The nominees for the 2026 Academy Awards are set to be announced on Thursday morning in Los Angeles, where some of Hollywood’s biggest stars and brightest newcomers are expected to vie for Oscars this year.
The announcement event will air live on ABC, Hulu and Disney+, and will be livestreamed on the Academy’s TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook pages, as well as Oscar.comand Oscars.org beginning at 8:30 a.m. ET/5:30 a.m. PT. The nominations will be revealed by actors Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman.
Among the films on critics’ shortlists: director Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another (starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio Del Toro, Sean Penn, Chase Infiniti and Teyana Taylor), Ryan Coogler’s Sinners(Michael B. Jordan and Wunmi Mosaku), Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet (Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal), Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme(Timothée Chalamet), Yorgos Lanthimos’s Bugonia (Emma Stone), Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value (Stellan Skarsgård and Renate Reinsve) and Emilie Lesclaux’s The Secret Agent (Wagner Moura). All figure to receive nods across the competition’s two dozen categories.
The 98th Academy Awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, March 15, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and broadcast live at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on ABC. Conan O’Brien returns as host for the second consecutive year.
And the nominees are …
Here are the 24 categories for the 2026 Oscars.
- Actor in a Supporting Role
- Actress in a Supporting Role
- Animated Short Film
- Costume Design
- Live Action Short Film
- Makeup and Hairstyling
- Music (Original Score)
- Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
- Writing (Original Screenplay)
- Actor in a Leading Role
- Actress in a Leading Role
- Animated Feature Film
- Casting
- Cinematography
- Directing
- Documentary Feature Film
- Documentary Short Film Film
- Editing
- International Feature Film
- Music (Original Song)
- Production Design
- Sound
- Visual Effects
- Best Picture
