Here we are. The Academy has announced the finalists for the 2026 Oscars. As always, there are a few surprises and some obvious choices.

For our part, let’s be honest, what interests us most is the selection of foreign films.

But let’s take a look at the complete list for each category. There are links to our articles for the ones we’ve already discussed. Perhaps we’ll try our hand at making predictions next month…

Actor in a Leading Role

Nominees

Timothée Chalamet
Marty Supreme

Leonardo DiCaprio
One Battle after Another

Ethan Hawke
Blue Moon

Michael B. Jordan
Sinners

Wagner Moura
The Secret Agent

Actor in a Supporting Role

Nominees

Benicio Del Toro
One Battle after Another

Jacob Elordi
Frankenstein

Delroy Lindo
Sinners

Sean Penn
One Battle after Another

Stellan Skarsgård
Sentimental Value

Actress in a Leading Role

Nominees

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

Actress in a Supporting Role

Nominees

Elle Fanning
Sentimental Value

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas
Sentimental Value

Amy Madigan
Weapons

Wunmi Mosaku
Sinners

Teyana Taylor
One Battle after Another

Animated Feature Film

Nominees

Arco
Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas and Natalie Portman

Elio
Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina and Mary Alice Drumm

KPop Demon Hunters
Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Michelle L.M. Wong

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago and Henri Magalon

Zootopia 2
Jared Bush, Byron Howard and Yvett Merino

Animated Short Film

Nominees

Butterfly
Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens

Forevergreen
Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears

The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski

Retirement Plan
John Kelly and Andrew Freedman

The Three Sisters
Konstantin Bronzit

Casting

Nominees

Hamnet
Nina Gold

Marty Supreme
Jennifer Venditti

One Battle after Another
Cassandra Kulukundis

The Secret Agent
Gabriel Domingues

Sinners
Francine Maisler

Cinematography

Nominees

Frankenstein
Dan Laustsen

Marty Supreme
Darius Khondji

One Battle after Another
Michael Bauman

Sinners
Autumn Durald Arkapaw

Train Dreams
Adolpho Veloso

Costume Design

Nominees

Avatar: Fire and Ash
Deborah L. Scott

Frankenstein
Kate Hawley

Hamnet
Malgosia Turzanska

Marty Supreme
Miyako Bellizzi

Sinners
Ruth E. Carter

Directing

Nominees

Hamnet
Chloé Zhao

Marty Supreme
Josh Safdie

One Battle after Another
Paul Thomas Anderson

Sentimental Value
Joachim Trier

Sinners
Ryan Coogler

Documentary Feature Film

Nominees

The Alabama Solution
Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman

Come See Me in the Good Light
Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro and Stef Willen

Cutting through Rocks
Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni

Mr. Nobody against Putin
Nominees to be determined

The Perfect Neighbor
Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee

Documentary Short Film

Nominees

All the Empty Rooms
Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones

Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
Craig Renaud and Juan Arredondo

Children No More: “Were and Are Gone”
Hilla Medalia and Sheila Nevins

The Devil Is Busy
Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir

Perfectly a Strangeness
Alison McAlpine

Film Editing

Nominees

F1
Stephen Mirrione

Marty Supreme
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie

One Battle after Another
Andy Jurgensen

Sentimental Value
Olivier Bugge Coutté

Sinners
Michael P. Shawver

International Feature Film

Nominees

Brazil
The Secret Agent

France
It Was Just an Accident

Norway
Sentimental Value

Spain
Sirāt

Tunisia
The Voice of Hind Rajab

Live Action Short Film

Nominees

Butcher’s Stain
Meyer Levinson-Blount and Oron Caspi

A Friend of Dorothy
Lee Knight and James Dean

Jane Austen’s Period Drama
Julia Aks and Steve Pinder

The Singers
Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt

Two People Exchanging Saliva
Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata

Makeup and Hairstyling

Nominees

Frankenstein
Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey

Kokuho
Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu

Sinners
Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry

The Smashing Machine
Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein

The Ugly Stepsister
Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg

Music (Original Score)

Nominees

Bugonia
Jerskin Fendrix

Frankenstein
Alexandre Desplat

Hamnet
Max Richter

One Battle after Another
Jonny Greenwood

Sinners
Ludwig Goransson

Music (Original Song)

Nominees

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 Seon 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

Production Design

Nominees

Frankenstein
Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau

Hamnet
Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton

Marty Supreme
Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis

One Battle after Another
Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino

Sinners
Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne

Sound

Nominees

F1
Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta

Frankenstein
Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern

One Battle after Another
José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor

Sinners
Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker

Sirāt
Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas

Visual Effects

Nominees

Avatar: Fire and Ash
Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett

F1
Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson

Jurassic World Rebirth
David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould

The Lost Bus
Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin

Sinners
Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Nominees

Bugonia
Screenplay by Will Tracy

Frankenstein
Written for the Screen by Guillermo del Toro

Hamnet
Screenplay by Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell

One Battle after Another
Written by Paul Thomas Anderson

Train Dreams
Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Nominees

Blue Moon
Written by Robert Kaplow

It Was Just an Accident
Written by Jafar Panahi; Script collaborators – Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian

Marty Supreme
Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie

Sentimental Value
Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier

Sinners
Written by Ryan Coogler

Best Picture

Nominees

Bugonia
Ed Guiney & Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Lars Knudsen, Producers

F1
Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers

Frankenstein
Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber, Producers

Hamnet
Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes, Producers

Marty Supreme
Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas and Timothée Chalamet, Producers

One Battle after Another
Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers

The Secret Agent
Emilie Lesclaux, Producer

Sentimental Value
Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Producers

Sinners
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Ryan Coogler, Producers

Train Dreams
Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer and Michael Heimler, Producers