2026 Oscar nominations: Sinners breaks Academy Awards record with 16 nods

Nominations for the 98th honorary society Awards were proclaimed th morning time, where Sinners made Oscars chronicle.

Pulling in a total 16 nominations, it broke the record set by All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land. Based on its craft, Ryan Coogler's writing and direction, and Michael B. Jordan's acting, it pulled in nominations from directing, to acting to best picture.

It was an early and strong start for both One Battle After Another and, perhaps surprisingly, Norwegian film Sentimental Value. Each scored numerous nods across acting categories, while each went up for the Oscars' first new category in 25 years: achievement in casting.

The first nominations went to Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value), Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value), Amy Madigan (Weapons), Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners) and Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another) for best performance by an actress in a supporting role.

Nominations for performance by an actor in a supporting role went to Benicio del Toro (One Battle After Another), Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein), Delroy Lindo (Sinners), Sean Penn (One Battle After Another) and Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value). 

There were relatively few surprises in the lineup for those watching earlier awards shows. One Battle After Another's 13 nominations, the second most this year, followed a dominant run at the Golden Globes.

Meanwhile, Canadians stand a relatively good chance of taking home a statue — the directors of Elio and KPop Demon Hunters, Domee Shi and Maggie Kang, respectively, were nominated for best animated feature. The stop-motion fable The Girl Who Cried Pearls by Montreal's Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski earned a nod for best animated short film.

And the Canadian teams behind the look of Frankenstein have been nominated for makeup and hairstyling, as well as production design.

The Guillermo del Toro Netflix film was also nominated for best picture.

The 98th Academy Awards are scheduled to take place March 15 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, hosted by Conan O'Brien.

Nominations include:

Best picture

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

Performance by an 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

Performance by an 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

Best animated feature film

Arco
Elio
KPop demon hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

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