Awards Season is in full swing, and all eyes are on the biggest event: the 98th Academy Awards. The 2026 Oscar nominations were revealed in January, and Ryan Coogler's Sinners (which is streaming with an HBO Max subscription) made history as the most nominated film ever. Coogler got a Best Director nod, and recently got real about being one of the few Black filmmakers to get honored in that way. Let's break it all down.
Sinners was widely considered one of the best movies of 2025, as well as one of the best horror movies in recent history. It's record-breaking Oscar nominations feel right, but in an interview with Variety, Coogler spoke about what those types of statistics mean to him. In his words:
