The BAFTA Film Awards race has drawn its battle lines — and Paul Thomas Anderson is standing firmly at the front. One Battle After Another emerged as the clear frontrunner when the 2026 BAFTA nominations were unveiled in London on Tuesday, racking up a formidable 14 nods and setting the tone for an awards season that feels unusually combative, unpredictable, and star-heavy.
Behind Anderson’s lead sits a tightly packed field that reflects a year of bold swings rather than safe consensus. Ryan Coogler’s Sinners follows closely with 13 nominations, while Chloé Zhao’s quietly devastating Hamnet and Josh Safdie’s kinetic Marty Supreme land just behind, each securing double-digit recognition. From gothic horror to literary grief to high-adrenaline spectacle, the spread suggests a BAFTA slate comfortable with tonal extremes.
The nominations also underline a subtle but meaningful divergence from the Oscars. While Sinners dominated the Academy’s shortlist earlier this season, the British Academy has reshuffled the hierarchy, elevating Anderson’s film and giving significant weight to director-driven storytelling and performance-heavy drama over pure box-office momentum.
Here are the nominations in full ahead of the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards ceremony at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday, 22 February.
Best Film
- “Hamnet”
- “Marty Supreme”
- “One Battle After Another”
- “Sentimental Value”
- “Sinners”
Outstanding British Film
- “28 Years Later”
- “The Ballad of Wallis Island”
- “Bridget Jones: Mad about the Boy”
- “Die My Love”
- “H Is For Hawk”
- “Hamnet”
- “I Swear”
- “Mr Burton”
- “Pillion”
- “Steve”
Best Leading Actress
- Jessie Buckley —”Hamnet”
- Rose Byrne — “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
- Kate Hudson — “Song Sung Blue”
- Chase Infiniti —”One Battle After Another”
- Renate Reinsve — “Sentimental Value”
- Emma Stone — “Bugonia”
Best Leading Actor
- Robert Aramayo — “I Swear”
- Timothée Chalamet — “Marty Supreme”
- Leonardo DiCaprio — “One Battle After Another”
- Ethan Hawke — “Blue Moon”
- Michael B Jordan — “Sinners”
- Jesse Plemons —”Bugonia”
Best Supporting Actress
- Odessa A’zion — “Marty Supreme”
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas — “Sentimental Value”
- Wunmi Mosaku — “Sinners”
- Carey Mulligan — “The Ballad of Wallis Island”
- Teyana Taylor — “One Battle After Another”
- Emily Watson — “Hamnet”
Best Supporting Actor
- Benicio del Toro — “One Battle After Another”
- Jacob Elordi — “Frankenstein”
- Paul Mescal — “Hamnet”
- Peter Mullan — “I Swear”
- Sean Penn — “One Battle After Another”
- Stellan Skarsgård — “Sentimental Value”
Best Director
- “Bugonia” — Yorgos Lanthimos
- “Hamnet”—Chloé Zhao
- “Marty Supreme” — Josh Safdie
- “One Battle After Another” — Paul Thomas Anderson
- “Sentimental Value” — Joachim Trier
- “Sinners” — Ryan Coogler
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
- “The Ceremony”
- “My Father’s Shadow”
- “Pillion”
- “A Want In Her”
- “Wasteman”
Best Film (Not in the English Language)
- “It Was Just An Accident”
- “The Secret Agent”
- “Sentimental Value”
- “Sirât”
- “The Voice of Hind Rajab”
Best Documentary
- “2000 Meters to Andriivka”
- “Apocalypse in the Tropics”
- “Cover-Up”
- “Mr Nobody Against Putin”
- “The Perfect Neighbor”
Best Animated Film
- “Elio”
- “Little Amélie”
- “Zootropolis 2”
Best Children’s and Family Film
- “Arco”
- “Boong”
- “Lilo & Stitch”
- “Zootropolis 2”
Best Original Screenplay
- “I Swear”
- “Marty Supreme”
- “The Secret Agent”
- “Sentimental Value”
- “Sinners”
Best Adapted Screenplay
- “The Ballad of Wallis Island”
- “Bugonia”
- “Hamnet”
- “One Battle After Another”
- “Pillion”
EE Bafta Rising Star Award (Voted for by the public)
- Robert Aramayo
- Miles Caton
- Chase Infiniti
- Archie Madekwe
- Posy Sterling
Best Original Score
- “Bugonia” — Jerskin Fendrix
- “Frankenstein” — Alexandre Desplat
- “Hamnet” — Max Richter
- “One Battle After Another” — Jonny Greenwood
- “Sinners” — Ludwig Göransson
Best Casting
- “I Swear”
- “Marty Supreme”
- “One Battle After Another”
- “Sentimental Value”
- “Sinners”
Best Cinematography
- “Frankenstein”
- “Marty Supreme”
- “One Battle After Another”
- “Sinners”
- “Train Dreams”
Best Costume Design
- “Frankenstein”
- “Hamnet”
- “Marty Supreme”
- “Sinners”
- “Wicked: For Good”
Best Editing
- “F1”
- “A House of Dynamite”
- “Marty Supreme”
- “One Battle After Another”
- “Sinners”
Best Production Design
- “Frankenstein”
- “Hamnet”
- “Marty Supreme”
- “One Battle After Another”
- “Sinners”
Best Makeup and Hair
- “Frankenstein”
- “Hamnet”
- “Marty Supreme”
- “Sinners”
- ‘Wicked: For Good”
Best Sound
- “F1”
- “Frankenstein”
- “One Battle After Another”
- “Sinners”
- “Warfare”
Best Special Visual Effects
- “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
- “F1”
- “Frankenstein”
- “How to Train Your Dragon”
- “The Lost Bus”
Best British Short Film
- “Magid / Zafar”
- “Nostalgie”
- “Terence”
- “This Is Endometriosis”
- “Welcome Home Freckles”
British Short Animation
- “Cardboard’
- “Solstice”
- “Two Black Boys in Paradise”
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