Oscars 2026: Nominations for the 98th Ceremony

Published by Julie de Sortiraparis, Manon de Sortiraparis · Updated on January 22, 2026 at 07:45 p.m.
The 2026 Academy Awards ceremony will take place overnight from Sunday, March 15th to Monday, March 16th. While we await the full list of winners, here are the nominations to get you started!

The 98th Academy Awards, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, is set to take place in the early hours of Sunday, March 15 to Monday, March 16, 2026, in Los Angeles. The Oscar 2026 nominations, announced on January 22, 2026, highlight the best in global cinema for 2025, spanning blockbuster Hollywood hits and critically acclaimed indie films.

Among the most frequently mentioned titles are Sinners, One Battle After Another, Hamnet, Bugonia, and Sentimental Value. On the acting front, actors and actresses like Timothée Chalamet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Emma Stone, Jessie Buckley, and Michael B. Jordan are competing for top honors in the major categories.

Films, directors, actors and actresses, animation, international cinema, music, and technical categories: explore below the full list of 2026 Oscar nominations, breakdown by category, as we look forward to the reveal of these prestigious awards.

The Oscar Nominations for 2026:

Best Picture

Best actor

  • Timothée ChalametPrime Minister Marty
  • Leonardo DiCaprioOne Battle Too Many
  • Ethan HawkeBlue Moon Rising
  • Michael B. JordanSinners
  • Wagner MouraThe Secret Agent

Best Actress

  • Jessie BuckleyHamnet
  • Rose ByrneIf I Had Legs I’d Kick You
  • Kate HudsonSong Sung Blue
  • Renate ReinsveSentimental Value
  • Emma StoneBugonia

Best Supporting Actor

  • Benicio Del ToroOne Battle After Another
  • Jacob ElordiFrankenstein
  • Delroy LindoSinners
  • Sean PennOne Battle After Another
  • Stellan SkarsgårdSentimental Value

Best Supporting Actress

  • Elle FanningSentimental Value
  • Inga Ibsdotter LilleaasSentimental Value
  • Amy MadiganEvanouis (Weapons)
  • Wunmi MosakuSinners
  • Teyana TaylorOne Battle After Another

Best animated film

Best International Film

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

Best Original Music

  • Dear MeDiane Warren: Relentless
  • GoldenKPop Demon Hunters
  • I Lied To YouSinners
  • Sweet Dreams of JoyViva Verdi!
  • Train DreamsTrain Dreams

Best Director

  • Chloé ZhaoHamnet
  • Josh SafdieMarty Supreme
  • Paul Thomas AndersonOne Battle After Another
  • Joachim TrierSentimental Value
  • Ryan CooglerSinners

Best Casting

  • Hamnet – Nina Gold
  • Marty Supreme – Jennifer Venditti
  • Une bataille après l’autre (One Battle After Another) – Cassandra Kulukundis
  • L’Agent secret (The Secret Agent) – Gabriel Domingues
  • Sinners – Francine Maisler

Best photography

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

Best editing

  • F1 The Movie – Stephen Mirrione
  • Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
  • One Battle After Another – Andy Jurgensen
  • Sentimental Value – Olivier Bugge Coutté
  • Sinners – Michael P. Shawver

Best costume design

  • Avatar: Fire and Ashes – Deborah L. Scott
  • Frankenstein – Kate Hawley
  • Hamnet – Malgosia Turzanska
  • Marty Supreme – Miyako Bellizzi
  • Sinners – Ruth E. Carter

Best make-up and hairstyles

  • Frankenstein – Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, and Cliona Furey
  • The Master of Kabuki (Kokuho) – Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino, and Tadashi Nishimatsu
  • Sinners – Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, and Shunika Terry
  • – Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin, and Bjoern Rehbein
  • The Ugly Stepsister – Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg

Best Set Designs

  • Frankenstein – SetDesign: Tamara Deverell; Build: Shane Vieau
  • Hamnet – SetDesign: Fiona Crombie; Build: Alice Felton
  • Marty Supreme – SetDesign: Jack Fisk; Build: Adam Willis
  • One Battle After Another – Creative Team: Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino
  • Sinners – Set Design: Hannah Beachler; Build: Monique Champagne

Best Sound

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

Best Visual Effects

Best documentary film

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 short film (live action)

  • Butcher’s Stain
  • A Friend of Dorothy
  • Jane Austen’s Period Drama
  • The Singers
  • Two People Sharing a Kiss

Best Animated Short Film

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

Best original screenplay

  • Blue Moon – Robert Kaplow
  • Un simple accident (It Was Just an Accident) – Jafar Panahi
  • Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
  • Valeur sentimentale (Sentimental Value) – Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier
  • Sinners – Ryan Coogler

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Bugonia – Will Tracy
  • Frankenstein – Guillermo del Toro
  • Hamnet – Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell
  • Une bataille après l’autre (One Battle After Another) – Paul Thomas Anderson
  • Train Dreams – Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar

The 2026 Oscars ceremony is scheduled to take place overnight from Sunday, March 15, to Monday, March 16, 2026 (French time), beginning around 1 a.m. on various TV channels and streaming platforms.

Practical information

Dates and Opening Time
From March 2, 2025 to March 3, 2025

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