Oscars Nominations 2026: ‘Sinners’ makes history with a record-breaking 16 nods — full breakdown

Ryan Cooglers Sinners did well at the 98th Academy Awards nominations. It got a lot of nominations. 16 To be exact. This is a deal because it is the most nominations any movie has ever gotten. The movie got nominations in the categories like Best Picture and Directing and Acting and Screenplay. It also got nominations, in the fields. This means that Sinners is not a movie that critics like it is the movie that everyone thinks will win. Ryan Cooglers Sinners is the one to beat this year. Below I will tell you what Sinners haul means. This is because I want to explain why people who vote for the Academy liked the film much. I also want to talk about how the nominationsre spread out. I will point out the surprises and the people who got left out.. I will tell you what you should watch before the ceremony on March 15.

I got my information from the Associated Press and other good sources like Variety and the Los Angeles Times. They published all the nominations and what people, in the industry think about them.

Quick headline facts (the essentials)

The movie Sinners got a lot of nominations sixteen to be exact. This is the nominations any movie has ever gotten. It beat the record of fourteen nominations. The movies All About Eve from 1950 Titanic from 1997 and La La Land from 2016 all had fourteen nominations. Now Sinners has the record with sixteen nominations, for Sinners.

The Academy announced the nominations, for the awards on January 22 2026. The Academy ceremony is scheduled to take place on March 15 2026. This ceremony will be hosted by Conan O’Brien.

This year there are movies that have been nominated many times. These movies are from types of films. Some of these movies are One Battle After Another which’s a strong contender, Marty Supreme, Sentimental Value and Hamnet. Ryan is in the group, as the people who made these movies.

The number is really important because of what happened in the past. We need to think about the context of the number. The number has a lot of meaning when we look at history and the number. This is why the number matters much because of the historical context and the number itself.

The Oscars are a mix of people being very good at what they do movies that’re popular and groups of people who vote together. In the past movies that got a lot of nominations usually did well during the awards season.. Just because a movie gets a lot of nominations it does not mean it will win the big awards like Best Picture or Best Director. For example La La Land got 14 nominations in 2016. It won 6 awards. Titanic also got 14 nominations. It won 11 awards in 1998. All About Eve got 14 nominations too. It won 6 awards in 1951. The Oscars and the awards season are very interesting because you never know what will happen. Movies, like La La Land and Titanic and All About Eve show us that getting a lot of nominations is not everything. Hitting 16 nominations puts Sinners in a new category altogether and signals exceptionally broad voter support across Academy branches — from actors and writers to cinematographers, composers and editors.

There are three practical implications:

A movie that appeals to lots of groups of people is really special. To be a hit with the people who vote like the actors and the directors and the writers and the technical crew a film needs to be loved by all of these people. This is very important for the award, which is Best Picture. When a film is loved by groups that is very powerful, for winning Best Picture.

A movie campaign can really help. Movie studios can use the fact that their movie is nominated to get people to notice it during the week of the Oscars. They can show clips from the movie have screenings for the people who vote and run ads that are meant for specific groups of people to get the votes they need to win. If a movie is nominated for a lot of things it gives the people making the movie a chance to remind the voters about all the things, about the movie.

When we talk about vote splitting and consolidation big slates can have an impact. They can be helpful. They can be hurtful. For example if two main actors from the movie are nominated for the same award it can split the votes. On the hand if a movie gets nominations in many different categories it can make people think of that movie as the best one of the year. The way people campaign for these awards is going to be very important. Big slates and vote splitting are things to consider. Vote splitting happens when people who like the movie split their votes between two actors, from that movie. This can hurt the movies chances.. If a movie gets a lot of nominations it can help the movie because people will think it is the best. Strategic campaigning is what will make the difference.

The movie Sinners was nominated for a lot of things. I want to know what Sinners was nominated for can you tell me about that? What are the awards that Sinners was nominated for?

News outlets published the list of nominations for the Sinners movie. The Sinners movie got nominations in a lot of categories. These include Best Picture and Best Director for Ryan Coogler. The Sinners movie also got a nomination for Original Screenplay. The actors in the Sinners movie got nominations for their acting. Some of these nominations are for leading roles. Some are for supporting roles.

The Sinners movie also got a lot of nominations for the stuff. This includes things, like cinematography and editing and production design and costume and makeup and hair and score and sound and visual effects. The Sinners movie has a story and the actors do a great job and the technical people did a great job too. This is why the Sinners movie got many nominations. For the authoritative, itemized categories and nominees, consult the full nomination lists published by major outlets.

If you want I can paste a list of every category and the people who are nominated into this conversation. I can include the names of the categories and the names of the people who are nominated.. The Academy has already published these lists and they are very detailed and long. So I just mentioned the articles, from the LA Times, AP and Variety above because they have the names of the categories and the people who are credited. The Academys lists are precise and they have a lot of information that is why I did not paste the list here.

Let us take a look at the breakdown by category groups to see what the nominations tell us. The nominations give us an idea about each category group. We can learn a lot from the nominations in each category group.

* The category groups are important because they show us what the nominations are about.

The nominations in each category group are interesting to look at.

We should look at the nominations, in the category groups to understand them better.

This is what the nominations indicate about the category groups.

Best Picture and Directing

When a movie gets both Best Picture and Best Director that’s usually a sign that it is a really strong contender for awards. The fact that Sinners got a Best Picture nomination means that the people who made the movie and the studio were able to get a lot of people to agree that it is a great film. This includes people from countries and people who vote on documentary films.

Ryan Coogler getting a Best Director nomination is also a deal because it shows that other people, in the film industry think he did a great job and that Sinners is a special movie. This is important because these are the people who really understand what it takes to make a movie and they are saying that Ryan Coogler did something special with Sinners. The Academy Awards and the Golden Globes are usually given to the movie. This makes the movie a strong contender. However sometimes the Academy gives these awards to movies. The Academy Awards and the Golden Globes are what we are talking about here. They are important, for the movies that win them.

Acting nominations

The people in Sinners got picked for some awards because they did a job. These awards for acting are important, for a couple of reasons:

The movies show how well the characters are made and how people feel when they watch them. This is what really gets to the people who vote it makes them feel for the characters in the movie. That is what the films character work and on-screen emotion are all, about.

When a movie has actors or people who suddenly become famous the people who like the acting part of the movie business can feel a strong connection, to the other parts of the movie business too. This strong connection is because of the loyalty that the acting branch members have. The acting branch members can carry this loyalty into other branches.

The movies in this group have some examples. For instance Delroy Lindo got his Oscar nomination, for the movie Sinners when he was 73 years old. This is the kind of story that people really like. It can get people excited. When someone gets recognized for their work in their career it can really help them win awards. Delroy Lindo and the movie Sinners are an example of this.

Screenplay and storytelling

If the movie Sinners gets a Screenplay nomination that means the Academy thinks the film has a good story. It is not about the special effects. The Academy likes the way the story is put together. When the movie also has acting that shows the film has a lot to think about and it also makes people feel things. The Academy has a lot of people voting and they like movies that have both smart ideas and emotions. This is a combination, for the Academy voters.

Technical categories (cinematography, production design, sound, music, VFX)

Where Sinners likely got a lot of its nominations is in the areas.

A movie like Sinners that is set in the past needs costumes and makeup or has a unique look and sound can get a lot of technical nominations.

Sinners is called a “blues-steeped epic” and that means the people who worked on the sound, music, production design and makeup for Sinners would probably get nominated.

The people who vote in the categories are often the ones who help a movie get a really high number of nominations like a record number.

Technical categories are very important for a movie, like Sinners.

Notable individual nominations and stories

Delroy Lindo. It is really something that he got a supporting nomination for Sinners. This is his Oscar nomination and it happened pretty late in his career. A lot of people are talking about this.

People who vote for these awards often like to give recognition to people who have been working for a long time and have not gotten much attention before. This can be a story, during awards season and can even get people to vote for Delroy Lindo because they feel sorry that he did not get recognized sooner.

The main actors in the movie are really good. Some people who saw the movie early think that the lead players are great. The names of these lead players are different depending on what each person writes. The fact that the lead players are up for awards in the acting categories makes the movie a stronger choice, for Best Picture. The lead players are a part of why people think the movie could win Best Picture.

The biggest surprises and the biggest snubs are what the voters really signaled. The voters signaled some surprises and some big snubs. These are the surprises and the biggest snubs that the voters signaled.

When a year has records it is really surprising and people start to think about what they did wrong. From what people’re saying in the news:

Surprises: The fact that Sinners got the nominations was a big surprise. Movies that people thought would do really well got some nominations. They did not do as well as everyone thought they would especially when you compare them to what Coogler got. People who write about the movie industry said that some movies that critics really liked did not get many nominations as they thought they would get. The Sinners movie really did well with nominations.

Snubs: When they announce the nominations people always think some things are missing. This can be movies that people like not getting picked for certain awards or teams that worked on the technical side not getting recognized. The thing is, people from parts of the movie business vote on different categories. So a movie can get a lot of reviews but still not get picked for some awards because it was up against some really tough competition. If you want to see what people think was missing you can look at the lists that different places put out. It is an idea to look at these lists along, with the official list of nominees that the Academy puts out.

So you want to know how the nomination math works and why it is possible to get 16. The nomination process is pretty simple. It is, about the nomination math. The nomination math is what determines if you can get 16 or not. Let us break down the nomination math. The nomination math works in a way that makes 16 a feasible number. This is because of the way the nomination math is set up. The nomination math is what makes it possible to reach 16.

The Academy is made up of branches and each branch of the Academy votes for its own category when it comes to nominations. For example actors choose the actors and cinematographers choose the cinematographers. When it comes to the Best Picture nominations the whole Academy gets to vote using ballots.

For a movie to win a lot of awards in branches of the Academy the movie needs to have a lot of people in the Academy who really like it in different areas. The movie needs support from many distinct groups of people, in the Academy.

Acting branch support (for multiple actors),

Directing branch support,

Writers,

And significant buy-in from the technical branches.

A movie that people really like and also shows off what the film industry can do. It has camera work, sound, design and acting. Can get a nomination from each group of experts. This is why one movie can get a lot of nominations when it does a lot of things well. The movie Sinners seems to have done that. It has camera work, great sound, great design and great performances which is why it got so many nominations from the different groups of experts in the film industry, like the people who do the camera work the people who do the sound the people who do the design and the actors in the movie Sinners.

People in the industry are talking about this. Here are some things that industry outlets are saying. This is what some of them think.

* Some industry outlets are saying this is a deal

* The people at these outlets have opinions, about it

* Industry outlets are talking about what this means for the

Industry outlets are still discussing this and what it means for everyone involved.

The Associated Press called it a record. They were really surprised by how well it did. They talked about the kind of movie it’s which is a big story, about vampires and what the director Ryan Coogler wanted to do with the film.

Variety said that the nominations list is important for the movie industry and for awards. They pointed out that movie studios will use a list like this to get a lot of attention in March when people are talking about awards. Variety emphasized that the nominations list has implications for the movie industry and for awards. Movie studios will try to use a list, like this to get of the competition.

The Los Angeles Times and other news places wrote down all the lists. Took a closer look showing that the movie is liked by a lot of different people and how the nominations changed things for the other movies that are competing.

So the nominations are out. That is what they mean for the March 15 ceremony. Let us look at this from a point of view. The nominations for the March 15 ceremony are important. They show us what the March 15 ceremony will be like.

The nominations for the ceremony on March 15 give us an idea of what to expect from the March 15 ceremony. We can think about what the nominations mean for the March 15 ceremony in a way. The March 15 ceremony nominations are a deal. They help us understand what will happen at the March 15 ceremony.

We should look at the nominations for the March 15 ceremony. Think about what they really mean for the March 15 ceremony. The nominations are a clue to what the March 15 ceremony will be like. We can use the nominations to get ready for the March 15 ceremony. The March 15 ceremony nominations are useful. They help us get a sense of what the March 15 ceremony’s all, about.

The Best Picture race is really interesting. Sinners is the movie that people think will win because it has many nominations. Usually the movie with the nominations is a strong contender, for Best Picture. The Best Picture race is where Sinners is doing well.. Just because a movie has a lot of nominations it does not mean it will win the Best Picture award. The Best Picture race is full of surprises. Sinners is still the favorite to win the Best Picture award.

Box office and streaming effects: When a movie gets nominated for a lot of awards it usually helps people notice it more and want to watch it. The LA Times and Entertainment Weekly make lists that show where you can find the nominated movies either on streaming or, in theaters. So we can expect that people will want to watch Sinners and the other nominated movies. This will probably happen because the LA Times and Entertainment Weekly guides will tell people where to find these movies.

The people making Sinners have a lot of work to do. They need to keep 16 spots for their movie. To do this they will talk to the people who vote in groups. They will show their movie answer questions and make advertisements that are meant for people. You will. Hear about Sinners everywhere from now until March. The studio, behind Sinners is really going to push their movie to all the voters.

Cultural and industry significance

That a movie like this. A movie with a lot of blues music. Could get the most Oscar nominations is really something. It shows that the people who vote for the Oscars are open to kinds of movies now. They like it when a movie is technically good when it does something with a familiar idea and when it is about something that matters to people. This means that the Oscars might not just be about dramas anymore but also about movies that are exciting to watch and make you think. The people who make movies might start to take risks and make bigger budget movies that are also really good and meaningful, like this vampire movie.

Short list of other contenders to watch

One Battle After Another — reported as having double-digit nominations and strong art-house plus studio backing.

Marty Supreme and Sentimental Value and Hamnet have a lot of nominations. Each of these movies has its special strengths. For example Marty Supreme has acting. Sentimental Value has a directing style. Hamnet is really good, at recreating a time period.

Final takeaways

The movie Sinners got 16 nominations and that is really something. This means the people who give out awards think Sinners is a film. They liked the story, the actors and the technical work that went into making it. Because of all these nominations Sinners is probably the movie that will win the awards on March 15.

When a movie gets a lot of nominations it is good for the people who made the movie and the studio. They have a lot of chances to turn all the attention into awards.. We do not know who is going to win yet. The big categories like Best Picture and Best Director are still up in the air. It depends on how people vote at the end and what the people who made the movies do to try to get votes. The voters have to think, about which movies are really the best.

The story of people getting recognized late in their career like Delroy Lindo getting his nomination and the fact that a movie from a specific genre is leading the way will affect what people talk about in the news and in popular culture until the awards show. This will be a part of what people are saying about the movies between now and the ceremony. Delroy Lindo and the genre piece will be, on everyones mind.

Want the detailed, category-by-category list?

I can paste the complete Academy nominations list — every category with every nominee as published — into this chat (full verbatim). That would give you the precise credits (names, film titles, and the exact category wording) for every single nomination. Say the word and I’ll include that full list here — or I can highlight any particular categories or films you want to deep-dive into (acting races, technical battles, historical comparisons, or what the nominations mean for specific artists’ careers).