The 98th Annual Academy Awards: List of Nominees

On Thursday, the Academy officially unveiled their list of nominees for the 98th Annual Academy Awards, presented by Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman. Like the previous year, the Oscars are set to be streamed live on both ABC and Hulu at 7pm EST on Sunday, March 15th, 2026. Whether you’re a casual viewer rooting for your favorite movie of 2025 or participating in the annual “Oscars death race”, we’ve compiled a list of all nominees in each category to help you keep score. Here are the nominees in their respective categories:

Best Picture
- Bugonia (Ed Guiney & Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Lars Knudsen)
- F1 (Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer)
- Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber)
- Hamnet (Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes)
- Marty Supreme (Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas and Timothée Chalamet)
- One Battle After Another (Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson)
- The Secret Agent (Emilie Lesclaux)
- Sentimental Value (Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar)
- Sinners (Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Ryan Coogler)
- Train Dreams (Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer and Michael Heimler)
Best Directing
- Chloé Zhao (Hamnet)
- Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)
- Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
- Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
- Ryan Coogler (Sinners)

Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Timothée Chalamet (as Marty Mauser in Marty Supreme)
- Leonardo DiCaprio (as “Ghetto” Pat Calhoun in One Battle After Another)
- Ethan Hawke (as Lorenz Hart in Blue Moon)
- Michael B. Jordan (as the Smokestack Twins in Sinners)
- Wagner Moura (as Armando Solimões in The Secret Agent)
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Jessie Buckley (as Agnes Shakespeare in Hamnet)
- Rose Byrne (as Linda in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)
- Kate Hudson (as Claire “Thunder” Sardina in Song Sung Blue)
- Renate Reinsve (as Nora Borg in Sentimental Value)
- Emma Stone (as Michelle Fuller in Bugonia)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Benicio del Toro (as Sergio St. Carlos in One Battle After Another)
- Jacob Elordi (as the Creature in Frankenstein)
- Delroy Lindo (as Delta Slim in Sinners)
- Sean Penn (as Colonel Steven J. Lockjaw in One Battle After Another)
- Stellan Skarsgård (as Gustav Borg in Sentimental Value)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Elle Fanning (as Rachel Kemp in Sentimental Value)
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (as Agnes Borg Petterson in Sentimental Value)
- Amy Madigan (as Gladys in Weapons)
- Wunmi Mosaku (as Annie in Sinners)
- Teyana Taylor (as Perfidia Beverly Hills in One Battle After Another)

Best Original Screenplay
- Robert Kaplow (Blue Moon)
- Jafar Panahi w/ Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, & Mehdi Mahmoudian (It Was Just An Accident)
- Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)
- Eskil Vogt & Joachi Trier (Sentimental Value)
- Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Will Tracy (Bugonia, original story by Jang Joon-hwan)
- Guillermo del Toro (Frankenstein, original story by Mary Shelley)
- Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell (Hamnet, original story by O’Farrell)
- Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another, original story by Thomas Pynchon)
- Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar (Train Dreams, original story by Denis Johnson)

Best Animated Feature
- 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)
Best International Feature Film
- The Secret Agent (Brazil)
- It Was Just An Accident (France)
- Sentimental Value (Norway)
- Sirāt (Spain)
- The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)
Best 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 (TBA)
- The Perfect Neighbor (Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee)
Best 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)
Best 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)
Best 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)

Best Music (Original Score)
- Bugonia (Jerskin Fendrix)
- Frankenstein (Alexandre Desplat)
- Hamnet (Max Richter)
- One Battle After Another (Jonny Greenwood)
- Sinners (Ludwig Goransson)
Best Music (Original Song)
- “Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless (Diane Warren)
- “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters (EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo 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 & Bryce Dessner; lyrics by Nick Cave)
Best 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)

Best 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)
Best Cinematography
- Frankenstein (Dan Laustsen)
- Marty Supreme (Darius Khondji)
- One Battle After Another (Michael Bauman)
- Sinners (Autumn Durald Arkapaw)
- Train Dreams (Adolpho Veloso)
Best 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)
Best Costume Design
- Avatar: Fire and Ash (Deborah L. Scott)
- Frankenstein (Kate Hawley)
- Hamnet (Malgosia Turzanska)
- Marty Supreme (Miyako Bellizzi)
- Sinners (Ruth E. Carter)

Best 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)
Best 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)
Best Casting
- Hamnet (Nina Gold)
- Marty Supreme (Jennifer Venditti)
- One Battle After Another (Cassandra Kulukundis)
- The Secret Agent (Gabriel Domingues)
- Sinners (Francine Maisler)
And with that, our list of nominees for the 98th annual Academy Awards comes to a close. Did your favorite of the year make it in, or are you taking interest in any new titles you saw? This year’s frontrunner is Ryan Coogler’s Sinners with a record-breaking 16 total nominations, blowing past the likes of All About Eve, Titanic, and La La Land which previously held the record with 14 total nominations each. Additionally, this round of Oscars brings a new category for the first time since 2001, Best Casting. As the clock ticks towards the ceremony on March 15th, we’ll keep you posted on all the show’s latest happenings and developments. Happy viewing! We’ll see you there.