Sinners makes Oscar history

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Nominations for the 2026 Oscars were announced today, and there was a lot of excitement as Ryan Coogler's Sinners achieved a record breaking 16 nominations. One Battle after Another secured 13 nominations, which would be impressive in an ordinary year, while Sentimental Value, Frankenstein and Marty Supreme each got nine.

If you've been following the rest of this year's awards, there won't be many surprises in the line-up, but the Bugonia team will be thrilled to secure a Best Picture nomination. Sentimental Value did really well in the acting categories, with four nominations, while Sinners got three and was also nominated in the brand new Best Casting category.

"This nomination is especially meaningful because it recognises the ensemble as a whole, built through careful collaboration, trust, and openness to both established actors and new voices," said Gabriel Domingues, nominated for casting The Secret Agent. "My work...was guided by a singular theme: memory. Each character we cast, no matter how small, had to be rooted in authenticity and the specific reality of Brazil in 1977."

Sirât also made a historic achievement. "We are thankful to be the first women-led sound team nominated in this category," said Laia Casanovas, Amanda Villavieja and Yasmina Praderas. "The film required taking risks on both a technical and creative level in order to create a raw, impactful, and atmospheric soundscape in service of the story, and we are delighted to see that these efforts and decisions are recognised by our fellow peers from the Academy."

A cheer went up from the audience when the last of the films in competition for Best International Feature Film was announced: The Voice Of Hind Rajab. "Among these beautiful films from around the world, I'm deeply honoured that Hind's voice is there. Not as a symbol. As history," said director Kaouther Ben Hania. "This nomination belongs first to Hind. To her voice. To what should never have happened and yet did. It belongs to everyone who believed that cinema can still be a space for truth, care, and responsibility...Thank you to the Academy for listening."

The Oscar ceremony will take place in Los Angeles on 15 March, with Conan O'Brien as host.

Those nominations in full:

Best Picture

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

Best Director

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

Best Actress

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

Best Actor

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

Best Supporting Actor

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

Best Supporting Actress

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

Best Casting

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

Best Animated Film

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

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

Best Documentary Short

• 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

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

Best Animated Short

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

Best Original Screenplay

• Blue Moon
• It Was Just An Accident
• Marty Supreme
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• One Battle after Another
• Train Dreams

Best Cinematography

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

Best Editing

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

Best Production Design

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

Best Visual Effects

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

Best Sound

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

Best Costume

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

Best Make-up and Hairstyling

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

Best Score

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

Best 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