How to Watch the 2026 Oscars: Date, Time, Host, Presenters, Performers and More

Sinners leads this year’s nominees with 16, and it’s considered to be the frontrunner for Best Picture. However, One Battle after Another is also a strong contender that could overtake it. This year’s ceremony is introducing a new category, Achievement in Casting. There will be a stunt performer Oscar in the future, but not until the 2028 ceremony.

Best Motion Picture of the Year

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

Achievement in Directing

Chloé Zhao (Hamnet)
Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)
Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle after Another)
Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
Ryan Coogler (Sinners)

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)

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Benicio Del Toro (One Battle after Another)
Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)
Delroy Lindo (Sinners)
Sean Penn (One Battle after Another)
Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value)

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value)
Amy Madigan (Weapons)
Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners)
Teyana Taylor (One Battle after Another)

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

Best Animated Short Film

Butterfly
Forevergreen
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters

Achievement in Casting

Nina Gold (Hamnet)
Jennifer Venditti (Marty Supreme)
Cassandra Kulukundis (One Battle after Another)
Gabriel Domingues (The Secret Agent)
Francine Maisler (Sinners)

Achievement in Cinematography

Dan Laustsen (Frankenstein)
Darius Khondji (Marty Supreme)
Michael Bauman (One Battle after Another)
Autumn Durald Arkapaw (Sinners)
Adolpho Veloso (Train Dreams)

Achievement in Costume Design

Deborah L. Scott (Avatar: Fire and Ash)
Kate Hawley (Frankenstein)
Malgosia Turzanska (Hamnet)
Miyako Bellizzi (Marty Supreme)
Ruth E. Carter (Sinners)

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

Adapted Screenplay

Will Tracy (Bugonia)
Guillermo del Toro (Frankenstein)
Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell (Hamnet)
Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle after Another)
Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar (Train Dreams)

Original Screenplay

Robert Kaplow (Blue Moon)
Jafar Panahi, Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian (It Was Just an Accident)
Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)
Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
Ryan Coogler (Sinners)

Achievement in Film Editing

Stephen Mirrione (F1)
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)
Andy Jurgensen (One Battle after Another)
Olivier Bugge Coutté (Sentimental Value)
Michael P. Shawver (Sinners)

Best International Feature Film of the Year

The Secret Agent
It Was Just an Accident
Sentimental Value
Sirāt
The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best Live Action Short Film

Butcher’s Stain
A Friend of Dorothy
Jane Austen’s Period Drama
The Singers
Two People Exchanging Saliva

Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling

Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey (Frankenstein)
Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu (Kokuho)
Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry (Sinners)
Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein (The Smashing Machine)
Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg (The Ugly Stepsister)

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)

Jerskin Fendrix (Bugonia)
Alexandre Desplat (Frankenstein)
Max Richter (Hamnet)
Jonny Greenwood (One Battle after Another)
Ludwig Goransson (Sinners)

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)

“Dear Me” (Diane Warren: Relentless)
“Golden” (KPop Demon Hunters)
“I Lied To You” (Sinners)
“Sweet Dreams Of Joy” (Viva Verdi!)
“Train Dreams” (Train Dreams)

Achievement in Production Design

Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau (Frankenstein)
Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton (Hamnet)
Jack Fisk, Adam Willis (Marty Supreme)
Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino (One Battle after Another)
Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne (Sinners)

Achievement in Sound

Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta (F1)
Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern (Frankenstein)
José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor (One Battle after Another)
Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker (Sinners)
Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas (Sirāt)

Achievement in Visual Effects

Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett (Avatar: Fire and Ash)
Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson (F1)
David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould (Jurassic World Rebirth)
Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin (The Lost Bus)
Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean (Sinners)