The 98th Academy Awards, also known as The Oscars 2026, have finally arrived and are set to recognize and celebrate the biggest movies from 2025 and the incredible people who brought them to the big screen.
Sinners is leading the way tonight with a record-breaking 16 nominations, but it will have a lot of competition, including from the 16 noms for One Battle After Another. No matter what happens, we’ll be covering it all right here live, so be sure to keep checking back to see who the big winners are from The Oscars 2026!
When are the Oscars?
The Oscars will take place on March 15, 2026, from the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles at the new time of 7pm ET/4pm PT/11pm GMT. The broadcast is expected to run for three hours, but you can almost certainly count on it going long.
How can I watch the Oscars?
The Oscars will be be televised on your local ABC station. It will also be streaming live on Hulu. (We’re still a few years out from the Oscars on YouTube.) If you’re interested in the pre-show arrivals and red carpet interviews, ABC’s coverage will begin at 3:30pm ET/12:30pm PT and E!’s will kick off at 4pm ET/1pm PT.
2026 Oscars Nominations List:
Best Motion Picture of the Year
BugoniaF1FrankensteinHamnetMarty SupremeOne Battle after AnotherThe Secret AgentSentimental ValueSinnersTrain Dreams
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle after Another)Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Benicio Del Toro (One Battle after Another)Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)Delroy Lindo (Sinners)Sean Penn (One Battle after Another)Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value)
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue)Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value)Emma Stone (Bugonia)
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value)Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value)Amy Madigan (Weapons)Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners)Teyana Taylor (One Battle after Another)
Achievement in Directing
Chloé Zhao (Hamnet)Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle after Another)Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
ArcoElioKPop Demon HuntersLittle Amélie or the Character of RainZootopia 2
Best Animated Short Film
ButterflyForevergreenThe Girl Who Cried PearlsRetirement PlanThe Three Sisters
Achievement in Casting
Nina Gold (Hamnet)Jennifer Venditti (Marty Supreme)Cassandra Kulukundis (One Battle after Another)Gabriel Domingues (The Secret Agent)Francine Maisler (Sinners)
Achievement in Cinematography
Dan Laustsen (Frankenstein)Darius Khondji (Marty Supreme)Michael Bauman (One Battle after Another)Autumn Durald Arkapaw (Sinners)Adolpho Veloso (Train Dreams)
Achievement in Costume Design
Deborah L. Scott (Avatar: Fire and Ash)Kate Hawley (Frankenstein)Malgosia Turzanska (Hamnet)Miyako Bellizzi (Marty Supreme)Ruth E. Carter (Sinners)
Best Documentary Feature Film
The Alabama SolutionCome See Me in the Good LightCutting through RocksMr. Nobody against PutinThe Perfect Neighbor
Best Documentary Short Film
All the Empty RoomsArmed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent RenaudChildren No More: “Were and Are Gone”The Devil Is BusyPerfectly a Strangeness
Achievement in Film Editing
Stephen Mirrione (F1) Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)Andy Jurgensen (One Battle after Another)Olivier Bugge Coutté (Sentimental Value)Michael P. Shawver (Sinners)
Best International Feature Film of the Year
The Secret AgentIt Was Just an AccidentSentimental ValueSirātThe Voice of Hind Rajab
Best Live Action Short Film
Butcher’s StainA Friend of DorothyJane Austen’s Period DramaThe SingersTwo People Exchanging Saliva
Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling
Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey (Frankenstein)Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu (Kokuho)Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry (Sinners)Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein (The Smashing Machine)Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg (The Ugly Stepsister)
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
Jerskin Fendrix (Bugonia)Alexandre Desplat (Frankenstein)Max Richter (Hamnet)Jonny Greenwood (One Battle after Another)Ludwig Goransson (Sinners)
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
“Dear Me” (Diane Warren: Relentless) “Golden” (KPop Demon Hunters) “I Lied To You” (Sinners) “Sweet Dreams Of Joy” (Viva Verdi!) “Train Dreams” (Train Dreams)
Achievement in Production Design
Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau (Frankenstein)Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton (Hamnet)Jack Fisk, Adam Willis (Marty Supreme)Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino (One Battle after Another)Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne (Sinners)
Achievement in Sound
Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta (F1)Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern (Frankenstein)José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor (One Battle after Another)Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker (Sinners)Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas (Sirāt)
Achievement in Visual Effects
Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett (Avatar: Fire and Ash)Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson (F1)David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould (Jurassic World Rebirth)Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin (The Lost Bus)Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean (Sinners)
Adapted Screenplay
Will Tracy (Bugonia)Guillermo del Toro (Frankenstein)Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell (Hamnet)Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle after Another)Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar (Train Dreams)
Original Screenplay
Robert Kaplow (Blue Moon)Jafar Panahi, Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian (It Was Just an Accident)Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
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