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

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 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

Take a complete look at all the films that have made the cut!Best Animated FeatureAll Operators Are Currently UnavailableArcoThe Bad Guys 2Black ButterfliesBoys Go to JupiterChainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze ArcChaOColorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't SingDavidDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity CastleDog ManDog of GodDragon Heart – Adventures Beyond This WorldElioEndless CookieFixedGabby's Dollhouse: The MovieIn Your DreamsKPop Demon HuntersThe Legend of Hei 2Light of the WorldLittle Amélie or the Character of RainLost in StarlightA Magnificent LifeMahavatar NarsimhaNight of the ZoopocalypseOlivia & las Nubes100 MetersOut of the NestScarletSlideThe SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePantsStitch HeadThe TwitsZootopia 2

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Best Casting (New Category)FrankensteinHamnetMarty SupremeOne Battle after AnotherThe Secret AgentSentimental ValueSinnersSirâtWeaponsWicked: For GoodBest Cinematography (New Shortlist)Ballad of a Small PlayerBugoniaDie My LoveF1FrankensteinHamnetMarty SupremeNouvelle VagueOne Battle after AnotherSentimental ValueSinnersSirâtSong Sung BlueSound of FallingTrain DreamsWicked: For GoodBest Documentary FeatureThe Alabama SolutionApocalypse in the TropicsCoexistence, My Ass!Come See Me in the Good LightCover-UpCutting through RocksFolktalesHolding LiatMr. Nobody against PutinMistress DispellerMy Undesirable Friends: Part 1 – Last Air in MoscowThe Perfect NeighborSeeds2000 Meters to AndriivkaYanuniBest Documentary Short SubjectAll the Empty RoomsAll the Walls Came DownArmed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent RenaudBad HostageCashing OutChasing TimeChildren No More: Were and Are GoneClassroom 4The Devil Is BusyHeartbeatLast Days on Lake TrinityOn Healing Land, Birds PerchPerfectly a StrangenessRovina’s ChoiceWe Were the SceneryBest International Feature FilmArgentina, BelénBrazil, The Secret AgentFrance, It Was Just an AccidentGermany, Sound of FallingIndia, HomeboundIraq, The President’s CakeJapan, KokuhoJordan, All That’s Left of YouNorway, Sentimental ValuePalestine, Palestine 36South Korea, No Other ChoiceSpain, SirâtSwitzerland, Late ShiftTaiwan, Left-Handed GirlTunisia, The Voice of Hind RajabBest Makeup and HairstylingThe Alto KnightsFrankensteinKokuhoMarty SupremeNurembergOne Battle after AnotherSinnersThe Smashing MachineThe Ugly StepsisterWicked: For GoodBest Music – Original ScoreAvatar: Fire and AshBugoniaCaptain America: Brave New WorldDiane Warren: RelentlessF1FrankensteinHamnetHeddaA House of DynamiteJay KellyMarty SupremeNurembergOne Battle after AnotherSinnersSirâtTrain DreamsTron: AresTruth and TreasonWake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out MysteryWicked: For GoodBest Music – Original SongAs Alive As You Need Me To Be from Tron: AresDear Me from Diane Warren: RelentlessDream As One from Avatar: Fire and AshDrive from F1Dying To Live from Billy Idol Should Be DeadThe Girl In The Bubble from Wicked: For GoodGolden from KPop Demon HuntersHighest 2 Lowest from Highest 2 LowestI Lied To You from SinnersLast Time (I Seen The Sun) from SinnersNo Place Like Home from Wicked: For GoodOur Love from The Ballad of Wallis IslandSalt Then Sour Then Sweet from Come See Me in the Good LightSweet Dreams Of Joy from Viva Verdi!Train Dreams from Train DreamsBest Short Film – AnimatedAutokarButterflyCardboardÉiruForevergreenThe Girl Who Cried PearlsHurikánI Died in IrpinThe Night BootsPlaying GodThe Quinta's GhostRetirement PlanThe Shyness of TreesSnow BearThe Three SistersBest Short Film – Live ActionAdoAmarelaBeyond SilenceThe Boy with White SkinButcher’s StainButterfly on a WheelDad’s Not HomeExtremistA Friend of DorothyJane Austen’s Period DramaPantyhoseThe Pearl CombRock, Paper, ScissorsThe SingersTwo People Exchanging SalivaBest SoundAvatar: Fire and AshF1FrankensteinMission: Impossible – The Final ReckoningOne Battle after AnotherSinnersSirâtSpringsteen: Deliver Me from NowhereSupermanWicked: For GoodBest Visual EffectsAvatar: Fire and AshThe Electric StateF1FrankensteinJurassic World RebirthThe Lost BusSinnersSupermanTron: AresWicked: For GoodVoting 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.