One Battle After Another emerged as the biggest winner at the 2026 Academy Awards, securing Best Picture and Best Director for Paul Thomas Anderson while adding several other prizes during the ceremony in Los Angeles.
The film entered the night with 13 nominations and converted key categories including Best Editing and the newly introduced Best Casting, the first new Oscar category added in 25 years. Sean Penn also won Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film.
The awards ceremony, held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, was hosted for a second consecutive year by Conan O’Brien, with announcing duties handled by Matt Berry.
Despite entering the ceremony with a record 16 nominations, Sinners captured fewer top prizes but still secured major awards including Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan and Best Cinematography for Autumn Durald Arkapaw—the first woman to win the category.
Best Actress went to Jessie Buckley for her performance in Hamnet.
Other notable winners included the animated feature KPop Demon Hunters and the documentary short All the Empty Rooms, based on a project by Steve Hartman documenting the bedrooms of children killed in U.S. school shootings.
Key Winners at the 2026 Oscars
Best Picture
One Battle After Another — Winner
Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After Another — Winner
Best Actor
Michael B. Jordan — Sinners — Winner
Best Actress
Jessie Buckley — Hamnet — Winner
Best Supporting Actor
Sean Penn — One Battle After Another — Winner
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Madigan — Weapons — Winner
Best Original Screenplay
Sinners — Written by Ryan Coogler — Winner
Best Adapted Screenplay
One Battle After Another — Paul Thomas Anderson — Winner
Best Cinematography
Sinners — Autumn Durald Arkapaw — Winner
Best International Feature
Sentimental Value (Norway) — Winner
Best Animated Feature
KPop Demon Hunters — Winner
Best Documentary Feature
Mr. Nobody Against Putin — Winner
Best Documentary Short
All the Empty Rooms — Winner
Best Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash — Winner
Best Original Score
Ludwig Göransson — Sinners — Winner
Best Original Song
“Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters — Winner
Best Sound
F1 — Winner
Best Production Design
Frankenstein — Winner
Best Costume Design
Frankenstein — Winner
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Frankenstein — Winner
Best Animated Short
The Girl Who Cried Pearls — Winner
Best Live-Action Short
The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva — Tie
The ceremony highlighted a competitive awards season, with prestige dramas and international titles dominating the major categories while genre films such as Avatar: Fire and Ash and F1 claimed technical honors.
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