Oscars 2026: The Complete Winners List from the 98th Academy Awards

The 98th Academy Awards, hosted by the incomparable Conan O’Brien, took place on March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre, Ovation Hollywood. It was a night defined by long-awaited "firsts," historic records, and a fierce showdown between two cinematic giants: Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners.

While Sinners entered the night with a staggering 16 nominations (the most for any film in Oscar history), it was Anderson’s Pynchon-inspired epic, One Battle After Another, that claimed the night's top honor, Best Picture.

The Big Four: Major Category Winners

Best Picture

• Winner: One Battle After Another
• Bugonia
• F1
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• The Secret Agent
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners
• Train Dreams

Best Director

• Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another) This marks Anderson's first-ever win for Best Director, ending one of Hollywood's most famous "dry spells"
• Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
• Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)
• Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
• Chloé Zhao (Hamnet)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Winner: Michael B. Jordan (Sinners) Jordan took home his first Oscar for his dual-role performance as Elijah "Smoke" Moore and Elias "Stack" Moore
• Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)
• Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)
• Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)
• Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Winner: Jessie Buckley (Hamnet) Buckley made history as the first Irish winner in this category for her portrayal of Agnes Shakespeare
• Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I'd Kick You)
• Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue)
• Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value)
• Emma Stone (Bugonia)

Supporting Performances

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• 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 Actress in a Supporting Role

• Winner: Amy Madigan (Weapons) In a night of surprises, Madigan was the first winner announced, taking home the trophy for her role in the thriller "Weapons"
• Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value)
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value)
• Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners)
• Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)

Writing & Craft Categories

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 Cinematography

• Winner: Sinners (Autumn Durald Arkapaw) History was made as Arkapaw became the first woman to ever win the Oscar for Best Cinematography
• Frankenstein (Dan Laustsen)
• Marty Supreme (Darius Khondji)
• One Battle After Another (Michael Bauman)
• Train Dreams (Adolpho Veloso)

Best Animated Feature

• Winner: KPop Demon Hunters
• Arco
• Elio
• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
• Zootopia 2

Best International Feature Film

• Winner: Sentimental Value (Norway) Norway's first win in this category
• It Was Just an Accident (France)
• Sirât (Spain)
• The Secret Agent (Brazil)
• The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)

Music & Sound

Best Original Score

• Winner: Sinners (Ludwig Göransson)
• Bugonia (Jerskin Fendrix)
• Frankenstein (Alexandre Desplat)
• Hamnet (Max Richter)
• One Battle After Another (Jonny Greenwood)

Best Original Song

• Winner: Golden (KPop Demon Hunters)
• Dear Me (Diane Warren: Relentless)
• I Lied to You (Sinners)
• Sweet Dreams of Joy (Viva Verdi!)
• Train Dreams (Train Dreams)

Best Sound

• Winner: F1
• Frankenstein
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Sirât

Production & Technical

Best Visual Effects

• Winner: Avatar: Fire and Ash
• F1
• Jurassic World Rebirth
• Sinners
• The Lost Bus

Best Film Editing

• Winner: One Battle After Another (Andy Jurgensen)
• F1 (Stephen Mirrione)
• Marty Supreme (Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie)
• Sentimental Value (Olivier Bugge Coutté)
• Sinners (Michael P Shawver)

Best Production Design

• Winner: Frankenstein (Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau)
• Hamnet (Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton)
• Marty Supreme (Jack Fisk and Adam Willis)
• One Battle After Another (Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino)
• Sinners (Hannah Beachler and Monique Champagne)

Best Costume Design

• Winner: Frankenstein (Kate Hawley)
• Avatar: Fire and Ash (Deborah L. Scott)
• Hamnet (Malgosia Turzanska)
• Marty Supreme (Miyako Bellizzi)
• Sinners (Ruth E. Carter)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

• Winner: Frankenstein (Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey)
• 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)

Best Casting

• Winner: One Battle After Another (Cassandra Kulukundis)
• Hamnet (Nina Gold)
• Marty Supreme (Jennifer Venditti)
• Sinners (Francine Maisler)
• The Secret Agent (Gabriel Domingues)

Documentary & Shorts

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 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

• Winner: The Singers
• Winner: Two People Exchanging Saliva
• A Friend of Dorothy
• Butcher's Stain
• Jane Austen's Period Drama

Best Animated Short

• Winner: The Girl Who Cried Pearls
• Butterfly
• Forevergreen
• Retirement Plan
• The Three Sisters

One Oscar After Another: A Night to Remember

The 2026 Oscars will be remembered for the "Battle of the Blockbusters." While One Battle After Another took home 6 awards (including Best Picture and Director), Sinners proved its dominance in the craft and acting sectors with 4 awards. Other notable moments included Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein sweeping the aesthetic categories (Production, Costume, and Makeup) and the historic win for "Golden," the first K-pop track to win Best Original Song.

What was your biggest surprise of the night? Let us know in the comments!