Hollywood’s biggest night returned to the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles for the 98th Academy Awards, celebrating the best films and performances of the past year.
Leading the evening was Paul Thomas Anderson’s action-drama One Battle After Another, which emerged as the biggest winner of the night with six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Film Editing and Best Casting. Jessie Buckley won Best Actress for her powerful performance in Hamnet, while Michael B. Jordan took home Best Actor for Sinners.
The ceremony, hosted once again by comedian Conan O’Brien, delivered a mix of major wins, historic firsts and even a rare tie. One of the night’s most unusual moments came in the Best Live Action Short Film category, where both The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva were awarded the Oscar after an unexpected tie.
This year’s ceremony also introduced a new competitive category, Best Casting, expanding the total number of Oscars presented to 24. The inaugural award went to Cassandra Kulukundis for her work on One Battle After Another.
Ryan Coogler’s vampire thriller Sinners also had a strong showing, winning Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score and Best Cinematography. Animation fans celebrated KPop Demon Hunters, which won both Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song, while Frankenstein dominated several craft categories including Costume Design, Makeup and Hairstyling and Production Design.
Below is the full list of winners from the 2026 Academy Awards.
Best Picture
WINNER: One Battle After Another
Bugonia
Frankenstein
F1
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams
Best Director
WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
Best Actress
WINNER: Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Emma Stone – Bugonia
Best Actor
WINNER: Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent
Best Supporting Actress
WINNER: Amy Madigan – Weapons
Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
Best Supporting Actor
WINNER: Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo – Sinners
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
Best Animated Feature
WINNER: KPop Demon Hunters
Arco
Elio
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2
Best International Feature
WINNER: Sentimental Value
It Was Just an Accident
Sirât
The Secret Agent
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Best Documentary Feature
WINNER: Mr Nobody Against Putin
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through the Rocks
The Alabama Solution
The Perfect Neighbor
Best Original Screenplay
WINNER: Sinners – Ryan Coogler
Blue Moon – Robert Kaplow
It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi
Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
Sentimental Value – Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier
Best Adapted Screenplay
WINNER: One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson
Bugonia – Will Tracy
Frankenstein – Guillermo del Toro
Hamnet – Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell
Train Dreams – Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar
Best Original Song
WINNER: Golden – KPop Demon HuntersDear Me – Diane Warren: Relentless
I Lied to You – Sinners
Sweet Dreams of Joy – Viva Verdi!
Train Dreams – Train Dreams
Best Original Score
WINNER: Sinners – Ludwig Göransson
Bugonia – Jerskin Fendrix
Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat
Hamnet – Max Richter
One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood
Best Cinematography
WINNER: Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Train Dreams
Best Film Editing
WINNER: One Battle After Another – Andy Jurgensen
F1
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Best Production Design
WINNER: Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Best Costume Design
WINNER: Frankenstein – Kate Hawley
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
WINNER: Frankenstein
Kokuho
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
The Ugly Stepsister
Best Sound
WINNER: F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirât
Best Visual Effects
WINNER: Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Jurassic World Rebirth
Sinners
The Lost Bus
Best Casting
WINNER: One Battle After Another – Cassandra Kulukundis
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
The Secret Agent
Best Animated Short Film
WINNER: The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Butterfly
Forevergreen
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters
Best Documentary Short
WINNER: All the Empty Rooms
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
Children No More: Were and Are Gone
The Devil Is Busy
Perfectly a Strangeness
Best Live Action Short Film
WINNER (TIE): The Singers
WINNER (TIE): Two People Exchanging Saliva
A Friend of Dorothy
Butcher’s Stain
Jane Austen’s Period Drama