The wait is officially over!
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has unveiled the full list of nominees for the 2026 Academy Awards, thus setting the stage for Hollywood’s biggest night.
Comedian Conan O'Brien will return to host the ceremony on March 15 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
As always, the 2026 Oscar nominations saw several fan favorites secure the nods they were expected to earn. But other nominations cued gasps and collective outrage online.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has unveiled the full list of nominees for the 2026 Academy Awards
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Nominations for the Best Actress in a Supporting Role:
Ariana Grande did not find room on the list for her role in Wicked: For Good, and neither did Odessa A'zion for her role in Marty Supreme.
Nominations for the Best Actor in a Supporting Role:
One of the first snubs of the day was Paul Mescal, who missed out on a Best Supporting Actor nomination, even though he was seen as a strong contender for his role in Hamnet.
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The Academy introduced a brand new category for Best Casting this year.
Nominations for the Best Casting:
Nominations for Best International Feature Film:
Nominations for Best Editing:
Noinations for Best cinematography
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Nominations for Best Production Design:
Nominations for Best Sound
Nominations for Best costume design
Nominations for Best make-up and hairstyling
Sinners made history by earning 16 nominations, the highest ever in Academy Award history
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Nominations for the Best Actress in a Leading Role:
Chase Infiniti, 25, was considered a strong contender in the category but missed out as the breakout star from One Battle After Another.
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo found no room on the list for roles in Wicked: For Good
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The nominees for Best Actor in a Leading Role included several big names.
Nominations for the Best Actor in a Leading Role:
In the lead-up to today's announcement, there was speculation about whether any contender could join the ranks of history’s most-nominated films.
To date, that record is held by three films: All About Eve (1950), Titanic (1997), and La La Land (2016), all three of which secured 14 nominations.
This year, many expected Paul Thomas Anderson's revolutionary comedy One Battle After Another and Ryan Coogler's vampire-horror Sinners to break that record this year.
Wicked: For Good was completely left out of the Oscar nominations list
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The answer came quickly, with Sinners dominating the nominations and setting a new Academy record.
The Ryan Coogler-directed movie was honored with 16 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. Michael B. Jordan earned his first Oscar nomination for his role in the movie.
Sinners was followed by One Battle After Another, receiving 13 nominations.
Nominations for Best Picture
Nominations for Best director
Nominations for Best adapted screenplay
Nominations for Best original screenplay
Nominations for Best documentary feature
Nominations for Best original song
Nominations for Best original score
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Other clear favorites from this award season also found its way to the Oscars nominations.
Frankenstein, Marty Supreme and Sentimental Value received nine nominations each, while Hamnet secured eight.
Marty Supreme, starring Timothée Chalamet, secured nine nominations in total
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One of the biggest snubs of the morning was the poor performance of Wicked: For Good on the Oscar nominations list.
The first film in the franchise bagged 10 nominations and won in two categories. But this year, the movie scored zero nominations.
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Although Frankenstein garnered nine nominations, Guillermo del Toro did not receive an Oscar nomination for his direction of the new adaptation.
Jacob Elordi earned his first Oscar nomination for his role in the movie, which came as a surprise to some.
Jacob Elordi's role in Frankenstein earned him his first Oscar nomination
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Nominations for Best Animated Feature Film
Nominations for Best visual effects
Nominations for Best live action short
Nominations for Best animated short
Nominations for Best documentary short
The viral streaming hit KPop Demon Hunters was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film
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This year, 317 films were eligible for the 2026 Academy Awards, according to a list released earlier this month. 201 films from that list were eligible in the Best Picture category. Roughly 10,000+ industry professionals vote to produce the final list.
An interesting update was made this year, where the members had to actually watch the films and prove it by either streaming them on the organization’s platform or filing a form with details about the cinema screening they attended.
Teyana Taylor, who took home a Golden Globe Award this month, received the Oscar nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
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Last year, the Oscar nominations sparked widespread debate as several high-profile performances and films were notably left out.
The film Emilia Pérez led the list for the highest nominations at the 2025 Oscars. But fans were sorely disappointed when Selena Gomez did not find herself in the final list of the Best Supporting Actress category.
Hollywood heavyweights Nicole Kidman (Babygirl), Angelina Jolie (Maria), and Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl) also did not make it to the 2025 Oscar nominations list last year.
A major surprise at the 2025 Oscars was the Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown starring Timothee Chalamet, earning eight Academy Award nominations but taking home zero.
The film Anora bagged the most honors at last year’s show, winning Best Picture from a lineup that included The Brutalist, Conclave, The Substance, and Wicked.
Mikey Madison was crowned Best Actress for her role in Anora, while Adrien Brody took home the prize for Best Actor for his role in The Brutalist.
Netizens had plenty to say about the 2026 Oscar nominations
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