‘Sinners’ and ‘Frankenstein’ Made the 2026 Academy Awards Shortlist in Multiple Categories

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced shortlists in twelve major categories for the 98th Academy Awards, including Casting, Cinematography, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Sound and Visual Effects.

Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners have each been shortlisted in multiple categories, while Zach Cregger’s Weapons and Emilie Blichfeldt’s The Ugly Stepsister could end up competing for Academy Awards of their own next year.

For the sake of full clarity before we begin, a movie making the Oscars shortlist means that it’s on the list for *potentially* receiving an official nomination for an Academy Award, with these shortlist selections soon being whittled down to the final list of actual nominees. Nominations voting begins on January 12, 2026, and concludes on January 16, 2026.

With that out of the way, it’s still a big deal for any horror movie to make the Oscars shortlist, and several of this year’s best and brightest have indeed received recognition this year.

Here are the horror highlights from this wave of Oscars shortlist categories…

Casting:

• “Frankenstein”
• “Hamnet”
• “Marty Supreme”
• “One Battle after Another”
• “The Secret Agent”
• “Sentimental Value”
• “Sinners”
• “Sirât”
• “Weapons”
• “Wicked: For Good”

Cinematography:

• “Ballad of a Small Player”
• “Bugonia”
• “Die My Love”
• “F1”
• “Frankenstein”
• “Hamnet”
• “Marty Supreme”
• “Nouvelle Vague”
• “One Battle after Another”
• “Sentimental Value”
• “Sinners”
• “Sirât”
• “Song Sung Blue”
• “Sound of Falling”
• “Train Dreams”
• “Wicked: For Good”

Makeup and Hairstyling:

• “The Alto Knights”
• “Frankenstein”
• “Kokuho”
• “Marty Supreme”
• “Nuremberg”
• “One Battle after Another”
• “Sinners”
• “The Smashing Machine”
• “The Ugly Stepsister”
• “Wicked: For Good”

Music (Original Score):

• “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
• “Bugonia”
• “Captain America: Brave New World”
• “Diane Warren: Relentless”
• “F1”
• “Frankenstein”
• “Hamnet”
• “Hedda”
• “A House of Dynamite”
• “Jay Kelly”
• “Marty Supreme”
• “Nuremberg”
• “One Battle after Another”
• “Sinners”
• “Sirât”
• “Train Dreams”
• “Tron: Ares”
• “Truth and Treason”
• “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery”
• “Wicked: For Good”

Music (Original Song):

• “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” from “Tron: Ares”
• “Dear Me” from “Diane Warren: Relentless”
• “Dream As One” from “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
• “Drive” from “F1”
• “Dying To Live” from “Billy Idol Should Be Dead”
• “The Girl In The Bubble” from “Wicked: For Good”
• “Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters” 
• “Highest 2 Lowest” from “Highest 2 Lowest”
• “I Lied To You” from “Sinners”
• “Last Time (I Seen The Sun)” from “Sinners”
• “No Place Like Home” from “Wicked: For Good”
• “Our Love” from “The Ballad of Wallis Island”
• “Salt Then Sour Then Sweet” from “Come See Me in the Good Light”
• “Sweet Dreams Of Joy” from “Viva Verdi!”
• “Train Dreams” from “Train Dreams”

Sound:

• “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
• “F1”
• “Frankenstein”
• “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning”
• “One Battle after Another”
• “Sinners”
• “Sirât”
• “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere”
• “Superman”
• “Wicked: For Good”

Visual Effects:

• “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
• “The Electric State”
• “F1”
• “Frankenstein”
• “Jurassic World Rebirth”
• “The Lost Bus”
• “Sinners”
• “Superman”
• “Tron: Ares”
• “Wicked: For Good”

Final nominations for the 98th Academy Awards will be announced on Thursday, January 22, 2026, and the show will be held on Sunday, March 15, 2026, televised live on ABC.

You can learn more about the shortlist over on The Academy’s official website.

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