The 2026 Oscar Nominations – Dark Horizons

The 2026 Oscar nominations have just been announced this morning at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater by hosts Danielle Brooks (“The Color Purple”) and Lewis Pullman (“Thunderbolts”).

“Sinners” led the pack with sixteen nominations – an all-time record for nominations for a single film. That was followed by “One Battle After Another” with thirteen, followed by “Marty Supreme,” “Sentimental Value” and “Frankenstein” with nine; “Hamnet” with eight; and “Bugonia,” “F1,” “Train Dreams” and “The Secret Agent” snagged four each.

Welcome surprises included Delroy Lindo for “Sinners,” “F1” for a best film nomination, and big category noms for “The Secret Agent” and “Frankenstein”. On the snubs front, “Wicked: For Good” was completely shut out while Guillermo del Toro missed out on a director nomination.

This year’s Best Picture list includes at least four films that have earned over $100 million each at the box-office globally. Here is the full list of nominees for this year’s Academy Awards:

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

Best Supporting Actor
Benicio Del Toro, “One Battle After Another”
Jacob Elordi, “Frankenstein”
Delroy Lindo, “Sinners”
Sean Penn, “One Battle After Another”
Stellan Skarsgard, “Sentimental Value”

Best Animated Feature
“Arco”
“Elio”
“KPop: Demon Hunters”
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain”
“Zootopia 2”

Best International Feature
“The Secret Agent” (Brazil)
“It Was Just An Accident” (France)
“Sentimental Value” (Norway)
“Sirat” (Spain)
“The Voice of Hind Rajab” (Tunisia)

Best Documentary Feature
“The Alabama Solution”
“Come See Me in the Good Light”
“Cutting Through Rocks”
“Mr. Nobody Against Putin”
“The Perfect Neighbor”

Best Adapted Screenplay
“Bugonia,” Will Tracy
“Frankenstein,” Guillermo del Toro
“Hamnet,” Maggie O’Farrell & Chloé Zhao
“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
“Marty Supreme,” Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
“Sentimental Value,” Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt
“Sinners,” Ryan Coogler

Best Cinematography
“Frankenstein”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
“Train Dreams”

Best Film Editing
“F1”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”

Best Production Design
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”

Best Score
“Bugonia”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”

Best Song
“Dear Me” from “Diane Warren: Relentless”
“Golden” from “KPop: Demon Hunters”
“I Lied To You” from “Sinners”
“Sweet Dreams of Joy” from “Viva Versi”
“Train Dreams” from “Train Dreams”

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
“Frankenstein”
“Kokuho”
“Sinners”
“The Smashing Machine”
“The Ugly Stepsister”

Best Costume Design
“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“Sinners”

Best Visual Effects
“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“F1”
“Jurassic World: Rebirth”
“The Lost Bus”
“Sinners”

Best Casting
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“The Secret Agent”
“Sinners”

Best Sound
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
“Sirat”

Best Animated Short Film
“Butterfly”
“Forevergreeen”
“The Girl Who Cried Pearls”
“Retirement Plan”
“The Three Sisters”

Best Documentary Short Film
“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 Live-Action Short Film
“Butcher’s Stain”
“A Friend of Dorothy
“Jane Austen’s Period Drama
“The Singers
“Two People Exchanging Saliva

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will hold this year’s Academy Awards on Sunday March 15th with Conan O’Brien once again hosting the ceremony following rave reviews for his hosting work last year.

The 2026 Oscars will be televised live in more than 225 countries, including ABC in the United States, and will be simultaneously live-streamed on Hulu.

Source: AMPAS