2026 Oscar Winners: The Complete List of 98th Academy Awards

The 98th Academy Awards ceremony takes place on March 15, 2026 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. This year’s Oscar race has already made history before a single trophy gets handed out. Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” earned 16 nominations and broke the all-time record previously held by “Titanic” and “La La Land” at 14 nominations each. Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” follows close behind with 13 nominations.

Conan O’Brien returns as host after his acclaimed performance last year. The ceremony will air live on ABC and stream on Hulu starting at 7:00 PM Eastern Time.

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The Best Picture race looks tight between two frontrunners. “Sinners” leads the nomination count and received the loudest applause at the nominees’ luncheon when Ryan Coogler’s name was announced. The film tells the story of twins Smoke and Stack in 1930s Mississippi and marks Michael B. Jordan’s first Oscar nomination for playing both brothers.

“One Battle After Another” gained serious momentum after Paul Thomas Anderson won the Directors Guild of America award. Critics gave the film the highest rating of 2025 on Metacritic. The movie also became Anderson’s biggest box office success ever. Many believe the Academy might finally give Anderson his first Best Director win after years of nominations without a victory.

“Frankenstein” from Guillermo del Toro picked up nominations across multiple categories including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. Timothée Chalamet became the youngest actor to earn three acting nominations since Marlon Brando. He reached this milestone at just 30 years old with his nomination for “Marty Supreme.”

The 2026 ceremony introduces Best Casting as the 24th competitive category. This marks the first new category added to the Oscars in years. The move recognizes the crucial role casting directors play in filmmaking.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Benicio del Toro both earned nominations for “One Battle After Another.” Their performances at the nominees’ luncheon drew strong reactions from fellow Academy members. Chloé Zhao became the second woman ever nominated twice for Best Director and the first woman of color to achieve this honor.

Ruth E. Carter earned her fifth nomination for Best Costume Design and became the most-nominated Black woman in any Oscar category. Amy Madigan set a record with her “Weapons” nomination coming 40 years after her first nomination for “Twice in a Lifetime” in 1985.

The race stays competitive with films like “Sentimental Value” and “Marty Supreme” earning strong support in multiple categories. Both films received nominations for directing and writing along with acting nods for their ensemble casts.

The Complete List of 2026 Oscar Nominees

Winners will be marked in bold and underlined after the ceremony on March 15.

Best Picture

• Bugonia
• F1
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• The Secret Agent
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners
• Train Dreams

Best Director

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

Best 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

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
• Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
• Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
• Emma Stone – Bugonia
• Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
• Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
• Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
• Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
• Delroy Lindo – Sinners

Best 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

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

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

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• Bugonia – Will Tracy
• Frankenstein – Guillermo del Toro
• Hamnet – Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell
• One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson
• Train Dreams – Clint Bailey and Greg Kwedar

Best Animated Feature Film

• Arco
• Elio
• KPop Demon Hunters
• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
• Zootopia 2

Best International Feature Film

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

Best Documentary Feature Film

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

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

Best Live Action Short Film

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

Best Animated Short Film

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

Best Original Score

• Bugonia – Jerskin Fendrix
• Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat
• Hamnet – Max Richter
• One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood
• Sinners – Ludwig Göransson

Best Original Song

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

Best Sound

• F1
• Frankenstein
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Sirât

Best Production Design

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

Best Cinematography

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

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

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

Best Costume Design

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

Best Film Editing

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

Best Visual Effects

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

Best Casting (New Category)

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

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The 2026 Oscars promise an unforgettable night as “Sinners” and “One Battle After Another” lead a historic field of nominees.

With breakthrough performances, a new casting category, and cinema’s finest competing for gold, March 15 will determine which films etch their names into Oscar history.