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Special Series Oscars 2026 News, reviews, interviews and features about Hollywood's biggest night 'One Battle After Another' takes best picture. Here's the full list of Oscar winners Updated March 15, 202611:09 PM ET Originally published March 15, 20267:24 PM ET By Clare Lombardo , Beth Novey The cast and crew of One Battle After Another accept the Academy Award for best picture at the 2026 Oscars. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption One Battle After Another took home best picture at the 98th Oscars on Sunday night. It was a big night for director Paul Thomas Anderson, who also won best director and best adapted screenplay for the film. Cassandra Kulukundis, casting director of One Battle After Another, won the Academy's first-ever award for achievement in casting.
− But the wins were spread out: Sinners writer and director Ryan Coogler won his first Oscar for best original screenplay, and actor Michael B.
+ Oscars 2026 5 takeaways from an Oscars night that spread the love But the wins were spread out: Sinners writer and director Ryan Coogler won his first Oscar for best original screenplay, and actor Michael B.
Jordan won his first, best actor, for playing twins — Smoke and Stack — in the vampire movie. Jessie Buckley won best actress for her role as Agnes Shakespeare in Hamnet. The ceremony even featured a tie between two live action short films: The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva. The last Oscar tie was in 2013, when Zero Dark Thirty and Skyfall tied in the sound editing category.
− The Picture Show See the Oscars red carpet looks Occasionally those on stage gestured toward the world beyond Hollywood: "No to war and free Palestine," Javier Bardem said on stage, presenting the award for best international feature film.
+ Occasionally those on stage gestured toward the world beyond Hollywood: "No to war and free Palestine," Javier Bardem said on stage, presenting the award for best international feature film.
− David Borenstein, co-director of winning feature documentary Mr.
+ The Picture Show See the Oscars red carpet looks David Borenstein, co-director of winning feature documentary Mr.
Nobody Against Putin, said in his acceptance speech, "Mr. Nobody Against Putin is about how you lose your country. And what we saw when working with this footage … it's that you lose it through countless small, little acts of complicity. When we act complicit, when a government murders people on the streets of our major cities, when we don't say anything, when oligarchs take over the media and control how we can produce it and consume it, we all face a moral choice." Co-director Pavel "Pasha" Talankin, who shot footage for the documentary while working at a Russian school, said onstage, "In the name of our future, in the name of all of our children, stop all of these wars now." All of the winners are below, in bold. Best picture Movie Reviews Prescient and political, 'One Battle After Another' is one of the year's best films WINNER: One Battle After AnotherBugoniaF1FrankensteinHamnetMarty SupremeThe Secret AgentSentimental ValueSinnersTrain Dreams Performance by an actress in a leading role Oscars 2026 'Hamnet' star Jessie Buckley looks for the 'shadowy bits' of her characters WINNER: Jessie Buckley, HamnetRose Byrne, If I Had Legs I'd Kick YouKate Hudson, Song Sung BlueRenate Reinsve, Sentimental ValueEmma Stone, Bugonia Performance by an actor in a leading role Movie Reviews 'Sinners' gives Michael B. Jordan two roles of a lifetime WINNER: Michael B. Jordan, SinnersTimothée Chalamet, Marty SupremeLeonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After AnotherEthan Hawke, Blue MoonWagner Moura, The Secret Agent Achievement in directing WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After AnotherChloé Zhao, HamnetJosh Safdie, Marty SupremeJoachim Trier, Sentimental ValueRyan Coogler, Sinners Performance by an actress in a supporting role WINNER: Amy Madigan, WeaponsElle Fanning, Sentimental ValueInga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental ValueWunmi Mosaku, SinnersTeyana Taylor, One Battle After Another Performance by an actor in a supporting role WINNER: Sean Penn, One Battle After AnotherBenicio del Toro, One Battle After AnotherJacob Elordi, FrankensteinDelroy Lindo, SinnersStellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value Best animated feature film WINNER: KPop Demon HuntersArcoElioLittle Amélie or the Character of RainZootopia 2 Best international feature film Fresh Air Stellan Skarsgård doesn't believe in bad guys WINNER: Sentimental Value, NorwayThe Secret Agent, BrazilIt Was Just an Accident, FranceSirāt, SpainThe Voice of Hind Rajab, Tunisia Achievement in cinematography WINNER: SinnersFrankensteinMarty SupremeOne Battle After AnotherTrain Dreams Achievement in film editing WINNER: One Battle After AnotherF1Marty SupremeSentimental ValueSinners Achievement in sound Oscars 2026 Here's how two very different films — 'Sirāt' and 'F1' — built worlds in sound WINNER: F1FrankensteinOne Battle After AnotherSinnersSirāt Original score WINNER: Sinners, Ludwig GoranssonBugonia, Jerskin FendrixFrankenstein, Alexandre DesplatHamnet, Max RichterOne Battle after Another, Jonny Greenwood Best documentary feature film Oscars 2026 The 2026 Oscar-nominated documentaries are sensitive and transformative WINNER: Mr. Nobody Against PutinThe Alabama SolutionCome See Me in the Good LightCutting Through RocksThe Perfect Neighbor Best documentary short film WINNER: All the Empty RoomsArmed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent RenaudChildren No More: Were and Are GoneThe Devil Is BusyPerfectly a Strangeness Best animated short film WINNER: The Girl Who Cried PearlsButterflyForevergreenRetirement PlanThe Three Sisters Best live action short film WINNER: The SingersWINNER: Two People Exchanging SalivaButcher's StainA Friend of DorothyJane Austen's Period Drama Achievement in casting Oscars 2026 At last, an Oscar for the people who decide who gets to star WINNER: One Battle after Another, Cassandra KulukundisHamnet, Nina GoldMarty Supreme, Jennifer VendittiThe Secret Agent, Gabriel DominguesSinners, Francine Maisler Achievement in visual effects WINNER: Avatar: Fire and AshF1Jurassic World RebirthThe Lost BusSinners Achievement in production design Movie Reviews Frankenstein is the monster (movie) Guillermo del Toro was born to bring to life WINNER: FrankensteinHamnetMarty SupremeOne Battle After AnotherSinners Writing (original screenplay) Analysis Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan are symbiotic. 'Sinners' is the latest proof WINNER: Sinners, written by Ryan CooglerBlue Moon, written by Robert KaplowIt Was Just an Accident, written by Jafar Panahi; script collaborators: Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi MahmoudianMarty Supreme, written by Ronald Bronstein and Josh SafdieSentimental Value, written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier Writing (adapted screenplay) WINNER: One Battle after Another, written by Paul Thomas AndersonBugonia, screenplay by Will TracyFrankenstein, written for the screen by Guillermo del ToroHamnet, screenplay by Chloé Zhao and Maggie O'FarrellTrain Dreams, screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar Achievement in makeup and hairstyling WINNER: Frankenstein, Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona FureyKokuho, Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi NishimatsuSinners, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika TerryThe Smashing Machine, Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern RehbeinThe Ugly Stepsister, Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg Achievement in costume design WINNER: FrankensteinAvatar: Fire and AshHamnetMarty SupremeSinners Original song Oscars 2026 The 2026 Oscars' best original song nominees, cruelly ranked WINNER: "Golden" 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 Sponsor Message Become an NPR sponsor