Oscar®-nominated actor Danielle Brooks and actor Lewis Pullman announced the 98th Oscars® nominations today (Thursday, January 22, 2026), live from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills via a global livestream on Oscars.org, Oscar.com and the Academy’s digital platforms, ABC’s Good Morning America and ABC News Live, Disney+, Hulu, broadcast media and an international satellite feed.
Best Picture
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Bugonia
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F1
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Frankenstein
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Hamnet
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Marty Supreme
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One Battle After Another
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The Secret Agent
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Sentimental Value
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Sinners
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Train Dreams
Actor in a Leading Role
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Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
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Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
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Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
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Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
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Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent
Actor in a Supporting Role
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Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another
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Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
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Delroy Lindo – Sinners
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Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
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Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
Actress in a Leading Role
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Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
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Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
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Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue
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Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
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Emma Stone – Bugonia
Actress in a Supporting Role
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Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
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Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
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Amy Madigan – Weapons
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Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
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Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
Animated Feature Film
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Arco
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Elio
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KPop Demon Hunters
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Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
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Zootopia 2
Animated Short Film
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Butterfly
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Forevergreen
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The Girl Who Cried Pearls
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Retirement Plan
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The Three Sisters
Casting
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Hamnet — Nina Gold
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Marty Supreme — Jennifer Venditti
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One Battle After Another — Cassandra Kulukundis
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The Secret Agent — Gabriel Domingues
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Sinners — Francine Maisler
Cinematography
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Frankenstein — Dan Laustsen
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Marty Supreme — Darius Khondji
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One Battle After Another — Michael Bauman
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Sinners — Autumn Durald Arkapaw
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Train Dreams — Adolpho Veloso
Costume Design
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Avatar: Fire and Ash — Deborah L. Scott
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Frankenstein — Kate Hawley
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Hamnet — Malgosia Turzanska
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Marty Supreme — Miyako Bellizzi
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Sinners — Ruth E. Carter
Directing
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Chloé Zhao — Hamnet
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Josh Safdie — Marty Supreme
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Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After Another
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Joachim Trier — Sentimental Value
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Ryan Coogler — Sinners
Documentary Feature Film
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The Alabama Solution
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Come See Me in the Good Light
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Cutting Through Rocks
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Mr. Nobody Against Putin
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The Perfect Neighbor
Documentary Short Film
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All the Empty Rooms
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Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
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Children No More: “Were and Are Gone”
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The Devil Is Busy
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Perfectly a Strangeness
Film Editing
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F1
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Marty Supreme
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One Battle After Another
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Sentimental Value
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Sinners
International Feature Film
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The Secret Agent (Brazil)
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It Was Just an Accident (France)
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Sentimental Value (Norway)
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Sirāt (Spain)
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The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)
Live Action Short Film
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Butcher’s Stain
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A Friend of Dorothy
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Jane Austen’s Period Drama
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The Singers
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Two People Exchanging Saliva
Makeup and Hairstyling
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Frankenstein
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Kokuho
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Sinners
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The Smashing Machine
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The Ugly Stepsister
Music (Original Score)
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Bugonia — Jerskin Fendrix
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Frankenstein — Alexandre Desplat
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Hamnet — Max Richter
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One Battle After Another — Jonny Greenwood
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Sinners — Ludwig Göransson
Music (Original Song)
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“Dear Me” — Diane Warren: Relentless
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“Golden” — KPop Demon Hunters
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“I Lied To You” — Sinners
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“Sweet Dreams of Joy” — Viva Verdi!
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“Train Dreams” — Train Dreams
Brooks and Pullman announced the nominees in two groups starting at 5:30 a.m. PT, followed by the remaining categories at 5:41 a.m. PT. For a complete list of nominees, visit www.oscars.org.
Academy members from each of the 19 branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories – actors nominate actors, costume designers nominate costume designers, etc. In the Animated Feature Film, Animated Short Film, International Feature Film and Live Action Short Film categories, nominees are selected by a vote of members from all branches who opt in to participate and have met the eligibility requirements. All active members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees. Members submitted nomination ballots from 88 countries.
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. Visit https://www.oscars.org/oscars/voting for more information.
All rounds of Oscars voting are conducted by secret online ballot, tabulated by the independent accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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.
To access the complete nominations press kit, visit www.press.oscars.org.
