Summary
Vampire horror film Sinners sets a new Oscars record as it picks up 16 nominations
One Battle After Another is not far behind with 13 nominations, followed by Marty Supreme, Frankenstein, Sentimental Value and Hamnet
Sinners was the $100m-movie many predicted would be a disaster. Instead it became one of the highest-grossing original films in recent years, our culture editor writes
Jessie Buckley is nominated for best actress for her role in Hamnet but co-star Paul Mescal misses best supporting actor despite being considered a strong contender
It’s a packed best actress category – with one big miss, writes our entertainment reporter
We’ve compiled the nominations for best picture, actress in a leading role and actor in a leading role
The Academy Awards ceremony itself will be held on 15 March in Los Angeles
Oscars 2026: A new category and record nominations for non-English language performances
Regan Morris
Reporting from Los Angeles
As we’ve been reporting, Vampire horror Sinners has set a new record with 16 Oscar nominations. We’ve also taken a look at another record, and a first, for the 98th annual Oscars ceremony:
First new Oscar category in decades set to make ceremony even longer
The Oscars are often criticised for being too long – usually lasting somewhere between three and four hours.
And now they’ve added a category – “best Casting”.
It’s the first new Oscar category in decades – but it doesn’t sound like a crowd pleaser for audiences. How many casting directors can you name?
Casting directors are important and deserve to be recognised like everyone else. But this is likely to add even more time to the lengthy broadcast and the Oscars already struggle to keep viewers engaged.
A record four non-English language performances are nominated
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Wagner Moura, Renate Reinsve and Stellan Skarsgård are all nominated for acting awards.
The previous record of three was set in 1976 (Marie-Christine Barrault, Giancarlo Giannini and Liv Ullmann).
The Secret Agent and Sentimental Value are the 12th and 13th non-English language films to be nominated for both International Feature Film and Best Picture in the same year, according to the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
Parasite is the only film to win both International Feature Film and Best Picture.
