Lewis Pullman and Danielle Brooks announced the 2026 Oscar nominees early Thursday morning in Beverly Hills, Calif. The 98th Academy Awards ceremony will be held on March 15.(Kevin Winter / Getty Images)Updated January 22, 2026 at 10:32 AM EST Nominations for the 2026 Oscars are out, with Sinners le ading the pack with a record 16 nominations for an individual movie. Star Michael B. Jordan, who played twins Smoke and Stack in the horror film set in 1930s Mississippi, was nominated for his first time. The film also garnered nods for best picture, best original screenplay, best directing and more. First-time acting nominees this year also include Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein), Delroy Lindo and Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners), Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another), and much of the cast of the Norwegian drama Sentimental Value, including Elle Fanning, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Renate Reinsve and Stellan Skarsgård.One Battle After Another follows Sinners with 13 nods, including for best picture and a best actor nomination for Leonardo DiCaprio. Timothée Chalamet, the star of frenetic table tennis story Marty Supreme, was nominated for best actor for his second year in a row. Last year, he got a nod for A Complete Unknown.   The Oscars will be hosted by Conan O'Brien on Sunday, March 15 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, airing on ABC and streaming on Hulu.Best pictureBugonia F1 Frankenstein Hamnet Marty Supreme One Battle After Another The Secret Agent Sentimental Value Sinners Train DreamsPerformance by an 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 AgentPerformance by an 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 ValuePerformance by an 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, BugoniaPerformance by an 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 AnotherBest animated feature filmArco Elio KPop Demon Hunters Little Amélie or the Character of Rain Zootopia 2Best animated short filmButterfly Forevergreen The Girl Who Cried Pearls Retirement Plan The Three SistersAchievement in cinematographyFrankenstein Marty Supreme One Battle After Another Sinners Train DreamsAchievement in costume designAvatar: Fire and Ash Frankenstein Hamnet Marty Supreme SinnersAchievement in directing Chloé Zhao, Hamnet Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value Ryan Coogler, SinnersBest documentary feature filmThe Alabama Solution Come See Me in the Good Light Cutting Through Rocks Mr. Nobody Against Putin The Perfect NeighborBest documentary short filmAll 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 StrangenessAchievement in film editingF1 Marty Supreme One Battle After Another Sentimental Value SinnersBest international feature filmThe Secret Agent, Brazil It Was Just an Accident, France Sentimental Value, Norway Sirāt, Spain The Voice of Hind Rajab, TunisiaAchievement in castingHamnet, Nina Gold Marty Supreme, Jennifer Venditti One Battle after Another, Cassandra Kulukundis The Secret Agent, Gabriel Domingues Sinners, Francine MaislerAchievement in makeup and hairstylingFrankenstein, Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey Kokuho, Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu Sinners, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry The Smashing Machine, Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein The Ugly Stepsister, Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine SauerbergOriginal ScoreBugonia, Jerskin Fendrix Frankenstein, Alexandre Desplat Hamnet, Max Richter One Battle after Another, Jonny Greenwood Sinners, Ludwig GoranssonOriginal Song "Dear Me" from Diane Warren: Relentless; music and lyric by Diane Warren "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters; music and lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon and Teddy Park "I Lied to You" from Sinners; music and lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson "Sweet Dreams of Joy" from Viva Verdi!; music and lyric by Nicholas Pike "Train Dreams" from Train Dreams; music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; lyric by Nick CaveAchievement in production designFrankenstein Hamnet Marty Supreme One Battle After Another SinnersBest live action short filmButcher's Stain A Friend of Dorothy Jane Austen's Period Drama The Singers Two People Exchanging SalivaAchievement in soundF1 Frankenstein One Battle After Another Sinners SirātAchievement in visual effectsAvatar: Fire and Ash F1 Jurassic World Rebirth The Lost Bus SinnersWriting (Adapted Screenplay)Bugonia, screenplay by Will Tracy Frankenstein, written for the screen by Guillermo del Toro Hamnet, screenplay by Chloé Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell One Battle after Another, written by Paul Thomas Anderson Train Dreams, screenplay by Clint Bentley Greg KwedarWriting (Original Screenplay)Blue Moon, written by Robert Kaplow It Was Just an Accident, written by Jafar Panahi; script collaborators: Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian Marty Supreme, written by Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie Sentimental Value, written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier Sinners, written by Ryan Coogler Copyright 2026 NPR ...read more read less