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Oscars 2026: ‘One Battle After Another’, ‘Sinners’ dominate the 98th Academy Awards

Academy Awards 2026

With all categories now announced, the 98th Academy Awards belonged largely to Sinners, One Battle After Another and Frankenstein. While Sinners and One Battle After Another led the major wins, Frankenstein made its mark across the craft races, cementing all three films as the standout titles of the night.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another has turned into one of the night’s biggest forces, winning best supporting actor for Sean Penn, best adapted screenplay, best casting, best film editing, and best directing. Sinners has stayed firmly in the awards conversation with wins for best original screenplay, best original score, best cinematography, and best actor for Michael B Jordan, while Frankenstein has swept multiple craft prizes including costume design, makeup and hairstyling, and production design.

Beyond the frontrunners, the ceremony has also delivered several standout moments. Sentimental Value won best international feature film, KPop Demon Hunters took best animated feature film and best original song for “Golden,” while Avatar: Fire and Ash claimed best visual effects and F1 won best sound. Amy Madigan picked up best supporting actress for Weapons, and a rare tie saw The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva share best live action short film. With only two marquee categories remaining, the Oscars now appear to be heading toward a finish shaped by a handful of dominant titles rather than a split field.

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

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

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

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

Best Adapted Screenplay

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

Best Original Screenplay

  • Blue Moon
  • It Was Just an Accident
  • Marty Supreme
  • Sentimental Value
  • Sinners (Ryan Coogler) — WINNER
Ryan Coogler with his Oscar for Sinners– Reuters

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

Best Original Score

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

Best Sound

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

Best Film Editing

  • F1
  • Marty Supreme
  • Sentimental Value
  • Sinners
  • One Battle After Another — WINNER

Best Cinematography

  • Frankenstein
  • Marty Supreme
  • One Battle After Another
  • Train Dreams
  • Sinners — WINNER

Best International Feature Film

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

Best Original Song

  • “Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless
  • “I Lied To You” from Sinners
  • “Sweet Dreams of Joy” from Viva Verdi!
  • “Train Dreams” from Train Dreams
  • “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters — WINNER

Best Directing

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

Best Actress

  • Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
  • Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue
  • Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
  • Emma Stone, Bugonia
  • Jessie Buckley, Hamnet — WINNER

Best Actor

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

Best Picture

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

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