It’s a weekday in December, which implies one other main awards announcement has been unveiled.
On Tuesday, December 16, the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences revealed the shortlists throughout 12 classes for the 98th Oscars forward of subsequent yr’s March 15 ceremony. The classes embody Casting (new this yr), Documentary Function, Worldwide Function, Unique Rating, Unique Music, Cinematography, Make-up & Hairstyling, Sound, and Visible Results, in addition to the Documentary, Reside Motion, and Animated Quick movies.
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Voting happened final week for collaborating branches particular to their classes. Shortlisted movies in these classes will advance into the following spherical of voting (which may also broaden to all Oscar classes), which begins Monday, January 12, and closes Friday, January 16, 2026. Nominees are introduced on Thursday, January 22.
“Sinners” managed eight spots on the shortlists under. “Depraved: For Good” can also be current on eight lists, with “Frankenstein” on six, and “One Battle After One other,” “F1,” and “Sirat” on 5. “Practice Goals” made a powerful displaying with 4 mentions, similar for “Avatar: Hearth and Ash” and “Marty Supreme.”
See the shortlists in full under. All language comes courtesy of the Academy.
Animated Quick Movie
Fifteen movies will advance within the Animated Quick Movie class for the 98th Academy Awards. 113 movies certified within the class. Academy members from the Animation Department and Quick Movies Department had been invited to take part within the preliminary spherical of voting and should have met a minimal viewing requirement to be eligible to vote within the class.
Within the nominations spherical, Academy members from all branches are invited to choose in to take part and should view all 15 shortlisted movies to vote.
The movies, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:
“Autokar”
“Butterfly”
“Cardboard”
“Éiru”
“Forevergreen”
“The Woman Who Cried Pearls”
“Hurikán”
“I Died in Irpin”
“The Night time Boots”
“Taking part in God”
“The Quinta’s Ghost”
“Retirement Plan”
“The Shyness of Bushes”
“Snow Bear”
“The Three Sisters”
Casting
Ten movies will advance within the Casting class for the 98th Academy Awards. Members of the Casting Administrators Department vote to find out the shortlist and the nominees. Academy members can be invited to view excerpts from the shortlisted movies and pre-recorded interviews with their casting administrators on Friday, January 9, 2026, in Los Angeles and London, and in New York on Saturday, January 10, 2026
The movies, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle after One other”
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Worth”
“Sinners”
“Sirât”
“Weapons”
“Depraved: For Good”
Cinematography
Sixteen movies will advance within the Cinematography class for the 98th Academy Awards. Members of the Cinematographers Department vote to find out the shortlist and the nominees. Per the awards guidelines for the 98th Academy Awards, the preliminary spherical of voting will decide a shortlist of between 10 and 20 movies.
The movies, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:
“Ballad of a Small Participant”
“Bugonia”
“Die My Love”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“Nouvelle Obscure”
“One Battle after One other”
“Sentimental Worth”
“Sinners”
“Sirât”
“Music Sung Blue”
“Sound of Falling”
“Practice Goals”
“Depraved: For Good”
Documentary Function Movie
Fifteen movies will advance within the Documentary Function Movie class for the 98th Academy Awards. 200 one movies had been eligible within the class. Members of the Documentary Department vote to find out the shortlist and the nominees.
The movies, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:
“The Alabama Answer”
“Apocalypse within the Tropics”
“Coexistence, My Ass!”
“Come See Me within the Good Mild”
“Cowl-Up”
“Chopping via Rocks”
“Folktales”
“Holding Liat”
“Mr. No person towards Putin”
“Mistress Dispeller”
“My Undesirable Buddies: Half 1 – Final Air in Moscow”
“The Excellent Neighbor”
“Seeds”
“2000 Meters to Andriivka”
“Yanuni”
Documentary Quick Movie
Fifteen movies will advance within the Documentary Quick Movie class for the 98th Academy Awards. 100 seventeen movies certified within the class. Members of the Documentary Department vote to find out the shortlist and the nominees.
The movies, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:
“All of the Empty Rooms”
“All of the Partitions Got here Down”
“Armed Solely with a Digicam: The Life and Dying of Brent Renaud”
“Unhealthy Hostage”
“Cashing Out”
“Chasing Time”
“Kids No Extra: “Had been and Are Gone””
“Classroom 4”
“The Satan Is Busy”
“Heartbeat”
“Final Days on Lake Trinity”
“On Therapeutic Land, Birds Perch”
“Completely a Strangeness”
“Rovina’s Alternative”
“We Had been the Surroundings”
Worldwide Function Movie
Fifteen movies will advance to the following spherical of voting within the Worldwide Function Movie class for the 98th Academy Awards. Movies from 86 international locations or areas had been eligible within the class.
Academy members from all branches had been invited to take part within the preliminary spherical of voting and should have met a minimal viewing requirement to be eligible to vote within the class.
Within the nominations spherical, Academy members from all branches are invited to choose in to take part and should view all 15 shortlisted movies to vote.
The movies, listed in alphabetical order by nation, are:
Argentina, “Belén”
Brazil, “The Secret Agent”
France, “It Was Simply an Accident”
Germany, “Sound of Falling”
India, “Homebound”
Iraq, “The President’s Cake”
Japan, “Kokuho”
Jordan, “All That’s Left of You”
Norway, “Sentimental Worth”
Palestine, “Palestine 36”
South Korea, “No Different Alternative”
Spain, “Sirât”
Switzerland, “Late Shift”
Taiwan, “Left-Handed Woman”
Tunisia, “The Voice of Hind Rajab”
Reside Motion Quick Movie
Fifteen movies will advance within the Reside Motion Quick Movie class for the 98th Academy Awards. 207 movies certified within the class. Academy members from all branches had been invited to take part within the preliminary spherical of voting and should have met a minimal viewing requirement to be eligible to vote within the class.
Within the nominations spherical, Academy members from all branches are invited to choose in to take part and should view all 15 shortlisted movies to vote.
The movies, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:
“Ado”
“Amarela”
“Past Silence”
“The Boy with White Pores and skin”
“Butcher’s Stain”
“Butterfly on a Wheel”
“Dad’s Not House”
“Extremist”
“A Buddy of Dorothy”
“Jane Austen’s Interval Drama”
“Pantyhose”
“The Pearl Comb”
“Rock, Paper, Scissors”
“The Singers”
“Two Individuals Exchanging Saliva”
Make-up and Hairstyling
Ten movies will advance within the Make-up and Hairstyling class for the 98th Academy Awards. Members of the Make-up Artists and Hairstylists Department vote to find out the shortlist and the nominees. Academy members can be invited to view excerpts and interviews with the artists from every of the shortlisted movies on Saturday, January 10, 2026.
The movies, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:
“The Alto Knights”
“Frankenstein”
“Kokuho”
“Marty Supreme”
“Nuremberg”
“One Battle after One other”
“Sinners”
“The Smashing Machine”
“The Ugly Stepsister”
“Depraved: For Good”
Music (Unique Rating)
Twenty scores will advance within the Unique Rating class for the 98th Academy Awards. 100 thirty-two scores had been eligible within the class. Members of the Music Department vote to find out the shortlist and the nominees.
The scores, listed in alphabetical order by movie title, are:
“Avatar: Hearth and Ash”
“Bugonia”
“Captain America: Courageous New World”
“Diane Warren: Relentless”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Hedda”
“A Home of Dynamite”
“Jay Kelly”
“Marty Supreme”
“Nuremberg”
“One Battle after One other”
“Sinners”
“Sirât”
“Practice Goals”
“Tron: Ares”
“Reality and Treason”
“Wake Up Lifeless Man: A Knives Out Thriller”
“Depraved: For Good”
Musical (Unique Music)
Fifteen songs will advance within the Unique Music class for the 98th Academy Awards. Sixty-five songs had been eligible within the class. Members of the Music Department vote to find out the shortlist and the nominees.
The unique songs, together with the movement image through which every track is featured, are listed under in alphabetical order by movie title:
“As Alive As You Want Me To Be” from “Tron: Ares”
“Expensive Me” from “Diane Warren: Relentless”
“Dream As One” from “Avatar: Hearth and Ash”
“Drive” from “F1”
“Dying To Reside” from “Billy Idol Ought to Be Lifeless”
“The Woman In The Bubble” from “Depraved: For Good”
“Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters”
“Highest 2 Lowest” from “Highest 2 Lowest”
“I Lied To You” from “Sinners”
“Final Time (I Seen The Solar)” from “Sinners”
“No Place Like House” from “Depraved: For Good”
“Our Love” from “The Ballad of Wallis Island”
“Salt Then Bitter Then Candy” from “Come See Me within the Good Mild”
“Candy Goals Of Pleasure” from “Viva Verdi!”
“Practice Goals” from “Practice Goals”
Sound
Ten movies will advance within the Sound class for the 98th Academy Awards. All eligible members of the Sound Department vote to find out the shortlist and the nominees. Academy members can be invited to view excerpts from every of the shortlisted movies starting Saturday, January 10, 2025, within the San Francisco Bay space, London and New York, adopted by Los Angeles on Sunday, January 11, 2026.
The movies, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:
“Avatar: Hearth and Ash”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“Mission: Unimaginable – The Ultimate Reckoning”
“One Battle after One other”
“Sinners”
“Sirât”
“Springsteen: Ship Me from Nowhere”
“Superman”
“Depraved: For Good”
Visible Results
Ten movies stay within the working within the Visible Results class for the 98th Academy Awards. The Visible Results Department Govt Committee decided the shortlist. Academy members can be invited to view excerpts and interviews with the artists from every of the shortlisted movies on Saturday, January 10, 2026. Visible Results Department members will vote to find out the nominees.
The movies, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:
“Avatar: Hearth and Ash”
“The Electrical State”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“Jurassic World Rebirth”
“The Misplaced Bus”
“Sinners”
“Superman”
“Tron: Ares”
“Depraved: For Good”
