98th Academy Awards – One Battle After Another Wins Best Picture, Oscar Wins for Jessie Buckley, Michael B. Jordan, Amy Madigan

One Battle After Another won the Oscar for Best Picture at the 98th Academy Awards, along with Directing and Writing (Adapted Screenplay) for Paul Thomas Anderson.

In total, the film won 6 statuettes, including Actor in a Supporting Role for Sean Penn, Casting, and Film Editing.

Sinners won four awards, including Writing (Original Screenplay) for Ryan Coogler, Actor in a Leading Role for Michael B. Jordan, Cinematography, and Music (Original Score).

The other acting wins went to Jessie Buckley for Actress in a Leading Role for Hamnet, and Amy Madigan won Actress in a Supporting Role for Weapons.

Norway won its first Oscar with Sentimental Value, taking home the award for Best International Feature, the Danish film Mr. Nobody against Putin won the statuette for Documentary Feature Film, and KPop Demon Hunters won for Animated Feature Film.

Winners of the 2026 Academy Awards

Actor in a Leading Role
Michael B. Jordan
Sinners

Actor in a Supporting Role
Sean Penn
One Battle after Another

Actress in a Leading Role
Jessie Buckley
Hamnet

Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Madigan
Weapons

Animated Feature Film
KPop Demon Hunters
Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Michelle L.M. Wong

Animated Short Film
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski

Casting
One Battle after Another
Cassandra Kulukundis

Cinematography
Sinners
Autumn Durald Arkapaw

Costume Design
Frankenstein
Kate Hawley

Directing
One Battle after Another
Paul Thomas Anderson

Documentary Feature Film
Mr. Nobody against Putin
David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin, Helle Faber and Alžběta Karásková

Documentary Short Film
All the Empty Rooms
Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones

Film Editing
One Battle after Another
Andy Jurgensen

International Feature Film
Norway
Sentimental Value

Live Action Short Film
The Singers
Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt

Makeup and Hairstyling
Frankenstein
Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey

Music (Original Score)
Sinners
Ludwig Goransson

Music (Original Song)
Golden
from KPop Demon Hunters; Music and Lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo and Teddy Park

Best Picture
One Battle after Another
Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers

Production Design
Frankenstein
Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau

Sound
F1
Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta

Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
One Battle after Another
Written by Paul Thomas Anderson

Writing (Original Screenplay)
Sinners
Written by Ryan Coogler