Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman announced the 2026 Oscar nominations.

Sinners, One Battle After Another, and Sentimental Value scored major nods, with Ryan Coogler's blockbuster breaking an Oscars record while Wicked: For Good missed out on any.

The Academy already awarded special honors this season to Dolly Parton, Tom Cruise, and more.

Recent weeks have seen major Hollywood movies waging one battle after another leading up to the nominations for the 2026 Oscars, and the big announcement is finally here.

Revealed Thursday morning by Academy Award-nominated Color Purple star Danielle Brooks and Emmy nominee Lewis Pullman, the 2026 Oscar nominations fall amid a contentious awards season that has seen major contenders enter — and bow out of — the race at large in recent weeks.

From early box office hits (Sinners) sustaining through the year to underground critical darlings (If I Had Legs I'd Kick You star Rose Byrne) generating major heat at recent awards shows like the Golden Globes, nominees trickled into the race from all corners of the movie industry.

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Now, the Academy has unveiled the best films and performances of the year among its latest round of Oscar nominations, with Ryan Coogler's aforementioned vampire blockbuster Sinners shattering the record for most nominations for a single film in history, with 16 total.

Paul Thomas Anderson's latest thriller One Battle After Another also dominated with multiple nominations, including for Best Picture, Best Director, and for most of its core cast (including Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio Del Toro, Sean Penn, and Teyana Taylor).

Chloé Zhao's emotional historical drama Hamnet and Best Actor frontrunner Timothée Chalamet's lauded performance at the center of Marty Supreme also scored major nominations from the Academy, though fan-favorite sequel Wicked: For Good (including stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo) were entirely shut out of the nominations list.

In January, the Golden Globes helped amp up the race to the Oscars, with Chalamet, Byrne, Taylor, Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value), Jessie Buckley (Hamnet), and Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent) all winning key acting awards ahead of Academy Award nominations.

As previously announced, the Academy bestowed special awards upon several Hollywood professionals.

Industry icon Dolly Parton accepted her Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award via video message at last year's Governors Awards, for her career dedication to philanthropic efforts with the Dollywood Foundation and Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, which has given around 285 million books to children.

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Actor Tom Cruise, actress and choreographer Debbie Allen, and production designer Wynn Thomas also received Academy Honorary Awards for their careers in Hollywood as well.

The 2026 Oscars, hosted by returning comedian Conan O'Brien, air March 15 on ABC. See the full list of nominees for the 98th Academy Awards below.

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

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

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

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

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

Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan, Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

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

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

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

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

Will Tracy, Bugonia
Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein
Chloé Zhao, Maggie O'Farrell, Hamnet
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Train Dreams

Nina Gold, Hamnet
Jennifer Venditti, Marty Supreme
Cassandra Kulukundis, One Battle After Another
Gabriel Domingues, The Secret Agent
Francine Maisler, Sinners

Stephen Mirrione, F1
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another
Olivier Bugge Coutté, Sentimental Value
Michael P. Shawver, Sinners

Dan Laustsen, Frankenstein
Darius Khondji, Marty Supreme
Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another
Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners
Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams

Tamara Deverell, Shan Vieau, Frankenstein
Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton, Hamnet
Jack Fisk, Adam Willis, Marty Supreme
Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino, One Battle After Another
Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne, Sinners

Deborah L. Scott, Avatar: Fire and Ash
Kate Hawley, Frankenstein
Malgosia Turzanska, Hamnet
Miyako Bellizzi, Marty Supreme
Ruth E. Carter, Sinners

Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey, Frankenstein
Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino, Tadashi Nishimatsu, Kokuho
Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, Shunika Terry, Sinners
Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin, Bjoern Rehbein, The Smashing Machine
Thomas Foldberg, Anne Cathrine Sauerberg, The Ugly Stepsister

"Dear Me," Diane Warren: Relentless (music and lyrics by Diane Warren)
"Golden," KPop Demon Hunters (music and lyrics by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon, Teddy Park)
"I Lied to You," Sinners (music and lyrics by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson)
"Sweet Dreams of Joy," Viva Verdi! (music and lyrics by Nicholas Pike)
"Train Dreams," Train Dreams (music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; lyrics by Nick Cave

Jerskin Fendrix, Bugonia
Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein
Max Richter, Hamnet
Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another
Ludwig Goransson, Sinners

Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta, F1
Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern, Frankenstein
José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflo, One Battle After Another
Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Sinners
Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas, Yasmina Praderas, Sirât

Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett, Avatar: Fire and Ash
Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington, Keith Dawson, F1
David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan, Neil Corbould, Jurassic World: Rebirth
Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen, Brandon K. McLaughlin, The Lost Bus
Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, Donnie Dean, Sinners

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

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

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

Tom Cruise
Debbie Allen
Wynn Thomas

Dolly Parton

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