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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 January 14, 2026 9:41am

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Wicked: For Good

Universal

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

David Canfield

Updated January 15, 2026 7:16pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Sirāt

Neon

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 November 19, 2025 1:07pm

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Wicked: For Good

Universal

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

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 January 10, 2026 7:17am

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Sirāt

Neon

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Frankenstein

Netflix

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Tomris Laffly

Updated January 16, 2026 1:34pm

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Sirāt

Neon

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Richard Lawson

Updated January 15, 2026 5:18am

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Sirāt

Neon

Shirley Li

Updated January 21, 2026 9:33pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Sirāt

Neon

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Predator: Badlands

20th Century

Ryan McQuade

Updated February 9, 2026 1:47pm

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Sirāt

Neon

Drew McWeeny

Updated September 22, 2025 3:26pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Weapons

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

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 January 15, 2026 4:57pm

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Frankenstein

Netflix

Wicked: For Good

Universal

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Katey Rich

Updated January 16, 2026 11:26am

Frankenstein

Netflix

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Sirāt

Neon

Joanna Robinson

Updated October 30, 2025 1:38pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Weapons

Warner Bros.

Wicked: For Good

Universal

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Christopher Rosen

Updated January 29, 2026 12:50pm

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Sirāt

Neon

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

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 October 14, 2025 8:00am

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Marty Supreme

A24

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 January 17, 2026 1:24am

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

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

60%

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

20%

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

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