Ryan Coogler’s vampire drama “Sinners” has stormed the 98th Academy Awards with a record 16 nominations, surpassing classics like “Titanic” and “La La Land.” Paul Thomas Anderson’s (*16*) adopted intently with 13 nods.
Updated On – 23 January 2026, 01:08 AM
Beverly Hills, (California): Ryan Coogler’s blues-steeped vampire epic “Sinners” led all movies with 16 nominations to the 98th Academy Awards on Thursday, setting a record for probably the most in Oscar historical past.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voters showered “Sinners” with extra nominations than that they had ever bestowed earlier than, breaking the 14-nomination mark set by “All About Eve,” “Titanic” and “La La Land.”
Along with finest image, Coogler was nominated for finest director and finest screenplay, and double-duty star Michael B. Jordan was rewarded with his first Oscar nomination, for finest actor. Paul Thomas Anderson’s father-daughter revolutionary saga “One Battle After Another,” the favourite coming into nominations, trailed in second with 13 of its personal.
Four of its actors — Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn — had been nominated, although newcomer Chase Infiniti was ignored in finest actress. In these two high nominees, the movie academy put its full drive behind a pair of visceral and bracingly unique American epics that every linked with a fraught nationwide second.
Here is a full listing of nominees for the 98th annual Academy Awards, which shall be introduced March 15 in Los Angeles:
Best Picture: “Bugonia”; “F1”; “Frankenstein”; “Hamnet”; “Marty Supreme”; (*16*); “The Secret Agent”; “Sentimental Value”; “Sinners”; “Train Dreams.”
Best Actress: Jessie Buckley, “Hamnet”; Rose Byrne, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”; Renate Reinsve, “Sentimental Value”; Emma Stone, “Bugonia”; Kate Hudson, “Song Sung Blue.”
Best Actor: Timothée Chalamet, “Marty Supreme”; Leonardo DiCaprio, (*16*); Ethan Hawke, “Blue Moon”; Michael B. Jordan, “Sinners”; Wagner Moura, “The Secret Agent.”
Best Supporting Actress: Elle Fanning, “Sentimental Value”; Inga Ibsdotter LilIeaas, “Sentimental Value”; Amy Madigan, “Weapons”; Wunmi Mosaku, “Sinners”; Teyana Taylor, “One Battle After Another.”
Best Supporting Actor: Jacob Elordi, “Frankenstein”; Sean Penn, (*16*); Stellan Skarsgård, “Sentimental Value”; Benicio del Toro, (*16*) Delroy Lindo, “Sinners.” Director Paul Thomas Anderson, (*16*); Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”; Chloé Zhao, “Hamnet”; Josh Safdie, “Marty Supreme”; Joachim Trier, “Sentimental Value.”Original Song“Golden” from “Kpop Demon Hunters”; “Train Dreams” from “Train Dreams”; “Dear Me” from “Diane Warren: Relentless”; “I Lied To You” from “Sinners”; “Sweet Dreams Of Joy” from “Viva Verdi!”Original Score“Bugonia,” Jerskin Fendrix; “Frankenstein,” Alexandre Desplate; “Hamnet,” Max Richter; “One Battle After Another,” Jonny Greenwood; “Sinners,” Ludwig Göransson.
Animated Film: “Arco”; “Elio”; “KPop Demon Hunters”; “Little Amélie or the Character of Rain”; “Zootopia 2.”International Film“The Secret Agent,” Brazil; “It Was Just an Accident,” France; “Sentimental Value,” Norway; “Sirât,” Spain; “The Voice of Hind Rajab,” Tunisia.
Documentary Feature: “The Perfect Neighbor”; “The Alabama Solution”; “Come See Me in the Good Light”; “Cutting Through Rocks”; “Mr. Nobody Against Putin.”Casting“Hamnet”; “Marty Supreme”; (*16*); “The Secret Agent”; “Sinners.”Best Sound“F1”; “Frankenstein”; “One Battle after Another”; “Sinners”; “Sirat.”
Cinematography: “Frankenstein”; “Marty Supreme”; (*16*); “Sinners”; “Train Dreams.”Original Screenplay“Blue Moon,” Robert Kaplow; “It Was Just an Accident,” Jafar Panahi, with script collaborators Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian; “Marty Supreme,” Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie; “Sentimental Value,” Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier; “Sinners,” Ryan Coogler.
Adapted Screenplay: “Bugonia”; Will Tracy; “Frankenstein,” Guillermo del Toro; “Hamnet,” Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell; “One Battle After Another,” Paul Thomas Anderson; “Train Dreams,” Clint Bailey and Greg Kwedar.
Live Action Short Film: “Butcher’s Stain”; “A Friend of Dorothy”; “Jane Austen’s Period Drama”; “The Singers”; “Two People Exchanging Saliva.”
Animated Short Film: “Butterfly”; “Forevergreen”; “The Girl Who Cried Pearls”; “Retirement Plan”; “The Three Sisters.”Documentary Short Film“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.”Visual Effects“Avatar: Fire and Ash”; “F1?; “Jurassic World Rebirth”; “The Lost Bus”; “Sinners.”Production Design“Frankenstein”; “Hamnet”; “Marty Supreme”; (*16*); “Sinners.”Film Editing“F1”; “Marty Supreme”; (*16*); “Sentimental Value”; “Sinners.”
Makeup and Hairstyling: “Frankenstein”; “Kokuho”; “Sinners”; “The Smashing Machine”; “The Ugly Stepsister.”Costume Design“Avatar: Fire and Ash”; “Frankenstein”; “Hamnet”; “Marty Supreme”; “Sinners.”
