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98th Academy Awards Nominations: Sinners Breaks Oscars Record With 16 Nominations, Voice of Hind Rajab Represents Africa

  • Writer: John Eriomala
    John Eriomala
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2026 Oscars: Black talent shines as Sinners and One Battle After Another lead with a record-breaking 16 and 13 nominations, respectively. Tunisia’s Voice of Hind Rajab becomes Africa’s sole representative. Full list below. 



The nominations for all categories at the 98th Academy Awards have been announced in a ceremony hosted by actors Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman. Ryan Coogler’s Sinners broke the record for the most ever nominations for a single film at the Oscars with 16 nominations, including nods in 3 of 4 major acting categories (Best Actor, and Best Actor and Best Actress in a Supporting Role) and the 4 major film categories (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay (Original), and Best Cinematography). Hot on its tail is Paul Thomas Anderson’s cross-generational thriller One Battle After Another with 13 nominations; including all 4 major acting categories and a lock-in Best Adapted Screenplay. 



Tunisia’s The Voice of Hind Rajab made Oscars history as Tunisia’s second ever film to be nominated in the Best International Feature Film category, following 2020’s The Man Who Sold His Skin. It faces stiff competition with all 4 other nominees having won across major award ceremonies. 


Read the full list below: 


Best Picture

  • Bugonia

  • F1

  • Frankenstein

  • Hamnet

  • Marty Supreme

  • One Battle After Another

  • The Secret Agent

  • Sentimental Value

  • Sinners

  • Train Dreams


Best Directing

  • Chloé Zhao – Hamnet

  • Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value

  • Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme

  • Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another

  • Ryan Coogler – Sinners


Best Actor in a Leading Role

  • Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon

  • Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another

  • Michael B. Jordan – Sinners

  • Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme

  • Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent


Best Actress in a Leading Role

  • Emma Stone – Bugonia

  • Jessie Buckley – Hamnet

  • Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue

  • Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value

  • Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You


Best Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another

  • Delroy Lindo – Sinners

  • Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein

  • Sean Penn – One Battle After Another

  • Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value


Best Actress in a Supporting Role

  • Amy Madigan – Weapons

  • Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value

  • Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value

  • Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

  • Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners


Best Original Screenplay

  • Blue Moon – Robert Kaplow

  • It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi, Nader Saeivar, Shadmehr Rastin, and Mehdi Mahmoudian

  • Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie

  • Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt

  • Sinners – Ryan Coogler


Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Bugonia – Will Tracy

  • Frankenstein – Guillermo del Toro

  • Hamnet – Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell

  • One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson

  • Train Dreams – Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar


Best Animated Feature Film

  • Arco

  • Elio

  • KPop Demon Hunters

  • Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

  • Zootopia 2


Best International Feature Film

  • It Was Just an Accident (France)

  • The Secret Agent (Brazil)

  • Sentimental Value (Norway)

  • Sirât (Spain)

  • The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)


Best Achievement in Casting (Inaugural Category)

  • Hamnet – Nina Gold

  • Marty Supreme – Jennifer Venditti

  • One Battle After Another – Cassandra Kulukundis

  • The Secret Agent – Gabriel Domingues

  • Sinners – Francine Maisler


Best Original Score

  • Bugonia – Jerskin Fendrix

  • Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat

  • Hamnet – Max Richter

  • One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood

  • Sinners – Ludwig Göransson


Best Original Song

  • "Dear Me" from Diane Warren: Relentless

  • "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters

  • "Highest 2 Lowest" from Highest 2 Lowest

  • "I Lied to You" from Sinners

  • "Sweet Dreams of Joy" from Viva Verdi!

  • "Train Dreams" from Train Dreams


Best Visual Effects

  • Avatar: Fire and Ash

  • F1

  • Jurassic World: Rebirth

  • The Lost Bus

  • Sinners


Best Cinematography

  • Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen

  • Marty Supreme – Darius Khondji

  • One Battle After Another – Michael Bauman

  • Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw

  • Train Dreams – Adolpho Veloso


Best Live Action Short Film

  • Butcher's Stain

  • A Friend of Dorothy

  • Jane Austen's Period Drama

  • The Singers

  • Two People Exchanging Saliva


Best Animated Short Film

  • Butterfly

  • Forevergreen

  • The Girl Who Cried Pearls

  • Retirement Plan

  • The Three Sisters


Best Documentary Feature Film

  • The Alabama Solution

  • Come See Me in the Good Light

  • Cutting Through Rocks

  • Mr. Nobody Against Putin

  • The Perfect Neighbor


Best 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


Best Makeup and Hairstyling

  • Frankenstein

  • Kokuho

  • Sinners

  • The Smashing Machine

  • The Ugly Stepsister


Best Costume Design

  • Avatar: Fire and ash

  • Frankenstein

  • Hamnet

  • Marty Supree

  • Sinners


Best Sound

  • F1

  • Frankenstein

  • One Battle After Another

  • Sinners

  • Sirât


Best Film Editing

  • F1

  • Marty Supreme

  • One Battle After Another

  • Sentimental Value

  • Sinners


Best Production Design

  • Frankenstein

  • Hamnet

  • Marty Supreme

  • One Battle After Another

  • Sinners


For our previous coverage of the Awards season, including The Voice of Hind Rajab's journey, and Golden Globes and Critics Choice outcomes, among others, check here. 


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