Free Printable 2026 Oscar Ballot and Movie Checklist: The Complete List

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Rolling out the red carpet for an Oscar party? Score a free printable 2026 Oscar ballot to pass out before showtime for some winning fun with friends! Even just filling one out on your own lets you predict results and tally triumphs. We also have a checklist with all 201 movies that were eligible for the best picture consideration, so you can keep track of which ones you have seen!

The 98th Academy Awards are scheduled for Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The event will be streamed on Hulu and broadcast on ABC.

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Nominees For Best Picture:

• Bugonia
• F1
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle after Another
• The Secret Agent
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners
• Train Dreams

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Fast Facts:

• Host: Conan O’Brien (second consecutive year).
• Record Breaker: Sinners (16 nominations).
• Top Contenders: Sinners (16), One Battle After Another (13), Marty Supreme (9), Sentimental Value (9).
• Nomination Record: Sinners broke the previous 14-nomination record set by All About Eve, Titanic, and La La Land.
• Unique Stat: For the third consecutive year, a film received 13 nominations (One Battle After Another).
• New Category: The 98th Awards introduce a casting category.
• For the Third Time in Academy Awards History: all five Best Director nominees are also nominated for writing their films. This is a growing trend with the Academy, following occurrences in 2022 and 2024.
• Youngest Best Actor: Timothée Chalamet was nominated for both Best Actor and Best Picture this year, becoming the youngest to achieve this at 30, just nine months ahead of Warren Beatty. He is the eleventh person overall to be nominated for both producing and acting in the same film, joining a list that includes Warren Beatty, Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood, Denzel Washington, Brad Pitt, Bradley Cooper, Leonardo DiCaprio, Will Smith, Frances McDormand, and Emma Stone.
• Most Nominated Individual: Steven Spielberg (“Hamnet”) sets a new record by becoming the most-nominated individual in Best Picture, with 14 nominations.
• New Record: This year, a new record was set with ten women nominated for Best Picture.

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