IBNS-CMEDIA: The nominations for the 98th Academy Awards were announced on Thursday, and the final slate largely lived up to industry expectations.
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners emerged as the biggest contender of the year, sweeping an impressive 16 nominations, while Leonardo DiCaprio-led One Battle After Another followed closely with 14 nods.
Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein secured major recognition across technical and top categories, while Timothée Chalamet’s Marty Supreme picked up nine nominations, including Best Actor.
Key Categories and Nominees
Best Picture
Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams
Best Director
Chloé Zhao (Hamnet)
Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)
Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
Best Actor
Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)
Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)
Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)
Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)
Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)
Best Actress
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)
Best International Feature Film
The Secret Agent (Brazil)
It Was Just an Accident (France)
Sentimental Value (Norway)
Sirât (Spain)
The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)
Among other highlights, Sentimental Value earned multiple acting and technical nominations, while Avatar: Fire and Ash dominated the visual effects and costume design categories.
Animated heavyweights like Zootopia 2 and Elio also secured spots in the Best Animated Feature lineup.
The nominations across 24 categories were unveiled by actors Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman during a live broadcast on ABC’s Good Morning America and streamed simultaneously on the Oscars’ official YouTube channel from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Los Angeles.
The 98th Academy Awards ceremony will be held on March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre, with Conan O’Brien set to host the event.
