News Oscars Sinners Has More Oscar Nominations Than Any Other Film Ever Congratulations to every single person who worked on the best film of the year. By Molly Templeton | Published on January 22, 2026 Comment 0 Share New Share Sometimes, the news is good. The 2026 Oscar nominations were announced this morning, and when the dust settled, Sinners set an incredible new record with 16 nominations. That makes it the most-nominated film in Oscar history, with more nods than Titanic, more than All About Eve, more than La La Land. It’s nominated in almost every major category, with Ryan Coogler up for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay; Michael B. Jordan for Best Actor; Delroy Lindo for Best Supporting Actor (ed note: HELL YEAH); and Wunmi Mosaku for Best Supporting Actress. This is the first nomination for all three actors. The film’s nominations include a lot of records, and a lot of firsts. Costume designer Ruth E. Carter is the most-nominated Black woman in Oscars history, with her fifth nomination. Autumn Durald Arkapaw is the first woman of color and Filipina nominated for cinematography (a category in which no women were nominated until Rachel Morrison, for 2017’s Mudbound). Production designer Hannah Beachler, who won the Oscar for production design for Coogler’s Black Panther, now has her second nomination, and is the only Black woman ever to be nominated in that category. Zinzi Coogler, who produced Sinners with her husband, is the first Filipina producer with a Best Picture nomination. Sinners was already the highest-grossing original film since Inception—despite the industry skepticism that greeted it on its arrival. The New York Times put in a headline that its box office success had “a big asterisk.” Variety claimed that “profitability remains a question mark” after the film’s opening weekend. As Ben Stiller asked on X, speaking specifically of the Variety piece, “In what universe does a 60 million dollar opening for an original studio movie warrant” this kind of questioning? Vulture had a great headline on the matter: “Hollywood Execs Fear Ryan Coogler’s Sinners Deal ‘Could End the Studio System.’” Why? As Chris Lee wrote, Coogler would retain final cut (a creative dispensation reserved for the industry’s crème de la crème), command first-dollar gross (that is, a percentage of box-office revenue beginning from the movie’s theatrical opening rather than waiting for the studio to turn a profit), and, most contentiously, 25 years after its release, ownership of Sinners would revert to the director. I include all of this context because it makes this fantastic film’s Oscars dominance all the more delicious. Variety has a great rundown of records set and broken with this year’s nomination, but here are a few that are specifically relevant to SFF/H: Wicked: For Good did not pick up a single nomination. The sequel simply didn’t live up to the first film, and perhaps Oscar voters thought the creative team behind Wicked and Wicked: For Good had been thoroughly recognized with last year’s 10 nominations and two wins (for costume and production design). Emma Stone set a record of her own: the youngest woman with seven Oscar nominations. (She also has two wins.) She’s the second person ever to get that many by that age (after Walt Disney himself). She’s nominated for Best Actress (and, as a producer, for Best Picture) for Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia, which is also nominated for Best Picture, Best Original Score, and Best Adapted Screenplay. Variety notes that Michael B. Jordan is the second person to be nominated for playing a vampire, which is a fun little fact. The first was Willem Dafoe, in 2000’s Shadow of the Vampire. Guillermo del Toro didn’t get a directing nomination for Frankenstein, but he did get one for Best Adapted Screenplay and, as producer, Best Picture. The film has nine nominations in total, including Best Supporting Actor (Jacob Elordi), Best Score (Alexandre Desplat), Best Production Design (Tamara Deverell), Best Cinematography (Dan Laustsen), and Best Costume Design (Kate Hawley). Weapons didn’t have a major showing, but Amy Madigan is nominated for Best Supporting Actress. Surprising no one, KPop Demon Hunters is up for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song (for “Golden”). [ed note: The Ugly Stepsister also got a nom for Best Make Up and Hair Styling! Heck yes horror genre!] You can see the full list of nominees here. The Oscars air at 7 pm EDT on ABC and Hulu on March 15th.[end-mark] The post <i>Sinners</i> Has More Oscar Nominations Than Any Other Film Ever appeared first on Reactor.