Oscars: 317 Films Eligible for 98th Academy Awards, 201 for Best Picture

317 feature films are eligible for the 98th Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. That’s down just a bit from 323 last year.

There are 201 feature films eligible for consideration in the Best Picture category, which has additional eligibility requirements beyond those for general entry. Last year saw 207 films eligible for Best Picture.

To be eligible for consideration in the general entry categories, feature films must open in a commercial motion picture theater in at least one of six U.S. metropolitan areas: Los Angeles County; the City of New York; the Bay Area; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas; and Atlanta, Georgia, between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2025, and complete a minimum qualifying run of seven consecutive days in the same venue. Feature films must have a running time of more than 40 minutes. 

The “Reminder List of Productions Eligible for the 98th Academy Awards” in the general entry categories is available at https://www.oscars.org/oscars/rules-eligibility. The Reminder List also includes the performers eligible for consideration in the Acting categories.

To be eligible for consideration in the Best Picture category for the 98th Academy Awards, films must be eligible for general entry and have submitted a confidential Academy Representation and Inclusion Standards Entry (RAISE ) form. They must have met two of the four standards required in addition to an expanded theatrical eligibility requirement, which includes a theatrical run of seven days, consecutive or nonconsecutive, in 10 of the top 50 U.S. markets, no later than 45 days after the initial release in 2025. Eligibility in the Best Picture category is subject to change if late-in-the-year films do not complete the planned expanded theatrical run by January 22, 2026. A film’s distributor or producer had the option to opt out of Best Picture consideration. A list of productions eligible in the Best Picture category is available at https://www.oscars.org/oscars/rules-eligibility. 

Oscars shortlists were previously announced in 12 categories: Animated Short Film, Casting, Cinematography, Documentary Feature Film, Documentary Short Film, International Feature Film, Live Action Short Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Sound and Visual Effects.

Nominations voting begins on Monday, January 12, 2026, and concludes on Friday, January 16, 2026.

Nominations for the 98th Academy Awards will be announced on Thursday, January 22, 2026.

BEST PICTURE REMINDER LIST FOR THE 98TH ACADEMY AWARDS

“The Accountant 2”
“The Actor”
“After the Hunt”
“All of You”
“All That’s Left of You”
“The Alto Knights”
“The Amateur”
“Americana”
“Anaconda”
“Anemone”
“Anniversary”
“The Assessment”
“Audrey’s Children”
“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“The Bad Guys 2”
“Ballad of a Small Player”
“The Ballad of Wallis Island”
“Ballerina”
“The Baltimorons”
“Bau, Artist at War”
“Becoming Led Zeppelin”
“Belén”
“A Big Bold Beautiful Journey”
“Black Bag”
“Black Phone 2”
“Blue Moon”
“Bob Trevino Likes It”
“Bone Lake”
“Bring Her Back”
“Brownsville Bred”
“Bugonia”
“The Carpenter’s Son”
“Caught Stealing”
“The Choral”
“Christy”
“The Chronology of Water”
“Companion”
“The Conjuring: Last Rites”
“Dead Man’s Wire”
“Death of a Unicorn”
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle”
“Die My Love”
“Dog Man”
“Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight”
“Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale”
“Dust Bunny”
“East of Wall”
“Echo Valley”
“Eddington”
“Eden”
“Eephus”
“Eleanor the Great”
“Elio”
“Ella McCay”
“Eternity”
“Everything’s Going to Be Great”
“F1”
“Fackham Hall”
“Fairyland”
“The Fantastic Four: First Steps”
“Father Mother Sister Brother”
“Final Destination: Bloodlines”
“Five Nights at Freddy’s 2”
“Folktales”
“40 Acres”
“Frankenstein”
“Freakier Friday”
“Freaky Tales”
“The Friend”
“Friendship”
“Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie”
“Good Boy”
“Good Fortune”
“Goodbye June”
“Guns & Moses”
“Hamnet”
“Hedda”
“Hell of a Summer”
“Highest 2 Lowest”
“Him”
“The History of Sound”
“A House of Dynamite”
“The Housemaid”
“How to Train Your Dragon”
“I Wish You All the Best”
“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
“Is This Thing On?”
“It Was Just an Accident”
“It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley”
“Jane Austen Wrecked My Life”
“Jay Kelly”
“Jurassic World Rebirth”
“Kantara: A Legend – Chapter 1”
“Karate Kid: Legends”
“Keeper”
“Kiss of the Spider Woman”
“The Knife”
“La Grazia”
“Last Breath”
“Left-Handed Girl”
“The Legend of Ochi”
“The Life of Chuck”
“Lilly”
“Lilo & Stitch”
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain”
“The Long Walk”
“The Lost Bus”
“Love Hurts”
“Love Me”
“The Luckiest Man in America”
“Magazine Dreams”
“Mahavatar Narsimha”
“The Man in My Basement”
“Marty Supreme”
“Materialists”
“M3GAN 2.0”
“Mickey 17”
“A Minecraft Movie”
“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning”
“The Monkey”
“My Dead Friend Zoe”
“The Naked Gun”
“No Other Choice”
“Nobody 2”
“Nouvelle Vague”
“Novocaine”
“Now You See Me: Now You Don’t”
“Nuremberg”
“Oh, Hi!”
“On Becoming a Guinea Fowl”
“On Swift Horses”
“One Battle after Another”
“100 Nights of Hero”
“One of Them Days”
“One to One: John and Yoko”
“Opus”
“Orwell 2+2=5”
“Paddington in Peru”
“Peter Hujar’s Day”
“The Phoenician Scheme”
“The Plague”
“Plainclothes”
“Preparation for the Next Life”
“Presence”
“Prime Minister”
“Rebuilding”
“Regretting You”
“Relay”
“Rental Family”
“Resurrection”
“Roofman”
“Rosemead”
“The Roses”
“Rule Breakers”
“The Running Man”
“The Ruse”
“Scarlet”
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Value”
“She Rides Shotgun”
“Sheepdog”
“Shelby Oaks”
“The Shrouds”
“Sinners”
“Sirāt”
“Sister Midnight”
“Sisu: Road to Revenge”
“Sketch”
“The Smashing Machine”
“Song Sung Blue”
“Sorry, Baby”
“Soul on Fire”
“Sovereign”
“Spinal Tap II: The End Continues”
“Splitsville”
“Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere”
“Steve”
“The Summer Book”
“Superman”
“Tanvi the Great”
“Tatami”
“The Testament of Ann Lee”
“Thunderbolts*”
“Together”
“Tourist Family”
“Train Dreams”
“Trifole”
“Truth & Treason”
“28 Years Later”
“Twinless”
“The Ugly Stepsister”
“Urchin”
“The Voice of Hind Rajab”
“Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery”
“Warfare”
“Weapons”
“The Wedding Banquet”
“Wicked: For Good”
“Wolf Man”
“The Woman in the Yard”
“Zootopia 2”

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