Did Sinners Deserve 16 Oscar Nominations?

Having grossed nearly $370 million worldwide, Sinners filled Warner Bros coffers when many of the studio’s key 2025 films lost money, and deserves its many Oscar nominations, asserts Aseem Chhabra.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Sinners breaks records at Oscar nominations 2026

Ryan Coogler’s thrilling, vampire drama, also a great musical, Sinners, has broken a film history record by receiving 16 Oscar nominations.

Sinners released early last year was a hit with critics and audiences around the world, including India. The previous record of 14 nominations was held by three films, All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land.

Having grossed nearly $370 worldwide, Sinners filled Warner Bros coffers when many of the studio’s key 2025 films lost money.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another raked up the second highest nominations, 13 in all, although it remained one of the Warner films to lose money in 2025. Going into the nomination announcements OBAA was the front runner for the Best Picture Oscar. But that may not be an absolute certainty now, given the amount of love the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences members have shown for Sinners.