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Ryan Coogler’s blues-steeped vampire epic Sinners led all films with 16 nominations to the 98th Academy Awards on Thursday, setting a record for the most in Oscar history.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voters showered Sinners with more nominations than they had ever bestowed before, breaking the 14-nomination mark set by All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land.
Along with best picture, Coogler was nominated for best director and best screnplay, and double-duty star Michael B. Jordan was rewarded with his first Oscar nomination, for best actor.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s father-daughter revolutionary saga One Battle After Another, the favourite coming into nominations, trailed in second with 13 nominations of its own.


Four of its actors – Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn – were nominated, though newcomer Chase Infiniti was left out in best actress.
In those two top nominees, the film academy put its full force behind a pair of visceral and bracingly original American epics that each connected with a fraught national moment.
Coogler’s Jim Crow-era film – the rare horror movie to win the academy’s favour – conjures a mythical allegory of black life.
In One Battle After Another, a dormant spirit of rebellion is revived in an out-of-control police state.
Both are also Warner Bros titles. In the midst of a contentious sale to Netflix, the 102-year-old studio had its best Oscar nominations morning ever.
As the fate of Warner Bros, which Netflix is buying for US$72 billion, hangs in the balance amid a challenge from Paramount Skydance, Hollywood is bracing for potentially the largest realignment in the film industry’s history.
Despite the corporate uncertainty, the creative output remains strong. Here are the films vying for the night’s top prize.
The 10 films nominated for the best picture Oscar

Bugonia


F1


Frankenstein


Hamnet


Marty Supreme


One Battle After Another


The Secret Agent


Sentimental Value


Sinners


Train Dreams


Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme and Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value all scored nine nominations.
The nine for Marty Supreme included a third best actor nod for 30-year-old Timothee Chalamet, the favourite in the category he narrowly missed winning last year for A Complete Unknown.
Best actor nominees
Chalamet faces stiff competition in a category packed with heavy hitters.

Timothee Chalamet (Marty Supreme)


Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)


Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)


Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)


Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)


Best actress nominees
The Best Actress race highlights a mix of veterans and international stars.

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 supporting actress nominees
The supporting acting categories were dominated by the year’s critical darlings.

Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value)


Inga Ibsdotter LilIeaas (Sentimental Value)


Amy Madigan (Weapons)


Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners)


Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)


Best supporting actor nominees

Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)


Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)


Stellan Skarsgard (Sentimental Value)


Benicio del Toro (One Battle After Another)


Delroy Lindo (Sinners)


This year, the Oscars are introducing a new category for casting.
That new honour helped Sinners and One Battle After Another pad their already impressive stats. Along with those two films, the nominees are Hamnet, Marty Supreme and The Secret Agent.
Finally, the Academy recognised the music that defined the year, where Sinners picked up yet another nod.
Best original song nominees

“Golden” (Kpop Demon Hunters)


“Train Dreams” (Train Dreams)


“Dear Me” (Diane Warren: Relentess)


“I Lied To You” (Sinners)


“Sweet Dreams Of Joy” (Viva Verdi!)

KPop leads a field light on big hits
The year’s most-watched movie, with more than half a billion views on Netflix, KPop Demon Hunters, scored nominations for both best song “Golden” and best animated feature.
Sony Pictures developed and produced the film, but, after selling it to Netflix, watched it become a worldwide sensation.


Blockbusters otherwise had a difficult morning. Universal Pictures’ Wicked: For Good was shut out entirely.
While Avatar: Fire and Ash notched nominations for costume design and visual effects, it became the first Avatar film not nominated for best picture.
The biggest box-office hit nominated for Hollywood’s top award instead was F1, an Apple production. The streamer partnered with Warner Bros to distribute the racing drama.
The 98th Academy Awards will take place on March 15 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and will be televised live on ABC and Hulu.
YouTube’s new deal to exclusively air won’t take effect until 2029. This year, Conan O’Brien will return as host.
The rest of the Oscar nominations
Best Director

Hamnet, Chloe Zhao


Marty Supreme, Josh Safdie


One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson


Sentimental Value, Joachim Trier


Sinners, Ryan Coogler

Best Adapted Screenplay

Bugonia, Will Tracy


Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro


Hamnet, Chloe Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell


One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson


Train Dreams, Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar


Best Original Screenplay

Blue Moon, Robert Kaplow


It Was Just an Accident; written by Jafar Panahi; script collaborators Nader Saivar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian


Marty Supreme, Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie


Sentimental Value, Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier


Sinners, Ryan Coogler

Best Animated Feature

Arco, Ugo Bienvenu, Felix 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 Amelie or the Character of Rain, Mailys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago and Henri Magalon


Zootopia 2, Jared Bush, Byron Howard and Yvett Merino


Best International Feature

Brazil, The Secret Agent


France, It Was Just an Accident


Norway, Sentimental Value


Spain, Sirat


Tunisia, The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best Documentary Feature

The Alabama Solution, Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman


Come See Me in the Good Light, Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro and Stef Willen


Cutting Through Rocks, Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni


Mr. Nobody Against Putin, nominees to be determined


The Perfect Neighbor, Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee


Best Animated Short

Butterfly, Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens


Forevergreen, Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears


The Girl Who Cried Pearls, Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski


Retirement Plan, John Kelly and Andrew Freedman


The Three Sisters, Konstantin Bronzit

Best Casting

Hamnet, Nina Gold


Marty Supreme, Jennifer Venditti


One Battle After Another, Cassandra Kulukundis


The Secret Agent, Gabriel Domingues


Sinners, Francine Maisler


Best Cinematography

Frankenstein, Dan Laustsen


Marty Supreme, Darius Khondji


One Battle After Another, Michael Bauman


Sinners, Autumn Durald Arkapaw


Train Dreams, Adolpho Veloso

Best Costume Design

Avatar: Fire and Ash, Deborah L. Scott


Frankenstein, Kate Hawley


Hamnet, Malgosia Turzanska


Marty Supreme, Miyako Bellizzi


Sinners, Ruth E. Carter


Best Documentary Short

All the Empty Rooms, Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones


Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud, Craig Renaud and Juan Arredondo


Children No More: “Were and Are Gone”, Hilla Medalia and Sheila Nevins


The Devil Is Busy, Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir


Perfectly a Strangeness, Alison McAlpine

Best Film Editing

F1, Stephen Mirrione


Marty Supreme, Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie


One Battle After Another, Andy Jurgensen


Sentimental Value, Olivier Bugge Coutte


Sinners, Michael P. Shawver


Best Live-Action Short

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

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

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

Best Original Score

Bugonia, Jerskin Fendrix


Frankenstein, Alexandre Desplat


Hamnet, Max Richter


One Battle After Another, Jonny Greenwood


Sinners, Ludwig Goransson


Best 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 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, Jose Antonio Garcia, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor


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


Sirat, Amanda Vil


Best 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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Sinners breaks Oscars record with 16 nominations, F1, Hamnet, One Battle also place

Michael B. Jordan (centre right) stars in Sinners. Photo: TNS

Jessie Buckley (centre) in a scene from Hamnet. Photo: Focus Features/AP

Timothée Chalamet in a scene from Marty Supreme. Photo: A24/AP

Emma Stone attends the 83rd annual Golden Globe Awards on January 11. Photo: AFP

Teyana Taylor poses with the award for best performance by a female actor in a supporting role for One Battle After Another at the 83rd Golden Globes on January 11. Photo: AP

Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgard won the Golden Globe for best performance by a male actor in a supporting role for Sentimental Value. Photo: EPA

Joel Edgerton stars in Train Dreams. Photo: Netflix via AP

A scene from Little Amelie or the Character of Rain. Image: Haut et Court/Paradiso Filmed Entertainment

A scene from Mr Nobody Against Putin. Photo: Made in Copenhagen/PINK/ZDF/Arte

Teyana Taylor in a scene from One Battle After Another. Photo: Warner Bros Pictures via AP

Quaritch, performed by Stephen Lang (left), is seen in Avatar: Fire and Ash. Image: 20th Century Studios via AP

Damson Idris (left) and Brad Pitt in F1. Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures/TNS

Ludwig Goransson poses with the Best Original Score – Motion Picture award for Sinners at the 83rd Annual Golden Globes on January 11. Photo: Reuters

From left: Stefania Gadda, Joshua Liam Herderson, Richard Bellamy and Sergi Lopez in Sirat. Photo: Neon via AP

Malaysia’s Michelle Yeoh up for ‘worst actress’ Razzie for Star Trek role

Michelle Yeoh poses with her Oscar at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood on March 12, 2023. Photo: Reuters

Michelle Yeoh reacts at the Visit Malaysia 2026 launch in Kuala Lumpur on January 3. Photo: EPA

KPop Demon Hunters wins 2 Golden Globes, including best song for ‘Golden’

(From left) Audrey Nuna, EJAE and Rei Ami, who provide the singing voices for the three main characters in KPop Demon Hunters, are pictured at the 83rd Golden Globes in Beverly Hills, California, on January 11, 2026. The Netflix animated hit picked up two awards at the ceremony. Photo: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

KPop Demon Hunters directors Chris Appelhans (left) and Maggie Kang (centre) hold their awards for best animated motion picture with producer Michelle Wong at the 83rd Annual Golden Globes in Beverly Hills, California, on January 11, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Timothee Chalamet poses with his award for best performance by a male actor in a musical or comedy motion picture. Photo: Reuters

The Pitt star Noah Wyle (centre) holds his best actor award with the series’ executive producers John Wells (left) and R. Scott Gemmill at the awards. Photo: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

What the stars wore on the 2026 Golden Globes red carpet, from Timothée Chalamet to Ariana Grande

Timothée Chalamet and Lisa from Blackpink at the 2026 Golden Globes. Photos: Invision/AP, AFP

Blackpink’s Lalisa Manobal, known as Lisa, at the Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, on January 11. Photo: AFP

Timothée Chalamet at the Golden Globes on January 11. Photo: Invision/AP

Hudson Williams attends the Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton on January 11. Photo: Getty Images/AFP

Connor Storrie poses on the red carpet at the Golden Globes on January 11. Photo: Reuters

Ayo Edebiri attends the Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton hotel on January 11. Photo: AFP

Benny Blanco and Selena Gomez pose on the red carpet at the Golden Globes in Beverly Hills, California. Photo: Reuters

Teyana Taylor attends the Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton. Photo: Getty Images/AFP

Jenna Ortega attends the Golden Globe Awards on January 11. Photo: AFP

Ariana Grande arrives for the Golden Globe Awards ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 11. Photo: EPA

Chase Infiniti at the Golden Globe Awards on January 11. Photo: Getty Images/AFP

Jennifer Lawrence attends the Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton on January 11. Photo: Getty Images/AFP

Emma Stone arrives at the Golden Globes on January 11. Photo: Invision/AP

Miley Cyrus arrives at the Golden Globes on January 11, in Beverly Hills, California. Photo: Invision/AP

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Ryan Coogler’s blues-steeped vampire epic breaks the 14-nomination mark set by All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land


Ryan Coogler’s blues-steeped vampire epic breaks the 14-nomination mark set by All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land.


Sinners breaks Oscars record with 16 nominations, F1, Hamnet, One Battle also place

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Ryan Coogler’s blues-steeped vampire epic breaks the 14-nomination mark set by All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land