The 98th Academy Awards took place Sunday, March 15, 2026, in a glittering ceremony filled with emotion, surprises, and star power. The prestigious awards brought together leading actors, directors, and creatives from the film industry to celebrate the best achievements on the huge screen over the past year. The evening delivered both expected wins and stunning upsets.
Glamour, elegance, and style: The 2026 Oscars in PHOTOS
“Sinners” led the nominations with a record 16.
However, “One Battle After Another” took home the most awards with 6, followed by “Sinners” with four, and “Frankenstein” with three.
Who are the winners?
Best Supporting Actress
Elle Fanning for “Sentimental Value”
Inga Ibsdóttir Lilja for “Sentimental Value”
Amy Madigan for “Weapons” – WINNER
Wunmi Mosaku for “Sinners”
Tayana Taylor for “One Battle After Another”
Congratulations to Amy Madigan for winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for WEAPONS! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/7jUqYJwiLe
Best Animated Feature Film
“Arco”
“Elio from Earth”
“K-Pop: Demon Hunters” – WINNER
Idols by day. Hunters by night. Oscar winners tonight. KPOP DEMON HUNTERS secures the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/J2a58sJ2Ci
Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
“Zootopia 2”
Best Short Film, Animated
“Butterfly”
Forevergreen
“The Girl Who Cried Pearls” – WINNER
The Oscar for Best Animated Short Film goes to… THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/X9BmtmahLv
“Retirement Plan”
“The Three Sisters”
Best Costume Design
“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“Frankenstein” – WINNER
“Hamnet”
“The Supreme Marty”
“Sinners”
Stitched for Oscar gold. Congratulations to Kate Hawley on winning Best Costume Design for FRANKENSTEIN! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/SUgAX4AKap
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
“Frankenstein” – WINNER
Kokuho
“Sinners”
“Smash Machine”
“The Ugly Stepsister”
A monster of a transformation. Congratulations to Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey for winning the Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for FRANKENSTEIN! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/rOwZT7thPm
Best Casting
“The Secret Agent”
“Hamnet”
“The Supreme Marty”
“One Battle After Another” – WINNER
“Sinners”
History is made! ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER wins the first-ever Oscar for Best Casting. Congratulations, Cassandra Kulukundis! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/85POu1cN4z
Best Live Action Short Film
“The Butcher’s Spot”
“Dorothy’s Friend”
“A Historical Drama by Jane Austen”
“Two People Exchanging Saliva” – WINNER
“The Singers” – WINNER
It’s a tie! THE SINGERS and TWO PEOPLE EXCHANGING SALIVA both win the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/sspwxUKtbj
Best Supporting Actor
Benicio Del Toro for “One Battle After Another”
Jacob Elordi for “Frankenstein”
Delroy Lindo for “Sinners”
Sean Penn for “One Battle After Another” – WINNER
Stellan Skarsgård for “Sentimental Value”
Operation complete. Congratulations to Sean Penn on winning Best Supporting Actor for ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/1zcfEHZZbU
Best Adapted Screenplay
“Bugonia”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“One Battle After Another” – WINNER
“Train Dreams”
What time is it? Time to celebrate. Paul Thomas Anderson wins Best Adapted Screenplay for ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/oc9Raln2IT
Best Original Screenplay
“Blue Moon”
“Ordinary Incident”
“The Supreme Marty”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners” – WINNER
Saints and sinners alike agree: history is written tonight! Congratulations to Ryan Coogler on winning Best Original Screenplay for SINNERS. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/YfiVomhRaa
Best Visual Effects
“Avatar: Fire and Ash” – WINNER
Pandora built pixel by pixel. Congratulations to the team behind AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH, this year’s Best Visual Effects winner! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/3eQs4BpDyr
“F1: The Film”
“Jurassic World: Rebirth”
The Lost Bus
“Sinners”
Best Production Design
“Frankenstein” – WINNER
“Hamnet”
“The Supreme Marty”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
Congratulations to the talented production design team behind FRANKENSTEIN! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/LmRcd8y8Iw
Best Short Documentary Film
“All the Empty Rooms” – WINNER
“Armed with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud”
“No Longer Children: They Were and They Are Gone”
“The Devil is Busy”
“Perfect Strangeness”
ALL THE EMPTY ROOMS wins the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Film. Congratulations #Oscars pic.twitter.com/coBs5EDKHp
New record in the history of the “Oscars”: “Sinners” received 16 nominations
Best Feature Documentary
“The Alabama Decision”
“Come See Me in Good Light”
“Paving the Way Through the Rocks”
“Mr. Nobody vs. Putin” – WINNER
“The Perfect Neighbor”
Congratulations to MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN, this year’s Best Documentary Feature Film #Oscars pic.twitter.com/uTTu9gtKYe
Best Original Music
“Bugonia”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners” – WINNER
The blues sound better with gold. Congratulations to Ludwig Göransson on winning the Oscar for Best Original Score for SINNERS! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/GeGbvqROev
Best Sound
“F1: The Film” – WINNER
Time for a victory lap. Congratulations to Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta on winning the Oscar for Best Sound for F1! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/WQ5QlSoDe9
“Frankenstein”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
“Sirot”
Best Film Editing
“F1: The Film”
“The Supreme Marty”
“One Battle After Another” – WINNER
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”
Andy Jurgensen makes the final cut! Congratulations on the Oscar for Best Film Editing! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/aL8ITfofc3
Best Cinematography
“Frankenstein”
“The Supreme Marty”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners” – WINNER
“Train Dreams”
A historic win behind the lens. Autumn Durald Arkapaw becomes the first woman of color to win the Oscar for Best Cinematography for SINNERS! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/6rV8an7dte
Best International Feature Film
“The Secret Agent” (Brazil)
“Ordinary Incident” (France)
“Sentimental Value” (Norway) – WINNER
“Sirot” (Spain)
“The Voice of Hind Rajab” (Tunisia)
Norway snags the Oscar for Best International Feature Film. Congratulations to the cast and crew of SENTIMENTAL VALUE! 🇳🇴 #Oscars pic.twitter.com/16dzGEWofh
Best Original Song
Dear Me by Diane Warren: Relentless
Golden from “K-Pop: Demon Hunters” – WINNER
I Lied To You from “Sinners”
Sweet Dreams Of Joy from Viva Verdi
“Train Dreams” from the film “Train Dreams”
The Honmoon is sealed! The Oscar for Best Original Song goes to “Golden” from KPOP DEMON HUNTERS! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/TxLeg4RHB3
Nominations for the “Oscars” announced
Best Director
Chloe Zhao for “Hamnet”
Paul Thomas Anderson for “One Battle After Another” – WINNER
Ryan Coogler for “Sinners”
Joachim Trier for “Sentimental Value”
Josh Safdie for “The Supreme Marty”
Congratulations on your win for Best Directing, Paul Thomas Anderson! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/AX49UjWvus
Best Actor
Timothée Chalamet for “The Supreme Marty”
Leonardo DiCaprio for “One Battle After Another”
Ethan Hawke for “Blue Moon”
Michael B. Jordan for “Sinners” – WINNER
Wagner Moura for “The Secret Agent”
Michael B. Jordan pulls double duty as the Smokestack Twins and wins the Lead Actor Oscar for SINNERS. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/ZghbO6OkTQ
Best Actress
Jessie Buckley for “Hamnet” – WINNER
Rose Byrne for “If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You”
Kate Hudson for Song Sung Blue
Renate Reinsve for “Sentimental Value”
Emma Stone for “Bugonia”
And the Oscar for Best Actress goes to… Jessie Buckley! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/KD8FmUox95
Best Picture
“Sinners”
“One Battle After Another” – WINNER
“Bugonia”
“F1: The Film”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“The Supreme Marty”
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Value”
“Train Dreams”
One Oscar after another. Congratulations to ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, this year’s Best Picture winner! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/jhr5ejoHv2
Editor: Cvetina Petkova
