On this episode of The Hollywood Outsider podcast, we are kicking things off with a breakdown and discussion on Oscars 2026, that’s right, the 98th Academy Awards nominations are here! From what should win to what seems to be the actual frontrunner in all of the major categories. Was One Battle After Another the best of the year? Did Sinners deserve a record 16 nominations? Should Timothée Chalamet finally receive his first Oscar?

The 98th Annual Academy Awards will air Sunday, March 15, 2026, at 7 p.m. EDT (4 p.m. PDT) on ABC and Hulu.

See below for the full list of Oscar nominees.

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98th Academy Awards Nominees

Best Picture
Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The 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

Best Actor
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent

Best Actress
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

Best Supporting Actor
Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo – Sinners
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård – 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

Best Original Screenplay
Blue Moon
Sinners
Sentimental Value
Marty Supreme
It Was Just an Accident

Best Adapted Screenplay
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Train Dreams

Best Animated Feature
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

Best International Feature Film
The Secret Agent – Brazil
It Was Just an Accident – France
Sentimental Value – Norway
Sirāt – Spain
The Voice of Hind Rajab – Tunisia

Best Original Song
Dear Me – Relentless
Golden – KPop Demon Hunters
I Lied to You – Sinners
Sweet Dreams of Joy – Viva Verdi
Train Dreams – Train Dreams

Best Original Score
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners –

Best Cinematography
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams

Best Visual Effects
Avatar Fire and Ash
F1
Jurassic World Rebirth
The Lost Bus
Sinners

Best Costume Design
Avatar Fire and Ash
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners

Best Sound
F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirāt

Best Film Editing
F1
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Best Production Design
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Best Casting
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sinners

Best Documentary Feature
The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor

Best 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

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Frankenstein
Kokuho
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
The Ugly Stepsister

Best Live Action Short Film
Butcher’s Stain
A Friend of Dorothy
Jane Austen’s Period Drama
The Singers
Two People Exchanging Saliva