Oscars 2026 Winners: Best Picture and Top Awards

The 98th Academy Awards (Oscars 2026) were held on 15 March, 2026 at the Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles, USA.

The ceremony was hosted by Conan O’Brien. It featured presenters including stars like Priyanka Chopra, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Anne Hathaway and Javier Bardem.

Ryan Coogler’s period horror film 'Sinners' received a record-breaking 16 nominations.

This is the highest number of nominations ever received by a single film in the history of the Academy, surpassing the previous record of 14 nominations held by 'All About Eve', 'Titanic' and 'La La Land'.

Its closest competitor is the film 'One Battle After Another', a major political thriller by Paul Thomas Anderson. It received 13 nominations and dominated among Critics and Guilds.

List of winners of the 98th Academy Awards

Best Picture - One Battle After Another

Best Actress - Jessie Buckley - Hamnet

Best Actor - Michael B. Jordan - Sinners

Best Supporting Actress - Amy Madigan - Weapons

Best Supporting Actor - Sean Penn - One Battle After Another

Best Director - Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another

Best Animated Feature - Kpop Demon Hunters

Best International Feature - Emotional Value

Best Documentary Feature - Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Best Original Screenplay - Sinners - Ryan Coogler

Best Original Song - Golden - KPOP Demon Hunters (EJAE, Mark Sonblick, Jung Gu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo and Teddy Park)

Best Original Score - Sinners - Ludwig Goransson

Best Cinematography - Sinners - Autumn Durald Arkapaw

Best Film Editing - One Battle After Another - Andy Jurgensen

Best Sound - F1 - Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta

Best Visual Effects - Avatar: Fire and Ash - Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett

Best Production Design - Frankenstein - Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau

Best Best - One Battle After Another - Cassandra Kulukundis

Best Makeup and Hairstyling - Frankenstein - Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cleona Furey

Best Costume Design - Frankenstein - Kate Hawley

Best Animated Short Film - The Girl Who Cried Pearls

Best Documentary Short Film - All the Empty Rooms