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Historic Night at the Oscars: ‘Sinners’ Breaks Records, ‘One Battle After Another’ Takes Top Prize

by Javier Albite

Paul Thomas Anderson and Sara Murphy accept the Oscar for best picture for "One Battle After Another" during the 98th Annual Academy Awards, held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, Sunday, March 15, 2026. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
Paul Thomas Anderson and Sara Murphy accept the Oscar for best picture for "One Battle After Another" during the 98th Annual Academy Awards, held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, Sunday, March 15, 2026. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

The 98th Academy Awards were hosted by Conan O'Brien for the second time in a row. Sinners received 16 nominations breaking the record of 14 set by All About Eve, Titanic, and La La Land. The new category of Best Casting was added starting with this ceremony, bringing the number of categories to 24.


Awards:

Best Supporting Actress:

  • Elle Fanning: Sentimental Value

  • Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas: Sentimental Value

  • Amy Madigan: Weapons

  • Wunmi Mosaku: Sinners

  • Teyana Taylor: One Battle After Another

Winner: Amy Madigan


Best Animated Feature Film:

  • Arco

  • Elio

  • KPop Demon Hunters

  • Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

  • Zootopia 2

Winner: KPop Demon Hunters


Best Animated Short Film:

  • Butterfly

  • Forevergreen

  • The Girl Who Cried Pearls

  • Retirement Plan

  • The Three Sisters

Winner: The Girl Who Cried Pearls


Best Costume Design:

  • Avatar: Fire and Ash

  • Frankenstein

  • Hamnet

  • Marty Supreme

  • Sinners

Winner: Frankenstein


Best Makeup and Hairstyling:

  • Frankenstein

  • Kokuho

  • Sinners

  • The Smashing Machine

  • The Ugly Stepsister

Winner: Frankenstein


Best Casting:

  • Hamnet

  • Marty Supreme

  • One Battle After Another

  • The Secret Agent

  • Sinners

Winner: One Battle After Another


Best Live Action Short Film:

  • Butcher's Stain

  • A Friend of Dorothy

  • Jane Austen's Period Drama

  • The Singers

  • Two People Exchanging Saliva

Winner: The Singers, Two People Exchanging Saliva


Best Supporting Actor:

  • Benicio del Toro: One Battle After Another

  • Jacob Elordi: Frankenstein

  • Delroy Lindo: Sinners

  • Sean Penn: One Battle After Another

  • Stellan Skarsgård: Sentimental Value

Winner: Sean Penn


Best Adapted Screenplay:

  • Bugonia

  • Frankenstein

  • Hamnet

  • One Battle After Another

  • Train Dreams

Winner: One Battle After Another


Best Original Screenplay:

  • Blue Moon

  • It Was Just an Accident

  • Marty Supreme

  • Sentimental Value

  • Sinners

Winner: Sinners


Best Production Design:

  • Frankenstein

  • Hamnet

  • Marty Supreme

  • One Battle After Another

  • Sinners

Winner: Frankenstein


Best Visual Effects:

  • Avatar: Fire and Ash

  • F1

  • Jurassic World Rebirth

  • The Lost Bus

  • Sinners

Winner: Avatar: Fire and Ash


Best Documentary Short Film:

  • All the Empty Rooms

  • Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud

  • Children No More: "Were and Are Gone"

  • The Devil Is Busy

  • Perfectly a Strangeness

Winner: All the Empty Rooms


Best Documentary Feature Film:

  • The Alabama Solution

  • Come See Me in the Good Light

  • Cutting Through the Rocks

  • Mr Nobody Against Putin

  • The Perfect Neighbor

Winner: Mr Nobody Against Putin


Best Original Score:

  • Bugonia

  • Frankenstein

  • Hamnet

  • One Battle After Another

  • Sinners

Winner: Sinners


Best Sound:

  • F1

  • Frankenstein

  • One Battle After Another

  • Sinners

  • Sirāt

Winner: F1


Best Film Editing:

  • F1

  • Marty Supreme

  • One Battle After Another

  • Sentimental Value

  • Sinners

Winner: One Battle After Another


Best Cinematography:

  • Frankenstein

  • Marty Supreme

  • One Battle After Another

  • Sinners

  • Train Dreams

Winner: Sinners


Best International Feature Film:

  • The Secret Agent (Brazil)

  • It Was Just an Accident (France)

  • Sentimental Value (Norway)

  • Sirāt (Spain)

  • The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)

Winner: Sentimental Value


Best Original Song:

  • "Dear Me" by Diane Warren: Diane Warren: Relentless

  • "Golden" by HUNTR/X, Mark Sonnenblick, Teddy Park: KPop Demon Hunters

  • "I Lied to You" by Miles Caton, Ludwig Göransson: Sinners

  • "Sweet Dreams of Joy" by Nicholas Pike: Viva Verdi!

  • "Train Dreams" by Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner: Train Dreams

Winner: Golden


Best Director:

  • Chloé Zhao: Hamnet

  • Josh Safdie: Marty Supreme

  • Paul Thomas Anderson: One Battle After Another

  • Joachim Trier: Sentimental Value

  • Ryan Coogler: Sinners

Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson


Best Actor:

  • Ethan Hawke: Blue Moon

  • Wagner Moura: The Secret Agent

  • Michael B. Jordan: Sinners

  • Timothée Chalamet: Marty Supreme

  • Leonardo DiCaprio: One Battle After Another

Winner: Michael B. Jordan


Best Actress:

  • Jessie Buckley: Hamnet

  • Rose Byrne: If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

  • Kate Hudson: Song Sung Blue

  • Renate Reinsve: Sentimental Value

  • Emma Stone: Bugonia

Winner: Jessie Buckley


Best Picture:

  • Bugonia

  • F1

  • Frankenstein

  • Hamnet

  • Marty Supreme

  • One Battle After Another

  • The Secret Agent

  • Sentimental Value

  • Sinners

  • Train Dreams

Winner: One Battle After Another

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