Oscars 2026 nominations in every category

The Academy Awards, Hollywood’s biggest night, are almost here! The nominations for the 2026 Oscars have been announced.

2025 was a fantastic year for movies, with a huge number of great films to choose from. One standout was Sinners, which completely reimagined vampire stories and became a truly exceptional horror movie.

Recent films like Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, and Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia have all received high praise, and that’s just the beginning when it comes to standout work this year.

Who are the contenders for an Oscar this year? Check below for a complete list of nominees in each category, updated as the announcements are made.

Best Picture

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

Actress in a Leading Role

  • 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

Actor in a Leading Role

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

Actress in a Supporting Role

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

Actor in a Supporting Role

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

Best Director

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

Original Screenplay

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

Adapted Screenplay

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

Animated Feature

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

Animated Short

  • Butterfly
  • Forevergreen
  • The Girl Who Cried Pearls
  • Retirement Plan
  • The Three Sisters

Makeup and Hairstyling

  • Frankenstein
  • Kokuho
  • Sinners
  • The Smashing Machine
  • The Ugly Stepsister

Casting

  • Hamnet
  • Marty Supreme
  • One Battle after Another
  • The Secret Agent
  • Sinners

Best Documentary Short

  • 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

This article is being updated as more nominations come in…

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2026-01-22 16:50