
Get ready for the 2026 Oscars! The 98th Academy Awards will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, honoring the year’s top films and actors.
2025 was a fantastic year for movies, offering a wide variety of excellent choices. The nominations were revealed earlier this year, and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners led the pack with an impressive 16 nominations, including one for Best Picture.
Films like Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme, Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, and Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia were also considered. However, only one film can win in each category.
Here’s a complete list of the categories and nominees for the 2026 Oscars. We’ll be posting live updates during the show, with the winners shown in bold. Check back often to see who wins!
Best Supporting Actress
- Amy Madigan, Weapons
- Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
- Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
- Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
Best Animated Feature
- KPop Demon Hunters
- Arco
- Elio
- Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
- Zootopia 2
Best Animated Short
- The Girl Who Cried Pearls
- Butterfly
- Forevergreen
- Retirement Plan
- The Three Sisters
Best Costume Design
- Avatar: Fire and Ash
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- Sinners
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- Frankenstein
- Kokuho
- Sinners
- The Smashing Machine
- The Ugly Stepsister
Best Casting
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle after Another
- The Secret Agent
- Sinners
Best Live Action Short
- Butcher’s Stain
- A Friend of Dorothy
- Jane Austen’s Period Drama
- The Singers
- Two People Exchanging Saliva
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 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
Best Production Design
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
Best Visual Effects
- Avatar: Fire and Ash
- F1
- Jurassic World Rebirth
- The Lost Bus
- 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
Best Documentary Feature
- The Alabama Solution
- Come See Me in the Good Light
- Cutting Through Rocks
- Mr. Nobody Against Putin
- The Perfect Neighbor
Best Original Score
- Bugonia
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
Best Sound
- F1
- Frankenstein
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
- Sirāt
Best Editing
- F1
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- Sentimental Value
- Sinners
Best Cinematography
- Frankenstein
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
- Train Dreams
Best International Feature
- The Secret Agent, Brazil
- It Was Just an Accident, France
- Sentimental Value, Norway
- Sirāt, Spain
- The Voice of Hind Rajab, Tunisia
Best Original Song
- ‘Dear Me’ from Diane Warren: Relentless
- ‘Golden’ from KPop Demon Hunters
- ‘I Lied To You’ from Sinners
- ‘Sweet Dreams Of Joy’ from Viva Verdi!
- ‘Train Dreams’ from Train Dreams
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 Director
- Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
- Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
- Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
- Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
- Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Best Picture
- Bugonia
- F1
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- The Secret Agent
- Sentimental Value
- Sinners
- Train Dreams
If you’re like me and love getting lost in stories, you’ll want to check out what new movies are hitting streaming this month. I’m also keeping an eye on what’s playing in theaters, and I’ve even peeked at the release calendar for 2026 to see what big films are coming down the pipeline. It’s good to be prepared, you know?
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