The 2026 Oscars: Hollywood’s night of nights delivers historic wins.
The 98th Academy Awards, Hollywood’s night of nights, delivered historic wins, milestone achievements and climactic moments in some of the award season’s most competitive races.
One of the most notable moments of the evening was the recognition for the horror genre, with Sinners taking home several awards. Among them was Best Original Score, awarded to Ludwig Göransson, marking his third Oscar after previous wins for Black Panther and Oppenheimer.
That recognition extended to the acting categories, with Amy Madigan winning Best Supporting Actress for Weapons. The Supporting Actress category had long been considered a three-way race between Madigan, Teyana Taylor and Wunmi Mosaku throughout awards season, but Madigan’s chilling portrayal of Aunty Gladys ultimately won her the statue. The victory marks a significant moment for horror, a genre the Academy has historically been reluctant to reward in major categories.
The ceremony also delivered a rare Oscars moment, with the first tie in 13 years. In the Best Live Action Short Film category, both The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva were awarded the Oscar, marking just the seventh tie in Academy Awards history.
Several historic milestones were also set throughout the night. Autumn Durald Arkapaw won Best Cinematography for Sinners, becoming the first woman and first woman of colour to receive the award.
In the acting races, Michael B. Jordan secured Best Actor for Sinners, following one of the tightest competitions of the season, while Jessie Buckley won Best Actress for Hamnet, becoming the first Irish actress to take home the award.
The evening’s biggest honour went to Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, which claimed Best Picture after entering the ceremony with 13 nominations. Anderson also won Best Director for the film, capping off a major night for the project and its star-studded cast led by Leonardo DiCaprio.
Here is the full list of winners from this year’s Oscars:
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
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
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 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 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 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 International Feature
WINNER: Sentimental Value (Norway)
The Secret Agent (Brazil)
It Was Just an Accident (France)
Sirât (Spain)
The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)
Best Animated Feature
WINNER:KPop Demon Hunters
Arco
Elio
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2
Best Documentary Feature
WINNER: Mr Nobody Against Putin
The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
The Perfect Neighbor
Best Original Screenplay
WINNER: Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Robert Kaplow, Blue Moon
Jafar Panahi (script collaborators: Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian), It Was Just an Accident
Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
Best Adapted Screenplay
WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Will Tracy, Bugonia
Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein
Chloé Zhao, Maggie O'Farrell, Hamnet
Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Train Dreams
Best Casting
WINNER: Cassandra Kulukundis, One Battle After Another
Nina Gold, Hamnet
Jennifer Venditti, Marty Supreme
Gabriel Domingues, The Secret Agent
Francine Maisler, Sinners
Best Film Editing
WINNER: Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another
Stephen Mirrione, F1
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Olivier Bugge Coutté, Sentimental Value
Michael P. Shawver, Sinners
Best Cinematography
WINNER: Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners
Dan Laustsen, Frankenstein
Darius Khondji, Marty Supreme
Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another
Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams
Best Production Design
WINNER: Tamara Deverell, Shan Vieau, Frankenstein
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 Costume Design
WINNER: Kate Hawley, Frankenstein
Deborah L. Scott, Avatar: Fire and Ash
Malgosia Turzanska, Hamnet
Miyako Bellizzi, Marty Supreme
Ruth E. Carter, Sinners
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
WINNER: Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey, Frankenstein
Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino, Tadashi Nishimatsu, Kokuho
Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, Shunika Terry, Sinners
Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin, Bjoern Rehbein, The Smashing Machine
Thomas Foldberg, Anne Cathrine Sauerberg, The Ugly Stepsister
Best Original Song
WINNER:"Golden," KPop Demon Hunters (music and lyrics by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon, Teddy Park)
"Dear Me," Diane Warren: Relentless (music and lyrics by Diane Warren)
"I Lied to You," Sinners (music and lyrics by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson)
"Sweet Dreams of Joy," Viva Verdi! (music and lyrics by Nicholas Pike)
"Train Dreams," Train Dreams (music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; lyrics by Nick Cave
Best Original Score
WINNER: Ludwig Goransson, Sinners
Jerskin Fendrix, Bugonia
Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein
Max Richter, Hamnet
Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another
Best Sound
WINNER: Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta, F1
Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern, Frankenstein
José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflo, One Battle After Another
Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Sinners
Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas, Yasmina Praderas, Sirât
Best Visual Effects
WINNER: Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett, Avatar: Fire and Ash
Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington, Keith Dawson, F1
David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan, Neil Corbould, Jurassic World: Rebirth
Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen, Brandon K. McLaughlin, The Lost Bus
Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, Donnie Dean, Sinners
Best Live-Action Short
TIE - WINNERS: The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva
Butcher's Stain
A Friend of Dorothy
Jane Austen's Period Drama
Best Animated Short
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