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By Pema Bakshi

Introducing Your 2026 Oscar Nominees…

This year's contenders have already made Hollywood history.
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2026 Oscar nominations / Image: ‘One Battle After Another’

The 2026 Oscar nominations are here, bringing closer this awards season’s most anticipated moment. Overnight, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled its selections, which included some snubs, surprises, and new historic records.

Set to take place on March 15 and hosted by Conan O’Brien, the ceremony will recognise a year of highly varied films. From action spectacles to subtle, introspective journeys.

Leading the charge is Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, which stormed the ballot with a staggering 16 nominations—more than any other film ever. The gothic epic has officially eclipsed All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land, making it a part of Hollywood history before any statues have been handed out.

Not far behind, Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another secured 13 nominations, cementing its status as the season’s heavyweight. Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme, Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein and Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value followed with nine nominations each, while Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet racked up eight.

2026 Oscar nominations / Image: ‘Sinners’

In the acting categories, Jessie Buckley (Hamnet) and Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value) offer two very different studies in compelling emotional range, while Emma Stone’s Bugonia performance didn’t go ignored. On the male front, Timothée Chalamet’s ferociously competitive ping-pong prodigy (Marty Supreme) sits alongside Leonardo DiCaprio’s acid-tongued revolutionist in One Battle After Another and Michael B. Jordan’s commanding dual roles in Sinners.

Supporting roles proved just as competitive. Jacob Elordi’s brooding Creature in Frankenstein continues his awards-season ascent, as well as Teyana Taylor‘s captivating turn in One Battle After Another, while Wunmi Mosaku’s recognition for Sinners lands as a long-overdue moment.

For the full list of nominations, read on.

2026 Oscar nominations

Best picture

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

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 actress

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

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 director

  • Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
  • Ryan Coogler – Sinners
  • Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
  • Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
  • Chloé Zhao – Hamnet

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

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 original score

  • Bugonia
  • Frankenstein
  • Hamnet
  • One Battle After Another
  • Sinners

Best international feature

  • It Was Just an Accident
  • Sentimental Value
  • Sirât
  • The Secret Agent
  • The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best animated feature

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

Best documentary feature

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

Best costume design

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

Best make-up and hairstyling

  • Frankenstein
  • Kokuho
  • Sinners
  • The Smashing Machine
  • The Ugly Stepsister

Best production design

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

Best sound

  • Frankenstein
  • F1
  • One Battle After Another
  • Sinners
  • Sirât

Best film editing

  • F1
  • Marty Supreme
  • One Battle After Another
  • Sentimental Value
  • Sinners

Best cinematography

  • Frankenstein
  • Marty Supreme
  • One Battle After Another
  • Sinners
  • Train Dreams

Best visual effects

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

Best live action short

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

Best animated short

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

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 casting

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

This story first appeared on GRAZIA International.

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