Oscars 2026: One Battle After Another Dominates As Michael B Jordan Jessie Buckley Win Top Honours

The 98th Academy Awards, or Oscars 2026, brought a night of powerful wins and cinematic milestones, with One Battle After Another emerging as the biggest victor. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the film clinched the coveted Best Picture trophy along with Best Director, Best Supporting Actor for Sean Penn, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Film Editing and Best Casting. Meanwhile, Michael B Jordan won Best Actor for Sinners and Jessie Buckley took home Best Actress for Hamnet. Other notable winners included Frankenstein for its craft categories, KPop Demon Hunters for Best Animated Feature and Sentimental Value for Best International Feature, making the ceremony a diverse celebration of storytelling from across the globe.

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

Sentimental Value

Best Documentary Feature

Mr Nobody Against Putin

Best Original Screenplay

Sinners - Ryan Coogler

Best Adapted Screenplay

One Battle After Another - Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Original Song

Golden - KPop Demon Hunters (by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu 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 Casting

One Battle After Another - Cassandra Kulukundis

Best Makeup And Hairstyling

Frankenstein - Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey

Best Costume Design

Frankenstein - Kate Hawley

Best Animated Short

The Girl Who Cried Pearls

Best Live Action Short

The Singers

Two People Exchanging Saliva

Best Documentary Short

All the Empty Rooms

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