Oscars 2026: Full list of nominees

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners have emerged as the strongest contenders at the 98th Academy Awards, leading nominations across major acting, directing and technical categories.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled the 2026 nominees on Thursday. The event is set to hold on March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, with Conan O’Brien returning as host.

Below is the full list of nominees across all 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)

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)

Writing and Storytelling

Original Screenplay
• Robert Kaplow (Blue Moon)
• Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident)
• Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)
• Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
• Ryan Coogler (Sinners)

Adapted Screenplay
• Will Tracy (Bugonia)
• Guillermo del Toro (Frankenstein)
• Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell (Hamnet)
• Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
• Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar (Train Dreams)

Animation, Documentary and International Cinema

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

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

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

Technical and Creative Categories

Film Editing
• Stephen Mirrione (F1: The Movie)
• Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)
• Andy Jurgensen (One Battle After Another)
• Olivier Bugge Coutté (Sentimental Value)
• Michael P. Shawver (Sinners)

Cinematography
• Dan Laustsen (Frankenstein)
• Darius Khondji (Marty Supreme)
• Michael Bauman (One Battle After Another)
• Autumn Durald Arkapaw (Sinners)
• Adolpho Veloso (Train Dreams)

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

Casting
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• The Secret Agent
• Sinners

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

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

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

Sound
• F1: The Movie
• Frankenstein
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Sirāt

Makeup and Hairstyling
• Frankenstein
• Kokuho
• Sinners
• The Smashing Machine
• The Ugly Stepsister

Music and Short Films

Original 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 Göransson
• 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 Cave

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

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

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