98th Oscars: Winners announced
March 16, 2026

98th Oscars: Winners announced

Conan O'Brien hosted the 98th Oscars ceremony yesterday evening at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood, honoring the past year's top achievements in filmmaking across 24 categories. The event was televised live on ABC and streamed on Hulu, airing in more than 200 territories worldwide.

Director Paul Thomas Anderson's acclaimed film One Battle After Another received the most honors of the night, taking home a total of six awards in the categories Best Picture, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Casting, and Best Supporting Actor.

Avatar: Fire and Ash received the award for Best Visual Effects, KPop Demon Hunters was awarded Best Animated Feature, and The Girl Who Cried Pearls took home the honor of Best Animated Short Film.

See the full list of winners in all categories below.

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

MICHAEL B. JORDAN - WINNER

Sinners

TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET

Marty Supreme

LEONARDO DICAPRIO

One Battle after Another

 

ETHAN HAWKE

Blue Moon

 

WAGNER MOURA

The Secret Agent

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

SEAN PENN - WINNER

One Battle after Another

BENICIO DEL TORO

One Battle after Another

 

JACOB ELORDI

Frankenstein

 

DELROY LINDO

Sinners

 

STELLAN SKARSGÅRD

Sentimental Value

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

 

JESSIE BUCKLEY - WINNER

Hamnet

 

ROSE BYRNE

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

 

KATE HUDSON

Song Sung Blue

 

RENATE REINSVE

Sentimental Value

 

EMMA STONE

Bugonia

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

AMY MADIGAN - WINNER

Weapons

ELLE FANNING

Sentimental Value

 

INGA IBSDOTTER LILLEAAS

Sentimental Value

WUNMI MOSAKU

Sinners

 

TEYANA TAYLOR

One Battle after Another

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

KPOP DEMON HUNTERS - WINNER

Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Michelle L.M. Wong

ARCO

Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas and Natalie Portman

 

ELIO

Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina and Mary Alice Drumm

 

LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN

Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago and Henri Magalon

 

ZOOTOPIA 2

Jared Bush, Byron Howard and Yvett Merino

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS - WINNER

Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski

BUTTERFLY

Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens

 

FOREVERGREEN

Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears

 

RETIREMENT PLAN

John Kelly and Andrew Freedman

 

THE THREE SISTERS

Konstantin Bronzit

CASTING

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER - WINNER

Cassandra Kulukundis

 

HAMNET

Nina Gold

 

MARTY SUPREME

Jennifer Venditti

 

THE SECRET AGENT

Gabriel Domingues

 

SINNERS

Francine Maisler

CINEMATOGRAPHY

SINNERS - WINNER

Autumn Durald Arkapaw

 

FRANKENSTEIN

Dan Laustsen

 

MARTY SUPREME

Darius Khondji

 

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

Michael Bauman

 

TRAIN DREAMS

Adolpho Veloso

COSTUME DESIGN

 

FRANKENSTEIN - WINNER

Kate Hawley

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH

Deborah L. Scott

 

HAMNET

Malgosia Turzanska

 

MARTY SUPREME

Miyako Bellizzi

 

SINNERS

Ruth E. Carter

DIRECTING

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER - WINNER

Paul Thomas Anderson

HAMNET

Chloé Zhao

 

MARTY SUPREME

Josh Safdie

 

SENTIMENTAL VALUE

Joachim Trier

 

SINNERS

Ryan Coogler

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN - WINNER

  to be determined

THE ALABAMA SOLUTION

Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman

 

COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT

Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro and Stef Willen

 

CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS

Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni

  

THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR

Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee

DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

 

ALL THE EMPTY ROOMS - WINNER

Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones

 

ARMED ONLY WITH A CAMERA: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF BRENT RENAUD

Craig Renaud and Juan Arredondo

 

CHILDREN NO MORE: "WERE AND ARE GONE"

Hilla Medalia and Sheila Nevins

 

THE DEVIL IS BUSY

Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir

 

PERFECTLY A STRANGENESS

Alison McAlpine

FILM EDITING

 

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER - WINNER

Andy Jurgensen

F1

Stephen Mirrione

 

MARTY SUPREME

Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie

 

SENTIMENTAL VALUE

Olivier Bugge Coutté

 

SINNERS

Michael P. Shawver

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

 

BRAZIL

The Secret Agent

 

FRANCE

It Was Just an Accident

 

NORWAY - WINNER

Sentimental Value

 

SPAIN

Sirāt

 

TUNISIA

The Voice of Hind Rajab

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

 

BUTCHER'S STAIN

Meyer Levinson-Blount and Oron Caspi

 

A FRIEND OF DOROTHY

Lee Knight and James Dean

 

JANE AUSTEN'S PERIOD DRAMA

Julia Aks and Steve Pinder

 

THE SINGERS - WINNER - Tie

Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt

 

TWO PEOPLE EXCHANGING SALIVA - WINNER - Tie

Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

 

FRANKENSTEIN - WINNER

Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey

 

KOKUHO

Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu

 

SINNERS

Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry

 

THE SMASHING MACHINE

Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein

 

THE UGLY STEPSISTER

Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

 

BUGONIA

Jerskin Fendrix

 

FRANKENSTEIN

Alexandre Desplat

 

HAMNET

Max Richter

 

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

Jonny Greenwood

 

SINNERS - WINNER

Ludwig Goransson

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

 

DEAR ME

from Diane Warren: Relentless; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

 

GOLDEN - WINNER

from KPop Demon Hunters; Music and Lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon and Teddy Park

 

I LIED TO YOU

from Sinners; Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson

 

SWEET DREAMS OF JOY

from Viva Verdi!; Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike

 

TRAIN DREAMS

from Train Dreams; Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; Lyric by Nick Cave

BEST PICTURE

 

BUGONIA

Ed Guiney & Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Lars Knudsen, Producers

 

F1

Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers

 

FRANKENSTEIN

Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber, Producers

 

HAMNET

Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes, Producers

 

MARTY SUPREME

Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas and Timothée Chalamet, Producers

 

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER - WINNER

Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers

 

THE SECRET AGENT

Emilie Lesclaux, Producer

 

SENTIMENTAL VALUE

Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Producers

 

SINNERS

Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Ryan Coogler, Producers

 

TRAIN DREAMS

Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer and Michael Heimler, Producers

PRODUCTION DESIGN

 

FRANKENSTEIN - WINNER

Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau

 

HAMNET

Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton

 

MARTY SUPREME

Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis

 

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino

 

SINNERS

Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne

SOUND

 

F1 - WINNER

Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta

 

FRANKENSTEIN

Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern

 

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor

 

SINNERS

Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker

 

SIRĀT

Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas

VISUAL EFFECTS

 

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH - WINNER

Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett

 

F1

Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson

 

JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH

David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould

 

THE LOST BUS

Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin

 

SINNERS

Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

 

BUGONIA

Screenplay by Will Tracy

 

FRANKENSTEIN

Written for the Screen by Guillermo del Toro

 

HAMNET

Screenplay by Chloé Zhao & Maggie O'Farrell

 

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER - WINNER

Written by Paul Thomas Anderson

 

TRAIN DREAMS

Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

 

BLUE MOON

Written by Robert Kaplow

 

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT

Written by Jafar Panahi; Script collaborators - Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian

 

MARTY SUPREME

Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie

 

SENTIMENTAL VALUE

Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier

 

SINNERS - WINNER

Written by Ryan Coogler