We knew Sinners was a monumental achievement in filmmaking, but now it’s got the Oscar nominations to back that up. But that’s not the only notable moment from the 98th Academy Awards nomination morning.
Covering the last year in film, the Oscars 2026 are giving love to quite a few of the fan favorites of the year, while also snubbing some presumed shoo-ins. One Battle After Another held its own against Sinners and its 16 noms, landing 13 of its own. Chase Infiniti was thought to be a lock for this year’s Best Actress race, but it’s widely considered that Kate Hudson’s nomination for Song Sung Blue nabbed that spot. Another notable miss this year comes from Wicked: For Good, shut out of this year’s nominations after landing 10 just last year; Ariana Grande for Supporting Actress and Best Song, long considered a lock, but nothing materialized.
Back to Sinners, Michael B. Jordan landed the Best Actor nomination many believe he’d get, but actor Delroy Lindo is the biggest surprise of the day as he’s now contending for Best Supporting Actor. Missing from the Supporting Actor race is Hamnet‘s Paul Mescal, who many believe to be the anchor of that film. Hamnet still landed major recognition, as director Chloe Zhao landed a nomination, and Jesse Buckley is still likely to take home Best Actress on the big night.
K-Pop Demon Hunters continues its race to Best Animated Feature, but without Wicked in the mix, is it a lock for Best Original Song as well? Only time will tell, but the Academy Awards are just around the corner, so the wait won’t be too long. Check out the full list of nominations below…
Best Picture
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams
Performance 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 Agent
Performance 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 Value
Performance 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, Bugonia
Performance 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 Another
Best Animated Feature Film
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2
Best Animated Short Film
Butterfly
Forevergreen
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters
Achievement in cinematography
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams
Achievement in costume design
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Achievement in directing
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Best Documentary Feature Film
The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor
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
Achievement in film editing
F1
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Best International Feature Film
The Secret Agent, Brazil
It Was Just an Accident, France
Sentimental Value, Norway
Sirāt, Spain
The Voice of Hind Rajab, Tunisia
Achievement in casting
Hamnet, Nina Gold
Marty Supreme, Jennifer Venditti
One Battle after Another, Cassandra Kulukundis
The Secret Agent, Gabriel Domingues
Sinners, Francine Maisler
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
Frankenstein, Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey
Kokuho, Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino, and Tadashi Nishimatsu
Sinners, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontain,e and Shunika Terry
The Smashing Machine, Kazu Hiro, Glen Griff,in and Bjoern Rehbein
The Ugly Stepsister, Thomas Foldb,erg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg
Original Score
Bugonia, Jerskin Fendrix
Frankenstein, Alexandre Desplat
Hamnet, Max Richter
One Battle after Another, Jonny Greenwood
Sinners, Ludwig Goransson
Original Song
“Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless; music and lyrics by Diane Warren
“Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters; music and lyrics by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo,n and Teddy Park
“I Lied to You” from Sinners; music and lyrics by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson
“Sweet Dreams of Joy” from Viva Verdi!; music and lyrics by Nicholas Pike
“Train Dreams” from Train Dreams; music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; lyrics by Nick Cave
Achievement in production design
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Best Live Action Short Film
Butcher’s Stain
A Friend of Dorothy
Jane Austen’s Period Drama
The Singers
Two People Exchanging Saliva
Achievement in sound
F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirāt
Achievement in visual effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Jurassic World Rebirth
The Lost Bus
Sinners
Writing (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 Kwedar
Writing (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
