98th Oscars® Nominations Announced

THE OSCARS SET TO AIR LIVE MARCH 15, AT 7 P.M. ET/4 P.M. PT, ON ABC AND HULU

Oscar®-nominated actor Danielle Brooks and actor Lewis Pullman announced the 98th Oscars® nominations today (Thursday, January 22, 2026), live from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills via a global livestream on Oscars.org,Oscar.com and the Academy’s digital platforms, ABC’s Good Morning America and ABC News Live, Disney+, Hulu, broadcast media and an international satellite feed.

Brooks and Pullman announced the nominees in two groups starting at 5:30 a.m. PT, followed by the remaining categories at 5:41 a.m. PT.  

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

NOMINEES

TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET

Marty Supreme

NOMINEES

LEONARDO DICAPRIO

One Battle after Another

NOMINEES

ETHAN HAWKE

Blue Moon

NOMINEES

MICHAEL B. JORDAN

Sinners

NOMINEES

WAGNER MOURA

The Secret Agent

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

NOMINEES

BENICIO DEL TORO

One Battle after Another

NOMINEES

JACOB ELORDI

Frankenstein

NOMINEES

DELROY LINDO

Sinners

NOMINEES

SEAN PENN

One Battle after Another

NOMINEES

STELLAN SKARSGÅRD

Sentimental Value

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

NOMINEES

JESSIE BUCKLEY

Hamnet

NOMINEES

ROSE BYRNE

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

NOMINEES

KATE HUDSON

Song Sung Blue

NOMINEES

RENATE REINSVE

Sentimental Value

NOMINEES

EMMA STONE

Bugonia

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

NOMINEES

ELLE FANNING

Sentimental Value

NOMINEES

INGA IBSDOTTER LILLEAAS

Sentimental Value

NOMINEES

AMY MADIGAN

Weapons

NOMINEES

WUNMI MOSAKU

Sinners

NOMINEES

TEYANA TAYLOR

One Battle after Another

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

NOMINEES

ARCO

Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas and Natalie Portman

NOMINEES

ELIO

Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina and Mary Alice Drumm

NOMINEES

KPOP DEMON HUNTERS

Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Michelle L.M. Wong

NOMINEES

LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN

Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago and Henri Magalon

NOMINEES

ZOOTOPIA 2

Jared Bush, Byron Howard and Yvett Merino

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

NOMINEES

BUTTERFLY

Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens

NOMINEES

FOREVERGREEN

Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears

NOMINEES

THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS

Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski

NOMINEES

RETIREMENT PLAN

John Kelly and Andrew Freedman

NOMINEES

THE THREE SISTERS

Konstantin Bronzit

CASTING

NOMINEES

HAMNET

Nina Gold

NOMINEES

MARTY SUPREME

Jennifer Venditti

NOMINEES

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

Cassandra Kulukundis

NOMINEES

THE SECRET AGENT

Gabriel Domingues

NOMINEES

SINNERS

Francine Maisler

CINEMATOGRAPHY

NOMINEES

FRANKENSTEIN

Dan Laustsen

NOMINEES

MARTY SUPREME

Darius Khondji

NOMINEES

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

Michael Bauman

NOMINEES

SINNERS

Autumn Durald Arkapaw

NOMINEES

TRAIN DREAMS

Adolpho Veloso

COSTUME DESIGN

NOMINEES

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH

Deborah L. Scott

NOMINEES

FRANKENSTEIN

Kate Hawley

NOMINEES

HAMNET

Malgosia Turzanska

NOMINEES

MARTY SUPREME

Miyako Bellizzi

NOMINEES

SINNERS

Ruth E. Carter

DIRECTING

NOMINEES

HAMNET

Chloé Zhao

NOMINEES

MARTY SUPREME

Josh Safdie

NOMINEES

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

Paul Thomas Anderson

NOMINEES

SENTIMENTAL VALUE

Joachim Trier

NOMINEES

SINNERS

Ryan Coogler

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

NOMINEES

THE ALABAMA SOLUTION

Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman

NOMINEES

COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT

Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro and Stef Willen

NOMINEES

CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS

Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni

NOMINEES

MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN

Nominees to be determined

NOMINEES

THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR

Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee

DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

NOMINEES

ALL THE EMPTY ROOMS

Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones

NOMINEES

ARMED ONLY WITH A CAMERA: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF BRENT RENAUD

Craig Renaud and Juan Arredondo

NOMINEES

CHILDREN NO MORE: “WERE AND ARE GONE”

Hilla Medalia and Sheila Nevins

NOMINEES

THE DEVIL IS BUSY

Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir

NOMINEES

PERFECTLY A STRANGENESS

Alison McAlpine

FILM EDITING

NOMINEES

F1

Stephen Mirrione

NOMINEES

MARTY SUPREME

Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie

NOMINEES

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

Andy Jurgensen

NOMINEES

SENTIMENTAL VALUE

Olivier Bugge Coutté

NOMINEES

SINNERS

Michael P. Shawver

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

NOMINEES

BRAZIL

The Secret Agent

NOMINEES

FRANCE

It Was Just an Accident

NOMINEES

NORWAY

Sentimental Value

NOMINEES

SPAIN

Sirāt

NOMINEES

TUNISIA

The Voice of Hind Rajab

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

NOMINEES

BUTCHER’S STAIN

Meyer Levinson-Blount and Oron Caspi

NOMINEES

A FRIEND OF DOROTHY

Lee Knight and James Dean

NOMINEES

JANE AUSTEN’S PERIOD DRAMA

Julia Aks and Steve Pinder

NOMINEES

THE SINGERS

Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt

NOMINEES

TWO PEOPLE EXCHANGING SALIVA

Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

NOMINEES

FRANKENSTEIN

Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey

NOMINEES

KOKUHO

Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu

NOMINEES

SINNERS

Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry

NOMINEES

THE SMASHING MACHINE

Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein

NOMINEES

THE UGLY STEPSISTER

Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

NOMINEES

BUGONIA

Jerskin Fendrix

NOMINEES

FRANKENSTEIN

Alexandre Desplat

NOMINEES

HAMNET

Max Richter

NOMINEES

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

Jonny Greenwood

NOMINEES

SINNERS

Ludwig Goransson

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

NOMINEES

DEAR ME

from Diane Warren: Relentless; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

NOMINEES

GOLDEN

from KPop Demon Hunters; Music and Lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon and Teddy Park

NOMINEES

I LIED TO YOU

from Sinners; Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson

NOMINEES

SWEET DREAMS OF JOY

from Viva Verdi!; Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike

NOMINEES

TRAIN DREAMS

from Train Dreams; Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; Lyric by Nick Cave

BEST PICTURE

NOMINEES

BUGONIA

Ed Guiney & Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Lars Knudsen, Producers

NOMINEES

F1

Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers

NOMINEES

FRANKENSTEIN

Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber, Producers

NOMINEES

HAMNET

Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes, Producers

NOMINEES

MARTY SUPREME

Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas and Timothée Chalamet, Producers

NOMINEES

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers

NOMINEES

THE SECRET AGENT

Emilie Lesclaux, Producer

NOMINEES

SENTIMENTAL VALUE

Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Producers

NOMINEES

SINNERS

Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Ryan Coogler, Producers

NOMINEES

TRAIN DREAMS

Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer and Michael Heimler, Producers

PRODUCTION DESIGN

NOMINEES

FRANKENSTEIN

Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau

NOMINEES

HAMNET

Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton

NOMINEES

MARTY SUPREME

Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis

NOMINEES

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino

NOMINEES

SINNERS

Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne

SOUND

NOMINEES

F1

Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta

NOMINEES

FRANKENSTEIN

Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern

NOMINEES

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor

NOMINEES

SINNERS

Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker

NOMINEES

SIRĀT

Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas

VISUAL EFFECTS

NOMINEES

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH

Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett

NOMINEES

F1

Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson

NOMINEES

JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH

David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould

NOMINEES

THE LOST BUS

Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin

NOMINEES

SINNERS

Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

NOMINEES

BUGONIA

Screenplay by Will Tracy

NOMINEES

FRANKENSTEIN

Written for the Screen by Guillermo del Toro

NOMINEES

HAMNET

Screenplay by Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell

NOMINEES

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

Written by Paul Thomas Anderson

NOMINEES

TRAIN DREAMS

Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

NOMINEES

BLUE MOON

Written by Robert Kaplow

NOMINEES

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT

Written by Jafar Panahi; Script collaborators – Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian

NOMINEES

MARTY SUPREME

Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie

NOMINEES

SENTIMENTAL VALUE

Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier

NOMINEES

SINNERS

Written by Ryan Coogler

Nominations fact sheet

Academy members from each of the 19 branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories – actors nominate actors, costume designers nominate costume designers, etc.  In the Animated Feature Film, Animated Short Film, International Feature Film and Live Action Short Film categories, nominees are selected by a vote of members from all branches who opt in to participate and have met the eligibility requirements.  All active members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees.  Members submitted nomination ballots from 88 countries.

Twenty-four categories will be awarded at the 98th Oscars.  Each category has five nominees, except for Best Picture, which has 10. Active members of the Academy must view all nominated films to be eligible to vote.

Finals voting begins on Thursday, February 26, 2026, and concludes on Thursday, March 5, 2026. Visit https://www.oscars.org/oscars/voting for more information.  

All rounds of Oscars voting are conducted by secret online ballot, tabulated by the independent accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.

The 98th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC, streamed live on Hulu and airs live in more than 200 territories worldwide.

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