Sinners Breaks Oscar Record with 16 Nominations at 2026 Noms
Sinners Breaks Oscar Record with 16 Nominations at 2026 Noms
Sinners leads the 2026 Oscar nominations with a record 16 nods, while One Battle After Another earns 13—a year that could redefine the awards race.
Sinners led the pack at the 98th Academy Awards nominations, grabbing 16 nods and setting a historic record for the most nominations ever. Ryan Coogler’s blues-steeped vampire epic secured recognition for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay, with Michael B. Jordan earning his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor. One Battle After Another, the high-profile favorite coming into nominations, trailed in second with 13 nominations, boasting four acting nominations including Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Benicio del Toro, and Sean Penn; newcomer Chase Infiniti, however, was not nominated for Best Actress. In those top two contenders, the Academy underscored two visceral American epics that resonate with a fraught national moment. Coogler’s Jim Crow-era film offers a mythical allegory of Black life, while One Battle After Another revives a dormant spirit of rebellion in a police-state setting. Both titles are Warner Bros. productions. The mood around Warner Bros.’ future is complicated by a high-stakes sale to Netflix, worth about $72 billion, as Hollywood contends with potential realignments that could reshape the industry’s landscape. The 10 Best Picture nominees round out with Bugonia, F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value, Sinners and Train Dreams. Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme, and Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value each earned nine nominations, signaling a diverse slate of contenders across genres and styles.
