Awards Season 2026: Academy Award Nominations

 

As reported earlier this afternoon, here are some of the official nominations for the 98th Academy Awards:

BEST PICTURE

Bugonia

F1

Frankenstein

Hamnet

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another

The Secret Agent

Sentimental Value

Sinners

Train Dreams

BEST DIRECTOR

Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)

Ryan Coogler (Sinners)

Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)

Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)

Chloé Zhao (Hamnet)

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)

A full list of nominees can be found here.

With regards to my predictions, I got 31/35 (89%). I did much better than I expected to, so I'm obviously very chuffed with that. 

Here's the big news: Sinners becomes the most-nominated movie in Oscars history, garnering an absolutely astounding 16 nominations across 21 feature film categories (there are now 24 Oscars awarded with the new Casting award, with three for short films). The previous record was 14, held jointly by All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land. Coming second is One Battle After Another with 13 nods, with Frankenstein, Marty Supreme, and Sentimental Value tying for third with nine apiece. 

A lovely surprise to see Delroy Lindo nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category, metaphorically coming out of nowhere (ie. no previous awards nods) to bolster Sinners' record-breaking number. Another record-breaker is Amy Madigan, who is now the actress with the longest gap between Oscar nominations, racking up an impressive (albeit approximate) 40 years between her first and second nods. 

Interesting that there was absolutely nothing for Wicked: For Good (not even in Original Song or any production categories). Avatar: Fire And Ash mustered two awards, the lowest amount any movie in that franchise has got. 

The 98th Academy Awards will be held on Sunday 15th March 2026, at the Dolby Theatre at the Ovation Hollywood, hosted by Conan O'Brien for the second year running.

Congratulations to all nominees!

Usually there'd be a bit of a break now as the awards ceremonies start rolling in, but this year is different - we have the BAFTA Film nominations coming on Tuesday (27th January 2026).