The 98th Academy Awards kicked off a record-breaking season, starting with a historic field of nominees and capping the year at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
“Sinners” led the pack with a record 16 nominations, taking home four awards for the night.
In the animation category, “KPop Demon Hunters” took home the Oscar for best animated feature, becoming the first animated film featuring Korean characters and culture to do so. The film’s hit song “Golden” became the first K-pop song to win best original song.
The night featured several other milestones including a rare tie for live-action short film, the first-ever Oscar for casting awarded to Cassandra Kulukundis for her work on “One Battle After Another,” the addition of a new member to the exclusive club of three-time winners, Sean Penn, and the first woman to win the Academy Award for cinematography, Autumn Durald Arkapaw.
Host Conan O’Brien returned to the stage for the second consecutive year. His commentary included a nod to Timothée Chalamet’s recent remarks regarding opera and ballet.
Here are the winners of the 98th Academy awards.
2026 Academy Award winners
Best picture
- “One Battle After Another”
- “Bugonia”
- “F1″
- “Frankenstein”
- “Hamnet”
- “Marty Supreme”
- “The Secret Agent”
- “Sentimental Value”
- “Sinners”
- “Train Dreams”
Best director
- Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another”
- Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”
- Josh Safdie, “Marty Supreme”
- Joachim Trier, “Sentimental Value”
- Chloé Zhao, “Hamnet”
Best actor
- Michael B. Jordan, “Sinners”
- Timothée Chalamet, “Marty Supreme”
- Leonardo DiCaprio, “One Battle After Another”
- Ethan Hawke, “Blue Moon”
- Wagner Moura, “The Secret Agent”
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”
Best supporting actor
- Sean Penn, “One Battle After Another”
- Benicio Del Toro, “One Battle After Another”
- Jacob Elordi, “Frankenstein”
- Delroy Lindo, “Sinners”
- Stellan Skarsgard, “Sentimental Value”
Best supporting actress
- Amy Madigan, “Weapons”
- Elle Fanning, “Sentimental Value”
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, “Sentimental Value”
- Wunmi Mosaku, “Sinners”
- Teyana Taylor, “One Battle After Another”
Original screenplay
- “Sinners”
- “Blue Moon”
- “It Was Just an Accident”
- “Marty Supreme”
- “Sentimental Value”
Adapted screenplay
- “One Battle After Another”
- “Bugonia”
- “Frankenstein”
- “Hamnet”
- “Train Dreams”
Animated feature
- “KPop Demon Hunters”
- “Arco”
- “Elio”
- “Little Amélie or the Character of Rain”
- “Zootopia 2”
Production design
- “Frankenstein”
- “Hamnet”
- “Marty Supreme”
- “One Battle After Another”
- “Sinners”
Costume design
- “Frankenstein”
- “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
- “Hamnet”
- “Marty Supreme”
- “Sinners”
Cinematography
- “Sinners”
- “Frankenstein”
- “Marty Supreme”
- “One Battle After Another”
- “Train Dreams”
Editing
- “One Battle After Another”
- “F1”
- “Marty Supreme”
- “Sentimental Value”
- “Sinners”
Makeup and hairstyling
- “Frankenstein”
- “Kokuho”
- “Sinners”
- “The Smashing Machine”
- “The Ugly Stepsister”
Sound
- “F1”
- “Frankenstein”
- “One Battle After Another”
- “Sinners”
- “Sirat”
Visual effects
- “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
- “F1”
- “Jurassic World Rebirth”
- “The Lost Bus”
- “Sinners”
Original score
- “Sinners”
- “Bugonia”
- “Frankenstein”
- “Hamnet”
- “One Battle After Another”
Original song
- “Golden” (“KPop Demon Hunters”)
- “Dear Me” (“Diane Warren: Relentless”)
- “I Lied to You” (“Sinners”)
- “Sweet Dreams of Joy” (“Viva Verdi!”)
- “Train Dreams” (“Train Dreams”)
Documentary feature
- “Mr. Nobody Against Putin”
- “The Alabama Solution”
- “Come See Me in the Good Light”
- “Cutting Through Rocks”
- “The Perfect Neighbor”
International feature
- “Sentimental Value,” Norway
- “The Secret Agent,” Brazil
- “It Was Just an Accident,” France
- “Sirat,” Spain
- “The Voice of Hind Rajab,” Tunisia
Animated short
- “The Girl Who Cried Pearls”
- “Butterfly”
- “Forevergreen”
- “Retirement Plan”
- “The Three Sisters”
Documentary short
- “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”
Live-action short
- “The Singers”
- “Two People Exchanging Saliva”
- “Butcher’s Stain”
- “A Friend of Dorothy”
- “Jane Austen’s Period Drama”
Casting
- “One Battle After Another”
- “Hamnet”
- “Marty Supreme”
- “Sinners”
- “The Secret Agent”