‘Sinners’, Michael B. Jordan and Jessie Buckley among other top winners at the Academy Awards 2026.
The winners of the 98th Academy Awards have been crowned at a ceremony at the Dolby Theatre, marking a monumental night for cinema that saw both long-awaited triumphs and groundbreaking firsts.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another won the most awards of the night, securing six Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Sean Penn and Best Adapted Screenplay. Ryan Coogler’s Sinners and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein both walked away with an impressive four awards each.
The acting awards brought some of the most emotional moments of the ceremony. Michael B. Jordan took home Best Actor for his powerhouse performance in Sinners, while Spotlight member Jessie Buckley was named Best Actress for her soul-stirring role in Hamnet.
However, the evening’s most historic milestone belonged to Cassandra Kulukundis, who became the first-ever recipient of the Achievement in Casting award for One Battle After Another. In her acceptance speech, Kulukundis dedicated her award to all the casting directors who “never got a chance to get up here, who didn’t even get a chance to get their name on the movie.”
Cassandra Kulukundis accepts the first Best Casting award for ‘One Battle After Another’ / Image credit: Trae Patton/The Academy
Full List of Oscar Winners 2026:
Best Motion Picture of the Year
- One Battle After Another – WINNER
- Bugonia
- F1
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- The Secret Agent
- Sentimental Value
- Sinners
- Train Dreams
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
- Michael B. Jordan – Sinners – WINNER
- Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
- Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
- Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
- Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
- Sean Penn – One Battle After Another – WINNER
- Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another
- Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
- Delroy Lindo – Sinners
- Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
- Jessie Buckley – Hamnet – WINNER
- Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
- Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue
- Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
- Emma Stone – Bugonia
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
- Amy Madigan – Weapons – WINNER
- Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
- Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
- Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
Achievement in Casting
- One Battle After Another – Cassandra Kulukundis – WINNER
- Hamnet – Nina Gold
- Marty Supreme – Jennifer Venditti
- The Secret Agent – Gabriel Domingues
- Sinners – Francine Maisler
Best International Feature Film of the Year
- Sentimental Value – WINNER
- The Secret Agent
- It Was Just an Accident
- Sirãt
- The Voice of Hind Rajab
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
- KPop Demon Hunters – WINNER
- Arco
- Elio
- Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
- Zootopia 2
Best Animated Short Film
- The Girl Who Cried Pearls – WINNER
- Butterfly
- Forevergreen
- Retirement Plan
- The Three Sisters
Achievement in Cinematography
- Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw – WINNER
- Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen
- Marty Supreme – Darius Khondji
- One Battle After Another – Michael Bauman
- Train Dreams – Adolpho Veloso
Achievement in Costume Design
- Frankenstein – Kate Hawley – WINNER
- Avatar: Fire and Ash – Deborah L. Scott
- Hamnet – Malgosia Turzanska
- Marty Supreme – Miyako Bellizzi
- Sinners – Ruth E. Carter
Achievement in Directing
- One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson – WINNER
- Hamnet – Chloé Zhao
- Marty Supreme – Josh Safdie
- Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier
- Sinners – Ryan Coogler
Best Documentary Feature Film
- Mr. Nobody Against Putin – WINNER
- The Alabama Solution
- Come See Me in the Good Light
- Cutting Through Rocks
- The Perfect Neighbor
Best Documentary Short Film
- All the Empty Rooms – WINNER
- 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
Achievement in Film Editing
- One Battle After Another – Andy Jurgensen – WINNER
- F1 – Stephan Mirrione
- Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
- Sentimental Value – Oliver Bugge Coutté
- Sinners – Michael P. Shawver
Best Live Action Short Film
- The Singers – WINNER (TIED)
- Two People Exchanging Saliva – WINNER (TIED)
- Butcher’s Stain
- A Friend of Dorothy
- Jane Austen’s Period Drama
Achievement in Make-up and Hairstyling
- Frankenstein – Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey – WINNER
- Kokuho – Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu
- Sinners – Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry
- The Smashing Machine – Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein
- The Ugly Stepsister – Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
- Sinners – Ludwig Goransson – WINNER
- Bugnoia – Jerskin Fendrix
- Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat
- Hamnet – Max Richter
- One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
- ‘Golden’ – KPop Demon Hunters – WINNER
- ‘Dear Me’ – Diane Warren: Relentless
- ‘I Lied to You’ – Sinners
- ‘Sweet Dreams of Joy’ – Viva Verdi!
- ‘Train Dreams’ – Train Dreams
Achievement in Production Design
- Frankenstein – Tamara Deverell (Production Design), Shane Vieau (Set Decoration) – WINNER
- Hamnet – Fiona Crombie (Production Design), Alice Felton (Set Decoration)
- Marty Supreme – Jack Fisk (Production Design), Adam Willis (Set Decoration)
- One Battle After Another – Florencia Martin (Production Design), Anthony Carlino (Set Decoration)
- Sinners – Hannah Beachler (Production Design), Monique Champagne (Set Decoration)
Achievement in Sound
- F1 – Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta – WINNER
- Frankenstein – Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern
- One Battle After Another – José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor
- Sinners – Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker
- Siråt – Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas
Achievement in Visual Effects
- Avatar: Fire and Ash – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett – WINNER
- F1 – Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson]
- Jurassic World Rebirth – David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould
- The Lost Bus – Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin
- Sinners – Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean
Adapted Screenplay
- One Battle After Another – Written by Paul Thomas Anderson – WINNER
- Bugonia – Screenplay by Will Tracy
- Frankenstein – Written for the Screen by Guillermo del Toro
- Hamnet – Screenplay by Chloe Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell
- Train Dreams – Screenplay by Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar
Original Screenplay
- Sinners – Written by Ryan Coogler – WINNER
- Blue Moon – Written by Robert Kaplow
- It Was Just an Accident – Written by Jafar Panahi, Script Collaborators: Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin & Mehdi Mahmoudian
- Marty Supreme – Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
- Sentimental Value – Written by Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier
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