Sinners rewrote the Academy Awards record books this morning, emerging as the most-nominated film in Oscar history with a staggering 16 nominations—surpassing the long-standing record of 14 previously held by All About Eve (1950), Titanic (1997), and La La Land (2016).
Ryan Coogler’s period vampire epic earned nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay, while Michael B. Jordan secured a Best Actor nod. The film also landed supporting acting nominations for Wunmi Mosaku and Delroy Lindo, alongside a dominant showing across the crafts, including Original Score, Original Song (“I Lied To You”), Cinematography, Production Design, Costume Design, Film Editing, Sound, Makeup and Hairstyling, Visual Effects, and the Academy’s newly introduced Best Casting category.
Close behind was One Battle After Another, which followed with 13 nominations, cementing a powerful one-two punch for Warner Bros. The studio finished the morning with 30 total nominations, tying its all-time record. Paul Thomas Anderson’s film earned recognition in major categories including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Score, Best Film Editing, Best Sound, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Casting, and more.
Overall, the nominations reflected a strong showing for international cinema, first-time milestones, and a competitive awards landscape heading into the 98th Academy Awards, set to air March 15, 2026, with Conan O’Brien returning as host.
Full List of 2026 Oscar Nominees
Best Picture
- Bugonia (Focus Features)
- F1 (Apple)
- Frankenstein (Netflix)
- Hamnet (Focus Features)
- Marty Supreme (A24)
- One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
- The Secret Agent (Neon)
- Sentimental Value (Neon)
- Sinners (Warner Bros.)
- Train Dreams (Netflix)
Best Director
- 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 – Marty Supreme
- Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
- Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
- Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
- Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent
Best Actress
- 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
Best Supporting Actor
- Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another
- Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
- Delroy Lindo – Sinners
- Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
- Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
Best Supporting Actress
- Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
- Amy Madigan – Weapons
- Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
- Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
Best Original Screenplay
- Blue Moon – Robert Kaplow
- It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi
- Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
- Sentimental Value – Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier
- Sinners – Ryan Coogler
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Bugonia – Will Tracy
- Frankenstein – Guillermo del Toro
- Hamnet – Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
- One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson
- Train Dreams – Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
Best Casting
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- The Secret Agent
- Sinners
Best Cinematography
- Frankenstein
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
- Train Dreams
Best Film Editing
- F1
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- Sentimental Value
- Sinners
Best Production Design
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
Best Costume Design
- Avatar: Fire and Ash
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- Sinners
Best Sound
- F1
- Frankenstein
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
- Sirât
Best Visual Effects
- Avatar: Fire and Ash
- F1
- Jurassic World Rebirth
- The Lost Bus
- Sinners
If you want, I can tighten the intro further, add a “biggest surprises/snubs” section, or rework this into a Blex-coded awards analysis for socials and site.