January 22, 2026
UPDATE
Apple received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture for an acclaimed feature F1 and Best Feature Documentary for Come see me in a good light
It comes from Apple Studios, F1 it also wins awards for Best Sound, Best Visual Effects, and Best Editing Lost bus gets a nomination for best visual effects
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominations for the 98th Annual Academy Awards today, with Apple receiving a total of six nominations, including Best Picture for the acclaimed Apple Original Film. F1the highest-grossing sports feature of all time, alongside the best sound, best visual effects and best editing. Beloved documentary Come see me in a good light it received a nomination for Best Documentary Feature and won the film Lost bus gets a nomination for best visual effects. Winners will be announced on Sunday, March 15 in Los Angeles.
“We are so grateful to the Academy for its recognition F1, Come see me in a good lightand Lost bus — three films that evoke the joy of human connection and resonated with global audiences in different ways,” said Zack Van Amburg, Apple’s head of Worldwide Video. “It’s exciting to see F1 nominated for Best Picture and to witness the accolades of so many members of the pioneering creative team, from visual effects and editing to the film’s pioneering sound. We send our heartiest congratulations to all the nominees.”
“WITH F1Joe, Jerry, Brad, Lewis and the entire creative team delivered something that only they could do – the most authentic, vibrant and entertaining racing movie ever made,” said Jamie Erlicht, Apple’s head of Worldwide Video. F1 The Best Picture nomination is a testament to their remarkable artistry, vision and unwavering passion. Next to extraordinary Come see me in a good light and Lost buswe are proud to celebrate the great work of this year’s nominees and are so grateful to the Academy.”
These Oscar nominations represent the most recent awards F1 after its record-breaking launch at the box office. The Apple Original by Jerry Bruckheimer and Joseph Kosinski was also recognized as one of the National Board of Review’s Top 10 Movies of 2025 and won two Critics Choice Awards for Best Editing and Best Sound. The film received nominations for SAG-AFTRA Actor Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Producers Guild Awards, Costume Designers Guild Awards, Art Directors Guild Awards, Artios Awards, Grammy Awards, Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards and NAACP Image Awards, among many others.
In addition to becoming Apple’s first nomination for Best Feature Documentary, Come see me in a good light was recognized as one of the National Board of Review’s top five documentaries of 2025 and received recognition from the International Documentary Association Awards as well as winning Outstanding Feature Film at the Cinema Eye Honors. After winning the Sundance Favorite Award last year, the documentary received nominations from the Society of Composers & Lyricists, the American Society of Cinematographers, the GLAAD Media Awards and the Film Independent Spirit Awards, among others.
This year’s Oscar nominations follow Apple’s historic wins at the 2022 Oscars, when CODA became the first film with a predominantly deaf cast to win Best Picture and the first ever film from a streaming service to win Best Picture. CODA star Troy Kotsur was the first deaf male actor to win Best Supporting Actor, and writer-director Siân Heder won her first ever Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. In 2023, the beloved Apple Original Film Boy, Mole, Fox and Horse won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. In 2024, Apple made history again when Killers of the Flower Moon marked a milestone for Native artist representation as Lily Gladstone became the first Native American to receive a Best Actress nomination, and Native artists Robbie Robertson and Scott George were honored with first-ever nominations for Best Original Score and Best Original Song. Martin Scorsese also made history as the most nominated living director with a total of 10 lifetime Academy Award nominations for Best Director.
To date, Apple Original movies, documentaries and series have been honored with 687 wins and 3,229 award nominations and counting, including multiple Emmy Award-winning historical comedies. Studio and Ted Lassoand Oscar winner for Best Picture CODA.
Apple received a total of six nominations for the 98th Annual Academy Awards:
F1
- Best shot
- The best sound
- Best visual effects
- The best cut
Come see me in a good light
- Best Documentary Feature Film
Lost bus
All titles are now streaming globally on Apple TV.
F1
Nicknamed “The Greatest That Never Was”, Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt) was the most promising phenomenon of the 1990s in FORMULA 1 until a track accident almost ended his career. Thirty years later, he is a nomadic racer for hire when he is approached by his former teammate Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem), owner of a struggling FORMULA 1 team on the brink of collapse. Ruben convinces Sonny to return to FORMULA 1 for one last attempt to save the team and be the best in the world. He’ll ride alongside Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris), the team’s hottest rookie who wants to set his own pace. But as the engines roar, Sonny’s past catches up with him and he discovers that in FORMULA 1 your teammate is your fiercest opponent – and the road to redemption is not something you can travel alone.
F1 produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Joseph Kosinski, seven-time Formula 1® World Champion Lewis Hamilton, Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Chad Oman. Kosinski directs from a screenplay by Ehren Kruger with a story by Kosinski and Kruger. Apple Original Films and Warner Bros. Pictures presented by Monolith Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer / Plan B Entertainment / Dawn Apollo Films Production, A Joseph Kosinski Film, F1distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
Come see me in a good light
Come see me in a good light is a touching and unexpectedly funny love story about poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley, who face a diagnosis of terminal cancer with joy, wit and an unshakable partnership. Through laughter and unwavering love, they transform pain into purpose and mortality into a moving celebration of resilience. Come see me in a good light directed by Ryan White, who also produces alongside Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notar and Stef Willen.
Lost bus
Directed by Paul Greengrass and inspired by true events, Lost bus is a white-knuckle ride through one of America’s deadliest wildfires as a wayward school bus driver (Matthew McConaughey) and a dedicated teacher (America Ferrera) battle to save 22 children from the terrifying inferno. Written by Greengrass and Brad Ingelsby, who also serve as producers, Lost bus produced by Gregory Goodman, Jason Blum for Blumhouse Productions and Jamie Lee Curtis for Comet Pictures.
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