Nominations for the 98th Academy Awards were unveiled Thursday morning by The Academy.
Oscar-nominated actor Danielle Brooks and actor Lewis Pullman announced the nominations for the 98th Academy Awards from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater at The Academy's headquarters in Beverly Hills, Calif. starting at 5:30 a.m. PT / 8:30 a.m. ET.
Active members of The Academy are eligible to vote for the winners in all 24 categories beginning Thursday, Feb. 26, through Thursday, March 5.
With 16 nominations, "Sinners" sets the record for most nominations for a film. The previous record of 14 was shared by "All about Eve" (1950), "Titanic" (1997) and "La La Land" (2016).
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Final Tally
"Sinners" Warner Bros. 16
"One Battle after Another" Warner Bros. 13
"Frankenstein" Netflix 9
"Marty Supreme" A24 9
"Sentimental Value" Neon 9
"Hamnet" Focus Features 8
"Bugonia" Focus Features 4
"F1" Apple 4
"The Secret Agent" Neon 4
"Train Dreams" Netflix 4
"Avatar: Fire and Ash" Walt Disney 2
"Blue Moon" Sony Pictures Classics 2
"It Was Just an Accident" Neon 2
"KPop Demon Hunters" Netflix 2
"Sirāt" Neon 2
Nominations by Releasing Company
Warner Bros. 30
Neon 18
Netflix 16
Focus Features 13
A24 11
Apple 6
Walt Disney 4
GKIDS 2
Sony Pictures Classics 2
Best Picture Release Dates
"Sinners" - April 17
"F1" - June 26
"One Battle after Another" - September 25
"Frankenstein" - October 17
"Bugonia" - October 23
"Sentimental Value" - November 7
"Train Dreams" - November 7
"Hamnet" - November 26
"The Secret Agent" - November 26
"Marty Supreme" - December 18
Statistics
With 16 nominations, "Sinners" sets the record for most nominations for a film. The previous record of 14 was shared by "All about Eve" (1950), "Titanic" (1997) and "La La Land" (2016).
In the acting categories, 11 individuals are first-time nominees (Rose Byrne, Jacob Elordi, Elle Fanning, Michael B. Jordan, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Delroy Lindo, Wunmi Mosaku, Wagner Moura, Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård and Teyana Taylor). Four are previous acting winners (Benicio Del Toro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn and Emma Stone)
Timothée Chalamet is the only acting nominee who was also nominated last year.
Amy Madigan’s acting nomination for Weapons comes 40 years after her first nomination for her supporting role in Twice in a Lifetime (1985), which is the third-longest span between acting nominations, after Judd Hirsch (42 years) and Henry Fonda (41).
A record four non-English language performances are nominated this year (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Wagner Moura, Renate Reinsve and Stellan Skarsgård). The previous record of three was set in 1976 (Marie-Christine Barrault, Giancarlo Giannini and Liv Ullmann).
The Secret Agent and Sentimental Value are the 12th and 13th non-English language films to be nominated for both International Feature Film and Best Picture in the same year. To date, Parasite is the only film to win both International Feature Film and Best Picture.
For the eighth year in a row, at least one non-English language film has been nominated in the Best Picture category.
France continues to add to its record number of nominations for International Feature Film with its 40th nomination, for It Was Just an Accident. Italy is second with 30 nominations.
Diane Warren, Original Song nominee for “Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless, is nominated for the ninth year in a row, bringing her total nominations in the category to 17 (third overall in the category, and after Johnny Mercer at 18 and Sammy Cahn at 26). She received an Honorary Award in 2022.
“Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless and “Sweet Dreams Of Joy” from Viva Verdi! are the 10th and 11th songs from a documentary to be nominated in the Original Song category.
For the seventh consecutive year, at least one film nominated for Best Picture has been directed by a woman.
Chloé Zhao’s nomination for Hamnet is the 11th Directing nomination for a woman. She is the second woman to receive multiple directing nominations, following Jane Campion.
Steven Spielberg receives his 14th nomination for Best Picture, a record for an individual producer (since 1951 when producers were first named as nominees).
With their nomination for Sirāt, Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas become the first all-women sound team (production sound mixing, supervising sound editing and rerecording mixing) to be nominated for a sound award.
Autumn Durald Arkapaw (Sinners) is the fourth woman to be nominated for Cinematography. Previous nominees are Rachel Morrison for Mudbound (2017), Ari Wegner for The Power of the Dog (2021) and Mandy Walker for Elvis (2022).
Charmaine Chan becomes the sixth woman to be nominated in the Visual Effects category.
With some nominees still to be determined, a record 74 women are currently nominated this year. The previous record of 71 was set in 2023.
The award for Achievement in Casting is the first new award category established since Best Animated Feature Film in 2001.
The 98th Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday, March 15, at the Dolby Theatre. Conan O'Brien returns as host.
Best motion picture of the year
"Bugonia" (Focus Features)
Ed Guiney & Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Lars Knudsen, Producers
"F1" (Apple)
Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers
"Frankenstein" (Netflix)
Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber, Producers
"Hamnet" (Focus Features)
Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes, Producers
"Marty Supreme" (A24)
Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas and Timothée Chalamet, Producers
"One Battle after Another" (Warner Bros.)
Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers
"The Secret Agent" (Neon)
Emilie Lesclaux, Producer
"Sentimental Value" (Neon)
Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Producers
"Sinners" (Warner Bros.)
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Ryan Coogler, Producers
"Train Dreams" (Netflix)
Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer and Michael Heimler, Producers
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Timothée Chalamet in "Marty Supreme" (A24)
Leonardo DiCaprio in "One Battle after Another" (Warner Bros.)
Ethan Hawke in "Blue Moon" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Michael B. Jordan in "Sinners" (Warner Bros.)
Wagner Moura in "The Secret Agent" (Neon)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Benicio Del Toro in "One Battle after Another" (Warner Bros.)
Jacob Elordi in "Frankenstein" (Netflix)
Delroy Lindo in "Sinners" (Warner Bros.)
Sean Penn in "One Battle after Another" (Warner Bros.)
Stellan Skarsgård in "Sentimental Value" (Neon)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Jessie Buckley in "Hamnet" (Focus Features)
Rose Byrne in "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You" (A24)
Kate Hudson in "Song Sung Blue" (Focus Features)
Renate Reinsve in "Sentimental Value" (Neon)
Emma Stone in "Bugonia" (Focus Features)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Elle Fanning in "Sentimental Value" (Neon)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas in "Sentimental Value" (Neon)
Amy Madigan in "Weapons" (Warner Bros.)
Wunmi Mosaku in "Sinners" (Warner Bros.)
Teyana Taylor in "One Battle after Another" (Warner Bros.)
Best animated feature film of the year
"Arco" (Neon)
"Elio" (Walt Disney)
"KPop Demon Hunters" (Netflix)
"Little Amélie or the Character of Rain" (GKIDS)
"Zootopia 2" (Walt Disney)
Best animated short film
"Butterfly" (Sacrebleu Productions)
"Forevergreen"
"The Girl Who Cried Pearls" (National Film Board of Canada)
"Retirement Plan"
"The Three Sisters" (Polydont Films/Rymanco Ventures)
Achievement in casting
"Hamnet" (Focus Features) Nina Gold
"Marty Supreme" (A24) Jennifer Venditti
"One Battle after Another" (Warner Bros.) Cassandra Kulukundis
"The Secret Agent" (Neon) Gabriel Domingues
"Sinners" (Warner Bros.) Francine Maisler
Achievement in cinematography
"Frankenstein" (Netflix) Dan Laustsen
"Marty Supreme" (A24) Darius Khondji
"One Battle after Another" (Warner Bros.) Michael Bauman
"Sinners" (Warner Bros.) Autumn Durald Arkapaw
"Train Dreams" (Netflix) Adolpho Veloso
Achievement in costume design
"Avatar: Fire and Ash" (Walt Disney) Deborah L. Scott
"Frankenstein" (Netflix) Kate Hawley
"Hamnet" (Focus Features) Malgosia Turzanska
"Marty Supreme" (A24) Miyako Bellizzi
"Sinners" (Warner Bros.) Ruth E. Carter
Achievement in directing
"Hamnet" (Focus Features) Chloé Zhao
"Marty Supreme" (A24) Josh Safdie
"One Battle after Another" (Warner Bros.) Paul Thomas Anderson
"Sentimental Value" (Neon) Joachim Trier
"Sinners" (Warner Bros.) Ryan Coogler
Best documentary feature film
"The Alabama Solution" (HBO Documentary Films) Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman
"Come See Me in the Good Light" (Apple) Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro and Stef Willen
"Cutting through Rocks" Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni
"Mr. Nobody against Putin" (PINK) Nominees to be determined
"The Perfect Neighbor" (Netflix) Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee
Best documentary short film
"All the Empty Rooms" (Netflix) Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones
"Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud" (HBO) Craig Renaud and Juan Arredondo
"Children No More: "Were and Are Gone"" (Sky) Hilla Medalia and Sheila Nevins
"The Devil Is Busy" (HBO) Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir
"Perfectly a Strangeness" (Second Sight Pictures) Alison McAlpine
Achievement in film editing
"F1" (Apple) Stephen Mirrione
"Marty Supreme" (A24) Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
"One Battle after Another" (Warner Bros.) Andy Jurgensen
"Sentimental Value" (Neon) Olivier Bugge Coutté
"Sinners" (Warner Bros.) Michael P. Shawver
Best international feature film of the year
"The Secret Agent" (Brazil)
"It Was Just an Accident" (France)
"Sentimental Value" (Norway)
"Sirāt" (Spain)
"The Voice of Hind Rajab" (Tunisia)
Best live action short film
"Butcher's Stain" (Tel Aviv University Steve Tisch School of Film and Television) 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" (Netflix) Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt
"Two People Exchanging Saliva" (Canal+/The New Yorker) Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
"Frankenstein" (Netflix) Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey
"Kokuho" (GKIDS) Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu
"Sinners" (Warner Bros.) Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry
"The Smashing Machine" (A24) Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein
"The Ugly Stepsister" (Independent Film Company/Shudder) Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
"Bugonia" (Focus Features) Jerskin Fendrix
"Frankenstein" (Netflix) Alexandre Desplat
"Hamnet" (Focus Features) Max Richter
"One Battle after Another" (Warner Bros.) Jonny Greenwood
"Sinners" (Warner Bros.) Ludwig Goransson
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"Dear Me" from "Diane Warren: Relentless" (MasterClass/Greenwich Entertainment)
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
"Golden" from "KPop Demon Hunters" (Netflix)
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" (Warner Bros.)
Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson
"Sweet Dreams Of Joy" from "Viva Verdi!" (Viva Verdi!)
Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike
"Train Dreams" from "Train Dreams" (Netflix)
Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; Lyric by Nick Cave
Achievement in production design
"Frankenstein" (Netflix)
Production Design: Tamara Deverell
Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
"Hamnet" (Focus Features)
Production Design: Fiona Crombie
Set Decoration: Alice Felton
"Marty Supreme" (A24)
Production Design: Jack Fisk
Set Decoration: Adam Willis
"One Battle after Another" (Warner Bros.)
Production Design: Florencia Martin
Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino
"Sinners" (Warner Bros.)
Production Design: Hannah Beachler
Set Decoration: Monique Champagne
Achievement in sound
"F1" (Apple) Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta
"Frankenstein" (Netflix) Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern
"One Battle after Another" (Warner Bros.) José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor
"Sinners" (Warner Bros.) Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker
"Sirāt" (Neon) Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas
Achievement in visual effects
"Avatar: Fire and Ash" (Walt Disney) Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett
"F1" (Apple) Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson
"Jurassic World Rebirth" (Universal) David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould
"The Lost Bus" (Apple) Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin
"Sinners" (Warner Bros.) Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean
Adapted screenplay
"Bugonia" (Focus Features) Screenplay by Will Tracy
"Frankenstein" (Netflix) Written for the Screen by Guillermo del Toro
"Hamnet" (Focus Features) Screenplay by Chloé Zhao & Maggie O'Farrell
"One Battle after Another" (Warner Bros.) Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
"Train Dreams" (Netflix) Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
Original screenplay
"Blue Moon" (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by Robert Kaplow
"It Was Just an Accident" (Neon) Written by Jafar Panahi
Script collaborators - Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian
"Marty Supreme" (A24) Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
"Sentimental Value" (Neon) Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
"Sinners" (Warner Bros.) Written by Ryan Coogler
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The 98th Academy Awards, for outstanding film achievements of 2025, will be presented on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood, and will be televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide.
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