Oscars 2026: Sinners break record with nominations, Jacob Elordi and Rose Byrne receive nods

Australian actors Jacob Elordi and Rose Byrne have both received Oscars nominations, while Sinners broke the record for Academy Award nods with 16. 

The nominations for the 98th Academy Awards were officially announced on Thursday, with Byrne up for best actress in a leading role for If I Had Legs I'd Kick You and Elordi nominated for his supporting actor role in Frankenstein.

But it was the gothic vampire film Sinners that garnered the most attention, with a historic total of 16 nominations, including for best picture, cinematography and screenplay.   

Actors Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman presented the nominations live from Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills, California.

When are the 2026 Oscars?

The 98th Academy Awards will take place on March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles.

For Australians the ceremony will start at around 11:00am AEDT on March 16.

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 in Marty Supreme
• Leonardo DiCaprio in One Battle After Another
• Ethan Hawke in Blue Moon
• Michael B. Jordan in Sinners
• Wagner Moura in The Secret Agent

Leading Actress

• Jessie Buckley in Hamnet
• Rose Byrne in If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
• Kate Hudson in Song Sung Blue
• Renate Reinsve in Sentimental Value
• Emma Stone in Bugonia

Supporting Actor

• Benicio Del Toro in One Battle After Another
• Jacob Elordi in Frankenstein
• Delroy Lindo in Sinners
• Sean Penn in One Battle After Another
• Stellan Skarsgård in Sentimental Value

Supporting Actress

• Elle Fanning in Sentimental Value
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas in Sentimental Value
• Amy Madigan in Weapons
• Wunmi Mosaku in Sinners
• Teyana Taylor in One Battle After Another

Animated Feature Film

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

Cinematography

• Frankenstein
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Train Dreams

Costume design

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Sinners

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

• F1
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners

International feature film

• Brazil: The Secret Agent
• France: It Was Just an Accident
• Norway: Sentimental Value
• Spain: Sirat
• Tunisia: The Voice of Hind Rajab

Makeup and hairstyling

• Frankenstein
• Kokuho
• Sinners
• The Smashing Machine
• The Ugly Stepsister

Music (original score)

• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners

Music (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

Production design

• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners

Short film (animated)

• Butterfly
• Forever Green
• The Girl Who Cried Pearls
• Retirement Plan
• The Three Sisters

Short film (live action)

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

Sound

• F1
• Frankenstein
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Sirat

Visual effects

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• F1
• Jurassic World Rebirth
• The Lost Bus
• Sinners

Adapted screenplay

• ??Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• One Battle After Another
• Train Dreams

Original screenplay

• Blue Moon
• It Was Just an Accident
• Marty Supreme
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners

Casting

• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• The Secret Agent
• Sinners