Sinners Clears the Room at Oscar 98th Noms
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent
You know The Academy is firing on all cylinders when they tap Sinners for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and many more, for a total of 16 nominations. Sinners blows by every past record holder, Titanic, All About Eve, LA LA Land... but why let us tell you? Watch as it happened from the people who bring us the only Best Award Show every year... full list of nominees listed below from The Academy.
Best Film = #Bugonia #F1 #Frankenstein #Hamnet #MartySupreme #OneBattleAfterAnother #TheSecretAgent #SentimentalValue #Sinners #TrainDreams wow great slate for noms #Oscars2026
— Quendrith Johnson (@Quendrith) January 22, 2026
Full List of Nominations for 98th Oscars
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
NOMINEES
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET
Marty Supreme
LEONARDO DICAPRIO
One Battle after Another
MICHAEL B. JORDAN
Sinners
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
NOMINEES
BENICIO DEL TORO
One Battle after Another
JACOB ELORDI
Frankenstein
SEAN PENN
One Battle after Another
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
NOMINEES
JESSIE BUCKLEY
Hamnet
ROSE BYRNE
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
KATE HUDSON
Song Sung Blue
RENATE REINSVE
Sentimental Value
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
NOMINEES
ELLE FANNING
Sentimental Value
INGA IBSDOTTER LILLEAAS
Sentimental Value
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
NOMINEES
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
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
CASTING
NOMINEES
HAMNET
Nina Gold
MARTY SUPREME
Jennifer Venditti
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Cassandra Kulukundis
THE SECRET AGENT
Gabriel Domingues
CINEMATOGRAPHY
NOMINEES
FRANKENSTEIN
Dan Laustsen
MARTY SUPREME
Darius Khondji
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Michael Bauman
SINNERS
Autumn Durald Arkapaw
COSTUME DESIGN
NOMINEES
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
Deborah L. Scott
HAMNET
Malgosia Turzanska
MARTY SUPREME
Miyako Bellizzi
DIRECTING
NOMINEES
HAMNET
Chloé Zhao
MARTY SUPREME
Josh Safdie
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Paul Thomas Anderson
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Joachim Trier
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
NOMINEES
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
Nominees to be determined
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
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
FILM EDITING
NOMINEES
F1
Stephen Mirrione
MARTY SUPREME
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Andy Jurgensen
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Olivier Bugge Coutté
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
NOMINEES
BRAZIL
The Secret Agent
FRANCE
It Was Just an Accident
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
NOMINEES
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
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
NOMINEES
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
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
NOMINEES
BUGONIA
Jerskin Fendrix
FRANKENSTEIN
Alexandre Desplat
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Jonny Greenwood
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
NOMINEES
DEAR ME
from Diane Warren: Relentless; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
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
I LIED TO YOU
from Sinners; Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson
SWEET DREAMS OF JOY
from Viva Verdi!; Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike
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
F1
Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers
FRANKENSTEIN
Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber, Producers
HAMNET
Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes, Producers
MARTY SUPREME
Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas and Timothée Chalamet, Producers
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers
THE SECRET AGENT
Emilie Lesclaux, Producer
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Producers
SINNERS
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Ryan Coogler, Producers
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
HAMNET
Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton
MARTY SUPREME
Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino
SINNERS
Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique..
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