Sinners, director Ryan Coogler’s tale of speakeasys and vampires in the Deep South during Prohibition has set a new Academy Awards record, receiving nominations in 16 categories including best Picture, Director, Lead Actor (Michael B. Jordan), Supporting Actor (Delroy Lindo), Supporting Actress (Wunmi Mosaku) and Original Screenplay (Coogler) and the newly minted Best Casting category. This is Coogler’s first nomination in the writing and directing categories.
This new record shatters the previous one of 14 nominations for a single film that was jointly held by 1950’s All About Eve, 1997’s Titanic and 2016’s La La Land.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another earned the second highest amount of nominations this year – thirteen including nods in the Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay (Anderson), Actor, (Leonardo DiCaprio), Supporting Actor (Benicio Del Toro and Sean Penn) and Supporting Actress (Teyana Taylor).
That Sinners and One Battle After Another have become the two Oscar frontrunners comes as no surprise. Both films have featured dominate “Best of the Year” lists and critics groups awards throughout this past December and into the new year.
Three other critics awards seasons favorites – Frankenstein, Marty Supreme and Sentimental Value – all received nine nominations each, sharing slots in the Best Picture category.
Another Oscars record was broken by actor/producer Emma Stone. Her two nominations received today – Best Picture for producing and Best Actress for starring in Bugonia – make her the youngest woman in Academy history to earn a lifetime total of seven Oscars. At 37, Stone has managed this feat just a year quicker than the previous record holder, Meryl Streep did, who received her seventh Academy Award nomination at the age of 38 in 1988. Walt Disney still holds the record for the youngest person earning seven nominations at age 34.
Stone’s dual acting and producing nods today make her the first woman to receive dual acting and producing nominations twice. She previously had earned nominations in hose two categories for her work on 2023’s Poor Things.
Wicked: For Good, the second half of the adaptation of the hit Broadway musical was shut out, receiving no nominations. While the film didn’t wow critics and audiences as much as the first half did, last year’s Wicked: Part One did receive ten Oscar nominations.
The Academy Awards will be awarded on Sunday March 15, at 7pm Eastern.
Here is the full list of the nominees for the 2026 Academy Awards:
Best Picture
Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams
Best Director
Hamnet – Chloé Zhao
Marty Supreme – Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson
Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier
Sinners – Ryan Coogler
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 Makeup and Hairstyling
Frankenstein
Kokuho
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
The Ugly Stepsister
Best Original Score
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Best Live-Action Short
Butcher’s Stain
A Friend of Dorothy
Jane Austen’s Period Drama
The Singers
Two People Exchanging Saliva
Best Animated Short
Butterfly
Forevergreen
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters
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 Original Screenplay
Blue Moon – Robert Kaplow
It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi & Script Collaborators
Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt
Sinners – Ryan Coogler
Best Casting
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sinners
Best Costume Design
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Best Original Song
“Dear Me” – Diane Warren: Relentless
“Golden” – KPop Demon Hunters
“Highest 2 Lowest” – Highest 2 Lowest
“I Lied To You” – Sinners
“Sweet Dreams of Joy” – Viva Verdi!
“Train Dreams” – Train Dreams
Best Documentary Feature
The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor
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 International Feature
Brazil – The Secret Agent
France – It Was Just an Accident
Norway – Sentimental Value
Spain – Sirât
Tunisia – The Voice of Hind Rajab
Best Animated Feature
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2
Best Film Editing
F1 – Stephen Mirrione
Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another – Andy Jurgensen
Sentimental Value – Olivier Bugge Coutté
Sinners – Michael Shawver
Best Production Design
Frankenstein – Tamara Deverell
Hamnet – Fiona Crombie
Marty Supreme – Jack Fisk
One Battle After Another – Florencia Martin
Sinners – Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne
Best Cinematography
Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen
Marty Supreme – Darius Khondji
One Battle After Another – Michael Bauman
Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Train Dreams -Adolpho Veloso
Best Sound
F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirât
Train Dreams
Best Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Jurassic World Rebirth
The Lost Bus
Sinners
