Academy Awards 2026: early wins, surprise turns, and a crowded race for the big prizes at Oscars

Hollywood’s biggest night is underway, and the first Oscar winners of 2026 are already setting the tone. Frankenstein, One Battle After Another, and Sinners have emerged as early standouts with their Academy Awards, while the acting and top-film races remain wide open. Here’s the running field, with every nominee and the winners announced so far.

Best Supporting Actress

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

Congratulations to Amy Madigan for winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for WEAPONS! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/7jUqYJwiLe

— The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 15, 2026

Best Animated Feature Film

• Arco
• Elio
• Little Amélie or The Character of Rain
• Zootopia 2
• KPop Demon Hunters — WINNER

Best Animated Short Film

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

Best Costume Design

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• Sinners
• Frankenstein (Kate Hawley) — WINNER

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

• Kokuho
• Sinners
• The Smashing Machine
• The Ugly Stepsister
• Frankenstein — WINNER

The Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling goes to the talented team behind FRANKENSTEIN. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/QvmtPWBbJ1

— The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 16, 2026

Best Casting

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

Best Live Action Short Film

• Butcher’s Stain
• A Friend of Dorothy
• Jane Austen’s Period Drama
• The Singers — JOINT WINNER
• Two People Exchanging Saliva — JOINT WINNER

His and hers Oscars! Congrats to the team behind Best Live Action Short winner TWO PEOPLE EXCHANGING SALIVA. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/dFP7XcEyyR

— The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 16, 2026

Best Supporting Actor

• Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
• Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
• Delroy Lindo, Sinners
• Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
• Sean Penn, One Battle After Another — WINNER

Operation complete. Congratulations to Sean Penn on winning Best Supporting Actor for ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/1zcfEHZZbU

— The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 16, 2026

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Train Dreams
• One Battle After Another (Paul Thomas Anderson) — WINNER

Paul Thomas Anderson takes home the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/fwNCwkdZ4P

— The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 16, 2026

Best Original Screenplay

• Blue Moon
• It Was Just an Accident
• Marty Supreme
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners (Ryan Coogler) — WINNER

Best Production Design

• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Frankenstein — WINNER

Best Visual Effects

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

Best Documentary Short Film

• 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
• All the Empty Rooms — WINNER

Best Documentary Feature Film

• The Alabama Solution
• Come See Me in the Good Light
• Cutting Through Rocks
• The Perfect Neighbor
• Mr Nobody Against Putin — WINNER

Congratulations to MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN, this year's Best Documentary Feature Film #Oscars pic.twitter.com/uTTu9gtKYe

— The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 16, 2026

Best Original Score

• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners — WINNER

The blues sound better with gold. Congratulations to Ludwig Göransson on winning the Oscar for Best Original Score for SINNERS! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/GeGbvqROev

— The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 16, 2026

Best Sound

• Frankenstein
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Sirât
• F1 — WINNER

Time for a victory lap. Congratulations to Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta on winning the Oscar for Best Sound for F1! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/WQ5QlSoDe9

— The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 16, 2026

Best Film Editing

• F1
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners
• Winner: Not yet announced

Best Cinematography

• Frankenstein
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Train Dreams
• Winner: Not yet announced

Best International Feature Film

• The Secret Agent
• It Was Just an Accident
• Sentimental Value
• Sirât
• The Voice of Hind Rajab
• Winner: Not yet announced

Best Original Song

• “Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless
• “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters
• “I Lied To You” from Sinners
• “Sweet Dreams of Joy” from Viva Verdi!
• “Train Dreams” from Train Dreams
• Winner: Not yet announced

Best Actress

• 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
• Winner: Not yet announced

Best Actor

• Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
• Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
• Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
• Michael B Jordan, Sinners
• Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent
• Winner: Not yet announced

Best Directing

• Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
• Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
• Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
• Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
• Ryan Coogler, Sinners
• Winner: Not yet announced

Best Picture

• Bugonia
• F1
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• The Secret Agent
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners
• Train Dreams
• Winner: Not yet announced