Jim Crow-Era Horror Film Shatters Record For Most Noms Ever

The 2026 Academy Award nominations were announced today, which included some predictable nods, a few snubs, and one record-breaking film. 

The Ryan Coogler-directed film “Sinners” earned a whopping 16 nominations, breaking the record previously set by “Titanic” (1997), “La La Land” (2016), and “All About Eve” (1950), which each had 14 nominations.

“Sinners” is a horror film set in Mississippi in 1932 that also addresses the racism from that era. It follows Michael B. Jordan playing twin brothers who return to their hometown in the Jim Crow South, only to be confronted by a supernatural evil.

The ultra woke Hollywood darling “One Battle After Another” scored the second most nominations with 13 total.  “Frankenstein,” “Marty Supreme,” and “Sentimental Value” each got nine.  

As for snubs, “Wicked: For Good” was totally shut out this year after the first film earned 10 Oscar nominations and won two awards at the 2025 Academy Awards. Actor Paul Mescal was favored to be nominated for his role in “Hamnet,” but ultimately didn’t make the cut. 

The Academy Awards will once again be hosted by Conan O’Brien. They are scheduled air live on ABC and Hulu on Sunday, March 15, starting at 7 p.m. ET.

Here is a full list of this year’s Oscar nominees:

Best Picture

• “Bugonia”
• “F1”
• “Frankenstein”
• “Hamnet”
• “Marty Supreme”
• “One Battle After Another”
• “The Secret Agent”
• “Sentimental Value”
• “Sinners”
• “Train Dreams”

Best Director

• “Hamnet” – Chloé Zhao
• “Marty Supreme” – Josh Safdie
• “One Battle After Another” – Paul Thomas Anderson
• “Sentimental Value” – Joachim Trier
• “Sinners” – Ryan Coogler

Best Actor

• Timothée Chalamet in “Marty Supreme”
• Leonardo DiCaprio in “One Battle After Another”
• Ethan Hawke in “Blue Moon”
• Michael B. Jordan in “Sinners”
• Wagner Moura in “The Secret Agent”

Best Actress

• Jessie Buckley in “Hamnet”
• Rose Byrne in “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
• Kate Hudson in “Song Sung Blue”
• Renate Reinsve in “Sentimental Value”
• Emma Stone in “Bugonia”

Best Supporting Actor

• Benicio Del Toro in “One Battle After Another”
• Jacob Elordi in “Frankenstein”
• Delroy Lindo in “Sinners”
• Sean Penn in “One Battle after Another”
• Stellan Skarsgård in “Sentimental Value”

Best Supporting Actress

• Elle Fanning in “Sentimental Value”
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas in “Sentimental Value”
• Amy Madigan in “Weapons”
• Wunmi Mosaku in “Sinners”
• Teyana Taylor in “One Battle After Another”

Best Adapted Screenplay

• “Bugonia” – screenplay by Will Tracy
• “Frankenstein” – written for the screen by Guillermo del Toro
• “Hamnet” – screenplay by Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
• “One Battle After Another” – written by Paul Thomas Anderson
• “Train Dreams” – screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar

Best Original Screenplay

• “Blue Moon” – written by Robert Kaplow
• “It Was Just an Accident” – written by Jafar Panahi; script collaborators Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian
• “Marty Supreme” – written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
• “Sentimental Value” – written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
• “Sinners” – written by Ryan Coogler

Best Animated Feature

• “Arco”
• “Elio”
• “KPop Demon Hunters”
• “Little Amélie or the Character of Rain” 
• “Zootopia 2”

Best International Feature

• Brazil, “The Secret Agent”
• France, “It Was Just an Accident”
• Norway, “Sentimental Value”
• Spain, “Sirāt”
• Tunisia, “The Voice of Hind Rajab”

Best Documentary Feature

• “The Alabama Solution”
• “Come See Me in the Good Light”
• “Cutting Through Rocks”
• “Mr. Nobody Against Putin”
• “The Perfect Neighbor”

Best Animated Short

• “Butterfly”
• “Forevergreen”
• “The Girl Who Cried Pearls”
• “Retirement Plan”
• “The Three Sisters”

Best Casting

• “Hamnet”
• “Marty Supreme”
• “One Battle After Another”
• “The Secret Agent”
• “Sinners”

Best Cinematography

• “Frankenstein”
• “Marty Supreme”
• “One Battle After Another”
• “Sinners”
• “Train Dreams”

Best Costume Design

• “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
• “Frankenstein”
• “Hamnet”
• “Marty Supreme”
• “Sinners”

Best Documentary Short

• “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”

Best Film Editing

• “F1”
• “Marty Supreme”
• “One Battle After Another”
• “Sentimental Value”
• “Sinners”

Best Live-Action Short

• “Butcher’s Stain”
• “A Friend of Dorothy”
• “Jane Austen’s Period Drama”
• “The Singers”
• “Two People Exchanging Saliva”

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

• “Frankenstein”
• “Kokuho”
• “Sinners”
• “The Smashing Machine”
• “The Ugly Stepsister”

Best Original Score

• “Bugonia”
• “Frankenstein”
• “Hamnet”
• “One Battle After Another”
• “Sinners”

Best Original Song

• “Dear Me” from “Diane Warren: Relentless” –  music and lyrics by Diane Warren
• “Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters” – music and lyrics 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 lyrics by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson
• “Sweet Dreams of Joy” from “Viva Verdi!” – music and lyrics by Nicholas Pike
• “Train Dreams” from “Train Dreams” – music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner, lyrics by Nick Cave

Best Production Design

• “Frankenstein”
• “Hamnet”
• “Marty Supreme”
• “One Battle After Another”
• “Sinners”

Best Sound

• “F1” 
• “Frankenstein”
• “One Battle After Another”
• “Sinners”
• “Sirāt”

Best Visual Effects

• “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
• “F1”
• “Jurassic World Rebirth”
• “The Lost Bus”
• “Sinners”