The 2026 Oscar nominations are here…and well, yeah!
Pretty much everything you’d expect to see nominated for the 2026 Academy Awards were present and accounted for, with Ryan Coogler’s Sinners leading the pack with 16 nominations. Even the small surprises can hardly be considered shocking, particularly when it comes to the best supporting actress category.
While Ariana Grande earned Golden Globe and Actors Award nominations for her role as Glinda in Wicked: For Good, she wasn’t among the five actors nominated for an Academy Award like last year. Instead, Sinners star Wunmi Mosaku was included among this year’s group of nominees after being snubbed by Golden Globes voters. She will be facing off against Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value), Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value), Amy Madigan (Weapons), and Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another).
In fact, Wicked: For Good was awarded zero nominations at this year’s Academy Awards—and you don’t need to be a sequel hater to understand why that was the right call. Objectively, the first Wicked sinema was far more critically acclaimed than this year’s follow-up. If Grande, Cynthia Erivo, and director Jon M. Chu didn’t take home gold at the height of the film’s popularity, that was unlikely to change this year. And if that’s the case, isn’t it better to hold space for other talent in those categories?
Even Wicked: For Good fans on social media seem more shocked by its omission from the costume, hair, and makeup categories than anything else. But considering the filmmakers already nabbed 10 total nominations and two Oscars for best costume design and best production design in 2025, Academy voters probably felt they’d already celebrated the cast and crew’s incredible achievements. And that’s fair.
While you’re here, check out the complete list of 2026 Oscar Nominations:
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
Actor in a Leading Role
- Timothée Chalamet—Marty Supreme
- Leonardo DiCaprio—One Battle After Another
- Ethan Hawke—Blue Moon
- Michael B. Jordan—Sinners
- Wagner Moura—The Secret Agent
Actress in a Leading Role
- 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
Actor in a Supporting Role
- Benicio del Toro—One Battle After Another
- Jacob Elordi—Frankenstein
- Delroy Lindo—Sinners
- Sean Penn—One Battle After Another
- Stellan Skarsgård—Sentimental Value
Actress in a Supporting Role
- Elle Fanning—Sentimental Value
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas—Sentimental Value
- Amy Madigan—Weapons
- Wunmi Mosaku—Sinners
- Teyana Taylor—One Battle After Another
Adapted Screenplay
- Bugonia—Will Tracy
- Frankenstein—Guillermo del Toro
- Hamnet—Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
- One Battle After Another—Paul Thomas Anderson
- Train Dreams—Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar
Original Screenplay
- Blue Moon—Robert Kaplow
- It Was Just an Accident—Jafar Panahi with collaborators Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, and Mehdi Mahmoudian
- Marty Supreme—Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
- Sentimental Value—Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
- Sinners—Ryan Coogler
Animated Short Film
- Butterfly—Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens
- Forevergreen—Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears
- The Girl Who Cried Pearls—Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
- Retirement Plan—John Kelly and Andrew Freedman
- The Three Sisters—Konstantin Bronzit
Costume Design
- Avatar: Fire and Ash—Deborah L. Scott
- Frankenstein—Kate Hawley
- Hamnet—Malgosia Turzanska
- Marty Supreme—Miyako Bellizzi
- Sinners—Ruth E. Carter
Achievement in Casting
- Hamnet—Nina Gold
- Marty Supreme—Jennifer Venditti
- One Battle After Another—Cassandra Kulukundis
- The Secret Agent—Gabriel Domingues
- Sinners—Francine Maisler
Live Action Short Film
- Butcher’s Stain—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—Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt
- Two People Exchanging Saliva—Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata
Makeup and Hairstyling
- Frankenstein—Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, and Cliona Furey
- Kokuho—Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino, and Tadashi Nishimatsu
- Sinners—Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, and Shunika Terry
- The Smashing Machine—Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin, and Bjoern Rehbein
- The Ugly Stepsister—Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg
Original Score
- Bugonia—Jerskin Fendrix
- Frankenstein—Alexandre Desplat
- Hamnet—Max Richter
- One Battle After Another—Jonny Greenwood
- Sinners—Ludwig Goransson
Animated Feature Film
- Arco—Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas, and Natalie Portman
- Elio—Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina, and Mary Alice Drumm
- KPop Demon Hunters—Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans, and Michelle L.M. Wong
- Little Amélie or the Character of Rain—Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago, and Henri Magalon
- Zootopia 2—Jared Bush, Byron Howard, and Yvett Merino
Cinematography
- Frankenstein—Dan Laustsen
- Marty Supreme—Darius Khondji
- One Battle After Another—Michael Bauman
- Sinners—Autumn Durald Arkapaw
- Train Dreams—Adolpho Veloso
Documentary Feature Film
- The Alabama Solution—Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman
- Come See Me in the Good Light—Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro, and Stef Willen
- Cutting Through Rocks—Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni
- Mr. Nobody Against Putin—A Pink Production; individual nominees to be determined
- The Perfect Neighbor—Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu, and Sam Bisbee
Documentary Short Film
- All the Empty Rooms—Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones
- Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud—Craig Renaud and Juan Arredondo
- Children No More: Were and Are Gone—Hilla Medalia and Sheila Nevins
- The Devil Is Busy—Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir
- Perfectly a Strangeness—Alison McAlpine
Film Editing
- F1—Stephen Mirrione
- Marty Supreme—Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
- One Battle After Another—Andy Jurgensen
- Sentimental Value—Olivier Bugge Coutté
- Sinners—Michael P. Shawver
International Feature Film
- The Secret Agent—Brazil
- It Was Just an Accident—France
- Sentimental Value—Norway
- Sirāt—Spain
- The Voice of Hind Rajab—Tunisia
Original Song
- “Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless—Diane Warren
- “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters—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—Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson
- “Sweet Dreams of Joy” from Viva Verdi!—Nicholas Pike
- “Train Dreams” from Train Dreams—Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner
Production Design
- Frankenstein—Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau
- Hamnet—Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton
- Marty Supreme—Jack Fisk and Adam Willis
- One Battle After Another—Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino
- Sinners—Hannah Beachler and Monique Champagne
Sound
- F1—Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, and Juan Peralta
- Frankenstein—Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, and Brad Zoern
- One Battle After Another—José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio, and Tony Villaflor
- Sinners—Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor, and Steve Boeddeker
- Sirāt—Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas, and Yasmina Praderas
Visual Effects
- Avatar: Fire and Ash—Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett
- F1—Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson
- Jurassic World Rebirth—David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan, and Neil Corbould
- The Lost Bus—Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen, and Brandon K. McLaughlin
- Sinners—Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, and Donnie Dean
