Tuxes out, everyone – awards season has officially ramped up with the biggest ceremony in the business. Yes, the Oscars are back, and the nominations are in for the 98th Academy Awards ceremony. This year’s nominees have been revealed, and it’s a big year for Ryan Coogler’s Sinners and Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another – two of the most celebrated films of the past 12 months.

Sinners has pulled in a world-record 16 nominations, the most ever received by a single film (overtaking Titanic, La La Land and All About Eve, each with 14), earning recognition in Best Picture, Directing for Ryan Cooler, Leading Actor for Michael B Jordan (in his dual role as twin gangsters Smoke and Stack), Supporting Actor for Delroy Lindo, Supporting Actress for Wunmi Mosaku, Original Screenplay, Score, Cinematography… the list goes on. It’s a major coup for a film released long before the traditional awards season window, opening back in April 2025.

On Sinners’ heels is One Battle After Another – earning a mightily respectable 13 nominations. In any other year, it would be leading the pack. It’s up for Best Picture, Directing, Leading Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio, Supporting Actor for both Benicio Del Toro and Sean Penn, Supporting Actress for Teyana Taylor, Adapted Screenplay, and many more. Both Sinners and One Battle are nominated in this year’s new category: an award for Casting.

Elsewhere, it’s a big year for horror fare – Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein has been nominated in nine categories, including Best Picture, Jacob Elordi for Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Makeup And Hairstyling, and plenty more. Plus, Amy Madigan is nominated for Supporting Actress for her role as Aunt Gladys in Weapons, and European fairytale body horror The Ugly Stepsister is nominated for Makeup And Hairstyling. The often-gruesome Bugonia has four nominations, including Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay, and Leading Actress for Emma Stone.

Away from genre fare, Sentimental Value and Marty Supreme also received nine nominations each. They both earned Best Picture and Original Screenplay nods, plus Directing for Joachim Trier and Josh Safdie, respectively. On the Marty front, Timothée Chalamet is nominated for Lead Actor; and Sentimental Value saw nominations for Renate Reinsve in Leading Actress, Stellan Skarsgard for Supporting Actor, and Supporting Actress for Elle Fanning and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas. Hamnet is nominated in eight categories, including many of the biggies: Best Picture, Directing for Chloé Zhao, Leading Actress for Jessie Buckley, and Adapted Screenplay.

Elsewhere, Kate Hudson has a Leading Actress nomination for Song Sung Blue; Ethan Hawke a Leading Actor nomination for Blue Moon, which also got an Original Screenplay nod. KPop Demon Hunters is up for Best Animated Feature and Original Song for ‘Golden’; and F1 revved up a handful of nominations too, including Best Picture, Editing, and Sound.

Who will triumph on the night? Will Sinners translate its mammoth nominations list into a series of historic wins? Will One Battle be celebrating with a few small beers? Or will Frankenstein be the victoooooor!? We’ll find out when the Oscars unfolds on March 15.

For now, read the full list of nominees here:

Best Picture

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

Directing

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

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 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 Supporting Role

Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo – Sinners
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgard – Sentimental Value

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

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

Cinematography

Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams

Documentary Feature

The Alabama Solution
Come See Me In The Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbour

International Feature Film

The Secret Agent
It Was Just An Accident
Sentimental Value
Sirāt
The Voice Of Hind Rajab

Animated Feature Film

Arco
Elio
Kpop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie Or The Character Of Rain
Zootopia 2

Makeup And Hairstyling

Frankenstein
Kokuho
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
The Ugly Stepsister

Original Score

Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Casting

Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sinners

Costume Design

Avatar: Fire And Ash
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
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

Production Design

Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Film Editing

F1
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Sound

F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirāt

Visual Effects

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

Live Action Short Film

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

Animated Short Film

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

Documentary Short

All The Empty Rooms
Armed Only With A Camera
Children No More
The Devil Is Busy
Perfectly A Strangeness