The 2026 Oscar nominations are finally here, and the chaos levels are delightfully high. Sinners has gone full vampire Voltron and broken the all‑time record with 16 nominations, while Aussies Rose Byrne and Jacob Elordi are both making their nominee debuts. On the flip side, Wicked got totally blanked, Chase Infiniti missed out, and a bunch of buzzy titles have basically just been told “it’s an honour just to be campaigned”.
So, shall we debrief? Here’s all the tea, the triumphs and the truly cooked snubs from this year’s Oscars noms.
All the 2026 Oscars snubs and surprises
On the upside, Delroy Lindo pulled off a genuine surprise by landing a supporting actor nomination for Sinners, after barely being in the wider prediction chatter. Kate Hudson also scored a leading actress nod for Song Sung Blue, a result that wasn’t considered a lock in such a competitive field. Horror fans got a little win with The Ugly Stepsister landing in makeup and hairstyling, while Weapons only translated its buzz into a single supporting nomination for *Amy Madigan and missed out on original screenplay.
Elsewhere, Park Chan‑wook’s No Other Choice fell short of a best international feature slot despite strong reviews and box‑office momentum, and Jennifer Lawrence’s performance in Die My Love was left out of the lead actress lineup.
One of our fave white boy of the month, Paul Mescal also seemed to be left out, failing to land a best supporting nod for Hamnet, but the film itself received eight nominations.
Superman missed a visual effects nomination, Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly went home empty‑handed, and indie favourite Sorry, Baby also couldn’t crack the final list. At least presenters Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman apparently did the homework and got people’s names right, which honestly counts as progress in Academy land.
Who is nominated for a 2026 Oscar?
We have the full list of nominations right here:
Best picture
- Bugonia
- F1
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- The Secret Agent
- Sentimental Value
- Sinners
- Train Dreams
Director
- Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After Another
- Ryan Coogler — Sinners
- Josh Safdie — Marty Supreme
- Joachim Trier — Sentimental Value
- Chloé Zhao — Hamnet
Leading actor
- Timothée Chalamet — Marty Supreme
- Leonardo DiCaprio — One Battle After Another
- Ethan Hawke — Blue Moon
- Michael B. Jordan — Sinners
- Wagner Moura — The Secret Agent
Leading 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
Supporting actor
- Benicio Del Toro — One Battle After Another
- Jacob Elordi — Frankenstein
- Delroy Lindo — Sinners
- Sean Penn — One Battle After Another
- Stellan Skarsgård — Sentimental Value
Supporting actress
- Elle Fanning — Sentimental Value
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas — Sentimental Value
- Amy Madigan — Weapons
- Wunmi Mosaku — Sinners
- Teyana Taylor — One Battle After Another
Animated feature film
Cinematography
Costume design
Documentary feature film
- The Alabama Solution
- Come See Me in the Good Light
- Cutting Through Rocks
- Mr. Nobody Against Putin
- The Perfect Neighbor
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
Film editing
International feature film
- Brazil: The Secret Agent
- France: It Was Just an Accident
- Norway: Sentimental Value
- Spain: Sirāt
- Tunisia: The Voice of Hind Rajab
Makeup and hairstyling
Music (original score)
Music (original song)
- “Dear Me” — from Diane Warren: Relentless
- “Golden” — from KPop Demon Hunters
- “I Lied To You” — from Sinners
- “Sweet Dreams Of Joy” — from Viva Verdi!
- “Train Dreams” — from Train Dreams
Production design
Animated short film
Live action short film
- Butcher’s Stain
- A Friend of Dorothy
- Jane Austen’s Period Drama
- The Singers
- Two People Exchanging Saliva
Sound
Visual effects
Adapted screenplay
Original screenplay
- Blue Moon
- It Was Just an Accident
- Marty Supreme
- Sentimental Value
- Sinners
When are the 2026 Oscars?
The 98th Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, 15 March 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. For Australians, that means a very glamorous Monday late‑morning, with the ceremony kicking off at around 11:00am AEDT on 16 March. See you then!
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