Record-breaking Oscar nominations for Sinners, receiving 16 nominations. The most for a film, ever. Sinners received nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and multiple acting and technical categories. The highest nomination tally is 14. Previously shared by All About Eve (1950), Titanic (1997), and La La Land (2016).

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, 13 nominations, including Best Picture, Directing, and several acting categories. Frankenstein, Hamnet, and Bugonia also emerged as major contenders across key categories.

The Oscar® nominations are the official list of films, performers, and filmmakers selected each year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences® (AMPAS) as contenders for the Academy Awards® (the Oscars).

Best Picture

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

Best Director

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

Best Actor

• Timothée Chalamet in Marty Supreme 
• Leonardo DiCaprio in One Battle After Another 
• Ethan Hawke in Blue Moon
• Michael B. Jordan in Sinners 
• Wagner Moura in The Secret Agent 

Best Actress

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

Best Supporting Actor

• Benicio Del Toro in One Battle After Another 
• Jacob Elordi in Frankenstein
• Delroy Lindo in Sinners
• Sean Penn in One Battle After Another 
• Stellan Skarsgard in Sentimental Value 

Best Supporting Actress

• Elle Fanning in Sentimental Value
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas in Sentimental Value 
• Amy Madigan in Weapons 
• Wunmi Mosaku in Sinners 
• Teyana Taylor in One Battle After Another 

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Bugonia; Screenplay by Will Tracy
• Frankenstein; Written for the Screen by Guillermo del Toro
• Hamnet; Screenplay by Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
• One Battle After Another; Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
• Train Dreams; Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar

Best 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 & Josh Safdie
• Sentimental Value; Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
• Sinners; Written by Ryan Coogler

Best Animated Feature

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

Best International Feature

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

Best Documentary Feature

• The Alabama Solution; Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman
• Come See Me in the Good Light; Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro, and Stef Willen
• Cutting Through Rocks; Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni
• Mr. Nobody Against Putin; Nominees to be determined
• The Perfect Neighbor; Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu, and Sam Bisbee

Best Animated Short

• Butterfly; Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens
• Forevergreen; Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears
• The Girl Who Cried Pearls; Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
• Retirement Plan; John Kelly and Andrew Freedman
• The Three Sisters; Konstantin Bronzit

Best Casting

• Hamnet; Nina Gold
• Marty Supreme; Jennifer Venditti
• One Battle After Another; Cassandra Kulukundis
• The Secret Agent; Gabriel Domingues
• Sinners; Francine Maisler

Best Cinematography

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

Best Costume Design

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

Best Documentary Short

• All the Empty Rooms; Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones
• Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud; Craig Renaud and Juan Arredondo
• Children No More: “Were and Are Gone”; Hilla Medalia and Sheila Nevins
• The Devil Is Busy; Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir
• Perfectly a Strangeness; Alison McAlpine

Best Film Editing

• F1; 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 Live-Action Short

• Butcher’s Stain; 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; Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt
• Two People Exchanging Saliva; Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

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

Best Original Score

• Bugonia; Jerskin Fendrix
• Frankenstein; Alexandre Desplat
• Hamnet; Max Richter
• One Battle After Another; Jonny Greenwood
• Sinners; Ludwig Goransson

Best Original Song

• “Dear Me” Diane Warren: Relentless Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
• “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters 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 Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson
• “Sweet Dreams of Joy” from Viva Verdi! Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike
• “Train Dreams” from Train Dreams Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner, Lyric by Nick Cave

Best Production Design

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

The 98th Oscars, set for March 15, 2026, with Conan O’Brien returning as host, promises a celebration of cinema’s most compelling work from 2025. at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. This will be televised live on ABC, streamed live on Hulu, and will air live in more than 200 territories worldwide.

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