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Check back here for hot off the press updates as we near the big day. Nominations, and musical performance announcements are on the horizon.

Nominations

January 22, 2026

ceremony

March 15, 2026

Nominees

and our host is...

Conan O'Brien

He’s back! Coming hot off rave reviews from 2025, Conan O’Brien returns as host in 2026.

Highly anticipated and already acclaimed movies with Hollywood’s biggest stars are expected to lead the Oscar conversation for next year.

Best Costume Design

“Avatar: Fire and Ash”

“Frankenstein”

“Hamnet”

“Marty Supreme”

“Sinners”

Best Cinematography

“Frankenstein”

“Marty Supreme”

“One Battle After Another”

“Sinners”

“Train Dreams”

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

“Frankenstein”

“Kokuho”

“Sinners”

“The Smashing Machine”

“The Ugly Stepsister”

Best Original Score

“Bugonia”

“Frankenstein”

“Hamnet”

“One Battle After Another”

“Sinners”

Best Visual Effects

“Avatar:Fire and Ash”

“F1”

“Jurassic World Rebirth”

“The Lost Bus”

“Sinners”

Best Live-Action Short Film

“Butcher’s Stain”

“A Friend of Dorothy”

“Jane Austen’s Period Drama”

“The Singers”

“Two People Exchanging Saliva”

Best Documentary Short

“All the Empty Rooms” 

“Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud” 

“Children No More: Were and Are Gone”

“The Devil Is Busy”

“Perfectly a Strangeness”

Best Documentary Feature

“The Alabama Solution” 

“Come See Me in the Good Light”

“Cutting Through Rocks”

“Mr. Nobody Against Putin”

“The Perfect Neighbor” 

Best Animated Short Film

“Butterfly”

“Forevergreen”

“The Girl Who Cried Pearls”

“Retirement Plan”

“The Three Sisters”

Best Song

“Dear Me” from “Diane Warren: Relentless”

“Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters”

“I Lied to You” from “Sinners”

“Sweet Dreams of Joy” from “Viva Verdi”

“Train Dreams” from “Train Dreams”

Best Production Design

“Frankenstein”

“Hamnet”

“Marty Supreme”

“One Battle After Another”

“Sinners”

Best Adapted Screenplay

“Bugonia”

“Frankenstein”

“Hamnet”

“One Battle After Another”

“Train Dreams”

Best Film Editing

“F1”

“Marty Supreme”

“One Battle After Another”

“Sentimental Value”

“Sinners”

Best Original Screenplay

“Blue Moon”

“It Was Just an Accident”

“Marty Supreme”

“Sentimental Value”

“Sinners”

Best Sound

“F1”

“Frankenstein”

“One Battle After Another”

“Sinners”

“Sirat”

Achievement in Casting

“Hamnet”

“Marty Supreme”

“One Battle After Another”

“The Secret Agent”

“Sinners”