The 2026 Oscar Nominations Have Been Revealed, So Here's Every Single Category

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The 98th Academy Awards will take place on March 15, and I'm pleased to say that the Oscar race is well and truly underway.

Here's a complete list of the 2026 nominations:

Best Picture

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Bugonia

F1

Frankenstein

Hamnet

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another

The Secret Agent

Sentimental Value

Sinners

Train Dreams

Best Director

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Paul Thomas Anderson One Battle After Another

Ryan Coogler - Sinners

Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value

Chloé Zhao - Hamnet

Josh Safdie - Marty Supreme

Best Actor

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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

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Jessie Buckley Hamnet

Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Renate Reinsve - Sentimental Value

Emma Stone - Bugonia

Kate HudsonSong Sung Blue 

Best Supporting Actor

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Benicio del Toro - One Battle After Another

Jacob Elordi - Frankenstein

Sean Penn - One Battle After Another

Stellan Skarsgård Sentimental Value

Delroy Lindo - Sinners

Best Supporting Actress

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Elle Fanning - Sentimental Value

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value

Amy Madigan Weapons

Wunmi Mosaku - Sinners

Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another

Best Original Screenplay

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Blue MoonRobert Kaplow 

Marty Supreme - Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie

Sentimental Value - Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt

Sinners - Ryan Coogler

It Was Just an Accident - Jafar Panahi

Best Adapted Screenplay

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Bugonia - Will Tracy

Frankenstein - Guillermo del Toro

Hamnet - Maggie O’Farrell and Chloé Zhao

One Battle After Another - Paul Thomas Anderson

Train Dreams - Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar

Best Casting

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Marty Supreme - Jennifer Venditti

One Battle After Another - Cassandra Kulukundis

The Secret Agent - Gabriel Domingues

Sinners  - Francine Maisler

Hamnet - Nina Gold

Best Animated Feature

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Arco 

Elio

KPop Demon Hunters

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

Zootopia 2

Best Production Design

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Frankenstein 

Hamnet 

Marty Supreme 

Sinners

One Battle After Another 

Best Cinematography

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Frankenstein - Dan Laustsen

Marty Supreme - Darius Khondji

One Battle After Another - Michael Bauman

Sinners - Autumn Durald Arkapaw

Train Dreams - Adolpho Veloso

Best Costume Design

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Frankenstein 

Hamnet 

Sinners

Marty Supreme 

Avatar: Fire and Ash

Best Film Editing

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F1Stephen Mirrione

Marty SupremeRonald Bronstein and Josh Safdie

One Battle After AnotherAndy Jurgensen

SinnersMichael P. Shawver

Sentimental Value - Olivier Bugge Coutté

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

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Frankenstein

Kokuho

Sinners

The Smashing Machine

The Ugly Stepsister

Best Sound

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F1

Frankenstein

One Battle After Another

Sinners

Sirât

Best Visual Effects

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Avatar: Fire and Ash 

F1

Jurassic World Rebirth

The Lost Bus

Sinners 

Best Original Score

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Frankenstein 

Bugonia

Hamnet 

One Battle After Another

Sinners

Best Original Song

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Diane Warren: Relentless - “Dear Me” by Diane Warren

KPop Demon Hunters“Golden” by EJAE and Mark Sonnenblick

Sinners - “I Lied to You” by Ludwig Göransson and Raphael Saadiq

Train Dreams - "Train Dreams" by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner

Viva Verdi! - "Sweet Dreams of Joy" by Nicholas Pike

Best Documentary Feature

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Cutting Through Rocks 

The Perfect Neighbor 

Come See Me in the Good Light

The Alabama Solution

Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Best International Feature

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It Was Just an Accident from France - director: Jafar Panahi

The Secret Agent from Brazil - director: Kleber Mendonça Filho

Sentimental Value from Norway director Joachim Trier

Sirât from Spain - director: Oliver Laxe

The Voice of Hind Rajab from Tunisia - director: Kaouther Ben Hania

Best Animated Short

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Retirement Plan 

Butterfly

Forevergreen

The Three Sisters

The Girl Who Cried Pearls

Best Documentary Short

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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

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Butcher’s Stain

A Friend of Dorothy

Jane Austen’s Period Drama

The Singers

Two People Exchanging Saliva

So, you've got just under two months to watch all these movies and get your predictions in!

Join us on Sunday, March 15, where we'll be covering every single moment from the 98th Academy Awards!

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