‘Sinners’ just made Oscars history

It’s awards season, and the Academy Awards are already making history. Oscar-nominated actor Danielle Brooks and actor Lewis Pullman announced the 98th Oscars nominations on Thursday, January 22, 2026, live from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, and there are some surprises.

Leading the pack with nominations is Ryan Coogler’s vampire thriller Sinners. The Black talent-led film made history with 16 nominations, becoming the most-nominated film in Oscars history. The previous record of 14 was held by All About Eve, Titanic, and La La Land. Per Variety, the film earned nominations for 10 Black artists, tying the record for the most Black nominees produced by a single movie in Oscars history. 

 Emma Stone, 37, also broke a record, becoming the youngest woman in Oscar history to earn seven total nominations. It was previously held by Meryl Streep, going back to 1988 when she was 38. Meanwhile, Wicked: For Good earned no nominations

A total of 24 categories will be awarded at this year’s ceremony, with final voting running from Thursday, February 26, 2026, to Thursday, March 5, 2026. The 98th Oscars will take place Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood (live on ABC, streaming live on Hulu, and airing in 200+ territories).

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

• Bugonia (Focus Features)
• F1 (Apple)
• Frankenstein (Netflix)
• Hamnet (Focus Features)
• Marty Supreme (A24)
• One Battle after Another (Warner Bros.)
• The Secret Agent (Neon)
• Sentimental Value (Neon)
• Sinners (Warner Bros.)
• Train Dreams (Netflix)

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING

• Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
• Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
• Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle after Another
• Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
• Ryan Coogler, Sinners

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

• Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
• Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle after Another
• Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
• Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
• Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• Benicio Del Toro, One Battle after Another
• Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
• Delroy Lindo, Sinners
• Sean Penn, One Battle after Another
• Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

• 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

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
• Amy Madigan, Weapons
• Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
• Teyana Taylor, One Battle after Another

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

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Blue Moon — Robert Kaplow
• It Was Just an Accident — Jafar Panahi (with collaborators Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian)
• Marty Supreme — Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
• Sentimental Value — Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier
• Sinners — Ryan Coogler

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR

• The Secret Agent (Brazil)
• It Was Just an Accident (France)
• Sentimental Value (Norway)
• Sirāt (Spain)
• The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR

• Arco (Neon)
• Elio (Walt Disney)
• KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (GKIDS)
• Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney)

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

• Butterfly
• Forevergreen
• The Girl Who Cried Pearls
• Retirement Plan
• The Three Sisters

ACHIEVEMENT IN CASTING

• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle after Another
• The Secret Agent
• Sinners

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Frankenstein
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle after Another
• Sinners
• Train Dreams

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• 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 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

ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING

• F1
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle after Another
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

• Butcher’s Stain
• A Friend of Dorothy
• Jane Austen’s Period Drama
• The Singers
• Two People Exchanging Saliva

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

• Frankenstein
• Kokuho
• Sinners
• The Smashing Machine
• The Ugly Stepsister

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SCORE)

• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• One Battle after Another
• Sinners

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SONG)

• “Dear Me” — Diane Warren: Relentless
• “Golden” — KPop Demon Hunters
• “I Lied To You” — Sinners
• “Sweet Dreams Of Joy” — Viva Verdi!
• “Train Dreams” — Train Dreams

ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle after Another
• Sinners

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND

• F1
• Frankenstein
• One Battle after Another
• Sinners
• Sirāt

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• F1
• Jurassic World Rebirth
• The Lost Bus
• Sinners

FEATURE FILMS WITH TWO OR MORE NOMINATIONS

(This list does not include Short Films)

• Sinners – 16
• One Battle after Another – 13
• Frankenstein – 9
• Marty Supreme – 9
• Sentimental Value – 9
• Hamnet  – 8
• Bugonia  – 4
• F1 – 4
• The Secret Agent   – 4
• Train Dream – 4
• Avatar: Fire and Ash – 2
• Blue Moon – 2
• It Was Just an Accident – 2
• KPop Demon Hunters – 2
• Sirāt – 2