Michael B. Jordan and Wunmi Mosaku Achieve Their First Oscar Nominations as 'Sinners' Breaks Records

This marks a milestone for

Michael B. Jordan.

It's also a milestone for Wunmi Mosaku.

Together, they contribute to a narrative associated withSinners , which has made history at the Oscars.

Both performers have received their very first Oscar nominations, with Jordan recognized in the Best Actor category and Mosaku receiving a nod for Best Supporting Actress for their roles in

Ryan Coogler ’s Sinners. This achievement is a significant career milestone for both actors, especially considering the remarkable success of the film this year.

In addition to their individual accolades, Sinners has modified the historical records associated with the Academy Awards. The supernatural thriller has amassed an unprecedented 16 nominations, the most ever awarded to a single film, exceeding the previous record of 14 that was held byAll About Eve , Titanic , and La La Land.

The film is contending for multiple awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for Ryan Coogler, acting nominations for Michael B. Jordan, Wunmi Mosaku, and Delroy Lindo, and numerous categories such as Original Screenplay, Casting, Production Design, Cinematography, Costume Design, Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Sound, Visual Effects, Original Score, and Original Song for I Lied to You.

With this success, Sinners also enters a select group of films that have been acknowledged across all technical categories, joining films likeTitanic , Mad Max: Fury Road , and Dune. With Original Song included, onlyTitanic had achieved such recognition prior to this.

The nominees for this year were officially revealed by Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman during a live announcement at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theatre. The 2026 Oscars, hosted by Conan O’Brien for the second consecutive year, will be broadcast live on ABC and Hulu from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 15, beginning at 4 p.m. PT.

For a complete list of the nominations, see below.

Best picture

* Bugonia

* Frankenstein

* F1

* Hamnet

* Marty Supreme

* One Battle After Another

* The Secret Agent

* Sentimental Value

* Sinners

* Train Dreams

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 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 director

* Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another

* Ryan Coogler – Sinners

* Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme

* Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value

* Chloé Zhao – Hamnet

Best adapted screenplay

* Bugonia

* Frankenstein

* Hamnet

* One Battle After Another

* Train Dreams

Best original screenplay

* Blue Moon

* It Was Just an Accident

* Marty Supreme

* Sentimental Value

* Sinners

Best original song

* Dear Me – Diane Warren: Relentless

* Golden – KPop Demon Hunters

* I Lied to You – Sinners

* Sweet Dreams of Joy – Viva Verdi!

* Train Dreams – Train Dreams

Best original score

* Bugonia

* Frankenstein

* Hamnet

* One Battle After Another

* Sinners

Best international feature

* It Was Just an Accident

* Sentimental Value

* Sirât

* The Secret Agent

* The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best animated feature

* Arco

* Elio

* KPop Demon Hunters

* Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

* Zootopia 2

Best documentary feature

* Come See Me in the Good Light

* Cutting Through the Rocks

* Mr. Nobody Against Putin

* The Alabama Solution

* The Perfect Neighbor

Best costume design

* Avatar: Fire and Ash

* Frankenstein

* Hamnet

* Marty Supreme

* Sinners

Best make-up and hairstyling

* Frankenstein

* Kokuho

* Sinners

* The Smashing Machine

* The Ugly Stepsister

Best production design

* Frankenstein

* Hamnet

* Marty Supreme

* One Battle After Another

* Sinners

Best sound

* Frankenstein

* F1

* One Battle After Another

* Sinners

* Sirât

Best film editing

* F1

* Marty Supreme

* One Battle After Another

* Sentimental Value

* Sinners

Best cinematography

* Frankenstein

* Marty Supreme

* One Battle After Another

* Sinners

* Train Dreams

Best visual effects

* Avatar: Fire and Ash

* F1

* Jurassic World Rebirth

* Sinners

* The Lost Bus

Best live action short

* A Friend of Dorothy

* Butcher’s Stain

* Jane Austin’s Period Drama

* The Singers

* Two People Exchanging Saliva

Best animated short

* Butterfly

* Forevergreen

* Retirement Plan

* The Girl Who Cried Pearls

* The Three Sisters

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 casting

* Hamnet

* Marty Supreme

* One Battle After Another

* Sinners

* The Secret Agent