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WHEN: Sunday, March 15, 2026 beginning at 7PM ET
WHERE: Televised on ABC live from the Dolby Theater at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles

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Movie fans will be glued to the small screen when the 90th annual Academy Oscar Awards is televised live from Los Angeles on Sunday, March 15 2025 on ABC beginning at 6PM ET / 3PM PT.

Hosting the 98th Academy Awards is funnynan Conan O'Brien who returns in 2026 following rave reviews for first Oscar hosting gig last year.

2026 Oscar nominees

2026 Oscar nominees (see full list below) have "Sinners" front and center as the most nominated Hollywood film of all time with 16 nods including Best Picture and a Best Actor nomination for Michael B. Jordan.

"One Battle After Another"
is another major contender for best picture along with "Marty Supreme", "Frankenstein", "Sentimental Value" and "Hamnet"

America's best young actor? Timothée Chalamet's acting chops are again on full display as a manic ping pong champ in "Marty Supreme" and almost a sure bet to take home an Oscar.

Now a perennial favorite, Emma Stone is also a sure bet for a Best Actress nod this year for stuning performance in "Bugonia". The same could be said for "Hamnet" star Jessie Buckley with a heart-wrenching performance as Shakespeare's wife, Agnes.

 


"Sinners" leads the 2026 Oscar race with a record-breaking 16 nominations.


Also up for Oscar glory: Timothée Chalamet in "Marty Supreme" and "Hamnet" star Jessie Buckley


Meanwhile, keep it her for more updates including a list of performers and presenters, and the announcement of big winners at this year's Oscars.

Just up ahead, check out all of this year's Oscar nominees along with Oscar fun facts and related resources about Hollywood's biggest night!


also see -> 2026 Razzie Awards   |   2026 BAFTA movie awards

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DID YOU KNOW? Oscar trivia & fun facts

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• There's good reason that stars holding the Oscar are surprised by its sheer weight. Each 24-karat gold-plated Oscar award stands 13.5 inches tall and weighs around 8 1/2 lbs. or about the equivalent of a gallon of milk.

The worst Oscars performance of all time goes to unlucky aspiring actress Eileen Bowman who appeared as Snow White during the 1989 show. She was there to entertain stars such as Tom Hanks, Dustin Hoffman, and Sigourney Weaver who sat in the audience, dumbstruck. (An awkward duet with actor Rob Lowe didn't help.) The following day, The New York Times declared that the performance earned "a permanent place in the annals of Oscar embarrassments."

• In 1974, actor David Niven appeared to introduce the Best Picture nominees when a streaker stormed the stage and ran behind him. The witty British actor quickly remarked, "The only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping ... and showing his shortcomings.”

• Midnight Cowboy (1969) is the only X-rated film to ever win the Best Picture award.


With husband Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh had her 1940 acceptance speech already prepared.

• Wonder why Oscar ballots are so closely guarded? In 1940, The LA Times leaked the complete winners list the night before the ceremony. So Hollywood star Vivien Leigh, for example, arrived at the Oscars already aware that she had won Best Actress for "Gone with Wind" that year. Academy voting results have been a closely guarded secret ever since.

2026 Oscar Nominees

 

Best Picture

“Bugonia”

“F1”

“Frankenstein”

“Hamnet”

“Marty Supreme”

“One Battle After Another”

“The Secret Agent”

“Sentimental Value”

“Sinners”

“Train Dreams”

Best Director 

“Hamnet” (Focus Features) Chloé Zhao

“Marty Supreme” (A24) Josh Safdie

“One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) Paul Thomas Anderson

“Sentimental Value” (Neon) Joachim Trier

“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Ryan Coogler

Actor in a Leading Role 

Timothée Chalamet in “Marty Supreme” (A24)

Leonardo DiCaprio in “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.)

Ethan Hawke in “Blue Moon” (Sony Pictures Classics)

Michael B. Jordan in “Sinners” (Warner Bros.)

Wagner Moura in “The Secret Agent” (Neon)

Actress in a Leading Role 

Jessie Buckley in “Hamnet” (Focus Features)

Rose Byrne in “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” (A24)

Kate Hudson in “Song Sung Blue” (Focus Features)

Renate Reinsve in “Sentimental Value” (Neon)

Emma Stone in “Bugonia” (Focus Features)

Actor in a Supporting Role

Benicio del Toro in “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.)

Jacob Elordi in “Frankenstein” (Netflix)

Delroy Lindo in “Sinners” (Warner Bros.)

Sean Penn in “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.)

Stellan Skarsgård in “Sentimental Value” (Neon)

Actress in a Supporting Role 

Elle Fanning in “Sentimental Value” (Neon)

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas in “Sentimental Value” (Neon)

Amy Madigan in “Weapons” (Warner Bros.)

Wunmi Mosaku in “Sinners” (Warner Bros.)

Teyana Taylor in “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.)

Adapted Screenplay

“Bugonia” (Focus Features) Screenplay by Will Tracy

“Frankenstein” (Netflix) Written for the Screen by Guillermo del Toro

“Hamnet” (Focus Features) Screenplay by Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell

“One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) Written by Paul Thomas Anderson

“Train Dreams” (Netflix) Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar

Original Screenplay

“Blue Moon” (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by Robert Kaplow

“It Was Just an Accident” (Neon) Written by Jafar Panahi; Script collaborators – Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian

“Marty Supreme” (A24) Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie

“Sentimental Value” (Neon) Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier

“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Written by Ryan Coogler

Animated Short Film 

“Butterfly” (Sacrebleu Productions) Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens

“Forevergreen”; Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears

“The Girl Who Cried Pearls” (National Film Board of Canada) Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski

“Retirement Plan”; John Kelly and Andrew Freedman

“The Three Sisters” (Polydont Films/Rymanco Ventures) Konstantin Bronzit

Costume Design 

“Avatar: Fire and Ash” (Walt Disney) Deborah L. Scott

“Frankenstein” (Netflix) Kate Hawley

“Hamnet” (Focus Features) Malgosia Turzanska

“Marty Supreme” (A24) Miyako Bellizzi

“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Ruth E. Carter

Achievement in Casting

“Hamnet” (Focus Features) Nina Gold

“Marty Supreme” (A24) Jennifer Venditti

“One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) Cassandra Kulukundis

“The Secret Agent” (Neon) Gabriel Domingues

“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Francine Maisler

Live Action Short Film

“Butcher’s Stain” (Tel Aviv University Steve Tisch School of Film and Television) Meyer Levinson-Blount and Oron Caspi

“A Friend of Dorothy”; Lee Knight and James Dean

“Jane Austen’s Period Drama”; Julia Aks and Steve Pinder

“The Singers” (Netflix) Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt

“Two People Exchanging Saliva” (Canal+/The New Yorker) Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata

Makeup and Hairstyling 

“Frankenstein” (Netflix) Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey

“Kokuho” (GKIDS) Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu

“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry

“The Smashing Machine” (A24) Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein

“The Ugly Stepsister” (Independent Film Company/Shudder) Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg

Original Score

“Bugonia” (Focus Features) Jerskin Fendrix

“Frankenstein” (Netflix) Alexandre Desplat

“Hamnet” (Focus Features) Max Richter

“One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) Jonny Greenwood

“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Ludwig Goransson

Animated Feature Film 

“Arco” (Neon) Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas and Natalie Portman

“Elio” (Walt Disney) Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina and Mary Alice Drumm

“KPop Demon Hunters” (Netflix) Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Michelle L.M. Wong

“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain” (GKIDS) Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago and Henri Magalon

“Zootopia 2” (Walt Disney) Jared Bush, Byron Howard and Yvett Merino

Cinematography 

“Frankenstein” (Netflix) Dan Laustsen

“Marty Supreme” (A24) Darius Khondji

“One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) Michael Bauman

“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Autumn Durald Arkapaw

“Train Dreams” (Netflix) Adolpho Veloso

Documentary Feature Film 

“The Alabama Solution” (HBO Documentary Films)

“Come See Me in the Good Light” (Apple)

“Cutting Through Rocks” A Gandom Films Production

“Mr. Nobody Against Putin” (PINK)

“The Perfect Neighbor” (Netflix)

Documentary Short Film 

“All the Empty Rooms” (Netflix)

“Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud” (HBO)

“Children No More: “Were and Are Gone”” (Sky)

“The Devil Is Busy” (HBO)

“Perfectly a Strangeness”

Film Editing

“F1” (Apple) Stephen Mirrione

“Marty Supreme” (A24) Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie

“One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) Andy Jurgensen

“Sentimental Value” (Neon) Olivier Bugge Coutté

“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Michael P. Shawver

International Feature Film 

“The Secret Agent”; A CinemaScópio Production; Brazil

“It Was Just an Accident”; A Les Films Pelléas Production; France

“Sentimental Value”; A Mer Film/Eye Eye Pictures Production; Norway

“Sirāt”; An El Deseo Production; Spain

“The Voice of Hind Rajab”; A Mime Films Production; Tunisia

Original Song

“Dear Me” from “Diane Warren: Relentless” (MasterClass/ Greenwich Entertainment) Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

“Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters” (Netflix) Music and Lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon and Teddy Park

“I Lied To You” from “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson

“Sweet Dreams Of Joy” from “Viva Verdi!” (Viva Verdi!) Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike

“Train Dreams” from “Train Dreams” (Netflix) Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; Lyric by Nick Cave 

Production Design 

“Frankenstein” (Netflix) Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau

“Hamnet” (Focus Features) Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton

“Marty Supreme” (A24) Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis

“One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino

“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne

Sound

“F1” (Apple) Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta

“Frankenstein” (Netflix) Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern

“One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor

“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker

“Sirāt” (Neon) Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas

Visual Effects

“Avatar: Fire and Ash” (Walt Disney) Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett

“F1” (Apple) Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson

“Jurassic World Rebirth” (Universal) David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould

“The Lost Bus” (Apple) Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin

“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean



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