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2026 Oscar Nominees:
Woke or Not?

The 98th Academy Awards air March 15, 2026. VirtueVigil has reviewed 10 of 10 Best Picture nominees. Here is your complete scorecard so you know what Hollywood is celebrating before you watch.

Best Picture Scorecard Acting & Directing
10
Best Picture Nominees
7
Traditional / Lean Trad
1
Mixed / Neutral
2
Woke / Lean Woke
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Best Picture

All 10 nominees scored by VirtueVigil. Sinners leads with a record-shattering 16 nominations. Tap any reviewed film for the full analysis.

Sinners poster
TRADITIONAL LEAN
16 NOMS

Sinners

Most nominated film in Oscar history

WOKE: 15 TRAD: 19 AUTH: 72%
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Hamnet poster
TRADITIONAL
8 NOMS

Hamnet

WOKE: 8.63 TRAD: 18.41 AUTH: 10%
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One Battle After Another poster
WOKE LEAN
7 NOMS

One Battle After Another

WOKE: 10 TRAD: 6 AUTH: 55%
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Frankenstein poster
TRADITIONAL LEAN
7 NOMS

Frankenstein

WOKE: 11.66 TRAD: 20.86 AUTH: 68%
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Marty Supreme poster
TRADITIONAL LEAN
6 NOMS

Marty Supreme

WOKE: 4 TRAD: 7 AUTH: 63%
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Sentimental Value poster
TRADITIONAL LEAN
5 NOMS

Sentimental Value

WOKE: 16.64 TRAD: 23.59 AUTH: 87%
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Bugonia poster
STRONGLY WOKE
3 NOMS

Bugonia

WOKE: 28.94 TRAD: 8.48 AUTH: 62%
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F1 poster
TRADITIONAL
3 NOMS

F1

WOKE: 5.52 TRAD: 22.68 AUTH: 82%
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The Secret Agent poster
MIXED
3 NOMS

The Secret Agent

WOKE: 17 TRAD: 18 AUTH: 70%
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Train Dreams poster
TRADITIONAL
3 NOMS

Train Dreams

WOKE: 5.3 TRAD: 20.6 AUTH: 62%
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Best Director

Ryan Coogler
TRADITIONAL LEAN
Chloe Zhao
TRADITIONAL
Paul Thomas Anderson
WOKE LEAN
Josh Safdie
TRADITIONAL LEAN
Joachim Trier
TRADITIONAL LEAN
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Best Actor

Michael B. Jordan
TRADITIONAL LEAN
Timothee Chalamet
TRADITIONAL LEAN
Leonardo DiCaprio
WOKE LEAN
Ethan Hawke
TRADITIONAL LEAN
Wagner Moura
MIXED
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Best Actress

Jessie Buckley
TRADITIONAL
Emma Stone
STRONGLY WOKE
Renate Reinsve
TRADITIONAL LEAN
WOKE LEAN
Kate Hudson
TRADITIONAL

The Bottom Line

The 98th Academy Awards are a mixed bag for conservative viewers. The good news: several Best Picture nominees lean traditional or neutral. Sinners, F1, Train Dreams, and Marty Supreme all carry TRADITIONAL LEAN or TRADITIONAL verdicts from VirtueVigil. Sentimental Value scores NEUTRAL with a strong traditional lean in its scoring.

The caution areas: One Battle After Another and Bugonia carry WOKE LEAN and MIXED verdicts respectively. Hamnet is genuinely mixed, with openly feminist framing wrapped around deeply traditional values of family and motherhood. The Secret Agent is also MIXED.

This is one of the more balanced Oscar Best Picture lineups in recent years. No "Barbie" or "Poor Things" level ideological provocations made the cut. Use our individual reviews to decide what is worth your time.

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