"Oakland native Ryan Coogler, and his Southern-gothic, musical horror epic Sinners, were the big winners in 2026 Oscar nominations Thursday, scoring a record 16 nominations for best picture, director and screenplay, along with a dark horse nomination for Oakland's Delroy Lindo for best supporting actor. Prior to Thursday, three films in the Academy Award's 98-year history had scored 14 nominations: All About Eve in 1950, Titanic in 1997 and La La Land in 2016."
"Among Sinners other nominations was a nod to star Michael B. Jordan, a longtime collaborator of Coogler's, who plays twin brothers in the film, World War I veterans who return to their Mississippi hometown in the Jim Crow South in 1932. Using money stolen from Chicago criminal syndicates, Jordan's twins, Smoke and Stack, purchase a sawmill in order to start a juke joint. But amid warnings about the sins of blues music, they soon find themselves confronting a supernatural evil."
Ryan Coogler's Southern-gothic musical horror Sinners led the 2026 Oscar nominations with a record 16 nods, including best picture, director and original screenplay. The film earned major acting nominations for Michael B. Jordan, who portrays twin World War I veterans returning to Mississippi in 1932, and Delroy Lindo for best supporting actor, while Wunmi Mosaku received a supporting actress nomination. The plot follows Jordan's twins using stolen money to buy a sawmill and open a juke joint, confronting warnings about the sins of blues music and a supernatural evil. Coogler also received producing recognition and multiple technical nominations for the film.
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