The 2026 Oscar Nominations

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The Gothams are done, the Golden Globes are over, and the guilds have snubbed international films to their hearts’ content. That means it’s finally time: The Oscar nominations are here. The single biggest points-accruing day in Vulture’s Movies Fantasy League comes at the midpoint of awards season ahead of the actual Oscars on March 15, hosted by Conan O’Brien. The nominations were announced by The Testament of Ann Lee star Lewis Pullman and Oscar nominee for The Color Purple Danielle Brooks. One Battle After Another and Sinners had a big showing, alongside international film Sentimental Value.

Below, find the full 2026 Oscar nominations, updating live. 

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 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 Original Screenplay 
Blue Moon
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Best Adapted Screenplay 
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Train Dreams

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

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

Best International Feature Film 
The Secret Agent
It Was Just an Accident
Sentimental Value
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Sirāt

Best Animated Feature Film
Arco
Elio
Kpop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

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

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

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

Best Sound
F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirāt  

Best Original Score 
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Best Original Song 
“Dear Me,” from Diana 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

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

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

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

Best Animated Short Film
Butterfly
Forever Green
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters 

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

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