The 98th Academy Awards were announced this morning by actors Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California. Director and screenwriter Ryan Coogler’s horror drama Sinners has earned an incredible 16 Oscar nominations, a new Academy record. The total surpasses All About Eve (1950), Titanic (1997), and La La Land (2016), which each previously held the record with 14 nominations. Coogler marks a rare trifecta with nominations in three major categories for Sinners: Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Picture as one of the film’s producers, underscoring his groundbreaking, creative leadership.
Actors of color nominated this year include Michael B. Jordan, who lands his first acting Oscar nomination (Best Actor, Sinners) and other first-timers Wunmi Mosaku (Best Supporting Actress, Sinners) and Teyana Taylor (Best Supporting Actress, One Battle After Another), who are joined by Delroy Lindo, finally earning his first Oscar nomination (Best Supporting Actor, Sinners) after decades of acclaimed, awards-recognized work across SAG, Emmy, and critics’ choice honors.
Other notable nominees include Ruth E. Carter for Best Costume Design and for Sinners and Raphael Saadiq for Best Original Song performed by Miles Caton in the film and on the soundtrack and co-written by Ludwig Göransson
The 98th Academy Awards (Oscars 2026) ceremony will be held on Sunday, March 15, 2026 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood with comedian Conan O’Brien returning as host. It will be broadcast live on ABC, and streamed internationally (including on Hulu), with
Here is the full list of categories Sinners was nominated in.
1. Best Picture
2. Best Director — Ryan Coogler
3. Best Actor — Michael B. Jordan
4. Best Supporting Actor — Delroy Lindo
5. Best Supporting Actress — Wunmi Mosaku
6. Best Original Screenplay — Ryan Coogler
7. Best Cinematography
8. Best Film Editing
9. Best Production Design
10. Best Costume Design — Ruth E. Carter
11. Best Makeup and Hairstyling
12. Best Original Score
13. Best Original Song — “I Lied to You”
14. Best Sound
15. Best Visual Effects
16. Best Casting (new Oscar category) — Francine Maisler
And here is a full list of the 98th Academy Awards Oscar Nominations
Best Picture
Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
*Sinners
Train Dreams
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 Ibsdottter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan – Weapons
*Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
*Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
Best Original Screenplay
Blue Moon
*Sinners
Sentimental Value
Marty Supreme
It Was Just An Accident
Best Adapted Screenplay
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Train Dreams
Best Animated Feature
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2
Best International Feature Film
The Secret Agent (Brazil)
It Was Just an Accident (France)
Sentimental Value (Norway)
Sirāt (Spain)
The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)
Best Casting (New Category)
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
*Sinners
Best Cinematography
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
*Sinners
Train Dreams
Best Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Jurassic World Rebirth
The Lost Bus
*Sinners
Best Costume Design
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
*Sinners
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Frankenstein
Kokuho
The Smashing Machine
The Ugly Stepsister
*Sinners
Best Sound
F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
*Sinners
Sirāt
Best Editing
F1
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
*Sinners
Best Production Design
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
*Sinners
Best Original Song
“Dear Me” – Dianne Warren: Relentless
“Golden” – KPop Demon Hunters
*“I Lied to You” – Sinners
“Sweet Dreams of Joy” – Viva Verdi!
“Train Dreams” – Train Dreams
Best Original Score
Bugonia
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
*Sinners
Hamnet
Best Documentary
The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
My Undesirable Friends
The Perfect Neighbor
Documentary Short Film
All the Empty Rooms
Armed Only with a Camera
Children No More: Were and Are Gone
The Devil Is Busy
Perfectly a Strangeness
Live Action Short Film
Butcher’s Stain
The Singers
Two People Exchanging Saliva
A Friend of Dorothy
Jane Austen’s Period Drama
Best Animated Short Film
Butterfly
Forevergreen
The Girl Who Cried Pearls i
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters
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