BAFTA Film Awards 2026 Longlists: ‘One Battle After Another’ Surges Ahead as ‘Hamnet’ and ‘Sinners’ Follow Close Behind
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Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another emerges as the early BAFTA frontrunner, with Hamnet, Sinners, and Marty Supreme shaping a crowded and increasingly international awards race.
With awards season accelerating on both sides of the Atlantic, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts has officially entered the conversation — and the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards longlists make one thing clear: One Battle After Another is the film to beat.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s politically charged drama leads all contenders with 16 longlist mentions, cementing its status as a transatlantic heavyweight after already dominating critics’ groups earlier in the season. Close behind are Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet and Ryan Coogler’s genre-bending Sinners, each scoring 14 mentions, reinforcing their momentum as major players in both craft and above-the-line categories.
Josh Safdie’s kinetic ping-pong odyssey Marty Supreme isn’t far back, earning 13 mentions, while Yorgos Lanthimos’ sharp-edged satire Bugonia and Guillermo del Toro’s gothic reimagining Frankenstein each landed 12 appearancesacross the longlists. Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value and Jon M. Chu’s Wicked: For Good also made strong impressions, with eight mentions apiece, underscoring BAFTA’s continued embrace of both arthouse prestige and large-scale studio filmmaking.
The Best Film longlist reflects that balance, with contenders ranging from intimate character studies like Hamnet and Sentimental Value to ambitious spectacles including Sinners, Frankenstein, and Marty Supreme. Notably, One Battle After Another remains a fixture across nearly every major category, positioning it as the most broadly supported title in the field.
In the Best Director race, Anderson faces stiff competition from an unusually international slate, including Zhao, Coogler, Lanthimos, Trier, Josh Safdie, Kathryn Bigelow (A House of Dynamite), Lynne Ramsay (Die My Love), Hikari (Rental Family), and Kaouther Ben Hania (The Voice of Hind Rajab). The breadth of styles and sensibilities here signals a director’s race that may be far less predictable than the film category itself.
Acting categories are similarly stacked. Leading Actress contenders include Jessie Buckley (Hamnet), Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value), Emma Stone (Bugonia), Cynthia Erivo (Wicked: For Good), Jennifer Lawrence (Die My Love), and Tessa Thompson (Hedda), among others. On the Leading Actor side, recent Critics’ Choice winner Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme) appears alongside Michael B. Jordan (Sinners), Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another), Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon), Joel Edgerton (Train Dreams), and Cillian Murphy (Steve).
The Supporting races further highlight the season’s depth, with names like Benicio Del Toro, Jacob Elordi, Paul Mescal, Carey Mulligan, Ariana Grande, Wunmi Mosaku, Teyana Taylor, and Stellan Skarsgård all making the cut — many representing films that are overperforming across multiple categories.
BAFTA’s longlists also emphasize strength below the line, where One Battle After Another, Hamnet, Sinners, Marty Supreme, and Frankenstein repeatedly appear in cinematography, editing, costume design, production design, score, sound, and casting categories. These technical showings often prove decisive in the final nomination round — and, eventually, on Oscar ballots.
The final BAFTA nominations will be determined during voting from January 9–20, with the winners announced at the BAFTA Film Awards ceremony on Sunday, February 22, hosted by Alan Cumming at London’s Royal Festival Hall. As always, the results are expected to play a significant role in shaping the final stretch of the global awards race.
See the full BAFTA Film Awards 2026 longlists below:
Best Film
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
I Swear
Marty Supreme
Nuremberg
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Director
Yorgos Lanthimos, Bugonia
Lynne Ramsay, Die My Love
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
Kathryn Bigelow, A House of Dynamite
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Hikari, Rental Family
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Kaouther Ben Hania, The Voice of Hind Rajab
Original Screenplay
Blue Moon
A House of Dynamite
I Swear
Is This Thing On?
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Weapons
Adapted Screenplay
28 Years Later
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Nuremberg
One Battle After Another
Pillion
Train Dreams
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Leading Actress
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked: For Good
Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue
Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another
Jennifer Lawrence, Die My Love
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
Andrea Riseborough, Dragonfly
Emma Stone, Bugonia
Tessa Thompson, Hedda
Leading Actor
Robert Aramayo, I Swear
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Russell Crowe, Nuremberg
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Harry Melling, Pillion
Cillian Murphy, Steve
Jesse Plemons, Bugonia
Supporting Actress
Odessa A’zion, Marty Supreme
Brenda Blethyn, Dragonfly
Ariana Grande, Wicked: For Good
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan, Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Carey Mulligan, The Ballad of Wallis Island
Gwyneth Paltrow, Marty Supreme
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
Emily Watson, Hamnet
Supporting Actor
Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo, Sinners
Paul Mescal, Hamnet
Peter Mullan, I Swear
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Adam Sandler, Jay Kelly
Andrew Scott, Blue Moon
Alexander Skarsgård, Pillion
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
Outstanding British Film
28 Years Later
Ballad of a Small Player
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
The Choral
Die My Love
Goodbye June
H is for Hawk
Hamnet
I Swear
Mr Burton
Pillion
The Roses
Steve
Warfare
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
The Ceremony
The Man in My Basement
Mother Vera
My Father’s Shadow
Pillion
Ocean With David Attenborough
The Shadow Scholars
Urchin
A Want In Her
Wasteman
Children’s & Family Film
Arco
Boong
Elio
Grow
How to Train Your Dragon
Lilo & Stitch
Little Amelie
Zootropolis 2
POPULAR ON THE CINEMA GROUP
Film Not in English Language
It Was Just an Accident
La Grazia
Left-Handed Girl
No Other Choice
Nouvelle Vague
Rental Family
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sirāt
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Documentary
2000 Meters To Andriivka
Apocalypse In The Tropics
Becoming Led Zeppelin
Cover-Up
The Librarians
Mr Nobody Against Putin
Ocean With David Attenborough
One to One: John & Yoko
The Perfect Neighbor
Riefenstahl
Animated Film
Arco
The Bad Guys 2
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
Elio
Little Amelie
Zootropolis 2
Casting
Frankenstein
Hamnet
A House of Dynamite
I Swear
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Pillion
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Sirāt
Cinematography
Ballad of a Small Player
Bugonia
Die My Love
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams
Costume Design
Bugonia
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Nouvelle Vague
Nuremberg
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
Editing
28 Years Later
Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
A House of Dynamite
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Weapons
Make Up & Hair
Bugonia
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Nuremberg
One Battle After Another
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
Wicked: For Good
Original Score
28 Years Later
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Nuremberg
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
Production Design
Ballad of a Small Player
Bugonia
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Mickey 17
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
Special Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Frankenstein
How to Train Your Dragon
Jurassic World Rebirth
The Lost Bus
Mickey 17
Superman
Tron: Ares
Wicked: For Good
Sound
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
The Lost Bus
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Warfare
Wicked: For Good
British Short Animation
Brain Space
Cardboard
Death’s Peak
Ovary-Acting
Solstice
Two Black Boys in Paradise
British Short Film
22+1
Blondi
Magid / Zafar
Neil Armstrong and the Langholmites
Nostalgie
The Pearl Comb
Terence
This Is Endometriosis
Welcome Home Freckles
Wonderwall
