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Anupam Kher Cheers With Pride As His Directorial Tanvi The Great Officially Enters Oscars 2026 Race: Huge Win
The 98th Academy Awards confirms 201 films eligible for Best Picture, including Indian titles such as Tanvi the Great, Kantara: A Legend Chapter 1, Tourist Family and Sister Midnight, with rules detailing commercial release and runtime requirements.
317 feature films are now confirmed as eligible for the 98th Academy Awards, with 201 in contention for Best Picture. The Oscars list also features Indian projects such as Rishab Shetty's Kantara: A Legend – Chapter 1, Anupam Kher's Tanvi the Great, Tourist Family, Mahavatar Narsimha and Radhika Apte-led Sister Midnight.
Tanvi the Great is directed by Anupam Kher, while Kantara: A Legend – Chapter 1 is helmed by Rishab Shetty. Tourist Family comes from first-time Tamil filmmaker Abishan Jeevinth, Mahavatar Narsimha is a multilingual animated feature, and Sister Midnight is a Hindi-language UK-India co-production featuring Radhika Apte.
Oscars list eligibility rules and 98th Academy Awards criteria
The Academy explains that general entry contenders must release in a commercial cinema in at least one of six United States metropolitan areas between 1 January 2025 and 31 December 2025. Each qualifying title needs a continuous seven-day theatrical run in the same venue, with a minimum running time exceeding 40 minutes.
The 98th Academy Awards Best Picture race includes major Hollywood franchises alongside the Indian films on the Oscars list. Large-scale titles such as Avatar: Fire and Ash, The Conjuring: Last Rites, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Superman and Wicked: For Good sit in the same broad pool of 201 qualifying Best Picture hopefuls.
Full Oscars list of eligible Best Picture films
The Academy has released the complete Oscars list of 201 films that qualify for Best Picture consideration at the 98th Academy Awards, featuring a mix of sequels, biopics, dramas, animation and international projects.
| The Accountant 2 |
| The Actor |
| After the Hunt |
| All of You |
| All That's Left of You |
| The Alto Knights |
| The Amateur |
| Americana |
| Anaconda |
| Anemone |
| Anniversary |
| The Assessment |
| Audrey's Children |
| Avatar: Fire and Ash |
| The Bad Guys 2 |
| Ballad of a Small Player |
| The Ballad of Wallis Island |
| Ballerina |
| The Baltimorons |
| Bau, Artist at War |
| Becoming Led Zeppelin |
| Belén |
| A Big Bold Beautiful Journey |
| Black Bag |
| Black Phone 2 |
| Blue Moon |
| Bob Trevino Likes It |
| Bone Lake |
| Bring Her Back |
| Brownsville Bred |
| Bugonia |
| The Carpenter's Son |
| Caught Stealing |
| The Choral |
| Christy |
| The Chronology of Water |
| Companion |
| The Conjuring: Last Rites |
| Dead Man's Wire |
| Death of a Unicorn |
| Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle |
| Die My Love |
| Dog Man |
| Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight |
| Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale |
| Dust Bunny |
| East of Wall |
| Echo Valley |
| Eddington |
| Eden |
| Eephus |
| Eleanor the Great |
| Elio |
| Ella McCay |
| Eternity |
| Everything's Going to Be Great |
| F1 |
| Fackham Hall |
| Fairyland |
| The Fantastic Four: First Steps |
| Father Mother Sister Brother |
| Final Destination: Bloodlines |
| Five Nights at Freddy's 2 |
| Folktales |
| 40 Acres |
| Frankenstein |
| Freakier Friday |
| Freaky Tales |
| The Friend |
| Friendship |
| Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie |
| Good Boy |
| Good Fortune |
| Goodbye June |
| Guns & Moses |
| Hamnet |
| Hedda |
| Hell of a Summer |
| Highest 2 Lowest |
| Him |
| The History of Sound |
| A House of Dynamite |
| The Housemaid |
| How to Train Your Dragon |
| I Wish You All the Best |
| If I Had Legs I'd Kick You |
| Is This Thing On? |
| It Was Just an Accident |
| It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley |
| Jane Austen Wrecked My Life |
| Jay Kelly |
| Jurassic World Rebirth |
| Kantara: A Legend – Chapter 1 |
| Karate Kid: Legends |
| Keeper |
| Kiss of the Spider Woman |
| The Knife |
| La Grazia |
| Last Breath |
| Left-Handed Girl |
| The Legend of Ochi |
| The Life of Chuck |
| Lilly |
| Lilo & Stitch |
| Little Amélie or the Character of Rain |
| The Long Walk |
| The Lost Bus |
| Love Hurts |
| Love Me |
| The Luckiest Man in America |
| Magazine Dreams |
| Mahavatar Narsimha |
| The Man in My Basement |
| Marty Supreme |
| Materialists |
| M3GAN 2.0 |
| Mickey 17 |
| A Minecraft Movie |
| Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning |
| The Monkey |
| My Dead Friend Zoe |
| The Naked Gun |
| No Other Choice |
| Nobody 2 |
| Nouvelle Vague |
| Novocaine |
| Now You See Me: Now You Don't |
| Nuremberg |
| Oh, Hi! |
| On Becoming a Guinea Fowl |
| On Swift Horses |
| One Battle After Another |
| 100 Nights of Hero |
| One of Them Days |
| One to One: John and Yoko |
| Opus |
| Orwell 2+2=5 |
| Paddington in Peru |
| Peter Hujar's Day |
| The Phoenician Scheme |
| The Plague |
| Plainclothes |
| Preparation for the Next Life |
| Presence |
| Prime Minister |
| Rebuilding |
| Regretting You |
| Relay |
| Rental Family |
| Resurrection |
| Roofman |
| Rosemead |
| The Roses |
| Rule Breakers |
| The Running Man |
| The Ruse |
| Scarlet |
| The Secret Agent |
| Sentimental Value |
| She Rides Shotgun |
| Sheepdog |
| Shelby Oaks |
| The Shrouds |
| Sinners |
| Sirāt |
| Sister Midnight |
| Sisu: Road to Revenge |
| Sketch |
| The Smashing Machine |
| Song Sung Blue |
| Sorry, Baby |
| Soul on Fire |
| Sovereign |
| Spinal Tap II: The End Continues |
| Splitsville |
| Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere |
| Steve |
| The Summer Book |
| Superman |
| Tanvi the Great |
| Tetami |
| The Testament of Ann Lee |
| Thunderbolts |
| Together |
| Tourist Family |
| Train Dreams |
| Trifole |
| Truth & Treason |
| 28 Years Later |
| Twinless |
| The Ugly Stepsister |
| Urchin |
| The Voice of Hind Rajab |
| Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery |
| Warfare |
| Weapons |
| The Wedding Banquet |
| Wicked: For Good |
| Wolf Man |
| The Woman in the Yard |
| Zootopia 2 |
Anupam Kher reaction to Oscars list recognition
Among the Indian films on the Oscars list, Tanvi the Great has drawn special attention because Anupam Kher both directed and acted in the project. After learning that the film is eligible for consideration, Anupam Kher shared an emotional note reflecting on the journey.
Expressing gratitude for Tanvi the Great entering the Oscars list, Anupam wrote that the acknowledgement already feels like a major result for the team behind the film, even before any potential nomination or win at the 98th Academy Awards.
"Oscar…. Best film….shortlist…. Tanvi The Great!!! Every year thousands of films from all over the world are sent for the most prestigious film awards #OSCARS! Millions of people in the movie industry work very hard to get that initial nod and appreciation by the @theacademy!"
He continued by describing what inclusion on the Oscars list means for Tanvi the Great and the crew that supported the production, stressing how the recognition places the title within a very select global company of feature films assessed by the Academy.
"This also puts one in the category of the few very best in the business! Getting nominated and finally winning will be of course an ultimate feeling. BUT being in the list of top 200 films in the world finalised by the #98ThAcademyAwards committee is already a huge TRIUMPH for team #TanviTheGreat! We worked very hard!"
"And today having completed 100 Days in theatres and being shortlisted by #Oscar selection committee validates our be belief that hard work and sincerity always gets rewarded! Thank @theacademy for this AMAZING honour! We also love the tag of it being an INDIAN FILM! Jai Hind!! #KuchBhiHoSaktaHai," he concluded.
With Kantara: A Legend – Chapter 1, Tanvi the Great, Mahavatar Narsimha, Tourist Family and Sister Midnight all present on the Oscars list for the 98th Academy Awards, Indian cinema secures a visible place among 201 Best Picture hopefuls, following the Academy's strict theatrical and runtime rules.
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