner Bros.); Autumn Durald Arkapaw

Train Dreams (Netflix); Adolpho Veloso

Best Costume Design

Avatar: Fire and Ash (Walt Disney); Deborah L. Scott

Frankenstein (Netflix); Kate Hawley

Hamnet (Focus Features); Malgosia Turzanska

Marty Supreme (A24); Miyako Bellizzi

Sinners (Warner Bros.); Ruth E. Carter

Best Documentary Short

All the Empty Rooms (Netflix); Joshua Seftel, Conall Jones

Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud (HBO); Craig Renaud, Juan Arredondo

Children No More: “Were and Are Gone” (Sky); Hilla Medalia, Sheila Nevins

The Devil Is Busy (HBO); Christalyn Hampton, Geeta Gandbhir

Perfectly a Strangeness (Second Sight Pictures); Alison McAlpine

Best Film Editing

F1 (Apple); Stephen Mirrione

Marty Supreme (A24); Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie

One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.); Andy Jurgensen

Sentimental Value (Neon); Olivier Bugge Coutté

Sinners (Warner Bros.); Michael P. Shawver

Best Live-Action Short

Butcher’s Stain (Tel Aviv University Steve Tisch School of Film and Television); Meyer Levinson-Blount, Oron Caspi

A Friend of Dorothy; Lee Knight, James Dean

Jane Austen’s Period Drama; Julia Aks, Steve Pinder

The Singers (Netflix); Sam A. Davis, Jack Piatt

Two People Exchanging Saliva (Canal+/The New Yorker); Alexandre Singh, Natalie Musteata

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Frankenstein (Netflix); Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey

Kokuho (GKIDS); Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino, Tadashi Nishimatsu

Sinners (Warner Bros.); Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, Shunika Terry

The Smashing Machine (A24); Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin, Bjoern Rehbein

The Ugly Stepsister (Independent Film Company/Shudder); Thomas Foldberg, Anne Cathrine Sauerberg

Best Original Score

Bugonia (Focus Features); Jerskin Fendrix

Frankenstein (Netflix); Alexandre Desplat

Hamnet (Focus Features); Max Richter

One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.); Jonny Greenwood

Sinners (Warner Bros.); Ludwig Göransson

Best Original Song

“Dear Me” — Diane Warren: Relentless; Music & Lyric by Diane Warren

“Golden” — KPop Demon Hunters; Music & Lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon, Teddy Park

“I Lied to You” — Sinners; Music & Lyric by Raphael Saadiq & Ludwig Göransson

“Sweet Dreams of Joy” — Viva Verdi!; Music & Lyric by Nicholas Pike

“Train Dreams” — Train Dreams; Music by Nick Cave & Bryce Dessner; Lyric by Nick Cave

Best Production Design

Frankenstein (Netflix); Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau

Hamnet (Focus Features); Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton

Marty Supreme (A24); Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis

One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.); Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino

Sinners (Warner Bros.); Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne

Best Sound

F1 (Apple); Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta

Frankenstein (Netflix); Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern

One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.); José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflor

Sinners (Warner Bros.); Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker

Sirāt (Neon); Amanda Vil

Best Visual Effects

Avatar: Fire and Ash (Walt Disney); Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett

F1 (Apple); Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington, Keith Dawson

Jurassic World Rebirth (Universal); David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan, Neil Corbould

The Lost Bus (Apple); Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen, Brandon K. McLaughlin

Sinners (Warner Bros.); Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, Donnie Dean

Updated 6:45 a.m.: A prior version of this story misidentified a Best Original Song nominee. The error has been corrected.

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