Oscar®-nominated actor Danielle Brooks and actor Lewis Pullman announced the 98th Oscars® nominations live from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
With 16 nominations, Sinners sets the record for most nominations for a film, while Amy Madigan’s acting nomination for Weapons comes 40 years after her first nomination for her supporting role in Twice in a Lifetime (1985).
The Secret Agent and Sentimental Value are the 12th and 13th non-English language films to be nominated for both International Feature Film and Best Picture in the same year. To date, Parasite is the only film to win both International Feature Film and Best Picture.
Twenty-four categories will be awarded at the 98th Oscars.
Each category has five nominees, except for Best Picture, which has 10.
Active members of the Academy must view all nominated films to be eligible to vote.
Finals voting begins on Thursday, February 26, 2026, and concludes on Thursday, March 5, 2026.
All rounds of Oscars voting are conducted by secret online ballot, tabulated by the independent accounting firm Price Waterhouse Coopers.
For the seventh consecutive year, at least one film nominated for Best Picture has been directed by a woman. Chloé Zhao’s nomination for Hamnet is the 11th Directing nomination for a woman. She is the second woman to receive multiple directing nominations, following Jane Campion.
With their nomination for Sirāt, Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas become the first all-women sound team (production sound mixing, supervising sound editing and rerecording mixing) to be nominated for a sound award. Autumn Durald Arkapaw (Sinners) is the fourth woman to be nominated for Cinematography. Previous nominees are Rachel Morrison for Mudbound (2017), Ari Wegner for The Power of the Dog (2021) and Mandy Walker for Elvis (2022). Charmaine Chan becomes the sixth woman to be nominated in the Visual Effects category. With some nominees still to be determined, a record 74 women are currently nominated this year. The previous record of 71 was set in 2023.
Best Picture
Bugonia (Focus Features) – Ed Guiney & Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Lars Knudsen – This is the fourth Best Picture nomination for Ed Guiney, the third for Yorgos Lanthimos and the second for Andrew Lowe and Emma Stone. Together they were all nominated for Poor Things (2023). Guiney and Lanthimos were also nominated together for The Favourite (2018). Guiney was also nominated for Room (2015). This is the first nomination for Lars Knudsen.
F1 (Apple) – Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer – This is the first nomination for Chad Oman and Joseph Kosinski. This is the fourth Best Picture nomination for Brad Pitt, who won for 12 Years a Slave (2013). His other Best Picture nominations were for Moneyball (2011) and The Big Short (2015). This is the ninth Best Picture nomination for Dede Gardner and the eighth for Jeremy Kleiner. Together they won Oscars for 12 Years a Slave (2013) and Moonlight (2016), and shared nominations for Selma (2014), The Big Short (2015), Vice (2018), Women Talking (2022) and Nickel Boys (2024). Gardner was also nominated for The Tree of Life (2011). This is the second Best Picture nomination for Jerry Bruckheimer. He was previously nominated for Top Gun: Maverick (2022).
Frankenstein (Netflix) – Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber – This is the second Best Picture nomination for Guillermo del Toro and J. Miles Dale. Together they won the award for The Shape of Water (2017) and were nominated for Nightmare Alley (2021). This is the first nomination for Scott Stuber.
Hamnet (Focus Features) – Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes – This is the first nomination for Liza Marshall and Nicolas Gonda. This is the second Best Picture nomination for Pippa Harris and Sam Mendes. Together they were nominated for 1917 (2019). This is the 14th Best Picture nomination for Steven Spielberg, who won the award for Schindler’s List (1993). His other nominations were for E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), The Color Purple (1985), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Munich (2005), Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), War Horse (2011), Lincoln (2012), Bridge of Spies (2015), The Post (2017), West Side Story (2021), The Fabelmans (2022) and Maestro (2023).
Marty Supreme (A24) – Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas and Timothée Chalamet – This is the second Best Picture nomination for Eli Bush, who was nominated for Lady Bird (2017). This is the second Best Picture nomination for Anthony Katagas, who won the award for 12 Years a Slave (2013). This is the first Best Picture nomination for Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie and Timothée Chalamet.
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.) – Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson – This is the second Best Picture nomination for Adam Somner and Sara Murphy, and the fourth for Paul Thomas Anderson. Together they were nominated for Licorice Pizza (2021). Anderson was also nominated for There Will Be Blood (2007) and Phantom Thread (2017).
The Secret Agent (Neon) – Emilie Lesclaux – This is her first nomination
Sentimental Value (Neon) – Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar – This is the first nomination for both.
Sinners (Warner Bros.) – Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Ryan Coogler – This is the first nomination for Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian. This is the second Best Picture nomination for Ryan Coogler. He was nominated for Judas and the Black Messiah (2021).
Train Dreams (Netflix) – Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer and Michael Heimler – This is the first nomination for Marissa McMahon, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer and Michael Heimler. This is the second Best Picture nomination for Teddy Schwarzman. He was nominated for Whiplash (2014).
Best Director
Hamnet (Focus Features), Chloé Zhao
Marty Supreme (A24), Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.), Paul Thomas Anderson
Sentimental Value (Neon), Joachim Trier
Sinners (Warner Bros.), Ryan Coogler
Best Actor
Timothée Chalamet in Marty Supreme (A24)
Leonardo DiCaprio in One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Ethan Hawke in Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
Michael B. Jordan in Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Wagner Moura in The Secret Agent (Neon)
THE OSCAR STATUETTE
3,4 91 competitive Oscar statuettes presented since the first Academy Awards.
Oscar statuette is 13½ inches high and 5¼ inches wide at the base.
Oscar statuette weighs 8½ pounds.
The design is a stylized figure of a knight holding a crusader’s sword standing on a reel of film with five spokes, signifying the five original branches of the Academy (actors, directors, producers, technicians and writers). No model was used during the design process.
Best Actress
Jessie Buckley in Hamnet (Focus Features)
Rose Byrne in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)
Kate Hudson in Song Sung Blue (Focus Features)
Renate Reinsve in Sentimental Value (Neon)
Emma Stone in Bugonia (Focus Features)
Best Supporting Actor
Benicio Del Toro in One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Jacob Elordi in Frankenstein (Netflix)
Delroy Lindo in Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Sean Penn in One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Stellan Skarsgård in Sentimental Value (Neon)
Best Supporting Actress
Elle Fanning in Sentimental Value (Neon)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas in Sentimental Value (Neon)
Amy Madigan in Weapons (Warner Bros.)
Wunmi Mosaku in Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Teyana Taylor in One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Bugonia (Focus Features); Screenplay by Will Tracy
Frankenstein (Netflix); Written for the Screen by Guillermo del Toro
Hamnet (Focus Features); Screenplay by Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.); Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
Train Dreams (Netflix); Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
Best Original Screenplay
Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics); Written by Robert Kaplow
It Was Just an Accident (Neon); Written by Jafar Panahi; Script collaborators Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian
Marty Supreme (A24); Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
Sentimental Value (Neon); Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
Sinners (Warner Bros.); Written by Ryan Coogler
Best Animated Feature
Arco (Neon); Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas and Natalie Portman
Elio (Walt Disney); Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina and Mary Alice Drumm
KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix); Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Michelle L.M. Wong
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (GKIDS); Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago and Henri Magalon
Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney); Jared Bush, Byron Howard and Yvett Merino
The first Academy Awards® were handed out on May 16, 1929, at an Academy banquet in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
At this time movies had just begun to talk.
There were 270 attendees and guest tickets cost $5.
The banquet was long and filled with speeches, but Academy President Douglas Fairbanks handled the presentation of the statuettes expeditious
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 Documentary Feature
The Alabama Solution (HBO Documentary Films); Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman
Come See Me in the Good Light (Apple); Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro and Stef Willen
Cutting Through Rocks; Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni
Mr. Nobody Against Putin (PINK); Nominees to be determined
The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix); Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee
Best Animated Short
Butterfly (Sacrebleu Productions); Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens
Forevergreen; Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears
The Girl Who Cried Pearls (National Film Board of Canada); Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
Retirement Plan; John Kelly and Andrew Freedman
The Three Sisters (Polydont Films/Rymanco Ventures); Konstantin Bronzit
Best Casting
Hamnet (Focus Features); Nina Gold
Marty Supreme (A24); Jennifer Venditti
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.); Cassandra Kulukundis
The Secret Agent (Neon); Gabriel Domingues
Sinners (Warner Bros.); Francine Maisler
Best Cinematography
Frankenstein (Netflix), Dan Laustsen
Marty Supreme (A24), Darius Khondji
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.), Michael Bauman
Sinners (Warner Bros.), Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Train Dreams (Netflix), Adolpho Veloso
Best Costume Design
Avatar: Fire and Ash (Walt Disney); Deborah L. Scott
Frankenstein (Netflix); Kate Hawley
Hamnet (Focus Features); Malgosia Turzanska
Marty Supreme (A24); Miyako Bellizzi
Sinners (Warner Bros.); Ruth E. Carter
The 15 statuettes presented at the initial ceremonies were gold -plated solid bronze.
Within a few years, the bronze was abandoned in favor of Britannia metal, a pewter-like alloy, which made it easier to give the statuettes their smooth finish.
Because of the metal’s shortage during World War II, Oscars® were made of painted plaster for three years.
Following the war, all the awarded plaster figures were exchanged for gold-plated metal ones
Best Documentary Short
All the Empty Rooms (Netflix); Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones
Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud (HBO); Craig Renaud and Juan Arredondo
Children No More: “Were and Are Gone” (Sky); Hilla Medalia and Sheila Nevins
The Devil Is Busy (HBO); Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir
Perfectly a Strangeness (Second Sight Pictures); Alison McAlpine
Best Film Editing
F1 (Apple); Stephen Mirrione
Marty Supreme (A24); Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.); Andy Jurgensen
Sentimental Value (Neon); Olivier Bugge Coutté
Sinners (Warner Bros.); Michael P. Shawver
Best Live-Action Short
Butcher’s Stain (Tel Aviv University Steve Tisch School of Film and Television); Meyer Levinson-Blount and Oron Caspi
A Friend of Dorothy; Lee Knight and James Dean
Jane Austen’s Period Drama; Julia Aks and Steve Pinder
The Singers (Netflix); Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt
Two People Exchanging Saliva (Canal+/The New Yorker); Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Frankenstein (Netflix); Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey
Kokuho (GKIDS); Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu
Sinners (Warner Bros.); Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry
The Smashing Machine (A24); Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein
The Ugly Stepsister (Independent Film Company/Shudder); Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerber
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Best Original Score
Bugonia (Focus Features); Jerskin Fendrix
Frankenstein (Netflix); Alexandre Desplat
Hamnet (Focus Features); Max Richter
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.); Jonny Greenwood
Sinners (Warner Bros.); Ludwig Goransson
Best Original Song
“Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless (MasterClass/Greenwich Entertainment); Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix); 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 (Warner Bros.); Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson
“Sweet Dreams of Joy” from Viva Verdi! (Viva Verdi!); Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike
“Train Dreams” from Train Dreams (Netflix); Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner, Lyric by Nick Cave
Best Production Design
Frankenstein (Netflix); Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
Hamnet (Focus Features); Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton
Marty Supreme (A24); Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.); Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino
Sinners (Warner Bros.); Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne
Best Sound
F1 (Apple) Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta
Frankenstein (Netflix) Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.); José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor
Sinners (Warner Bros.); Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker
Sirāt (Neon); Amanda Vil
Best Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash (Walt Disney); Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett
F1 (Apple); Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson
Jurassic World Rebirth (Universal); David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould
The Lost Bus (Apple); Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin
Sinners (Warner Bros.) Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean
The 98th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC, streamed live on Hulu and airs live in more than 200 territories worldwide.
