The nominees for the 2026 Academy Awards were announced Thursday morning, and Sinners received a record 16 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture.

Director Ryan Coogler’s supernatural thriller starring Michael B. Jordan and Wunmi Mosaku surpassed the previous 14-nomination mark set by All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land. Coogler, Jordan and Mosaku were each nominated in their respective directing, writing and acting categories.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another received 13 nods, including four for actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Benicio Del Toro and Sean Penn, as well as Best Picture.

The other nominees for Best Picture were Bugonia, F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value and Train Dreams.

Nominees in the newly added Casting category were Sinners, One Battle After Another, Hamnet, Marty Supreme and The Secret Agent.

Jon M. Chu’s Wicked: For Good, the sequel to 2024’s Wicked, did not receive a single Oscar nomination. The original film received 10 nods, winning two.

Another big-budget franchise film, James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash, received just two Oscar nominations. The original Avatar received nine Oscar nods, winning three; the follow-up, Avatar: The Way of Water, earned four nominations, winning one.

There were other snubs and surprises too.

Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein earned nine Oscar nominations, but del Toro did not receive one for directing.

Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value also received nine Oscar nominations, the most for any Norwegian film. But it was not nominated in the Casting category, despite four of its actors getting nods.

Timothée Chalamet became the youngest actor since Marlon Brando to receive three best-actor Oscar nominations. The Marty Supreme star, who turned 30 last month, was nominated for best actor alongside Jordan, DiCaprio, Ethan Hawk (Blue Moon) and Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent). Brando won his first Oscar in 1955, when he was 31. Chalamet has yet to win one.

Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue) received the second Oscar nomination of her career and first since 2001, when she was recognized for her breakout turn in Almost Famous.

Taylor, who received her first Oscar nomination, for her supporting role in One Battle After Another, said she was “humbled” by the recognition. “To be an Academy Award nominee is beyond anything I ever allowed myself to fully believe was possible,” Taylor said in a statement. “My career has been filled with battles, doubts, and moments of deep uncertainty. It has felt like one long fight for space, for respect, and for opportunity.”

She added: “Today feels like a soft, beautiful ‘yes’ from the universe.”

The 98th Academy Awards ceremony will be held on March 15 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and broadcast live at 7 p.m. ET on ABC. Conan O’Brien returns as host for the second consecutive year.

And the 2026 Oscar nominees are…

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

Makeup and Hairstyling

• Frankenstein

• Kokuho

• Sinners

• The Smashing Machine

• The Ugly Stepsister

Music (Original Score)

• Bugonia

• Frankenstein

• Hamnet

• One Battle After Another

• Sinners

Live Action Short Film

• Butcher’s Stain

• A Friend of Dorothy

• Jane Austen’s Period Drama

• The Singers

• Two People Exchanging Saliva

Animated Short Film

• Butterfly

• Forevergreen

• The Girl Who Cried Pearls

• Retirement Plan

• The Three Sisters

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• Bugonia

• Frankenstein

• Hamnet

• One Battle After Another

• Train Dreams

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• Blue Moon

• It Was Just an Accident

• Marty Supreme

• Sentimental Value

• Sinners

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

Casting

• Hamnet

• Marty Supreme

• One Battle After Another

• The Secret Agent

• Sinners

Costume Design

• Avatar: Fire and Ash

• Frankenstein

• Hamnet

• Marty Supreme

• Sinners

Music (Original Song)

• “Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless

• “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters

• “I Lied to You” from Sinners

• “Sweet Dreams of Joy” from Viva Verdi!

• “Train Dreams” from Train Dreams

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

International Feature Film

• The Secret Agent, Brazil

• It Was Just an Accident, France

• Sentimental Value, Norway

• Sirāt, Spain

• The Voice of Hind Rajab, Tunisia

Animated Feature Film

• Arco

•Elio

• KPop Demon Hunters

• Little Amélie or The Character of Rain

• Zootopia 2

Production Design

• Frankenstein

• Hamnet

• Marty Supreme

• One Battle After Another

• Sinners

Film Editing

• F1

• Marty Supreme

• One Battle After Another

• Sentimental Value

• Sinners

Sound

• F1

• Frankenstein

• One Battle After Another

• Sinners

• Sirāt

Visual Effects

• Avatar: Fire and Ash

• F1

• Jurassic World Rebirth

• The Lost Bus

• Sinners

Cinematography

• Frankenstein

• Marty Supreme

• One Battle After Another

• 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

Directing

• Chloé Zhao, Hamnet

• Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

• Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another

• Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value

• Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Best Picture

• Bugonia

• F1

• Frankenstein

• Hamnet

• Marty Supreme

• One Battle After Another

• The Secret Agent

• Sentimental Value

• Sinners

• Train Dreams

(Yahoo Entertainment)

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