'Sinners' leads 2026 Oscar nominations with record-breaking 16 nods
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Whatever happens on Oscars night, Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” has already won big — raking in the most Oscar nominations ever for a single movie.
Actors Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman announced the nominees early Thursday for the 98th Oscars, which will air March 15 at 7 p.m. ET on ABC, with a first-ever livestream on Hulu.
Few will be shocked to learn that “Sinners” and “One Battle After Another” are both up for best picture. The former leads with 16 nods, shattering the record of 14 nominations, which was previously held jointly by “All About Eve,” “Titanic” and “La La Land.”
While both film’s respective stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Michael B. Jordan as well as directors Paul Thomas Anderson and Coogler have long been seen as the front-runners in the best actor and director categories, other contenders like “Marty Supreme” star Timothée Chalamet and director Josh Safdie have been touted as potential usurpers.
Below, all the Academy Award nominees — including that of the first-ever best casting category — for the most highly anticipated face-offs of awards season.
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”)
Josh Safdie (“Marty Supreme”)
Joachim Trier (“Sentimental Value”)
Chloé Zhao (“Hamnet”)
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 actress
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”)
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 Mosaku (“Sinners”)
Teyana Taylor (“One Battle After Another”)
Best original screenplay
“Blue Moon” — Robert Kaplow
“It Was Just an Accident” — Jafar Panahi
“Marty Supreme” — Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
“Sentimental Value” — Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt
“Sinners” — Ryan Coogler
Best adapted screenplay
“Bugonia” — Will Tracy (based on Jang Joon Hwan’s film, “Save the Green Planet!”)
“Frankenstein” — Guillermo del Toro (based on Mary Shelley’s novel, “Frankenstein, or: The Modern Prometheus”)
“Hamnet” — Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell (adapted from O’Farrell’s novel of the same name)
“One Battle After Another” — Paul Thomas Anderson (inspired by Thomas Pynchon’s “Vineland”)
“Train Dreams” — Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar (based on Denis Johnson’s novella of the same name)
Best casting
“Hamnet” — Nina Gold
“Marty Supreme” — Jennifer Venditti
“One Battle After Another” — Cassandra Kulukundis
“The Secret Agent” — Gabriel Domingues
“Sinners” — Francine Maisler
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