Director Ryan Coogler’s thriller Sinners makes history with a record 16 nominations, followed by One Battle After Another with 13.
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History was made as the nominations for the 98th annual Academy Awards were revealed at an announcement ceremony in Beverly Hills, California.
It was a moment of vindication for Sinners, the vampire thriller and racial allegory from United States writer-director Ryan Coogler. Released in April 2025, Sinners was not part of the usual late-autumn lineup of Oscar hopefuls.
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And yet, on Thursday, it emerged with a record-shattering 16 Academy Award nominations, the most of any film in history, surpassing the previous high-water mark of 14 nods given to films like Titanic, All About Eve and La La Land.
But close on its heels was another audience favourite and critical darling: director Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, a chase film tinged with political themes tailored to the moment.
One Battle After Another walked away with a cool 13 nominations, including in three of the four acting categories. But its breakout star Chase Infiniti, who played the hard-nosed daughter to Leonardo DiCaprio’s stoner dad, was snubbed in the Best Actress category.
But hers was not the only name absent from the tight race for the top female acting trophy. The category’s 2013 winner Jennifer Lawrence was passed over for her much-lauded work in the drama Die My Love, as was Amanda Seyfried, who was a contender for the historical musical The Testament of Ann Lee.
One surprise, however, came in the form of a Best Actress nod for Kate Hudson, whose last nomination was for 2001’s musical drama Almost Famous. This time, she was recognised for her work in Song Sung Blue, another musically charged film where she plays one half of a Neil Diamond cover band.
The competition was no less fierce in the male acting categories, with notable snubs including Paul Mescal, who played William Shakespeare in the historical heartwrencher Hamnet.
The musical Wicked: For Good, the sequel to last year’s 10-time Oscar nominee, was also completely shut out this year, amid middling reviews.
But where some performances were overlooked, others were embraced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which holds the Oscars each year. And nowhere was that more apparent than with the accolades showered on Sinners.
Actors Wunmi Mosaku and Delroy Lindo, both passed over at the Golden Globes, scored acting nods alongside their Sinners costar Michael B Jordan. Check out the full list of nominees below.
Actor in a leading role
Timothee Chalamet for Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio for One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke for Blue Moon
Michael B Jordan for Sinners
Wagner Moura for The Secret Agent
Actor in a supporting role
Benicio del Toro for One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi for Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo for Sinners
Sean Penn for One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgard for Sentimental Value
Actress in a leading role
Jessie Buckley for Hamnet
Rose Byrne for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Kate Hudson for Song Sung Blue
Renate Reinsve for Sentimental Value
Emma Stone for Bugonia
Actress in a supporting role
Elle Fanning for Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas for Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan for Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku for Sinners
Teyana Taylor for One Battle After Another
Animated feature film
Arco
From Ugo Bienvenu, Felix de Givry, Sophie Mas and Natalie Portman
Elio
From Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina and Mary Alice Drumm
KPop Demon Hunters
From Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Michelle LM Wong
Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
From Mailys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago and Henri Magalon
Zootopia 2
From Jared Bush, Byron Howard and Yvett Merino
Animated short film
Butterfly
From Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens
Forevergreen
From Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
From Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
Retirement Plan
From John Kelly and Andrew Freedman
The Three Sisters
Casting
Nina Gold for Hamnet
Jennifer Venditti for Marty Supreme
Cassandra Kulukundis for One Battle After Another
Gabriel Domingues for The Secret Agent
Francine Maisler for Sinners
Cinematography
Dan Laustsen for Frankenstein
Darius Khondji for Marty Supreme
Michael Bauman for One Battle After Another
Autumn Durald Arkapaw for Sinners
Adolpho Veloso for Train Dreams
Costume design
Deborah L Scott for Avatar: Fire and Ash
Kate Hawley for Frankenstein
Malgosia Turzanska for Hamnet
Miyako Bellizzi for Marty Supreme
Ruth E Carter for Sinners
Directing
Chloe Zhao for Hamnet
Josh Safdie for Marty Supreme
Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another
Joachim Trier for Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler for Sinners
Documentary feature film
The Alabama Solution
From Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman
Come See Me in the Good Light
From Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro and Stef Willen
Cutting Through Rocks
From Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni
Mr Nobody Against Putin
Nominees to be determined
The Perfect Neighbor
From Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee
Documentary short film
All the Empty Rooms
From Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones
Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
From Craig Renaud and Juan Arredondo
Children No More: ‘Were and Are Gone’
From Hilla Medalia and Sheila Nevins
The Devil Is Busy
From Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir
Perfectly a Strangeness
Film editing
Stephen Mirrione for F1
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie for Marty Supreme
Andy Jurgensen for One Battle After Another
Olivier Bugge Coutte for Sentimental Value
Michael P Shawver for 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
Live action short film
Butcher’s Stain
From Meyer Levinson-Blount and Oron Caspi
A Friend of Dorothy
From Lee Knight and James Dean
Jane Austen’s Period Drama
From Julia Aks and Steve Pinder
The Singers
From Sam A Davis and Jack Piatt
Two People Exchanging Saliva
From Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata
Makeup and hairstyling
Frankenstein
Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey for Frankenstein
Kokuho
Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu
Sinners
Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry
The Smashing Machine
Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein
The Ugly Stepsister
Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg
Music (original score)
Jerskin Fendrix for Bugonia
Alexandre Desplat for Frankenstein
Max Richter for Hamnet
Jonny Greenwood for One Battle After Another
Ludwig Goransson for Sinners
Music (original song)
Dear Me
From Diane Warren: Relentless
Music and lyrics by Diane Warren
Golden
From KPop Demon Hunters
Music and lyrics by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon and Teddy Park
I Lied to You
From Sinners
Music and lyrics by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson
Sweet Dreams of Joy
From Viva Verdi!
Music and lyrics by Nicholas Pike
Train Dreams
From Train Dreams
Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner
Lyrics by Nick Cave
Best picture
Bugonia
Producers: Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Lars Knudsen
F1
Producers: Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer
Frankenstein
Producers: Guillermo del Toro, J Miles Dale and Scott Stuber
Hamnet
Producers: Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes
Marty Supreme
Producers: Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas and Timothee Chalamet
One Battle After Another
Producers: Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson
The Secret Agent
Producers: Emilie Lesclaux
Sentimental Value
Producers: Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
Sinners
Producers: Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Ryan Coogler
Train Dreams
Producers: Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer and Michael Heimler
Production design
Frankenstein
Production design: Tamara Deverell
Set decoration: Shane Vieau
Hamnet
Production design: Fiona Crombie
Set decoration: Alice Felton
Marty Supreme
Production design: Jack Fisk
Set decoration: Adam Willis
One Battle After Another
Production design: Florencia Martin
Set decoration: Anthony Carlino
Sinners
Production design: Hannah Beachler
Set decoration: Monique Champagne
Sound
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett
F1
Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson
Jurassic World Rebirth
David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould
The Lost Bus
Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K McLaughlin
Sinners
Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean
Writing (adapted screenplay)
Will Tracy for Bugonia
Guillermo del Toro for Frankenstein
Chloe Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell for Hamnet
Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another
Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar for Train Dreams
Writing (original screenplay)
Robert Kaplow for Blue Moon
Jafar Panahi for It Was Just an Accident
With script collaboration from Nader Saivar, Shadmehr Rastin and Mehdi Mahmoudian
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie for Marty Supreme
Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier for Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler for Sinners