The 2026 Oscars are poised to be a truly dramatic night, with Ryan Coogler’s Sinners nominated for a record-breaking 16 Academy Awards, but in strong contention opposite Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet, Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme and more of the best movies of 2025.
In the acting races, Michael B. Jordan, Timothée Chalamet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Wagner Moura, and Ethan Hawke are all in contention for Lead Actor, while Jessie Buckley, Rose Byrne, Kate Hudson, Renate Reinsve, and Emma Stone vie for Lead Actress. The supporting races are equally competitive, with Amy Madigan in play to win a Supporting Actress Oscar for her wild work in Weapons, and Delroy Lindo getting his first chance to win an Oscar as Supporting Actor in Sinners.
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This year marks the first year the Academy is handing out an award for Casting, with Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent, and Sinners all up for the honor. In the music categories, meanwhile, Diane Warren once again has the chance to win for Original Song (having written a song for the documentary Diane Warren: Relentless) but she’s up against the KPop Demon Hunters juggernaut, with “Golden” also nominated.
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In addition to the awards, the ceremony will feature musical performances of “Golden” as well as Sinners’s “I Lied to You,” performed by Miles Caton, Raphael Saadiq, Buddy Guy, Brittany Howard, Shaboozey, Misty Copeland, Eric Gales, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Jayme Lawson, Li Jun Li, Bobby Rush, and Alice Smith.
The 98th Oscars, hosted by Conan O’Brien, are set to take place on Sunday, March 15th at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre, airing live at 7:00 p.m. ET/4:00 p.m. PT on ABC and streaming on Hulu. Watch along with Consequence on our live blog, and check out the full list of winners below, updated live during the ceremony.
Best Picture
Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams
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
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
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
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
Directing
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Animated Feature Film
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2
Animated Short Film
Butterfly
Forevergreen
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters
Casting
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sinners
Cinematography
Dan Laustsen, Frankenstein
Darius Khondji, Marty Supreme
Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another
Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners
Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams
Costume Design
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Documentary Feature Film
The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor
Documentary Short Film
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
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
International Feature Film
The Secret Agent
It Was Just an Accident
Sentimental Value
Sirat
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Live Action Short Film
Butcher’s Stain
A Friend of Dorothy
Jane Austen’s Period Drama
The Singers
Two People Exchanging Saliva
Makeup and Hairstyling
Frankenstein
Kokuho
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
The Ugly Stepsister
Music (Original Score)
Jerskin Fendrix, Bugonia
Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein
Max Richter, Hamnet
Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another
Ludwig Goransson, Sinners
Music (Original Song)
“Dear Me,” Diane Warren: Relentless — Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“Golden,” KPop Demon Hunters — 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,” Sinners — Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson
“Sweet Dreams of Joy,” Viva Verdi! — Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike
“Train Dreams,” Train Dreams — Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner, Lyric by Nick Cave
Production Design
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sound
F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirat
Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Jurassic World Rebirth
The Lost Bus
Sinners
Writing (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
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Robert Kaplow, Blue Moon
Jafar Panahi (in collaboration with 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
