Oscars 2026: One Battle After Another Wins Big as Sinners Makes History at the 98th Academy Awards

Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood wrapped up the 98th Academy Awards, and honestly, it delivered. Two films dominated the conversation all evening, and by the end of it, both walked away with genuine moments to celebrate.

One Battle After Another was the night's big winner, taking home six Oscars total. Best Picture, Best Director (Paul Thomas Anderson), Best Supporting Actor (Sean Penn), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Film Editing (Andy Jurgensen), and Best Casting (Cassandra Kulukundis). That last one is worth flagging on its own.

Best Casting is a brand new category. The first competitive award added by the Academy since Best Animated Feature back in 2001. Kulukundis took home the inaugural trophy, making a bit of history in what was already a strong night for the film.

Sinners, meanwhile, came in with a record-breaking 16 nominations. Sixteen. That surpasses the previous record of 14, shared by All About Eve, Titanic, and La La Land. It did not sweep the way some expected, but four wins is nothing to dismiss. Michael B. Jordan took Best Actor for playing twins in Ryan Coogler's vampire-horror, Autumn Durald Arkapaw won Best Cinematography (the first woman ever to do so), Ludwig Göransson picked up Best Original Score, and Coogler himself won Best Original Screenplay for the first time.

Arkapaw's win deserves a bit more attention. First woman. Ever. In one of the most technically scrutinised categories at the Oscars. That is a long time coming.

Jessie Buckley won Best Actress for Hamnet, playing Agnes Shakespeare in what was a quietly well-regarded performance throughout the awards season. Amy Madigan took Best Supporting Actress for Weapons.

Over in animation, KPop Demon Hunters had a strong showing. Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song for "Golden," performed at the ceremony by Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami. That makes it the first KPop song to ever win in that category, full stop.

Frankenstein, nominated nine times, walked away with three wins, all in craft categories: Production Design (Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau), Costume Design (Kate Hawley), and Makeup and Hairstyling (Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, and Cliona Furey).

Then there was the tie. Best Live Action Short Film ended with two winners, The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva sharing the award. Only the seventh tie in Oscars history, and the first since 2013.

Conan O'Brien hosted for the second consecutive year, after earning solid reviews for his first stint at the 97th ceremony. He rounded things off with a skit spoofing One Battle After Another's closing scene, which ended with Mr. Beast being named the new eternal Oscars host. Classic O'Brien.

Mr. Nobody Against Putin took Best Documentary Feature, and Sentimental Value won Best International Feature Film.

Below is the full list of nominees and winners from the 98th Academy Awards.

Best Picture

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

Best Actor

• Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)
• Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)
• Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)
• Michael B. Jordan (Sinners) - WINNER
• Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)

Best Supporting Actor

• Benicio Del Toro (One Battle After Another)
• Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)
• Delroy Lindo (Sinners)
• Sean Penn (One Battle After Another) - WINNER
• Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value)

Best Actress

• 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)

Best Supporting Actress

• Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value)
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value)
• Amy Madigan (Weapons) - WINNER
• Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners)
• Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)

Best Director

• Chloé Zhao (Hamnet)
• Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)
• Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another) - WINNER
• Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
• Ryan Coogler (Sinners)

Best Animated Feature

• Arco
• Elio
• KPop Demon Hunters - WINNER
• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
• Zootopia 2

Best Animated Short Film

• Butterfly
• Forevergreen
• The Girl Who Cried Pearls - WINNER
• Retirement Plan
• The Three Sisters

Best Casting

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

Best Cinematography

• Dan Laustsen (Frankenstein)
• Darius Khondji (Marty Supreme)
• Michael Bauman (One Battle After Another)
• Autumn Durald Arkapaw (Sinners) - WINNER
• Adolpho Veloso (Train Dreams)

Best Costume Design

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

Best Documentary Feature

• The Alabama Solution
• Come See Me in the Good Light
• Cutting Through Rocks
• Mr. Nobody Against Putin - WINNER
• 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

Best Film Editing

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

Best International Feature Film

• The Secret Agent
• It Was Just an Accident
• Sentimental Value - WINNER
• Sirāt
• The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best Live Action Short Film

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

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

• Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey (Frankenstein) - WINNER
• Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu (Kokuho)
• Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry (Sinners)
• Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein (The Smashing Machine)
• Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg (The Ugly Stepsister)

Best Original Score

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

Best Original Song

• "Dear Me" (Diane Warren: Relentless)
• "Golden" (KPop Demon Hunters) - WINNER
• "I Lied To You" (Sinners)
• "Sweet Dreams Of Joy" (Viva Verdi!)
• "Train Dreams" (Train Dreams)

Best Production Design

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

Best Sound

• Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta (F1) - WINNER
• Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern (Frankenstein)
• José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor (One Battle After Another)
• Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker (Sinners)
• Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas (Sirāt)

Best Visual Effects

• Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett (Avatar: Fire and Ash) - WINNER
• Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson (F1)
• David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould (Jurassic World Rebirth)
• Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin (The Lost Bus)
• Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean (Sinners)

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Will Tracy (Bugonia)
• Guillermo del Toro (Frankenstein)
• Chloé Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell (Hamnet)
• Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another) - WINNER
• Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar (Train Dreams)

Best Original Screenplay

• Robert Kaplow (Blue Moon)
• Jafar Panahi, Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian (It Was Just an Accident)
• Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)
• Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
• Ryan Coogler (Sinners) - WINNER