The 2026 Academy Award nominations for the 98th Oscars have officially been unveiled, spotlighting the year’s most acclaimed films, performances and creative achievements.
Announced live on Thursday, 22 January, the nominations span 24 competitive categories including the newly introduced Best Casting, with top contenders emerging in major fields like Best Picture, Best Director and acting honors.
Here's the complete list of nominees:
Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent
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
Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo, Sinners
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan, Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Blue Moon
It Was Just An Accident
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Train Dreams
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2
Butterfly
Forevergreen
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters
Butcher’s Stain
Jane Austen’s Period Drama
A Friend of Dorothy
The Singers
Two People Exchanging Saliva
The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor
All 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
F1 — Stephen Mirrione
Marty Supreme — Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another — Andy Jurgensen
Sentimental Value — Olivier Bugge
Sinners — Michael P. Shawver
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Frankenstein
Kokuho
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
The Ugly Stepsister
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams
Brazil, The Secret Agent
France, It Was Just an Accident
Norway, Sentimental Value
Spain, Sirât
Tunisia, The Voice of Hind Rajab
“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
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirāt
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Jurassic World Rebirth
The Lost Bus
Sinners
The 2026 Oscars will take place on 15 March, with a live broadcast starting at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT, and the ceremony will be held at the iconic Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles.