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The nominees for Best Picture “Sinners” during the 98th Academy Awards nominations announcement at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, on January 22, 2026 (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images The love for Ryan Coogler’s Sinners is palpable. The genre redefining horror film has been nominated for 16 Oscars, ending the tie that’s held between La La Land (2016), Titanic (1997), and All About Eve (1950) for nearly a decade. Set in the Mississippi Delta in 1932, the movie examines faith, community, race, and the thin veil between this world and the next through the lens of a vampire attack at a juke joint. Steeped in the speculative fiction tradition of Black Southern horror, Sinners is a tale about America that is both familiar and foreign depending on who’s watching the movie. It’s for that reason that history buffs and those not fully aware of the rich, beautiful, complicated, horrific, and tragic tapestry of the American South, its culture, and its music have spoken endlessly about the film. Sinners is nominated for Best Picture, making the movie Coogler’s second to receive Academy recognition in this category. The film is also up for Casting, Cinematography, Costume Design, Editing, Makeup & Hair, Music Score, Production Design, Song for “I Lied to You”, Sound, and Visual Effects. Coogler has been nominated for Best Directing and Original Screenplay, his first nods in these categories. Michael B. Jordan, whose turns as twins Stack and Smoke have been immortalized in vampire canon, is in the race for Best Actor. This is his first nomination for an Academy Award. In the Supporting categories, actress Wunmi Mosaku and actor Delroy Lindo have been nominated for their scene-stealing portrayals of Annie and Delta Slim, continuing the trend of firsts for…

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