One Battle After Another Leads 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards Longlists

Today BAFTA have unveiled 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards longlists with Paul Thomas Anderson‘s One Battle After Another leading the charge with a record-breaking 16 nods, the highest since the longlists were introduced in 2016.

The comedy drama is in the running in the main categories including Best Film and Director, with Chase Infiniti and Leonardo DiCaprio in the running for the Leading Actress and Actor trophies respectively.

Just behind One Battle After Another  with 14 mentions each are Chloe Zhao‘s Hamnet and Ryan Coogler‘s Sinners.  Often sidelined by awards ceremonies, horror is represented this year with Zach Cregger‘s Weapons in the running. Outstanding British Film mentions include The Ballad Of Wallis Island, Pillion and I Swear.

For some there will be no surprises in the longlists, for others there could be disappointments. Notable absentees in the Leading Actor category are George Clooney in Jay Kelly and Dwayne Johnson in The Smashing Machine.  Regardless of what made it through to this round, the lists will have their critics.

Check out The Chronicle Film Podcast Episode 53 which covers several of the longlisted movies.

There’s more to come in the run-up to the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards ceremony in February, with the final nominations announced on the 27th of this month. How much today’s longlists and the final nominees reflect the Oscar nominations when they are announced remains to be seen ……

THE 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
· Zootropolis 2

FILM NOT IN 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

ANIMATED FILM
· Arco
· The Bad Guys 2
· Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
· Elio
· Little Amelie
· Zootropolis 2

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

What do you think? The final nominations will be officially announced on January 27th and we’ll share those nominations on the day. Alan Cumming is set to host EE BAFTA Film Awards on February 22nd.

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