Awards season is officially in full swing, and the road to the 2026 Academy Awards has been months in the making. The race began taking shape in September with fall festival premieres at Venice, Telluride and Toronto, before intensifying in January at the Golden Globes, where films like Sinners, One Battle After Another, and Hamnet emerged as early standouts. February’s Critics Choice Awards, SAG Awards and BAFTAs have continued to shift the landscape, helping clarify which contenders have real momentum heading into Oscar night.
The 2026 Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, March 15, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
Below, Hollywood Life is keeping you up to date on the 2026 Oscar nominations below.
How to Watch the 2026 Oscar Nominations
The nominations for the 2026 Academy Awards will be live-streamed on January 22 at 5:30 a.m. PT / 8:30 a.m. ET.
Who Will Win Best Picture at the 2026 Oscars?
Most predictions have pointed to either Sinners or One Battle After Another, the latter of which took home the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy.
Do the Golden Globes Predict the Oscar Winners?
No, not always. It’s important to note that the Golden Globe Awards are not a consistent predictor of Oscar winners. However, with almost every awards season, actors, filmmakers, artists and films that received the most nominations and/or wins tend to take home an Academy Award.
Last year’s awards season included some surprises. Among the biggest was when Anora star Mikey Madison won the Oscar for Best Actress over Demi Moore for the latter’s performance in The Substance. Demi had also won the Golden Globe, so most were expecting her to take home her first Academy Award.
Both Mikey and Demi made sure to praise one another in public, leading up to and following the 2025 Oscars. During her acceptance speech, Mikey said her win felt “very surreal.”
“I grew up in Los Angeles, but Hollywood always felt so far away from me, so to be here, standing in this room today is really incredible,” the Scream star said. “I also just want to recognize the thoughtful, intelligent, beautiful, breathtaking work of my fellow nominees. I’m honored to be recognized alongside all of you. This is a dream come true.”
Oscars 2026 Nominees List
Best Picture
- Bugonia
- F1
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- The Secret Agent
- Sentimental Value
- Sinners
- Train Dreams
Best Director
- Chloe 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 Skarsgard, 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 & Greg Kwedar
Original Screenplay
- Blue Moon, Robert Kaplow
- It Was Just an Accident, Jafar Panahi & Script Collaborators
- Marty Supreme, Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
- Sentimental Value, Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt
- Sinners, Ryan Coogler
Animated Short Film
- Butterfly
- Forevergreen
- The Girl Who Cried Pearls
- Retirement Plan
- The Three Sisters
Costume Design
- Avatar: Fire and Ash
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- Sinners
Achievement in Casting
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- The Secret Agent
- Sinners
Live Action Short Film
- Butcher’s Stain
- A Friend of Dorothy
- Jane Austen’s Period Drama
- The Singers
- Two People Exchanging Saliva
Makeup and Hairstyling
- Frankenstein
- Kokuho
- Sinners
- The Smashing Machine
- The Ugly Stepsister
Original Score
- Bugonia
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
- Best Live-Action Short
- Butcher’s Stain
- A Friend of Dorothy
- Jane Austen’s Period Drama
- The Singers
- Two People Exchanging Saliva
Animated Feature Film
Cinematography
Documentary Feature Film
- The Alabama Solution
- Come See Me in the Good Light
- Cutting Through Rocks
- Mr. Nobody Against Putin
- The Perfect Neighbor
Documentary Short Film
- 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
Film Editing
- F1, Stephen Mirrione
- Marty Supreme, Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
- One Battle After Another, Andy Jurgensen
- Sentimental Value, Olivier Bugge Coutté
- Sinners, Michael Shawver
International Feature Film
- Brazil, The Secret Agent
- France, It Was Just an Accident
- Norway, Sentimental Value
- Spain, Sirât
- Tunisia, The Voice of Hind Rajab
Original Song
Production Design
- Frankenstein, Tamara Deverell
- Hamnet, Fiona Crombie
- Marty Supreme, Jack Fisk
- One Battle After Another, Florencia Martin
- Sinners, Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne
Sound
- F1
- Frankenstein
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
- Sirât
- Train Dreams
Visual Effects
- Avatar: Fire and Ash
- F1
- Jurassic World Rebirth
- The Lost Bus
- Sinners
