THE OSCARS SET TO AIR LIVE MARCH 15, AT 7 P.M. ET/4 P.M. PT, ON ABC AND HULU
LOS ANGELES, CA – Oscar®-nominated actor Danielle Brooks and actor Lewis Pullman announced the 98th Oscars® nominations today (Thursday, January 22, 2026), live from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills via a global livestream on Oscars.org, Oscar.com and the Academy’s digital platforms, ABC’s Good Morning America and ABC News Live, Disney+, Hulu, broadcast media and an international satellite feed. Brooks and Pullman announced the nominees in two groups starting at 5:30 a.m. PT, followed by the remaining categories at 5:41 a.m. PT. For a complete list of nominees, visit www.oscars.org.
Academy members from each of the 19 branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories – actors nominate actors, costume designers nominate costume designers, etc. In the Animated Feature Film, Animated Short Film, International Feature Film and Live Action Short Film categories, nominees are selected by a vote of members from all branches who opt in to participate and have met the eligibility requirements.
All active members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees. Members submitted nomination ballots from 88 countries. Twenty-four categories will be awarded at the 98th Oscars. Each category has five nominees, except for Best Picture, which has 10. Active members of the Academy must view all nominated films to be eligible to vote. Finals voting begins on Thursday, February 26, 2026, and concludes on Thursday, March 5, 2026. Visit https://www.oscars.org/oscars/voting for more information.
All rounds of Oscars voting are conducted by secret online ballot, tabulated by the independent accounting firm Price Waterhouse Coopers. The 98th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC, streamed live on Hulu and airs live in more than 200 territories worldwide. To access the complete nominations press kit, visit www.press.oscars.org.
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NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY – 98TH AWARDS
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) Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas and Natalie Portman
“Elio” (Walt Disney) Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina and Mary Alice Drumm
“KPop Demon Hunters” (Netflix) Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Michelle L.M. Wong
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain” (GKIDS) Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago and Henri Magalon
“Zootopia 2” (Walt Disney) Jared Bush, Byron Howard and Yvett Merino
Best animated short film
“Butterfly” (Sacrebleu Productions) Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens
“Forevergreen” Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears
“The Girl Who Cried Pearls” (National Film Board of Canada) Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
“Retirement Plan” John Kelly and Andrew Freedman
“The Three Sisters” (Polydont Films/Rymanco Ventures) Konstantin Bronzit
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
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
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”
A CinemaScópio Production (Brazil)
“It Was Just an Accident”
A Les Films Pelléas Production (France)
“Sentimental Value”
A Mer Film/Eye Eye Pictures Production (Norway)
“Sirāt”
An El Deseo Production (Spain)
“The Voice of Hind Rajab”
A Mime Films Production (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
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
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
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 Seo 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
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