It’s time to rub those bleary eyes, because the announcements for the 98th Academy Awards have just been made in Los Angeles, California. Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman were the lucky ones — or drew the short straw, depending on how much sleep they got — to reveal the names, and there were a lot of expected names, along with one or two eyebrow-raisers, and the most nominated movie of all time in Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, with 16 nods.

The headlines? Well, the big ticket categories were full of some names you’d expect. Best Picture nominees are: Bugonia, F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value, Sinners, and Train Dreams.

For Best Actor, those fêted include Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme), Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another), Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon), Michael B. Jordan (Sinners) and Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent), while for Best Actress, the nominees are Jessie Buckley (Hamnet), Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You), Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue), Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value) and Emma Stone (Bugonia).

Best Director nominees are Chloê Zhao (Hamnet), Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme), Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another), Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value) and Ryan Coogler (Sinners).

For Best Supporting Actress, it was Elle Fanning, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (both for Sentimental Value), Amy Madigan (Weapons), Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners) and Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another). For Best Supporting Actor, we had Benicio Del Toro (One Battle After Another), Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein), Delroy Lindo (Sinners), Sean Penn (One Battle After Another) and Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value).

A new category was included too — Best Casting. The best ensembles included were Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent and Sinners. Adapted Screenplay included Bugonia, Frankenstein, One Battle After Another, Hamnet and Train Dreams, with Original Screenplay featuring Blue Moon, It Was Just an Accident, Marty Supreme, Sentimental Value and Sinners.

Comedian Conan O’Brien is set to return as host of the Oscars for the second consecutive year, and the show will honor achievements in film from 2025 across 24 competitive categories. The 98th Academy Awards are scheduled to take place on Sunday, March 15, 2026 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. In the United States, the ceremony will be broadcast live on ABC and is also expected to stream on Hulu. The full list of nominees can be found below.

Which Films Were Nominated This Year?

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 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 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” from Diane Warren: Relentless

“Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters

“Highest 2 Lowest” from Highest 2 Lowest

“I Lied To You” from Sinners

“Sweet Dreams of Joy” from Viva Verdi!

“Train Dreams” from 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

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another

 

via Collider