Sinners, a Segregation-era vampire thriller starring Michael ‍B Jordan, has stormed into the awards race with the most Academy Award nominations of any film this year, landing a record 16 nods.

The large haul sets up Sinners as the ⁠frontrunner heading into the March 15 Oscars, where it will face off against contenders including One Battle After Another, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme and others for the coveted best picture prize.

The previous record for most nominations in a single year was 14, a mark hit by All About ‌Eve, Titanic and La La Land.

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Bugonia, F1, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value and Train Dreams also were nominated for this ‍year’s best picture trophy.

Jordan was nominated for best actor for his dual role in Sinners as twin brothers who set up a juke joint in 1930s Mississippi.

Other nominations for the Warner Bros film include best director for Ryan Coogler, supporting actor for Delroy Lindo, supporting actress for Wunmi Mosaku and best cinematography, costume design, ‌original screenplay and visual effects.

Jordan’s competition includes Leonardo DiCaprio in One Battle After Another, which scored 13 nominations, and Timothee Chalamet in Marty Supreme.

For best actress, Jessie Buckley was nominated for Hamnet and Kate Hudson for Song ‍Sung Blue.

Australia’s Rose Byrne has been nominated for best actress for her role in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You. Credit: AAP

Australia’s own Rose Byrne was also nominated for best actress for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You after taking home a recent Golden Globe for her performance.

Fellow Aussie Jacob Elordi is up for best supporting actor for his role as the monster in Frankenstein.

Winners of the gold Oscar statuettes will be chosen by the roughly 10,000 actors, producers, directors and film craftspeople who make up the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Walt Disney’s ABC will broadcast the awards, and comedian Conan O’Brien will host for the second straight year.

Warner Bros Discovery, the studio subject to a bidding war between Netflix and Paramount Skydance, led all studios with 30 nominations.

Netflix has never won best picture despite nominations for such films as Roma, Emilia Perez and The Irishman.

It has a chance this year with Frankenstein, which earned nine nominations.

The streaming service releases its movies in theatres for ‍only a limited time to qualify them for awards consideration.

Academy Awards 2026 nominations

Best Picture

Bugonia F1 Frankenstein Hamnet Marty Supreme One Battle After Another The Secret Agent Sentimental Value Sinners Train Dreams

Best Director

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

Best Actor

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

Best Actress

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

Best Cinematography

Sinners One Battle After Another Train Dreams Frankenstein Marty Supreme

Best Supporting Actress

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

Best Supporting Actor

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

Best Adapted Screenplay

One Battle After Another Hamnet Bugonia Train Dreams Frankenstein

Best Original Screenplay

Blue Moon It Was Just an Accident Marty Supreme Sentimental Value Sinners

Best Animated Feature Film

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

Best International Feature Film

It Was Just an Accident The Secret Agent Sentimental Value The Voice of Hind Rajab Sirat

Best Documentary Feature Film

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

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 Animated Short Film

Butterfly Forevergreen The Girl Who Cried Pearls Retirement Plan The Three Sisters

Best Live Action Short Film

Butcher’s Stain A Friend of Dorothy Jane Austen’s Period Drama The Singers Two People Exchanging Saliva

Best Casting

Nina Gold, Hamnet Jennifer Venditti, Marty Supreme Casandra Kulukundis, One Battle After Another Gabriel Domingues, The Secret Agent Francine Maisler, Sinners

Best Costume Design

Avatar: Fire and Ash Frankenstein Hamnet Marty Supreme Sinners

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 Original 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 Film Editing

F1 Marty Supreme One Battle After Another Sentimental Value Sinners

Best Visual Effects

Avatar: Fire and Ash F1 Jurassic World Rebirth The Lost Bus Sinners

Best Sound

F1 Frankenstein One Battle After Another Sinners Sirat