2026 Oscar Nominations: Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners' Leads the Pack With 16 Nods

The nominations for the 2026 Academy Awards have officially been announced by actors Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman, setting the stage for what promises to be a compelling ceremony.

Ryan Coogler’s Sinners has emerged as a frontrunner, securing an impressive 16 nominations, including Best Picture. The film will be competing against other notable contenders such as Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, Bugonia, Sentimental Value, and Hamnet.

While Sinners leads the charge, other films have also garnered significant recognition. However, some notable omissions include Daniel Lopatin’s score for Marty Supreme and Wicked: For Good, which received no nominations despite having tracks shortlisted for Best Original Song.

The awards ceremony, hosted by Conan O’Brien, is scheduled for March 15 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

Last year's ceremony saw Sean Baker’s film Anora take home five awards, including Best Picture, while Daniel Blumberg won Best Original Score for The Brutalist. The Best Original Song was awarded to “El Mal” from Emilia Perez.

Here's a comprehensive list of the 2026 nominations:

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

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)
Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
Chloé Zhao (Hamnet)

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 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 Cinematography
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams

Best Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Jurassic World Rebirth
The Lost Bus
Sinners

Best Sound
F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirāt

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 Animated Feature

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

Best International Feature
The Secret Agent (Brazil)
It Was Just an Accident (France)
Sentimental Value (Norway)
Sirāt (Spain)
The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)

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

Best Original Song
Huntr/x, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami: “Golden” (KPop Demon Hunters)
Diane Warren: “Dear Me” (Diane Warren: Relentless)
Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson: “I Lied to You” (Sinners)
Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner: “Train Dreams” (Train Dreams)
Nicholas Pike: “Sweet Dreams of Joy” (Viva Verdi!)

Best Costume Design
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Sinners

Best Casting
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
The Secret Agent
Sinners

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 Hair and Makeup
Frankenstein
Kokuho
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
The Ugly Stepsister

Best Original Score
Jerskin Fendrix (Bugonia)
Alexandre Desplat (Frankenstein)
Max Richter (Hamnet)
Jonny Greenwood (One Battle After ­Another)
Ludwig Göransson (Sinners)

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

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

Animated Short
Butterfly
Forever Green
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters
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