Oscars 2026 Winners
A battle to the very end, One Battle After Another sealed success with six wins at the 98th Academy Awards.
It’s been a neck-and-neck race from the very beginning, with twists, turns, snubs, and surprises leaving awards season wide open. In the end, One Battle After Another powered ahead as the night’s big winner with six awards.
Paul Thomas Anderson took home Directing, Adapted Screenplay, and the top prize: Best Picture. The acclaimed filmmaker was magnanimous in victory and embodied the spirit of cinematic celebration, spotlighting fellow nominees and acknowledging past greats that never got the gold. The politically-charged thriller also claimed the Oscar for Editing, became the very-first recipient of the brand-new Academy Award for Casting, and a Best Supporting Actor victory for Sean Penn, placing him in the esteemed company of Daniel Day-Lewis, Jack Nicholson, and Walter Brennan as male performers with three acting Oscars.
It was big night for cinema as always, but it was very much horror’s show. The genre collected eight awards across Sinners, Weapons, and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein.
Already the most nominated film in Oscars’ history, the soulful vampire hybrid received four wins and made a little more history when Autumn Durald Arkapaw became the first woman to win Cinematography. It added a second technical award for Ludwig Göransson’s Original Score, plus victories for writer-director Ryan Coogler’s bold Original Screenplay and Michael B. Jordan’s dual role as Smoke and Stack in a fiercely competitive Best Actor field.
The Jacob Elordi-led take on Frankenstein followed with three awards – Costume Design, Makeup and Hairstyling, and Production Design – while Amy Madigan delivered one of the night’s biggest surprises with her Best Supporting Actress win for her now-unforgettable Aunt Gladys in Weapons.
In the least surprising moment of the evening, Jessie Buckley completed her awards‑season sweep with Best Actress for her devastating performance in Hamnet.
Other notable winners including KPop Demon Hungers, Avatar: Fire And Ash, and Sentimental Value.
