The nominations for the 98th Academy Awards have been announced.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another and Ryan Coogler‘s Sinners were the clear winners of the announcement, pulling in 30 nominations across several categories.
The biggest surprise of the Best Picture lineup this year was Joseph Kosinski‘s F1: The Movie, which snuck in over critical favorites It Was Just An Accident and Blue Moon. The film received four nominations in total, including Best Sound, Best Editing, and Best Visual Effects.
Brazilian actor Wagner Moura made a surprise appearance in the Best Actor category, pushing out expected nominee Jesse Plemons. Moura stars in the Bets Picture-nominated film The Secret Agent, which is available to watch in select theaters across the United States. The other nominees include Timothee Chalamet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ethan Hawke, and Michael B. Jordan.
The Best Actress category welcomed Kate Hudson for her performance in Song Sung Blue, leaving One Battle After Another‘s Chasi Infiniti without a mention. Rose Byrne and Jessie Buckley are considered the frontrunners in the category, with Renate Reinsve and Emma Stone also landing nominations.
The supporting categories saw two major snubs: Paul Mescal in Hamnet and Odessa A’Zion in Marty Supreme. Both actors were widely predicted to appear but were ultimately beaten by Delroy Lindo in Sinners and Elle Fanning in Sentimental Value, respectively. There was also no room for Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande of Wicked: For Good, who both went unnominated.
There were no huge surprises in the Best Director category: Coogler, Safdie, PTA, Chloe Zhao, and Joaquim Trier all secured their expected nominations.
The screenplay categories saw Richard Linklater‘s Blue Moon sneak into the lineup in favor of Eva Victor‘s Sorry, Baby, which had been performing especially well among critics groups in the past months. There was also no room for Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice, which failed to break through any of the five Best Picture nominees that were also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Warner Bros. was the clear winner of the nominations; the studio’s two highest-scoring movies, Sinners and One Battle After Another, accumulated a total of thirty nominations. Netflix and Neon trailed closely behind, both landing two spots each in the Best Picture lineup.
Find the full list of above-the-board nominations below:
2026 Oscar Nominations
Best 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
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 Skarsgard, Sentimental Value
Actress In A Lead 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
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 Director
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Adapted Screenplay
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Train Dreams
Original Screenplay
Blue Moon
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners
