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Best Sound

The sound category is one of several where the nominees are chosen from a shortlist of contenders, voted on by the Sound branch, and announced in December.

Erik Anderson

Updated January 21, 2026 1:02pm

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Sirāt

Neon

Sonny Bunch

Updated March 2, 2026 9:43am

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Sirāt

Neon

David Canfield

Updated March 14, 2026 8:50am

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Sirāt

Neon

Frankenstein

Netflix

Sophia Ciminello

Updated January 29, 2026 1:18pm

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Sirāt

Neon

Tyler Coates

Updated January 29, 2026 1:04pm

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Sirāt

Neon

Frankenstein

Netflix

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Gregory Ellwood

Updated March 2, 2026 12:04pm

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Sirāt

Neon

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Joyce Eng

Updated February 13, 2026 8:18am

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Sirāt

Neon

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Chris Feil

Updated January 29, 2026 12:58pm

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Sirāt

Neon

Brian Formo

Updated March 2, 2026 4:07pm

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Sirāt

Neon

Frankenstein

Netflix

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Tomris Laffly

Updated February 27, 2026 3:04pm

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Sirāt

Neon

Richard Lawson

Updated March 3, 2026 10:36am

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Sirāt

Neon

Shirley Li

Updated March 3, 2026 3:25pm

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Sirāt

Neon

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Ryan McQuade

Updated February 20, 2026 8:07pm

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Sirāt

Neon

Drew McWeeny

Updated March 5, 2026 2:00pm

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Sirāt

Neon

Matt Neglia

Updated February 6, 2026 4:47pm

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Sirāt

Neon

Joe Reid

Updated March 12, 2026 9:58am

Sinners

Warner Bros.

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Sirāt

Neon

Katey Rich

Updated March 5, 2026 12:50pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Sirāt

Neon

Joanna Robinson

Updated February 27, 2026 3:04pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Christopher Rosen

Updated March 9, 2026 5:57am

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Sirāt

Neon

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Richard Rushfield

Updated January 29, 2026 6:08pm

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Sirāt

Neon

Michael Schulman

Updated January 30, 2026 4:37pm

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Sirāt

Neon

David Sims

Updated February 27, 2026 3:04pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Katie Walsh

Updated February 2, 2026 6:59pm

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Sirāt

Neon

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Steven Weintraub

Updated

Jada Yuan

Updated March 4, 2026 7:20am

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Sirāt

Neon

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Esther Zuckerman

Updated January 29, 2026 12:55pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Sirāt

Neon

Best Sound Leaderboard

Films sorted by the percentage of pundits predicting a win in this category

72%

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

20%

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

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