Nominees for the 2026 Academy Awards have been announced, and Sinners leads the pack with a record-breaking 16 nods.
It’s up for Best Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay, Costume Design, Achievement in Casting, Makeup & Hairstyling, Original Score, Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Sound, Visual Effects, and Original Song.
Other genre films contending for Oscars include Frankenstein with nine nominations, alongside Weapons, Bugonia, KPop Demon Hunters, Jurassic World Rebirth, and The Ugly Stepsister.
Here are all the horror highlights:
Best Picture:
- Bugonia
- F1
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle
- Secret Agent
- Sentimental Value
- Sinners
- Train Dreams
Best Director:
- Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
- Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
- Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
- Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
- Ryan Coogler, Sinners
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
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
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
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
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
Costume Design:
- Avatar: Fire and Ash
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- Sinners
Achievement in Casting:
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- The Secret Agent
- Sinners
Makeup and Hairstyling:
- Frankenstein
- Kokuho
- Sinners
- The Smashing Machine
- The Ugly Stepsister
Original Score:
- Bugonia
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
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
Film Editing:
- F1
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- Sentimental Value
- Sinners
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:
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
Sound:
- F1
- Frankenstein
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
- Sirat
Visual Effects:
- Avatar: Fire and Ash
- F1
- Jurassic World Rebirth
- The Lost Bus
- Sinners
Who will take home a trophy? Find out when the 98th Academy Awards live air on Sunday, March 15, at 7pm ET/4pm PT on ABC.
