The first wave of 2026 Oscar nominations is here, and it’s giving us all the drama, glamour, and surprise we could ask for. This year’s contenders are a mix of epic hits, indie gems, outright surprises.

Let’s spill the tea, category by category, and see who’s in the running for Hollywood’s biggest night.

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Best Picture

Ten films are fighting it out for the crown of Best Picture. Among them:

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

Actress in a Leading Role:

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

Actor in a Leading Role:

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

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

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

Directing

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

Adapted Screenplay

Bugonia, Will Tracy
Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro
Hamnet, Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson
Train Dreams, Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar

Original Screenplay

Blue Moon, Robert Kaplow
It Was Just an Accident, Jafar Panahi
Marty Supreme, Josh Safdie & Ronald Bronstein
Sentimental Value, Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt
Sinners, Ryan Coogler

Documentaries

Feature:

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

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

Animation

Animated Feature:

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

Animated Short:

Butterfly
Forevergreen
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters

Technical Wizardry

Cinematography:

Frankenstein, Dan Laustsen
Marty Supreme, Darius Khondji
One Battle After Another, Michael Bauman
Sinners, Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Train Dreams, Adolpho Veloso

Costume Design:

Avatar: Fire and Ash, Deborah L. Scott
Frankenstein, Kate Hawley
Hamnet, Malgosia Turzanska
Marty Supreme, Miyako Bellizzi
Sinners, Ruth E. Carter

Film Editing:

F1, Stephen Mirrione
Marty Supreme, Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another, Andy Jurgensen
Sentimental Value, Olivier Bugge Coutté
Sinners, Michael P. Shawver

Sound & Visual Effects:

Sound: F1, Frankenstein, One Battle After Another, Sinners, Sirât
Visual Effects: Avatar: Fire and Ash, F1, Jurassic World Rebirth, The Lost Bus, Sinners

Makeup & Hairstyling:

Frankenstein, Kokuho, Sinners, The Smashing Machine, The Ugly Stepsister

Music & Songs

Original Score:

Bugonia, Jerskin Fendrix
Frankenstein, Alexandre Desplat
Hamnet, Max Richter
One Battle After Another, Jonny Greenwood
Sinners, Ludwig Goransson

Original Song:

“Dear Me” – Diane Warren: Relentless
“Golden” – KPop Demon Hunters
“I Lied To You” – Sinners
“Sweet Dreams Of Joy” – Viva Verdi!
Train Dreams

International & shorts

International Feature:

It Was Just an Accident (France)
The Secret Agent (Brazil)
Sentimental Value (Norway)
Sirât (Spain)
The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)

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— The Statesman (@TheStatesmanLtd) January 22, 2026

Live-Action Short:

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

Casting:

Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent, Sinners

That’s a wrap! So there you have it: the full list of Oscar 2026 nominations across all categories revealed.