2026 Oscar nominations: Jessie Buckley's first nod, a new record and all the other big surprises

The 2026 Oscar nominations have been announced – and it was a huge day for Jessie Buckley, Kate Hudson and Sinners!

The 24 categories were announced by Lewis Pullman (Top Gun: Maverick) and Danielle Brooks (Orange Is the New Black) on Thursday 22 January – and included a brand new category for Best Casting. 

Sinners led the way with a whopping 16 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor for Michael B Jordan's impressive dual role in the vampire horror.

The movie's costume designer, Ruth E Carter, also received a nod for Best Costume Design – becoming the most-nominated Black woman in Oscar history across any category.

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Sinners beat the previous record of 14 nominations, which were all held by All About Eve (1950), Titanic (1997) and La La Land (2016).

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Meanwhile, Jessie Buckley earned her much-anticipated first nomination for Best Actress in Hamnet, while Kate Hudson swiped her second-ever nod in the same category for Song Sung Blue. 

Best Actor nominations included Leonardo DiCaprio, Timothée Chalamet and Wagner Moura.

One Battle After Another picked up 13 nods, including Best Picture, Director and Leading Actor, while Frankenstein, Sentimental Value and Marty Supreme remained neck in neck with nine each. 

Among the snubs, Paul Mescal missed out on Best Supporting Actor in his role as William Shakespeare in Hamnet, as did Ariana Grande for Supporting Actress in Wicked: For Good. 

Meanwhile, Chase Infiniti missed out on a Best Actress nomination for her breakout role in One Battle after Another.

What do you think of the nominations? Keep scrolling to read the full list…

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
• Josh Safdie
• Paul Thomas Anderson
• Joachim Trier
• Ryan Coogler

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Timothée Chalamet
• Leonardo DiCaprio
• Ethan Hawke
• Michael B Jordan
• Wagner Moura

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Jessie Buckley
• Rose Byrne
• Kate Hudson
• Renate Reinsve
• Emma Stone

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Benicio Del Toro
• Jacob Elordi
• Delroy Lindo
• Sean Penn
• Stellan Skarsgård

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Elle Fanning
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas
• Amy Madigan
• Wunmi Mosaku
• Teyana Taylor

Best Original Screenplay

• Blue Moon
• It Was Just an Accident
• Marty Supreme
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• One Battle after Another
• Train Dreams

Best Cinematography

• Frankenstein
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle after Another
• Sinners
• Train Dreams

Best Costume Design

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• Hamnet
• Frankenstein
• Sinners
• Marty Supreme

Best Film Editing

• F1
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle after Another
• Sinners
• Sentimental Value

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

• Frankenstein 
• Kokuho 
• Sinners
• The Smashing Machine 
• The Ugly Stepsister

Best Production Design

• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle after Another
• Sinners

Best Sound 

• F1
• Frankenstein
• One Battle after Another
• Sinners
• Sirat

Best Visual Effects

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• F1
• Jurassic World Rebirth
• The Lost Bus
• Sinners

Best Casting

• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle after Another
• Sinners
• The Secret Agent

Best Original Score

• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet 
• One Battle after Another
• Sinners

Best Original Song

• Dear Me – Diane Warren: Relentless
• Golden – KPop Demon Hunters
• I Lie To You – Sinners
• Sweet Dreams Of Joy – Viva Verdi!
• Train Dreams – Train Dreams

Best Animated Feature

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

Best Documentary Feature Film

• The Alabama Solution
• Come See Me in the Good Light
• Cutting through Rocks
• Mr Nobody against Putin
• The Perfect Neighbor

Best International Feature Film 

• The Secret Agent
• It Was Just an Accident
• Sentimental Value
• Sirāt
• The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best Animated Short Film

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

Best Documentary Short Subject

• 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

Best Live Action Short Film

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

The 98th Academy Awards will be held on 15 March at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, where TV host Conan O'Brien is set to host.