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Following the success of Black Panther and Creed, director Ryan Coogler returned last year with Sinners, an original vampire thriller. Set in 1930s Mississippi and starring Michael B. Jordan in a dual role, the film unfolds as both a supernatural tale and an exploration of family, tradition, and Black Southern culture. Now, Sinners has officially taken home a few Oscars: Best Actor (Jordan), Original Screenplay (Coogler), Score (Ludwig Goransson), and Cinematography (Autumn Durald Arkapaw, the first woman to win in her category). The movie even made history before the 2026 Academy Awards when it earned 16 nominations, the most out of any film in Oscars history.

Sinners, which premiered in theaters last April, marks the fifth collaboration between Coogler and Jordan. This time, Jordan plays twin brothers—Smoke and Stack—who return to their hometown hoping to leave their past behind. But what awaits them is even more: a town haunted by vampires and other monsters.

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Despite the high-concept premise, Coogler sought to root the film in raw emotion. Inspired by the loss of his uncle James and the family stories he heard growing up, Sinners merges bold, stylized filmmaking with deeply personal history. “For me, the movie started with my relationship with my uncle who is from Mississippi,” Coogler told LeBron James in a conversation for Interview Magazine.

“He was the older male figure in my life... When I was working on Creed in 2015, he passed away. I had already made a film about the Bay with Fruitvale [Station], I was making a movie about Philly, I made a couple of movies about Wakanda, and now I’m coming back home in a different way. I’m looking at the American South, which is, outside of the continent of Africa, where Black people call home.”

Though it tackles themes of Black displacement, resistance, and resilience, Sinners also makes space for humor, tenderness, and lots of blood. “At first I thought Sinners was going to be a small genre film, but [the more] I learned I was like, ‘Oh, this thing has to actually be massive’ for it to feel right, to do it justice,” Coogler told IndieWire.

And it sure was massive. In addition to earning over $300 million at the box office, Sinners received critical acclaim, landing on many best-of lists and winning Cinematic Box Office Achievement at the 2026 Golden Globe Awards. In addition to the Oscar nods for Best Picture and Best Screenplay, the film earned nominations for Best Actor (Jordan), Best Supporting Actress (Wunmi Mosaku), Best Supporting Actor (Delroy Lindo), Best Directing (Coogler), and more.

Technically, the film is pretty ambitious. Coogler shot it using ultra-widescreen formats—Ultra Panavision 70 and IMAX 65mm—giving it the immersive scope of a Hollywood epic, with an intimate touch. It’s a format Coogler chose deliberately to honor the theatrical experience. “I want people walking out of the theater and thinking, ‘Man, I had a full meal. They really care about the medium,’” he told LeBron James in Interview. Coogler also made an 11-minute video with Kodak, which went viral, explaining his filming process in intricate detail.

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Following its multiple Academy Award wins, find out how to watch Sinners below.

Where can I watch Sinners?

The film is available to stream on HBO Max.

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Viewers can buy or rent the film at home on digital platforms.

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Additional reporting by Starr Bowenbank.

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