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Oscars 2026: The Oscars 2026 will soon roll out the red carpet for the crème de la crème of world cinema. The 98th Academy Awards, honouring films released

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in 2025, will take place on March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. Ahead of the big night, fans have been waiting for details of the nominations list. While that will be unveiled soon, the shortlists across all categories are now out.

Oscars 2026 Shortlists

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\nTake a complete look at all the films that have made the cut!\n
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Best Animated Feature\n
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All Operators Are Currently Unavailable
\n Arco
\n The Bad Guys 2
\n Black Butterflies
\n Boys Go to Jupiter
\n Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
\n ChaO
\n Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing
\n David
\n Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
\n Dog Man
\n Dog of God
\n Dragon Heart – Adventures Beyond This World
\n Elio
\n Endless Cookie
\n Fixed
\n Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie
\n In Your Dreams
\n KPop Demon Hunters
\n The Legend of Hei 2
\n Light of the World
\n Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
\n Lost in Starlight
\n A Magnificent Life
\n Mahavatar Narsimha
\n Night of the Zoopocalypse
\n Olivia & las Nubes
\n 100 Meters
\n Out of the Nest
\n Scarlet
\n Slide
\n The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
\n Stitch Head
\n The Twits
\n Zootopia 2\n
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Best Casting (New Category)
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Frankenstein
\n Hamnet
\n Marty Supreme
\n One Battle after Another
\n The Secret Agent
\n Sentimental Value
\n Sinners
\n Sirât
\n Weapons
\n Wicked: For Good\n
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Best Cinematography (New Shortlist)
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Ballad of a Small Player
\n Bugonia
\n Die My Love
\n F1
\n Frankenstein
\n Hamnet
\n Marty Supreme
\n Nouvelle Vague
\n One Battle after Another
\n Sentimental Value
\n Sinners
\n Sirât
\n Song Sung Blue
\n Sound of Falling
\n Train Dreams
\n Wicked: For Good
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Best Documentary Feature
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The Alabama Solution
\n Apocalypse in the Tropics
\n Coexistence, My Ass!
\n Come See Me in the Good Light
\n Cover-Up
\n Cutting through Rocks
\n Folktales
\n Holding Liat
\n Mr. Nobody against Putin
\n Mistress Dispeller
\n My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 – Last Air in Moscow
\n The Perfect Neighbor
\n Seeds
\n 2000 Meters to Andriivka
\n Yanuni
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Best Documentary Short Subject
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All the Empty Rooms
\n All the Walls Came Down
\n Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
\n Bad Hostage
\n Cashing Out
\n Chasing Time
\n Children No More: Were and Are Gone
\n Classroom 4
\n The Devil Is Busy
\n Heartbeat
\n Last Days on Lake Trinity
\n On Healing Land, Birds Perch
\n Perfectly a Strangeness
\n Rovina’s Choice
\n We Were the Scenery
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Best International Feature Film
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Argentina, Belén
\n Brazil, The Secret Agent
\n France, It Was Just an Accident
\n Germany, Sound of Falling
\n India, Homebound
\n Iraq, The President’s Cake
\n Japan, Kokuho
\n Jordan, All That’s Left of You
\n Norway, Sentimental Value
\n Palestine, Palestine 36
\n South Korea, No Other Choice
\n Spain, Sirât
\n Switzerland, Late Shift
\n Taiwan, Left-Handed Girl
\n Tunisia, The Voice of Hind Rajab\n
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Best Makeup and Hairstyling
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The Alto Knights
\n Frankenstein
\n Kokuho
\n Marty Supreme
\n Nuremberg
\n One Battle after Another
\n Sinners
\n The Smashing Machine
\n The Ugly Stepsister
\n Wicked: For Good\n
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Best Music – Original Score
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Avatar: Fire and Ash
\n Bugonia
\n Captain America: Brave New World
\n Diane Warren: Relentless
\n F1
\n Frankenstein
\n Hamnet
\n Hedda
\n A House of Dynamite
\n Jay Kelly
\n Marty Supreme
\n Nuremberg
\n One Battle after Another
\n Sinners
\n Sirât
\n Train Dreams
\n Tron: Ares
\n Truth and Treason
\n Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
\n Wicked: For Good\n
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Best Music – Original Song
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As Alive As You Need Me To Be from Tron: Ares
\n Dear Me from Diane Warren: Relentless
\n Dream As One from Avatar: Fire and Ash
\n Drive from F1
\n Dying To Live from Billy Idol Should Be Dead
\n The Girl In The Bubble from Wicked: For Good
\n Golden from KPop Demon Hunters
\n Highest 2 Lowest from Highest 2 Lowest
\n I Lied To You from Sinners
\n Last Time (I Seen The Sun) from Sinners
\n No Place Like Home from Wicked: For Good
\n Our Love from The Ballad of Wallis Island
\n Salt Then Sour Then Sweet from Come See Me in the Good Light
\n Sweet Dreams Of Joy from Viva Verdi!
\n Train Dreams from Train Dreams\n
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Best Short Film – Animated
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Autokar
\n Butterfly
\n Cardboard
\n Éiru
\n Forevergreen
\n The Girl Who Cried Pearls
\n Hurikán
\n I Died in Irpin
\n The Night Boots
\n Playing God
\n The Quinta's Ghost
\n Retirement Plan
\n The Shyness of Trees
\n Snow Bear
\n The Three Sisters\n
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Best Short Film – Live Action
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Ado
\n Amarela
\n Beyond Silence
\n The Boy with White Skin
\n Butcher’s Stain
\n Butterfly on a Wheel
\n Dad’s Not Home
\n Extremist
\n A Friend of Dorothy
\n Jane Austen’s Period Drama
\n Pantyhose
\n The Pearl Comb
\n Rock, Paper, Scissors
\n The Singers
\n Two People Exchanging Saliva\n
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Best Sound
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Avatar: Fire and Ash
\n F1
\n Frankenstein
\n Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
\n One Battle after Another
\n Sinners
\n Sirât
\n Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
\n Superman
\n Wicked: For Good\n
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Best Visual Effects
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Avatar: Fire and Ash
\n The Electric State
\n F1
\n Frankenstein
\n Jurassic World Rebirth
\n The Lost Bus
\n Sinners
\n Superman
\n Tron: Ares
\n Wicked: For Good\n
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\nVoting for nominations will start on January 12, 2026, and end on January 16, 2025. The nominations for the 98th Academy Awards will be announced on January 22, 2026.\n

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Oscars 2026 Shortlists: Frankenstein, Wicked For Good Make It In Multiple Categories, Check COMPLETE List

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