Sinners Scripts Oscars History With Most Nominations For A Movie, Michael B Jordan Starrer Bags Record 16 Nods At 98th Academy Awards

Oscars 2026: Sinners scripted history with 16 nominations at the upcoming 98th Academy Awards, announced on January 22. It bagged more nominations than All About Eve (1950), Titanic (1997) and La La Land (2016), all of which were nominated in 14 categories. The Ryan Coogler directorial is now a frontrunner at the Oscars 2026, alongside One Battle After Another, Frankenstein, Marty Supreme and Sentimental Value. Michael B. Jordan starrer Sinners has been nominated in categories, including Best Picture, Cinematography, Original Screenplay, Makeup & Hairstyling, Leading Actor and more. 

All categories Sinners is nominated in:

Best Picture 
Ryan Coogler, Best Director 
Michael B. Jordan, Actor In A Leading Role 
Wunmi Mosaku, Actress In A Supporting Role
Delroy Lindo, Actor In A Supporting Role 
Ryan Coogler, Original Screenplay 
Costume Design 
Casting 
Original Score 
Cinematography 
Editing 
I Lied to You, Original Song 
Production Design 
Sound 
Visual Effects 
Makeup & Hairstlying 

Frontrunners at Oscars 2026 
 

Paul Thomas Anderson’s father-daughter revolutionary saga, One Battle After Another, the favourite coming into nominations, trailed in second with 13 nominations of its own. Four of its actors, Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn, were nominated, though newcomer Chase Infiniti was left out in best actress. Frankenstein and Marty Supreme have both bagged 8 nods. Hamnet and Sentimental Value are both going into the Oscars 2026 with 7 nominations each.

Best Picture nominees at the Oscars 2026

Ten films are nominated for best picture, as read by presenters Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman: Bugonia, F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value, Sinners and Train Dreams.

A historical award season for Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. is poised for its best Oscar showing in the 102-year-old studio’s history. Both One Battle After Another and Sinners should lead Warner Bros. to a record haul even as the studio prepares for its sale to Netflix. Earlier this week, Netflix amended its $72 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery to an all-cash offer, sweetening its offer over that of Paramount Skydance. The 98th Academy Awards will take place on March 15 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. 

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