98th Oscars – Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ Tops with Record 16 Nominations

Sinners leads the nominations for the 98th Oscars with a record 16 nominations, including for Best Film, Directing for Ryan Coogler, along with acting nominations for Michael B. Jordan, Delroy Lindo and Wunmi Mosaku.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle after Another received 13 nominations, followed by Frankenstein, Marty Supreme, and Sentimental Value, all of which received 9 nominations.

Other films receiving multiple nominations are Hamnet with 8; with Bugonia, F1, The Secret Agent, and Train Dreams, each earning 4 nominations.

The 98th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC, streamed live on Hulu and airs live in more than 200 territories worldwide.

Nominations by Category – 98th Awards

Performance by an actor in a leading role

Timothée Chalamet in “Marty Supreme” (A24)
Leonardo DiCaprio in “One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.)
Ethan Hawke in “Blue Moon” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Michael B. Jordan in “Sinners” (Warner Bros.)
Wagner Moura in “The Secret Agent” (Neon)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Benicio Del Toro in “One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.)
Jacob Elordi in “Frankenstein” (Netflix)
Delroy Lindo in “Sinners” (Warner Bros.)
Sean Penn in “One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.)
Stellan Skarsgård in “Sentimental Value” (Neon)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Jessie Buckley in “Hamnet” (Focus Features)
Rose Byrne in “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” (A24)
Kate Hudson in “Song Sung Blue” (Focus Features)
Renate Reinsve in “Sentimental Value” (Neon)
Emma Stone in “Bugonia” (Focus Features)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Elle Fanning in “Sentimental Value” (Neon)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas in “Sentimental Value” (Neon)
Amy Madigan in “Weapons” (Warner Bros.)
Wunmi Mosaku in “Sinners” (Warner Bros.)
Teyana Taylor in “One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.)

Best animated feature film of the year

“Arco” (Neon) Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas and Natalie Portman
“Elio” (Walt Disney) Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina and Mary Alice Drumm
“KPop Demon Hunters” (Netflix) Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Michelle L.M. Wong
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain” (GKIDS) Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago and Henri Magalon
“Zootopia 2” (Walt Disney) Jared Bush, Byron Howard and Yvett Merino

Best animated short film

“Butterfly” (Sacrebleu Productions) Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens
“Forevergreen” Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears
“The Girl Who Cried Pearls” (National Film Board of Canada) Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
“Retirement Plan” John Kelly and Andrew Freedman
“The Three Sisters” (Polydont Films/Rymanco Ventures) Konstantin Bronzit

Achievement in casting

“Hamnet” (Focus Features) Nina Gold
“Marty Supreme” (A24) Jennifer Venditti
“One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.) Cassandra Kulukundis
“The Secret Agent” (Neon) Gabriel Domingues
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Francine Maisler

Achievement in cinematography

“Frankenstein” (Netflix) Dan Laustsen
“Marty Supreme” (A24) Darius Khondji
“One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.) Michael Bauman
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Autumn Durald Arkapaw
“Train Dreams” (Netflix) Adolpho Veloso

Achievement in costume design

“Avatar: Fire and Ash” (Walt Disney) Deborah L. Scott
“Frankenstein” (Netflix) Kate Hawley
“Hamnet” (Focus Features) Malgosia Turzanska
“Marty Supreme” (A24) Miyako Bellizzi
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Ruth E. Carter

Achievement in directing

“Hamnet” (Focus Features) Chloé Zhao
“Marty Supreme” (A24) Josh Safdie
“One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.) Paul Thomas Anderson
“Sentimental Value” (Neon) Joachim Trier
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Ryan Coogler

Best documentary feature film

“The Alabama Solution” (HBO Documentary Films) An HBO Documentary Films/Alabama Film Project Production – Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman
“Come See Me in the Good Light” (Apple) An Apple Original Films/Tripod Media/Amplify Pictures in association with Treat Media/Something Fierce Production – Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro, and Stef Willen
“Cutting through Rocks” A Gandom Films Production – Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni
“Mr. Nobody against Putin” (PINK) A PINK Production – Nominees to be determined
“The Perfect Neighbor” (Netflix) A Netflix Documentary/Message Pictures in association with SO’B/Park Pictures Production – Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbe

Best documentary short film

“All the Empty Rooms” (Netflix) Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones
“Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud” (HBO)
Craig Renaud and Juan Arredondo
“Children No More: “Were and Are Gone”” (Sky) Hilla Medalia and Sheila Nevins
“The Devil Is Busy” (HBO) Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir
“Perfectly a Strangeness” (Second Sight Pictures) Alison McAlpine

Achievement in film editing

“F1” (Apple) Stephen Mirrione
“Marty Supreme” (A24) Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
“One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.) Andy Jurgensen
“Sentimental Value” (Neon) Olivier Bugge Coutté
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Michael P. Shawver

Best international feature film of the year
“The Secret Agent” A CinemaScópio Production – Brazil
“It Was Just an Accident” A Les Films Pelléas Production – France
“Sentimental Value” A Mer Film/Eye Eye Pictures Production – Norway
“Sirāt” An El Deseo Production – Spain
“The Voice of Hind Rajab” A Mime Films Production – Tunisia

Best live action short film
“Butcher’s Stain” (Tel Aviv University Steve Tisch School of Film and Television) Meyer Levinson-Blount and Oron Caspi
“A Friend of Dorothy” Lee Knight and James Dean
“Jane Austen’s Period Drama” Julia Aks and Steve Pinder
“The Singers” (Netflix) Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt
“Two People Exchanging Saliva” (Canal+/The New Yorker) Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
“Frankenstein” (Netflix) Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey
“Kokuho” (GKIDS) Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry
“The Smashing Machine” (A24) Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein
“The Ugly Stepsister” (Independent Film Company/Shudder) Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
“Bugonia” (Focus Features) Jerskin Fendrix
“Frankenstein” (Netflix) Alexandre Desplat
“Hamnet” (Focus Features) Max Richter
“One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.) Jonny Greenwood
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Ludwig Goransson

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“Dear Me” from “Diane Warren: Relentless” (MasterClass/Greenwich Entertainment) – Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters” (Netflix) – 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” (Warner Bros.) – Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson
“Sweet Dreams Of Joy” from “Viva Verdi!” (Viva Verdi!) – Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike
“Train Dreams” from “Train Dreams” (Netflix) – Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner Lyric by Nick Cave

Best motion picture of the year

“Bugonia” (Focus Features)
An Element Pictures/Square Peg/CJ ENM in association with Pith/Fruit Tree Enterprises Production
Ed Guiney & Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Lars Knudsen, Producers

“F1” (Apple)
An Apple Original Films/Monolith Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer/Plan B Entertainment/Dawn Apollo Films Production
Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers

“Frankenstein” (Netflix)
A Netflix/Double Dare You/Demilo Films/Bluegrass 7 Production
Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber, Producers

“Hamnet” (Focus Features)
A Hera Pictures/Neal Street/Amblin Entertainment in association with Book of Shadows Production
Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes, Producers

“Marty Supreme” (A24)
An A24/Central Group Production
Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas and Timothée Chalamet, Producers

“One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.)
A Ghoulardi Film Company Production
Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers

“The Secret Agent” (Neon)
A CinemaScópio/MK/Lemming Film/One Two Films Production
Emilie Lesclaux, Producer

“Sentimental Value” (Neon)
A Mer Film/Eye Eye Pictures/MK/Lumen/Zentropa/
Komplizen Film/BBC Film Production
Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Producers

“Sinners” (Warner Bros.)
A Proximity Media Production
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Ryan Coogler, Producers

“Train Dreams” (Netflix)
A Black Bear/Kamala Films Production
Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer and Michael Heimler, Producers

Achievement in production design

“Frankenstein” (Netflix)
Production Design:Tamara Deverell
Set Decoration: Shane Vieau

“Hamnet” (Focus Features)
Production Design:Fiona Crombie
Set Decoration: Alice Felton

“Marty Supreme” (A24)
Production Design:Jack Fisk
Set Decoration: Adam Willis

“One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.)
Production Design: Florencia Martin
Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino

“Sinners” (Warner Bros.)
Production Design: Hannah Beachler
Set Decoration: Monique Champagne

Achievement in sound

“F1” (Apple) Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta
“Frankenstein” (Netflix) Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern
“One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.) José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker
“Sirāt” (Neon) Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas

Achievement in visual effects
“Avatar: Fire and Ash” (Walt Disney) Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett
“F1” (Apple) Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson
“Jurassic World Rebirth” (Universal) David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould
“The Lost Bus” (Apple) Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean

Adapted screenplay
“Bugonia” (Focus Features) Screenplay by Will Tracy
“Frankenstein” (Netflix) Written for the Screen by Guillermo del Toro
“Hamnet” (Focus Features) Screenplay by Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
“One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.) Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
“Train Dreams” (Netflix) Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar

Original screenplay
“Blue Moon” (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by Robert Kaplow
“It Was Just an Accident” (Neon) Written by Jafar Panahi Script collaborators – Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian
“Marty Supreme” (A24) Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
“Sentimental Value” (Neon) Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Written by Ryan Coogler