"Sinner" Breaks Oscar Record With Maximum Nominations for a Single Movie

January 24, 2026: The Oscar nominations for 98th Academy Awards were announced on Thursday, January 22. "Sinner" created a new record by securing 16 nominations for the 2026 academy awards, the maximum by any single movie till date. "Sinner" was closely followed by "One Battle After Another" who secured 13 nominations, one short of the previous record holders for 14 nominations, which include 'All About Eve' (1950 | 23rd Academy Awards); 'Titanic' (1997 | 70th Academy Awards) and 'La La Land' (2016 | 89th Academy Awards). Leonardo DiCaprio has been nominated for Best Actor for his role in 'One Battle After Another' and Michael B Jordan for Best Actor in 'Sinner'.

Interestingly, both the movies, viz. 'Sinner', which grossed $368 millions in tickets sales and 'One Battle After Another' that grossed @206 million in ticket sales are Warner Bros productions. The Warner Bros studios is a hot cake for Netflix and Paramount Skydance, who are actively competing to purchse the studio. As per media reports, Hollywood personaities have been silent about troubled US politics in the past couple of years, to avoid being targetted by the ruling party and their followers. However, with the support lent by the film fraternity to these two movies, the former an apologue on racism and cultural appropriation and the latter, revolving around rising fascism and societal division. The presentation ceremony for the 98th Academy Awards will take place on March 15, 2026 amd will be hosted by Conan O'Brien who makes a much awaited comeback.

List of Oscar Nominations for 2026

Best Picture

• Sinner
• One Battle After Another
• Bugonia
• FI
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• Sentimental Value
• The Secret Agent
• Train Dreams

Best Actor

• Ethan Hawke | “Blue Moon”
• Leonardo DiCaprio | “One Battle After Another”
• Michael B. Jordan | “Sinners”
• Timothée Chalamet | “Marty Supreme”
• Wagner Moura | “The Secret Agent”

Best Actress

• Jessie Buckley | “Hamnet”
• Kate Hudson | “Song Sung Blue”
• Renate Reinsve | “Sentimental Value”
• Rose Byrne | “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Best Director

• Paul Thomas Anderson | “One Battle After Another”
• Ryan Coogler | “Sinners”
• Josh Safdie | “Marty Supreme”
• Joachim Trier | “Sentimental Value”
• Chloé Zhao | “Hamnet”

Best Supporting Actor

• Benicio Del Toro, “One Battle After Another”
• Jacob Elordi, “Frankenstein”
• Delroy Lindo, “Sinners”
• Sean Penn, “One Battle After Another”
• Stellan Skarsgard, “Sentimental Value”

Best Supporting Actress

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

Original Screenplay

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

Adapted Screenplay

• “Bugonia”
• “Frankenstein”
• “Hamnet”
• “One Battle After Another”
• “Train Dreams”

Casting

• “Hamnet”
• “Marty Supreme”
• “One Battle After Another”
• “Sinners”
• “The Secret Agent”

Editing

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

Production Design

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

Costume Design

• “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
• “Frankenstein”
• “Hamnet”
• “Marty Supreme”
• “Sinners”

Cinematography

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

Makeup and Hairstyling

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

Sound

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

Visual Effects

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

Original Score

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

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”)

Animated Feature

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

Documentary Feature

• “The Alabama Solution”
• “Come See Me in the Good Light”
• “Cutting Through Rocks”
• “Mr. Nobody Against Putin”
• “The Perfect Neighbor”

International Feature

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

Animated Short

• “Butterfly”
• “Forevergreen”
• “The Girl Who Cried Pearls”
• “Retirement Plan”
• “The Three Sisters”

Documentary Short

• “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”

Live-Action Short

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

Source: Media Reports