Sinners earns a record-breaking 16 Oscar nominations, surpassing previous benchmarks.
The film's nominations span major categories like Best Picture, Acting, and Directing.
Sinners defied expectations, becoming the highest-grossing domestic film in 15 years.
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Sinners is officially the most Oscar-nominated film of all time.
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The nominations for the 2026 Academy Awards were announced on Thursday, Jan. 22.
Ryan Coogler’s boundary-pushing drama Sinners shattered records with a staggering 16 Oscar nominations, more than any film has ever received.
It eclipses the former benchmark jointly held by All About Eve (1950), Titanic (1997), and La La Land (2016). The film’s presence is especially strong in top-tier categories, earning recognition for Best Picture, Lead Actor (Michael B. Jordan), Supporting Actor (Delroy Lindo—his first nomination ever), Supporting Actress (Wunmi Mosaku), as well as Director and Original Screenplay for Coogler himself.
Upon its release in April, Sinners had already made waves by becoming the highest-grossing domestic film in 15 years, a feat not seen since Christopher Nolan’s Inception. Though there was a lot of industry doubt and controversy surrounding the film before its release, Sinners ultimately defied expectations, emerging as North America’s breakout theatrical event of the spring.
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Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another follows behind Sinners with 13 nominations, including four for actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Benicio del Toro, and Sean Penn, as well as Best Picture. The other nominees for Best Picture were Bugonia, F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value, and Train Dreams.
Nominees in the newly-added casting category were Sinners, One Battle After Another, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, and The Secret Agent.
As for snubs, Jon M. Chu’s Wicked: For Good, the sequel to 2024’s Wicked, did not receive a single Oscar nomination. The original film received 10 nods, winning two.
The 98th Academy Awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, March 15, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on ABC. Conan O’Brien returns as host for the second consecutive year.
Check out the full list of nominees after the flip:
Best Picture Bugonia F1: The Movie Frankenstein Hamnet Marty Supreme One Battle After Another The Secret Agent Sentimental Value Sinners 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 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 Director Chloé Zhao, Hamnet Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Original Screenplay Robert Kaplow, Blue Moon Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Adapted Screenplay Will Tracy, Bugonia Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell, Hamnet Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar, Train Dreams
Animated Feature Arco Elio Kpop Demon Hunters Little Amélie or the Character of Rain Zootopia 2
Documentary Feature The Alabama Solution Come See Me in the Good Light Cutting Through Rocks Mr. Nobody Against Putin The Perfect Neighbor
International Feature The Secret Agent, Brazil It Was Just an Accident, France Sentimental Value, Norway Sirāt, Spain The Voice of Hind Rajab, Tunisia
Editing Stephen Mirrione, F1: The Movie Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another Olivier Bugge Coutté, Sentimental Value Michael P. Shawver, Sinners
Cinematography Dan Laustsen, Frankenstein Darius Khondji, Marty Supreme Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams
Original Score Jerskin Fendrix, Bugonia Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein Max Richter, Hamnet Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another Ludwig Goransson, Sinners
Casting Nina Gold, Hamnet Jennifer Venditti, Marty Supreme Cassandra Kulukundis, One Battle After Another Gabriel Domingues, The Secret Agent Francine Maisler, Sinners
Production Design Frankenstein Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
Hamnet Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton
Marty Supreme Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis
One Battle After Another Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino
Sinners Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne
Costume Design Deborah L. Scott, Avatar: Fire and Ash Kate Hawley, Frankenstein Malgosia Turzanska, Hamnet Miyako Bellizzi, Marty Supreme Ruth E. Carter, Sinners
Visual Effects Avatar: Fire and Ash F1: The Movie Jurassic World Rebirth The Lost Bus Sinners
Sound F1: The Movie Frankenstein One Battle After Another Sinners Sirât
Makeup and Hairstyling Frankenstein Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, & Cliona Furey
The Smashing Machine Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin, & Bjoern Rehbein
The Ugly Stepsister Thomas Foldberg & Anne Cathrine Sauerberg
Original Song Dear Me from Diane Warren: Relentless; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
Golden from KPop Demon Hunters; Music and Lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon, and Teddy Park
I Lied to You from Sinners; Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson
Sweet Dreams of Joy from Viva Verdi!; Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike
Train Dreams from Train Dreams; Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; Lyric by Nick Cave
Live-Action Short Butcher’s Stain A Friend of Dorothy Jane Austen’s Period Drama The Singers Two People Exchanging Saliva
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
Animated Short Butterfly Forevergreen The Girl Who Cried Pearls Retirement Plan The Three Sisters
