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 and nominees 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

NORWAY - WINNER
Sentimental Value

BRAZIL
The Secret Agent

FRANCE
It Was Just an Accident

SPAIN
Sirāt

TUNISIA
The Voice of Hind Rajab

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

THE SINGERS - WINNER - Tie
Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt

TWO PEOPLE EXCHANGING SALIVA - WINNER - Tie
Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata

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

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)

SINNERS - WINNER
Ludwig Goransson

BUGONIA
Jerskin Fendrix

FRANKENSTEIN
Alexandre Desplat

HAMNET
Max Richter

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Jonny Greenwood

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

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

DEAR ME
from DIANE WARREN: RELENTLESS; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

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

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER - WINNER
Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers

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

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)

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER - WINNER
Written by Paul Thomas Anderson

BUGONIA
Screenplay by Will Tracy

FRANKENSTEIN
Written for the Screen by Guillermo del Toro

HAMNET
Screenplay by Chloé Zhao & Maggie O'Farrell

TRAIN DREAMS
Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

SINNERS - WINNER
Written by Ryan Coogler

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

More about The Academy: oscars.org