Vampire thriller ‘Sinners’ sets record with 16 Oscar nominations

LOS ANGELES — "Sinners," a Segregation-era vampire thriller starring Michael B. Jordan, stormed into the awards race on Thursday with the most Academy Award nominations of any film this year, landing a record 16 nods.

The large haul sets up "Sinners" as the frontrunner heading into the March 15 Oscars, where it will face off against contenders including "One Battle After Another," "Frankenstein," "Hamnet," "Marty Supreme" and others for the coveted best picture prize. The previous record for most nominations in a single year was 14, a mark hit by "All About Eve," "Titanic" and "La La Land."

"Bugonia," "F1," "The Secret Agent," "Sentimental Value" and "Train Dreams" also were nominated for this year's best picture trophy.

Jordan was nominated for best actor for his dual role in "Sinners" as twin brothers who set up a juke joint in 1930s Mississippi. Other nominations for the Warner Bros film include best director for Ryan Coogler, supporting actor for Delroy Lindo, supporting actress for Wunmi Mosaku and best cinematography, costume design, original screenplay and visual effects.

Jordan's competition includes Leonardo DiCaprio in "One Battle After Another," which scored 13 nominations, and Timothee Chalamet in "Marty Supreme."

For best actress, Jessie Buckley was nominated for "Hamnet," Rose Byrne for "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You," and Kate Hudson for "Song Sung Blue."

Winners of the gold Oscar statuettes will be chosen by the roughly 10,000 actors, producers, directors and film craftspeople who make up the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Walt Disney's ABC will broadcast the awards, and comedian Conan O'Brien will host for the second straight year.

Warner Bros Discovery WBD.O, the studio subject to a bidding war between Netflix and Paramount Skydance, led all studios with 30 nominations.

Netflix has never won best picture despite nominations for such films as "Roma," "Emilia Perez" and "The Irishman." It has a chance this year with "Frankenstein," which earned nine nominations. The streaming service releases its movies in theaters for only a limited time to qualify them for awards consideration.

The full list of nominees is below:

Best Picture

• Bugonia
• F1
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• The Secret Agent
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners
• Train Dreams

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

• Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
• Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
• Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
• Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
• Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

• Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
• Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
• Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue
• Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
• Emma Stone, Bugonia

Best Director

• Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
• Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
• Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
• Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
• Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

• Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
• Amy Madigan, Weapons
• Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
• Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

• Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
• Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
• Delroy Lindo, Sinners
• Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
• Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

Best Cinematography

• Frankenstein
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Train Dreams

Best Original Song

• "Dear Me," Diane Warren: Relentless
• "Golden," KPop Demon Hunters
• "I Lied to You," Sinners
• "Sweet Dreams of Joy," Viva Verdi!
• "Train Dreams," Train Dreams

Best Sound

• F1
• Frankenstein
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Sirat

Best Visual Effects

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• F1
• Jurassic World Rebirth
• The Lost Bus
• Sinners

Best International Feature Film

• The Secret Agent, Brazil
• It Was Just an Accident, France
• Sentimental Value, Norway
• Sirat, Spain
• The Voice of Hind Rajab, Tunisia

Best Animated Film

• Arco
• Elio
• KPop Demon Hunters
• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
• Zootopia 2

Best Animated Short Film

• Butterfly
• Forevergreen
• The Girl Who Cried Pearls
• Retirement Plan
• The Three Sisters

Best Documentary Short Film

• All the Empty Rooms
• Armed Only with a Camera
• Children No More: Were and Are Gone
• The Devil Is Busy
• Perfectly a Strangeness

Best Documentary Feature Film

• The Alabama Solution
• Come See Me in the Good Light
• Cutting Through Rocks
• Mr. Nobody Against Putin
• The Perfect Neighbor

Best Costume Design

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• Sinners

Best Casting

• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• The Secret Agent
• Sinners

Best Original Screenplay

• Blue Moon
• It Was Just an Accident
• Marty Supreme
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• One Battle After Another
• Train Dreams

Best Animated Short Film

• Butterfly
• Forevergreen
• The Girl Who Cried Pearls
• Retirement Plan
• The Three Sisters

Best Live-Action Short Film

• Butcher's Stain
• A Friend of Dorothy
• Jane Austen's Period Drama
• The Singers
• Two People Exchanging Saliva

Best Original Score

• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

• Frankenstein
• Kokuho
• Sinners
• The Smashing Machine
• The Ugly Stepsister

The Academy Awards will be held in Los Angeles on March 15 (morning of March 16, Philippines time). — Reuters