‘Sinners’ breaks all-time Oscars record with 16 nominations
The vampire period horror film scored nominations in nearly every category, including best picture
Vampire period horror film Sinners smashed the all-time Oscars record with 16 nominations, the Academy announced on Thursday.
The blues-inflected drama set in the 1930s segregated US South from director Ryan Coogler scored nominations in nearly every category possible, including best picture.
It blasted past the previous record of 14, jointly held by All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land.
The tally included a best actor nomination for Michael B. Jordan, who plays twins battling supernatural forces and racists, as well as nods for everything from screenplay to score.
Sinners also picked up a nomination for best casting, the first new category to be added to Hollywood's most prestigious awards in more than two decades.
One Battle After Another came second with 13 nods, including best actor for Leonardo DiCaprio.
The top two films both came from Warner Bros, the movie studio that is currently the target of a bidding war between Netflix and Paramount.
Frankenstein, Marty Supreme and Sentimental Value each bagged nine nominations, while Hamnet secured eight.
Oscar nominees in main categories
Best picture
Bugonia, F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value, Sinners, Train Dreams
Best director
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another; Ryan Coogler, Sinners; Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme; Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value; Chloe Zhao, Hamnet
Best actor
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme; Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another; Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon; Michael B. Jordan, Sinners; Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent
Best actress
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 supporting actor
Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another; Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein; Delroy Lindo, Sinners; Sean Penn, One Battle After Another; Stellan Skarsgard, Sentimental Value
Best supporting actress
Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value; Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value; Amy Madigan, Weapons; Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners; Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
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 feature
Arco, Elio, Kpop Demon Hunters, Little Amelie or the Character of Rain, Zootopia 2
Best documentary feature
The Alabama Solution, Come See Me in the Good Light, Cutting Through Rocks, Mr Nobody Against Putin, The Perfect Neighbor