Oscars 2026 Nominees at Hammer to Nail

February 18, 2026

On January 22, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (or AMPAS) announced its nominees for the 2026 Oscars last week. Below, you will find the complete list, with the titles that Hammer to Nail covered in some way hyperlinked to that coverage. If there is more than one article (a review and an interview), then the first piece linked is the review and the second is the interview.

Sinners—which we did not review, since it is a little too big (budget-wise) for the kind of film we write about, though it made it into the Top 10 of the year for some us—leads the pack with 16 nominations (a record). One Battle After Another follows, with 13, and Frankenstein, Marty Supreme and Sentimental Value each have 9. Please note that I will, as always, run capsule reviews of the 15 nominated short films (live action, animation, and documentary), which will soon be playing in theaters, in the near future. The actual Academy Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, March 15. Until then, happy viewing.

BEST PICTURE

DIRECTING

Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler — Sinners
Josh Safdie — Marty Supreme
Joachim Trier — Sentimental Value
Chloé Zhao — Hamnet

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

It Was Just an Accident — France
The Secret Agent — Brazil
Sentimental Value — Norway
Sirāt — Spain
The Voice of Hind Rajab — Tunisia

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Jessie Buckley — Hamnet
Rose Byrne — If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Kate Hudson — Song Sung Blue
Renate Reinsve — Sentimental Value
Emma Stone — Bugonia

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Timothée Chalamet — Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio — One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke — Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan — Sinners
Wagner Moura — The Secret Agent

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Elle Fanning — Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas — Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan — Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku — Sinners
Teyana Taylor — One Battle After Another

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Benicio del Toro — One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi — Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo — Sinners
Sean Penn — One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård — Sentimental Value

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCRENPLAY)

Robert Kaplow — Blue Moon
Jafar Panahi (script collaborators Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian) — It Was Just an Accident
Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie — Marty Supreme
Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier — Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler — Sinners

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

Will Tracy — Bugonia
Guillermo del Toro — Frankenstein
Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell — Hamnet
Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After Another
Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar — Train Dreams

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Dan Laustsen — Frankenstein
Darius Khondji — Marty Supreme
Michael Bauman — One Battle After Another
Autumn Durald Arkapaw — Sinners
Adolpho Veloso — Train Dreams

FILM EDITING

Stephen Mirrione — F1: The Movie
Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie — Marty Supreme
Andy Jurgensen — One Battle After Another
Olivier Bugge Coutté — Sentimental Value
Michael P. Shawver — Sinners

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

Jerskin Fendrix — Bugonia
Alexandre Desplat — Frankenstein
Max Richter — Hamnet
Jonny Greenwood — One Battle After Another
Ludwig Goransson — Sinners

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

“Dear Me” — from Diane Warren: Relentless: Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“Golden” — from KPop Demon Hunters: Music and Lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo and Teddy Park
“I Lied to You” — from Sinners: Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson
“Sweet Dreams of Joy” — from Viva Verdi!: Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike
“Train Dreams” — from Train Dreams: Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; Lyric by Nick Cave

SOUND

Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta — F1: The Movie
Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern — Frankenstein
José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor — One Battle After Another
Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker — Sinners
Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas — Sirāt

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau — Frankenstein
Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton — Hamnet
Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis — Marty Supreme
Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino — One Battle After Another
Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne — Sinners

VISUAL EFFECTS

Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett — Avatar: Fire and Ash
Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson — F1: The Movie
David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould — Jurassic World Rebirth
Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin — The Lost Bus
Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean — Sinners

COSTUME DESIGN

Deborah L. Scott — Avatar: Fire and Ash
Kate Hawley — Frankenstein
Malgosia Turzanska — Hamnet
Miyako Bellizzi — Marty Supreme
Ruth E. Carter — Sinners

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey — Frankenstein
Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu — Kokuho
Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry — Sinners
Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein — The Smashing Machine
Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg — The Ugly Stepsister

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

Meyer Levinson-Blount and Oron Caspi — Butcher’s Stain
Lee Knight and James Dean — A Friend of Dorothy
Julia Aks and Steve Pinder — Jane Austen’s Period Drama
Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt — The Singers
Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata — Two People Exchanging Saliva

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens — Butterfly
Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears — Forevergreen
Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski — The Girl Who Cried Pearls
John Kelly and Andrew Freedman — Retirement Plan
Konstantin Bronzit — The Three Sisters

DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones — All the Empty Rooms
Craig Renaud and Juan Arredondo — Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
Hilla Medalia and Sheila Nevins — Children No More: “Were and Are Gone”
Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir — The Devil Is Busy
Alison McAlpine — Perfectly a Strangeness

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