Ryan Coogler's horror epic made history not only for the genre, but for films overall among the 98th Academy Award nominations. Sinners makes Oscars history, shattering record from La La Land, Titanic Ryan Coogler's horror epic made history not only for the genre, but for films overall among the 98th Academy Award nominations. :maxbytes(150000):stripicc()/JoeyNolfiauthorphotoba4923fec03a4027868306485696ef41.jpg) Joey Nolfi is a senior writer at . Since 2016, his work at EW includes RuPaul's Drag Race video interviews, Oscars predictions, and more.

Ryan Coogler's horror epic made history not only for the genre, but for films overall among the 98th Academy Award nominations.

Sinners makes Oscars history, shattering record from La La Land, Titanic

Ryan Coogler's horror epic made history not only for the genre, but for films overall among the 98th Academy Award nominations.

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Michael B. Jordan in 'Sinners,' Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in 'Titanic,' and Emma Stone in 'La La Land'. Credit:

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- Ryan Coogler's horror epic *Sinners* shattered a long-standing Oscars record.

- The Michael B. Jordan-starring film earned the most nominations for a single movie in Academy Awards history.

- The record was previously tied between films like *All About Eve*, *Titanic*,* *and* La La Land.*

Ryan Coogler's *Sinners* just pulled off a holy feat of Oscars excellence by shattering a long-held Academy Awards record to become the most-nominated movie in history.

Upon Thursday's 98th Academy Awards nominations announcement, the Michael B. Jordan-starring vampire epic not only made strides for the often-ignored horror genre, but for films overall, as it racked up an astounding 16 nominations — the most nominations for one movie in Oscars history.

As a result, the film blew past prior record holders *La La Land* (2016), *Titanic* (1997), and the Hollywood classic *All About Eve *(1950), all of which tied for the most number of nominations, earning 14 nods each.

Smoke (Michael B. Jordan) and Sammie (Miles Caton) in 'Sinners'.

In addition to earning a nomination in the Academy's brand new Best Casting category, *Sinners* dominated in a majority of the Oscars' other competitive brackets. The film was one of the Academy's 10 Best Picture nominees, and also earned recognition in categories like Makeup and Hairstyling, Original Score, Original Song, Sound, Visual Effects, Original Screenplay, Production Design, Costume Design, and Film Editing.

The film's talent, including director Coogler and lead actor Jordan, were also recognized for their individual work on the project. Delroy Lindo, a beloved Hollywood veteran whom has long been ignored by the Academy, earned his first-ever nomination in the Supporting Actor category.

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Wunmi Mosaku also earned her first nomination in the Supporting Actress category, for her powerful performance in the film that earned rave reviews on the critical circuit.

Released in April 2025, *Sinners* additionally scored big box office returns, particularly for a non-sequel, non-adapted original story. The film earned approximately $368 million globally, becoming one of the top-grossing movies of the year in addition to earning glowing critic and audience reviews.

Ruth E. Carter, Jack O'Connell, Sev Ohanian, Omar Benson Miller, Wunmi Mosaku, Zinzi Coogler, Ryan Coogler, Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Jayne Lawson, Miles Caton, Li Jun Li, Delroy Lindo, Rebecca Cho, Serena McKinney, and Ludwig Goransson attend the european premiere of "Sinners" at Cineworld Leicester Square on April 14, 2025, in London.

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The film has been an awards powerhouse ever since, earning multiple nominations at the Golden Globes, SAG's Actor Awards, and at the Critics Choice Awards.

Other 2026 Oscar nominees include Timothée Chalamet *(Marty Supreme*), Emma Stone (*Bugonia*), and Paul Thomas Anderson's *One Battle After Another*, which scored the second-most nominations of the year with 13 overall.

The 2026 Oscars, hosted by returning comedian Conan O'Brien, air March 15 on ABC.

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