Academy Award nominations 2026 announced today – full list!

Published By Alexandra Heilbron on Jan 22, 2026

The 2026 Oscars will be hosted by Conan O'Brien
The nominations for the 98th Academy Awards were announced this morning by Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater. This year’s ceremony will be hosted by Conan O'Brien, who also hosted last year, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

The ceremony can be seen live on ABC and CTV on Sunday, March 15, 2026. Check out all the nominees below and click here for our full Oscars content. ~Alexandra Heilbron

See the full list of nominees below:


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

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 

Actress in a Leading Role
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet 
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You 
Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue
Emma Stone, Bugonia 
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value 

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

Actress in a Supporting Role
Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value 
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value 
Amy Madigan, Weapons 
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners

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

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

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

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

Cinematography
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams

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

Film Editing
F1, Stephen Mirrione
Marty Supreme, Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another, Andy Jurgensen
Sentimental Value, Olivier Bugge Coutté
Sinners, Michael Shawver

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

Music (Original Score)
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Music (Original Song)
“Dear Me” — Avatar: Fire and Ash
“Golden”  — KPop Demon Hunters 
“I Lied To You” — Sinners
"Sweet Dreams of Joy" — Viva Verdi!
“Train Dreams”  — Train Dreams

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

Sound
F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirât

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

Production Design
Frankenstein, Tamara Deverell
Hamnet, Fiona Crombie
Marty Supreme, Jack Fisk
One Battle After Another, Florencia Martin
Sinners, Hannah Beachler

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

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

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

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

International Feature Film
It Was Just an Accident — France
The Secret Agent — Brazil
Sentimental Value — Norway
Sirat — Spain
The Voice of Hind Rajab — Tunisia


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