Oscars 2026 nominations: 'Sinners' scripts history with 16 nods, India's 'Homebound' out of the race

After months of waiting and anticipation, the full list of nominations for Hollywood's most coveted night has officially been announced. On Thursday, January 22, 2026, the 98th Academy Awards nominations were unveiled live from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles, and it set the stage for a season of record-breaking buzz and big surprises. This year’s ceremony is slated for Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the iconic Dolby Theater in Hollywood, where Conan O’Brien will return as host as the industry’s best gather to celebrate cinematic excellence.

Leading the race with a historic 16 nominations, Sinners has shattered the all-time record previously held by classics like All About Eve, Titanic, and La La Land, asserting itself as the film everyone’s talking about. Eleven actors scored their first Oscar nods this year, from Rose Byrne to Jacob Elordi, while seasoned winners such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Emma Stone add seasoned star power to the list. Timothée Chalamet is the only acting nominee to have been nominated last year.

But amid the triumphs, there were notable disappointments: India’s official entry Homebound did not make the final cut in the International Feature Film category, ending its Oscars journey before the nominations stage.

Here is the full list of nominations:

BEST PICTURE

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

BEST DIRECTOR

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

BEST ACTRESS

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

BEST ACTOR

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

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

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

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo, Sinners
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another

BEST CASTING

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

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson
Hamnet, Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
Bugonia, Will Tracy
Train Dreams, Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

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

BEST FILM EDITING

One Battle After Another, Andy Jurgensen
Sinners, Michael P. Shawver
F1, Stephen Mirrione
Marty Supreme, Ronald Bronstein
Sentimental Value, Olivier Bugge Coutté

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

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

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Frankenstein, Tamara Deverell (sets: Shane Vieau)
One Battle after Another, Florencia Martin ( sets: Anthony Carlino)
Sinners, Hannah Beachler (sets: Monique Champagne)
Hamnet, Fiona Crombie (sets: Alice Felton)
Marty Supreme, Jack Fisk (sets: Adam Willis)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Frankenstein, Kate Hawley
Avatar: Fire & Ash, Deborah L. Scott
Hamnet, Małgosia Turzańska
Sinners, Ruth E. Carter
Marty Supreme, Miyako Bellizzi

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Sinners, Ludwig Göransson
One Battle After Another, Jonny Greenwood
Hamnet, Max Richter
Frankenstein, Alexandre Desplat
Bugonia, Jerskin Fendrix

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

Golden, KPop Demon Hunters
I Lied to You, Sinners
Dear Me, Diane Warren: Relentless
Train Dreams, Train Dreams
Sweet Dreams Of Joy, Viva Verdi!

BEST SOUND

F1
Sinners
One Battle After Another
Frankenstein
Sirāt

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING

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

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

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

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

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

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, David Borenstein, Helle Faber, Alžběta Karásková, Radovan Síbrt
The Perfect Neighbor, Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

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

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 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 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

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