‘One Battle After Another’ Dominates BAFTA Longlist

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another led the pack at the 2026 BAFTA longest announcement with a record 16 mentions. It scored mentions in all major races including Film, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor, and Supporting Actress in addition to a host of craft categories. In second place were Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners with 14 mentions each.

Final nominations for the 2026 BAFTAs will be announced on January 27.

2026 BAFTA Film Longlists:

BEST FILM

·   The Ballad of Wallis Island

·   Bugonia

·   Frankenstein

·   Hamnet

·   I Swear

·   Marty Supreme

·   Nuremberg

·   One Battle After Another

·   Sentimental Value

·   Sinners

 

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

·   Zootopia 2

 

FILM NOT IN THE 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

 

DIRECTOR

·   Bugonia (Yorgos Lanthimos)

·   Die My Love (Lynne Ramsay)

·   Hamnet (Chloé Zhao)

·   A House of Dynamite (Kathryn Bigelow)

·   Marty Supreme (Josh Safdie)

·   One Battle After Another (Paul Thomas Anderson)

·   Rental Family (Hikari)

·   Sentimental Value (Joachim Trier)

·   Sinners (Ryan Coogler)

·   The Voice of Hind Rajab (Kaouther Ben Hania)

 

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

 

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