The nominations for the 98th Academy Awards® were announced today, January 22, 2026. Oscar-nominated actor Danielle Brooks and actor Lewis Pullman presented the nominations live from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, which was broadcast live online and on ABC.

The Oscars, as they are commonly known, are given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). The organization is comprised of more than 10,000 people worldwide recognized as accomplished in the industry through their work and/or leadership. Members from each of the nineteen branches vote for the nominees in their category of expertise (actors vote for actors, directors for directors, etc.). All members are eligible to vote for Best Picture, Animated Feature Film, International Feature Film, and Live Action Short Film nominees. That voting begins February 26 and goes through March 5, 2026.

There are 24 categories of awards, with each category having five nominees. The category of Best Picture has 10 nominees. New this year is the Casting category, which is the first new category in 25 years.

How to Watch the Oscars Ceremony

The 98th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be shown live on ABC and streamed live on Hulu.

Academy Award Nominations - By Category

Some of these movies are playing in theaters, while some have already made it to home video. Being nominated usually causes some of them to make a return appearance, so head over to the Academy Award® Winners and Nominees page to see where and when they're playing!

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• 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)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• 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)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• 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)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• 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 animated feature film of the year

• 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 Amelie 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

Best animated short film

• 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

Achievement in 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

Achievement in 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

Achievement in 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

Achievement in directing

• 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 documentary feature film

• The Alabama Solution (HBO Documentary Films)
  An HBO Documentary Films/Alabama Film Project Production
  Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman
• Come See Me in the Good Light (Apple)
  An Apple Original Films/Tripod Media/Amplify Pictures in association with Treat Media/Something Fierce Production
  Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro and Stef Willen
• Cutting Through Rocks
  A Gandom Films Production
  Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni
• Mr. Nobody Against Putin (PINK)
  A PINK Production
  Nominees to be determined
• The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix)
  A Netflix Documentary/Message Pictures in association with SO'B/Park Pictures Production
  Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee

Best documentary short film

• 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

Achievement in film editing

• F1: The Movie (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 international feature film of the year

• The Secret Agent - Brazil
  A CinemaScópio Production
• It Was Just An Accident - France
  A Les Films Pelléas Production
• Sentimental Value - Norway
  A Mer Film/Eye Eye Pictures Production
• Sirat - Spain
  An El Deseo Production
• The Voice of Hind Rajab - Tunisia
  A Mime Films Production

Best live action short film

• 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

Achievement in 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 Sauerberg

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (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

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (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 motion picture of the year

• Bugonia (Focus Features)
  An Element Pictures/Square Peg/CJ ENM in association with Pith/Fruit Tree Enterprises Production
  Ed Guiney & Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Lars Knudsen, Producers
• F1: The Movie (Apple)
  An Apple Original Films/Monolith Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer/Plan B Entertainment/Dawn Apollo Films Production
  Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers
• Frankenstein (Netflix)
  A Netflix/Double Dare You/Demilo Films/Bluegrass 7 Production
  Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber, Producers
• Hamnet (Focus Features)
  A Hera Pictures/Neal Street/Amblin Entertainment in association with Book of Shadows Production
  Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes, Producers
• Marty Supreme (A24)
  An A24/Central Group Production
  Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas and Timothée Chalamet, Producers
• One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
  A Ghoulardi Film Company Production
  Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers
• The Secret Agent (Neon)
  A CinemaScópio/MK/Lemming Film/One Two Films Production
  Emilie Lesclaux, Producer
• Sentimental Value (Neon)
  A Mer Film/Eye Eye Pictures/MK/Lumen/Zentropa/Komplizen Film/BBC Film Production
  Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Producers
• Sinners (Warner Bros.)
  A Proximity Media Production
  Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Ryan Coogler, Producers
• Train Dreams (Netflix)
  A Black Bear/Kamala Films Production
  Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer and Michael Heimler, Producers

Achievement in 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

Achievement in sound

• F1: The Movie (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
• Sirat (Neon) - Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas

Achievement in visual effects

• Avatar: Fire and Ash (Walt Disney) - Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett
• F1: The Movie (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

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

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

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