Thursday, January 22, 2026

The 2026 Oscar Nominations For The 98th Academy Awards

Today is the day! The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has announced their nominations for the 98th Academy Awards to be held on March 15th, 2026. As always, there were surprises, shocks and snubs. We’ll have a video of our live reactions posted to our Patreon today, write ups on the nominations posted later today and updated winner prediction pages completed for you all shortly. Here are this year’s nominees…

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 Supporting Actress
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – “Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan – “Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku – “Sinners
Teyana Taylor – “One Battle After Another
Elle Fanning – “Sentimental Value

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 Adapted Screenplay
Bugonia” – Will Tracy
Frankenstein” – Guillermo Del Toro
Hamnet” – Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao
One Battle After Another” – Paul Thomas Anderson
Train Dreams” – Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar

Best Original Screenplay
Blue Moon” – Robert Kaplow
It Was Just an Accident” – Jafar Panahi, Nader Saeivar, Shadmehr Rastin & Mehdi Mahmoudian
Marty Supreme” – Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
Sentimental Value” – Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt
Sinners” – Ryan Coogler

Best Animated Feature
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or The Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

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

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

Best Casting
Gabriel Domingues – “The Secret Agent
Nina Gold – “Hamnet
Cassandra Kulukundis – “One Battle After Another
Francine Maisler – “Sinners
Jennifer Venditti – “Marty Supreme

Best Cinematography
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams

Best Costume Design
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners

Best Film Editing
F1
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Best Make-Up & Hairstyling
Frankenstein
Kokuho
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
The Ugly Stepsister

Best Production Design
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Best Original Score
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Best Original Song
“Dear Me” – “Diane Warren: Relentless
“Golden” – “KPop Demon Hunters
“I Lied to You” – “Sinners
“Sweet Dreams of Joy” – “Viva Verdi!
“Train Dreams” – “Train Dreams

Best Sound
F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirāt

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

Best Animated Short Film
Butterfly
Forevergreen
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters

Best 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

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

What do you think of the nominations? Please let us know your thoughts on our X account. Click here for more upcoming awards season dates, here for the most recent tally of awards season winners, here for our precursor tracker, and here for our current Oscar predictions.

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Matt Neglia
Matt Negliahttps://nextbestpicture.com/
Obsessed about the Oscars, Criterion Collection and all things film 24/7. Critics Choice Member.

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