The 98th Academy Awards took place on March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The ceremony honored films released in 2025 and aired live on ABC. Comedian Conan O’Brien returned as host, marking his second consecutive year leading Hollywood’s biggest awards night.

MOVIES

Ahead of the ceremony, Ryan Coogler’s Sinners entered the evening with the highest number of nominations, receiving sixteen. Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another followed with thirteen nominations. Several other titles maintained strong presence across categories, including Frankenstein, Marty Supreme, and Sentimental Value.

The evening featured several musical performances. Miles Caton and songwriter Raphael Saadiq led an elaborate tribute to Sinners with the nominated song “I Lied to You,” joined by an all-star ensemble including Eric Gales, Buddy Guy, Brittany Howard, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Bobby Rush, Shaboozey, and Alice Smith, with actors Jayme Lawson and Li Jun Li on stage and ballerina Misty Copeland delivering a full choreographed dance sequence. A second musical segment featured vocalists Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami performing “Golden” from the animated film KPop Demon Hunters.

The night’s most emotionally resonant performance, however, came from Barbra Streisand, who returned to the Oscars stage to sing “The Way We Were” during a tribute honoring Robert Redford, a moment that earned one of the longest standing ovations of the evening.

The presenter lineup delivered some of the night’s most talked-about moments. Anna Wintour and Anne Hathaway walked out together in a wink at The Devil Wears Prada, while the full Bridesmaids cast, Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, and Ellie Kemper, reunited on stage to present the original score award on the film’s 15th anniversary. Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman shared a Moulin Rouge reunion moment at the podium, and Javier Bardem used his time on stage to make a direct political statement, opening with “No to war, and free Palestine.”

Paul Thomas Anderson‘s One Battle After Another dominated the night. The film secured six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Sean Penn won Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the film, while Anderson also received the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film also received awards for Best Film Editing and Best Casting, a category introduced by the Academy for the first time this year.

The acting awards were spread across four different films: Michael B. Jordan won Best Actor for his role in Sinners. Jessie Buckley received Best Actress for Hamnet. Amy Madigan won Best Supporting Actress for Weapons, while Sean Penn completed the acting winners with his supporting role in One Battle After Another.

Several moments during the ceremony carried historical significance. Cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw won Best Cinematography for her work on Sinners, becoming the first woman and the first Black cinematographer to receive the award. In the short film categories, the Live Action Short Film award ended in a tie, an uncommon outcome in Academy Awards history. The Academy also introduced the Best Casting category for the first time. Cassandra Kulukundis won the inaugural award for One Battle After Another.

International cinema also received recognition during the evening. The Norwegian film Sentimental Value won Best International Feature Film, marking the first time a film from Norway received that award. Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein collected several craft awards including production design, costume design, and makeup and hairstyling. Avatar: Fire and Ash won the Oscar for visual effects, while F1 received the award for sound.

The 2026 ceremony reflected a year defined by both large-scale productions and director-led projects. With six wins including Best Picture and Best Director, One Battle After Another ultimately led the awards tally. Below is the full list of nominees and winners from the 98th Academy Awards.

Oscars 2026: Full List of Nominees and 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

Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value

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 Original Screenplay

Winner – Ryan Coogler, Sinners

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 – Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another

Bugonia – Will Tracy
Frankenstein – Guillermo del Toro
Hamnet – Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
Train Dreams – Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar

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 Film Editing

Winner – Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another

Stephen Mirrione, F1
Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Olivier Bugge Coutté, Sentimental Value
Michael P. Shawver, Sinners

Best Production Design

Winner – Frankenstein

Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Best Costume Design

Winner – Frankenstein

Avatar Fire and Ash
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Winner – Frankenstein

Bugonia
Hamnet
Sinners
The Secret Agent

Best Original Score

Winner – Ludwig Göransson, Sinners

Jerskin Fendrix, Bugonia
Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein
Max Richter, Hamnet
Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another

Best Original Song

Winner – “Golden,” KPop Demon Hunters

“I Lied to You,” Sinners
“Fire Inside,” F1
“Break the Chain,” Hamnet
“Echoes of Tomorrow,” Bugonia

Best Sound

Winner – F1

Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Dune Messiah

Best Visual Effects

Winner – Avatar Fire and Ash

Frankenstein
Sinners
F1
Dune Messiah

Best Animated Feature

Winner – KPop Demon Hunters

The Imaginary
Orion and the Dark
That Christmas
Ultraman Rising

Best International Feature Film

Winner – Sentimental Value (Norway)

The Secret Agent (Brazil)
It Was Just an Accident (Iran)
Kokuho (Japan)
The Ugly Stepsister (Denmark)

Best Documentary Feature

Winner – Mr. Nobody Against Putin

The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
The Devil Is Busy
Perfectly a Strangeness

Best Documentary Short Film

Winner – The Perfect Neighbor

Death by Numbers
I Am Ready, Warden
Incident
Instruments of a Beating Heart

Best Live Action Short Film

Winner – Tie
The Singers
Two People Exchanging Saliva

Nominees
Anuja
A Lien
The Last Ranger

Best Animated Short Film

Winner – In the Shadow of the Cypress

Magic Candies
Wander to Wonder
Yuck!
Beautiful Men

Best Casting (new category introduced in 2026)

Winner – Cassandra Kulukundis, One Battle After Another

Jennifer Venditti, Sentimental Value
Gabriel Domingues, The Secret Agent
Francine Maisler, Sinners

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