LOS ANGELES, CA (SMI-GLOBAL-ENTERTAINMENT JAN 22-MARCH 15, 2026)-The Nominees in 24-categories for the upcoming 98th Academy Awards also known as the Oscars Awards were released Today Jan. 22, during a 2-part live global livestream  presentation by Oscars nominated actress "Danielle Brooks ( The Color Purple) and US actor "Lewis Pullman"( "Lesson in Chemistry" & Top Gun: Maverick(2022) from the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California  to the World.

 

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences who honors the excellence in filmmaking will celebrate its 98th annual Oscars awards with a live ceremony to be hosted by US comedian Conan O'Brien on Sunday March 15, announcing the winners in 24-categories globally on ABC & streamed on Hulu to the world from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles. 

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The 24-categories has 5-nominees each except for Best Picture that has 10 nominees.​

The 2026-98th OSCARS NOMINEES in 24 Categories Are:

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Performance by an actor in a leading role

• Timothee Chalamet in " Marty Supreme" (A24)

• Leonardo Dicaprio in " One Battle After Another "

• Ethan Hawke in " Blue Moon" (Sony Pictures Classic)

• Michael B. Jordan in "Sinners" (Warner Bros)

• Wagner Moura in " The Secret Agent" (Neon)

 

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Benicio Del Toro in " One Battle After Another"(Warner Bros.)

• Jacob Elordi in "Frankenstein" (Netflix)

• Delroy Lindo in "Sinners" (Warner Bros)

• Sean Penn in " One Battle after Another" (Warner Bros.)

• Stellan Skarsgard in "Sentimental Value" (Neon)

 

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Jessie Buckley in "Hamnet" (Focus Feature)

• Rose Byrne in "If I had Legs I'd Kick You" (A24)

• Kate Hudson in " Song Sung Blue" (Focus Feature)

• Renate Reinsve in " Sentimental Value" (Neon)

• Emma Stone in " Bugonia" (Focus Features)

 

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Elle Fanning in "Sentimental Value" (Neon)

• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas in "Sentimental Value" (Neon)

• Amy Madigan in "Weapons" (Warner Bros)

• Wummi Mosaku in 'Sinners" (Warner Bros) 

• Teyana Taylor in "One Battle After Another"(Warner Bros)

 

Best animated feature film of the year

• ARCO   Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas and Natalie Portman

• ELIO  Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina and Mary Alice Drumm

• KPOP DEMON HUNTERS Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Michelle L.M. Wong

• LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN  Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago and Henri Magalon

• ZOOTOPIA 2 Jared Bush, Byron Howard and Yvett Merino

 

Best Animated Short Film:

   " Butterfly " (Sacrebleu Production) Florence Miailhe & Ron Dyens 

     "Forevergreen " Nathan Engelhardt & Jeremy Spears

• "The Girl Who Cried Pearls" Chris lavis & Maciek Szcerbowski

• "Retirement Plan " John Kelly & Andrew Freeman

• "The Three Sisters" (Polydont Films/Rymanco Ventures)

   

 Best Casting:

HAMNET Nina Gold

MARTY SUPREME Jennifer Venditti

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Cassandra Kulukundis

THE SECRET AGENT Gabriel Domingues

SINNERS Francine Maisler

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Best Cinematography

RANKENSTEIN       Dan Laustsen

MARTY SUPREME      Darius Khondji

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER    Michael Bauman

SINNERS  Autumn   Durald Arkapaw

TRAIN DREAMS     Adolpho Veloso

 

Achievement in costume design

• "Avatar: Fire and Ash" (Walt Disney) Deborah L. Scott

• "Frankenstein " (Netflix)    Kate Hawley

• "Hamnet " (Focus Feature) Malgosia Turzanska

• "Marty Supreme" (A24) Miyako Bellizzi

• "Sinners" (Wagner Bros) Ruth E. Carter

 

Achievement in directing

• "Hamnet " (Focus Feature) Malgosia Turzanska

• "Marty Supreme" (A24) Miyako Bellizzi

• "Sinners" (Wagner Bros) Ruth E. Carter

• "One Battle After Another" (Wagner Bros) Paul Thomas Anderson

• "Sentimental Value"(Neon) Joachim Trier

 

Best documentary feature Film

• "The Alabama Solution" (HBO Doc Films) Andrew Jarecki & Charlotte Kaufman

• "Come See Me in the Good Light" (Apple) Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tin Notaro & Steven Willen

• "Cutting through Rocks" Sara Khaki & Mohammadreza Eyni

• "Mr. Nobody against Putin" (PINK)

• "The Perfect Neighbor" (Netflix) Gaeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne

 

Best documentary short Film

• "All The Empty Rooms" (Netflix) Joshua Seftel & Conail Jones

• "Armed Only with a Camera:The Life & Death of Brent Renaud (HBO) Craig Renaud & Juan Arredondo

• "Children No More: "Were and Are Gone"(Sky) Hilla Medalia & Sheila Nevins

• "The Devil is Busy " (HBO) Christalyn Hampton & Geeta Gandbhir

• "Perfectly a Strangeness" (Second Sight Picture) Allison McAlphine

 

Achievement in film editing

• F1  : Stephen Mirrione

• MARTY SUPREME: Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie

• ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER: Andy Jurgensen

• SENTIMENTAL VALUE: Olivier Bugge Coutté

• SINNERS; Michael P. Shawver ​

 

Best international feature film of the year

• "The Secret Agent"  Brazil

• "It Was Just an Accident" France

• "Sentimental Value" Norway

• "Sirat" Spain

• "The Voice of Hind Rajab" Tunisia

 

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

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• FRANKENSTEIN:Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey

• KOKUHO:Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu

• SINNERS:Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry

• THE SMASHING MACHINE:Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein

• THE UGLY STEPSISTER:Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg​

 

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

• BUGONIA: Jerskin Fendrix

• FRANKENSTEIN: Alexandre Desplat

• HAMNET: Max Richter

• ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER:Jonny Greenwood

• SINNERS: Ludwig Goransson

 

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

• DEAR ME: from Diane Warren: Relentless; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

• GOLDEN:from KPop Demon Hunters; Music and Lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo and Teddy Park

• I LIED TO YOU: from Sinners; Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson

• SWEET DREAMS OF JOY: from Viva Verdi!; Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike

• TRAIN DREAMS:from Train Dreams; Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; Lyric by Nick Cave

Best motion picture of the year

• BUGONIA:Ed Guiney & Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Lars Knudsen, Producers

• F1:Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers

• FRANKENSTEIN:Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber, Producers

• HAMNET:Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes, Producers

• MARTY SUPREME:Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas and Timothée Chalamet, Producers

• ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER:Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers

• THE SECRET AGENT:Emilie Lesclaux, Producer

• SENTIMENTAL VALUE:Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Producers

• SINNERS:Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Ryan Coogler, Producers

• TRAIN DREAMS:Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer and Michael Heimler, Producers

 

Achievement in production design

• FRANKENSTEIN:Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau

• HAMNET:Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton

• MARTY SUPREME:Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis

• ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER:Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino

• SINNERS:Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne

 

Best live action short film

• BUTCHER'S STAIN:Meyer Levinson-Blount and Oron Caspi

• A FRIEND OF DOROTHY:Lee Knight and James Dean

• JANE AUSTEN'S PERIOD DRAMA:Julia Aks and Steve Pinder

• THE SINGERS: Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt

• TWO PEOPLE EXCHANGING SALIVA: Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata​

 

Achievement in sound

• F1  Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta

• FRANKENSTEIN  Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern

• ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor

• SINNERS Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker

• SIRĀT Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas

 

Achievement in visual effects

• AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH:Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett

• F1:Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson

• JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH:David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould

• THE LOST BUS:Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin

• SINNERS:Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean

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Adapted screenplay

• "Bugonia" (Focus Feature) Screenplay by Will Tracy

• "Frankenstein " (Netflix) Written for Screen Guillermo Del Toro

• "Hamnet" (Focus Features) Screenplay Chloe Zhao & M. O'Farrell

• "One Battle After Another"(Warner Bros) Written Paul Thomas Andersen 

• "Train Dreams" (Netflix) Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar 

 

Original Screenplay

• "Blue Moon" Sony Pictures Classic Written by Robert Kaplow

• "It was Just an Accident" (Neon) Written by Jafar Panahi

• "Marty Supreme" (A24) Written by Ronald Bronstein & J. Safdie

• "Sentimental Value" (Neon)  Written by Eski Vogt, J. Trier

• "Sinners" (Warner Bros) Written by Ryan Coogler

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