One Battle After Another heads BAFTA longlist

Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners are close behind, with 14 longlist spots each.

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

One Battle After Another scored longlist mentions in all the major BAFTA categories, including Best Film, Best Director, and Adapted Screenplay.

It also has a strong presence in the performance categories, with newcomer Chase Infiniti landing on the Leading Actress longlist, Leonardo DiCaprio on the Leading Actor longlist, and Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, and Teyana Taylor on the respective Supporting longlists.

Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners both landed Director, Best Film, and performance mentions.

Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme follows with 13 mentions, while Bugonia and Frankenstein both clocked 12. Sentimental Value and Wicked: For Good close off the leading pack with eight mentions each. 

Of the British titles, Harry Lighton’s Pillion and Kirk Jones’s I Swear landed six mentions, and The Ballad of Wallis Island was listed in five categories.

Other films with multiple mentions include 28 Years Later, Die My Love, FI, and A House of Dynamite, which all landed four mentions. 

The BAFTA Film Awards take place on 22 February 2026. 

Bafta film awards 2026 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 and Family Film

• Arco
• Boong
• Elio
• Grow
• How to Train Your Dragon
• Lilo & Stitch
• Little Amelie
• Zootropolis 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
• Sirât
• 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

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

Casting

• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• A House of Dynamite
• I Swear
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Pillion
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners
• Sirât

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 and 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

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