The 2026 BAFTA Longlist Snubs The Secret Agent, Loves Wicked: For Good
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts’ awards longlist came out today, and awards watchers should take a long, hard look at it, because it’s the last insight into the BAFTAs that they’ll get until after the Academy Award nominations come out on January 22. Most years, the BAFTA nominations are a crucial insight for prognosticators into how Oscar nominations will shake down. But this year, due to weird scheduling, the BAFTA nods will come out on January 27, after the Oscar nominations. Weird stuff.
Still, despite their expanded lists for the time being, BAFTA found ways to snub and surprise. The most notable person not included on the shortlist is Brazilian actor Wagner Moura for The Secret Agent, who Oscar watchers think will be nominated for Best Actor. Otherwise, there’s the typical overindexing of British films like The Ballad of Wallis Island and I Swear, which both made it onto the Best Film longlist. One Battle After Another continued its domination, with 16 mentions, followed closely by Hamnet and Sinners who earned 14 each. Wicked: For Good had a great morning, too, with eight mentions. However, Best Film was not one of those eight.
Below, find the full group of BAFTA longlists, ahead of the ceremony on February 16.
Best Film
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
I Swear
Marty Supreme
Nuremberg
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Best Director
Yorgos Lanthimos, Bugonia
Lynne Ramsay, Die My Love
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
Kathryn Bigelow, A House of Dynamite
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Hikari, Rental Family
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Kaouther Ben Hania, The Voice of Hind Rajab
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
Best 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
Best 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
Best 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
Best 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
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
Best Children’s & Family Film
Arco
Boong
Elio
Grow
How to Train Your Dragon
Lilo & Stitch
Little Amelie
Zootropolis 2
Best 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
Best 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
Best Animated Film
Arco
The Bad Guys 2
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
Elio
Little Amelie
Zootropolis 2
Best Casting
Frankenstein
Hamnet
A House of Dynamite
I Swear
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Pillion
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Sirāt
Best Cinematography
Ballad of a Small Player
Bugonia
Die My Love
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams
Best Costume Design
Bugonia
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Nouvelle Vague
Nuremberg
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
Best Editing
28 Years Later
Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
A House of Dynamite
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Weapons
Best 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
Best Original Score
28 Years Later
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Nuremberg
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
Best 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
Best 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
Best 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
Best British Short Animation
Brain Space
Cardboard
Death’s Peak
Ovary-Acting
Solstice
Two Black Boys in Paradise
Best 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
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