The nominations for the 98th Academy Awards have been officially announced in Los Angeles, California, with Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman revealing the highly anticipated list. The ceremony, honoring achievements in film from 2025, is scheduled to take place on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Conan O’Brien is set to return as host for the second consecutive year, and the broadcast will be live on ABC and streamed on Hulu in the United States. This year's announcements were highlighted by Ryan Coogler's supernatural thriller, “Sinners,” which made Oscar history by shattering the all-time nomination record with an unprecedented 16 nods.

“Sinners” earned nominations in a wide array of categories, including Best Picture, Director, Actor (Michael B. Jordan), Supporting Actress (Wunmi Mosaku), Actor in a Supporting Role (Delroy Lindo), Original Screenplay, Casting, Production Design, Cinematography, Costume Design, Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Sound, Visual Effects, Original Score, and Original Song for “I Lied to You.” This achievement surpasses the previous record of 14 nominations held by films such as Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s “All About Eve” (1950), James Cameron’s “Titanic” (1997), and Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land” (2016). Furthermore, “Sinners” is only the seventh movie to be nominated in every technical category and stands alongside “Titanic” as one of two films to do so while also receiving an Original Song nomination.

Other major category nominees include:

• Best Picture: Bugonia, F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value, Sinners, and Train Dreams.
• Best Director: Chloé Zhao (Hamnet), Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme), Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another), Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value), and Ryan Coogler (Sinners).
• Best Actor: Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme), Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another), Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon), Michael B. Jordan (Sinners), and 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), and Emma Stone (Bugonia).
• Best Supporting Actor: Benicio Del Toro (One Battle After Another), Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein), Delroy Lindo (Sinners), Sean Penn (One Battle After Another), and Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value).
• Best Supporting Actress: Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value), Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value), Amy Madigan (Weapons), Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners), and Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another).

A new category, Best Casting, was introduced this year, with nominees including Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent, and Sinners. Adapted Screenplay nominees were Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet, One Battle After Another, and Train Dreams, while Original Screenplay featured Blue Moon, It Was Just an Accident, Marty Supreme, Sentimental Value, and Sinners.

This year’s nominations delivered an impressive list of inclusive and boundary-pushing titles, performers, and artisans, particularly driven by “Sinners.” Ryan Coogler became only the second Black filmmaker nominated in the same year for producing, directing, and original screenplay, and the seventh Black director to receive a Best Director nomination. He is also the second Black producer to be nominated for Best Picture more than once. His fellow producer and wife, Zinzi Coogler, made history as the first Filipina producer and the third Black woman nominated for Best Picture; together, they are the first Black married couple nominated in the category. Ten Black artists were nominated for “Sinners,” tying the all-time record for a movie producing the most Black nominees in history.

Further historical achievements include cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw, who became the first woman of color and Filipina woman nominated in the Cinematography category. Arkapaw, known for her collaboration with Coogler, broke ground by being the first female cinematographer to shoot on Imax 65mm and Ultra Panavision for “Sinners,” notably in the