The 98th Oscar Nominations Announced

Written by Matt Rodriguez

Actors Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman announced the Oscar nominations for the 98th Academy Awards earlier this morning. Warner Bros. dominated the nominations with Sinners becoming the all time record holder for most nominations with 16, followed closely by One Battle After Another with 13 nominations. The studio itself walked away with 30 total nominations. We’ll see how many of those turn into wins when the Academy Awards ceremony airs live on ABC and streaming on Hulu on Sunday, March 15, 2026.

The full nominations list is as follows:

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

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

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 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 Skarsgård in Sentimental Value

Best Leading 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 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 International Feature
The Secret Agent
It Was Just an Accident
Sentimental Value
Sirāt
The Voice of Hind Rajab

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

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

Best 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

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

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

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

Best Cinematography
Frakenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams

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

Best Film Editing
F1
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

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

Best Original Score
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Best Original Song
“Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless
“Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters
“I Liked To You” from Sinners
“Sweet Dreams Of Joy” from Viva Verdi!
“Train Dreams” from Train Dreams

Best Production Design
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Best Sound
F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirāt

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

Best Adapted Screenplay
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Train Dreams

Best Original Screenplay
Blue Moon
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners

About the author

Matt Rodriguez

Owner and Chief Editor of Shakefire.