Hollywood’s top talents were celebrated at the 2026 Academy Awards, with honors spanning every aspect of filmmaking, from acting to technical excellence. One Battle After Another dominated the night, claiming six Oscars, while Jessie Buckley (Hamnet) and Michael B. Jordan (Sinners) took home the top acting awards.
Major Winners
Best Picture:
- Winner: One Battle After Another
- Nominees: Bugonia, Frankenstein, F1, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value, Sinners, Train Dreams
Best Actress:
- Winner: Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
- Nominees: 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
- Nominees: 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
- Nominees: 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
- Nominees: Benicio del Toro (One Battle After Another), Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein), Delroy Lindo (Sinners), Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value)
Best Director:
- Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
- Nominees: Ryan Coogler (Sinners), Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme), Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value), Chloé Zhao (Hamnet)
Best Animated Feature:
- Winner: Kpop Demon Hunters
- Nominees: Arco, Elio, Little Amélie or the Character of Rain, Zootopia 2
Best International Feature:
- Winner: Sentimental Value
- Nominees: It Was Just an Accident, Sirât, The Secret Agent, The Voice of Hind Rajab
Best Documentary Feature:
- Winner: Mr Nobody Against Putin
- Nominees: Come See Me in the Good Light, Cutting Through the Rocks, The Alabama Solution, The Perfect Neighbor
Best Original Screenplay:
- Winner: Sinners – Ryan Coogler
- Nominees: Blue Moon – Robert Kaplow, It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi, Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie, Sentimental Value – Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier
Best Adapted Screenplay:
- Winner: One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson
- Nominees: Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Train Dreams
Best Original Song:
- Winner: “Golden” – Kpop Demon Hunters (EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo & Teddy Park)
- Nominees: “Dear Me” – Relentless, “I Lied to You” – Sinners, “Sweet Dreams of Joy” – Viva Verdi!, “Train Dreams” – Train Dreams
Best Original Score:
- Winner: Sinners – Ludwig Göransson
- Nominees: Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet, One Battle After Another
Best Cinematography:
- Winner: Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw
- Nominees: Frankenstein, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, Train Dreams
Best Film Editing:
- Winner: One Battle After Another – Andy Jurgensen
- Nominees: F1, Marty Supreme, Sentimental Value, Sinners
Best Sound:
- Winner: F1 – Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A Rizzo & Juan Peralta
- Nominees: Frankenstein, One Battle After Another, Sinners, Sirât
Best Visual Effects:
- Winner: Avatar: Fire and Ash – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon & Daniel Barrett
- Nominees: F1, Jurassic World Rebirth, Sinners, The Lost Bus
Best Production Design:
- Winner: Frankenstein – Tamara Deverell & Shane Vieau
- Nominees: Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, Sinners
Best Casting:
- Winner: One Battle After Another – Cassandra Kulukundis
- Nominees: Hamnet, Marty Supreme, Sinners, The Secret Agent
Best Make-Up and Hairstyling:
- Winner: Frankenstein – Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel & Cliona Furey
- Nominees: Kokuho, Sinners, The Smashing Machine, The Ugly Stepsister
Best Costume Design:
- Winner: Frankenstein – Kate Hawley
- Nominees: Avatar: Fire and Ash, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, Sinners
Best Animated Short:
- Winner: The Girl Who Cried Pearls
- Nominees: Butterfly, Forevergreen, Retirement Plan, The Three Sisters
Best Live-Action Short (Tied):
- Winners: The Singers & Two People Exchanging Saliva
- Nominees: A Friend of Dorothy, Butcher’s Stain, Jane Austen’s Period Drama
Best Documentary Short:
- Winner: All the Empty Rooms
- Nominees: 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

