Winners for the 98th Academy Awards announced March 15, 2026, from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California.
Winners for the 98th Academy Awards were unveiled live from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, on March 15.
The 98th Academy Awards, for outstanding film achievements of 2025, will be presented on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood, and will be televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide. The ceremony will also be streamed live on Hulu.
"One Battle after Another" was the big winner of the night, winning six out of 13 Oscars.
"You make a guy work hard for one of these," shared Paul Thomas Anderson (PTA) after winning the Best Director Oscar for "One Battle after Another." "This is a wonderful gift, and I'm so happy to call the movies home."
PTA said this after winning his second of three Oscars of the night with 14 total nominations, and 11 nominations and no wins before 2026.
"Sinners" was the second biggest winner of the night, with four Oscars, including Michael B. Jordan winning Best Actor.
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For only the seventh time in Oscar history, there was a tie! In the Best Live Action Short category, both "The Singers" and "Two People Exchanging Saliva" were announced as winners by presenter Kumail Nanjiani. The last time there was a true tie was at the 85th Academy Awards for Sound Editing for 2012's "Skyfall" and "Zero Dark Thirty." A previous tie was also in the Live Action Short category in 1995 at the 67th Academy Awards (1994's "Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life" and "Trevor" tied for the win).
The ceremony clocked in at 3 hours and 40 minutes, seven minutes shorter than last year and 13 minutes longer than the show two years ago, which ended on time.
Records
Autumn Durald Arkapaw (winner for "Sinners") becomes the first woman to ever win in the Best Cinematography category as well as the first black cinematographer to ever win.
Jessie Buckley becomes the first Irish actress to ever win in the Best Actress category, for "Hamnet."
Amy Madigan (who won for "Weapons" in the Best Supporting Actress category) set a new record for an actress with the longest gap between a first nomination and a first victory at the Oscars. Her 2026 win is 40 years and one month after her first Oscar nomination, which she received for "Twice In A Lifetime" at the 58th Oscars. (The previous record holder amongst actresses was Geraldine Page who won for "The Trip To Bountiful" at the 1986 Oscars 32 years, one month after her first nomination for "Hondo" at the 1954 Oscars.)
Michael B. Jordan becomes the first individual in more than 60 years to win in the Best Actor category for playing twins – in "Sinners"; he plays both Smoke and Stack.
Sean Penn (who won in the Best Supporting Actor category for "One Battle After Another") becomes only the fourth male actor to ever win three acting Oscars, joining Daniel Day-Lewis, Jack Nicholson and Walter Brennan. Penn previously won in the Best Actor category for "Milk" and "Mystic River."
Maggie Kang and Michelle L.M. Wong (winners for "K-Pop Demon Hunters") became the first individuals of South Korean descent to ever win in the Best Animated Feature category. (They accepted the award, pictured above, with Chris Appelhans.)
Norway won its first Oscar for "Sentimental Value" in the Best International Feature category at the Oscars on its 7th nomination in the category.
Ejae, 24, Ido and Teddy Park become the first South Koreans to win in the Best Original Song category for co-writing "Golden" from "KPop Demon Hunters"; additionally, "Golden" becomes the first K-Pop song to win an Oscar.
Dianne Warren (nominated for "Dear Me") officially breaks her tie with Greg P. Russell and becomes the sole holder of the record for the most nominations without a win with 17 nominations.
Thanks to VegasInsider.com for sharing some of these records.
Final Tally
"Sinners" (Warner Bros.): 4 out of 16
"One Battle after Another" (Warner Bros.): 6 out of 13
"Frankenstein" (Netflix): 3 out of 9
"Marty Supreme" (A24): 0 out of 9
"Sentimental Value" (Neon): 1 out of 9
"Hamnet" (Focus Features): 1 out of 8
"Bugonia" (Focus Features): 0 out of 4
"F1" (Apple): 1 out of 4
"The Secret Agent" (Neon): 0 out of 4
"Train Dreams" (Netflix): 0 out of 4
"Avatar: Fire and Ash" (Walt Disney): 1 out of 2
"Blue Moon" (Sony Pictures Classics): 0 out of 2
"It Was Just an Accident" (Neon): 0 out of 2
"KPop Demon Hunters" (Netflix): 2 out of 2
"Sirāt" (Neon): 0 out of 2
And the Oscar goes to…
Best Picture
"Bugonia" (Focus Features)
Ed Guiney & Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Lars Knudsen, Producers
"F1" (Apple)
Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers
"Frankenstein" (Netflix)
Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber, Producers
"Hamnet" (Focus Features)
Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes, Producers
"Marty Supreme" (A24)
Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas and Timothée Chalamet, Producers
"One Battle after Another" (Warner Bros.) **WINNER**
Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers
"The Secret Agent" (Neon)
Emilie Lesclaux, Producer
"Sentimental Value" (Neon)
Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Producers
"Sinners" (Warner Bros.)
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Ryan Coogler, Producers
"Train Dreams" (Netflix)
Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer and Michael Heimler, Producers
Best Actor
Timothée Chalamet in "Marty Supreme" (A24)
Leonardo DiCaprio in "One Battle after Another" (Warner Bros.)
Ethan Hawke in "Blue Moon" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Michael B. Jordan in "Sinners" (Warner Bros.) **WINNER**
Wagner Moura in "The Secret Agent" (Neon)
Best Supporting Actor
Benicio Del Toro in "One Battle after Another" (Warner Bros.)
Jacob Elordi in "Frankenstein" (Netflix)
Delroy Lindo in "Sinners" (Warner Bros.)
Sean Penn in "One Battle after Another" (Warner Bros.) **WINNER**
Stellan Skarsgård in "Sentimental Value" (Neon)
Best Actress
Jessie Buckley in "Hamnet" (Focus Features) **WINNER**
Rose Byrne in "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You" (A24)
Kate Hudson in "Song Sung Blue" (Focus Features)
Renate Reinsve in "Sentimental Value" (Neon)
Emma Stone in "Bugonia" (Focus Features)
Best Supporting Actress
Elle Fanning in "Sentimental Value" (Neon)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas in "Sentimental Value" (Neon)
Amy Madigan in "Weapons" (Warner Bros.) **WINNER**
Wunmi Mosaku in "Sinners" (Warner Bros.)
Teyana Taylor in "One Battle after Another" (Warner Bros.)
Best Animated Feature Film
"Arco" (Neon)
"Elio" (Walt Disney)
"KPop Demon Hunters" (Netflix) **WINNER**
"Little Amélie or the Character of Rain" (GKIDS)
"Zootopia 2" (Walt Disney)
Best Casting
"Hamnet" (Focus Features) Nina Gold
"Marty Supreme" (A24) Jennifer Venditti
"One Battle after Another" (Warner Bros.) Cassandra Kulukundis **WINNER**
"The Secret Agent" (Neon) Gabriel Domingues
"Sinners" (Warner Bros.) Francine Maisler
Best Cinematography
"Frankenstein" (Netflix) Dan Laustsen
"Marty Supreme" (A24) Darius Khondji
"One Battle after Another" (Warner Bros.) Michael Bauman
"Sinners" (Warner Bros.) Autumn Durald Arkapaw **WINNER**
"Train Dreams" (Netflix) Adolpho Veloso
Best Costume Design
"Avatar: Fire and Ash" (Walt Disney) Deborah L. Scott
"Frankenstein" (Netflix) Kate Hawley **WINNER**
"Hamnet" (Focus Features) Malgosia Turzanska
"Marty Supreme" (A24) Miyako Bellizzi
"Sinners" (Warner Bros.) Ruth E. Carter
Best Directing
"Hamnet" (Focus Features) Chloé Zhao
"Marty Supreme" (A24) Josh Safdie
"One Battle after Another" (Warner Bros.) Paul Thomas Anderson **WINNER**
"Sentimental Value" (Neon) Joachim Trier
"Sinners" (Warner Bros.) Ryan Coogler
Best Documentary Feature Film
"The Alabama Solution" (HBO Documentary Films) Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman
"Come See Me in the Good Light" (Apple) Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro and Stef Willen
"Cutting through Rocks" Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni
"Mr. Nobody against Putin" (PINK) David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin, Helle Faber and Alžběta Karásková **WINNER**
"The Perfect Neighbor" (Netflix) Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee
Best Documentary Short Film
"All the Empty Rooms" (Netflix) Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones **WINNER**
"Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud" (HBO) Craig Renaud and Juan Arredondo
"Children No More: "Were and Are Gone"" (Sky) Hilla Medalia and Sheila Nevins
"The Devil Is Busy" (HBO) Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir
"Perfectly a Strangeness" (Second Sight Pictures) Alison McAlpine
Best Film Editing
"F1" (Apple) Stephen Mirrione
"Marty Supreme" (A24) Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
"One Battle after Another" (Warner Bros.) Andy Jurgensen **WINNER**
"Sentimental Value" (Neon) Olivier Bugge Coutté
"Sinners" (Warner Bros.) Michael P. Shawver
Best International Feature Film
"The Secret Agent" (Brazil)
"It Was Just an Accident" (France)
"Sentimental Value" (Norway) **WINNER**
"Sirāt" (Spain)
"The Voice of Hind Rajab" (Tunisia)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
"Frankenstein" (Netflix) Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey **WINNER**
"Kokuho" (GKIDS) Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu
"Sinners" (Warner Bros.) Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry
"The Smashing Machine" (A24) Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein
"The Ugly Stepsister" (Independent Film Company/Shudder) Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg
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Best Music (Original Score)
"Bugonia" (Focus Features) Jerskin Fendrix
"Frankenstein" (Netflix) Alexandre Desplat
"Hamnet" (Focus Features) Max Richter
"One Battle after Another" (Warner Bros.) Jonny Greenwood
"Sinners" (Warner Bros.) Ludwig Göransson **WINNER**
Best Music (Original Song)
"Dear Me" from "Diane Warren: Relentless" (MasterClass/Greenwich Entertainment)
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
"Golden" from "KPop Demon Hunters" (Netflix) **WINNER**
Music and Lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon and Teddy Park
"I Lied To You" from "Sinners" (Warner Bros.)
Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson
"Sweet Dreams Of Joy" from "Viva Verdi!" (Viva Verdi!)
Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike
"Train Dreams" from "Train Dreams" (Netflix)
Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; Lyric by Nick Cave
Best Production Design
"Frankenstein" (Netflix) **WINNER**
Production Design: Tamara Deverell
Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
"Hamnet" (Focus Features)
Production Design: Fiona Crombie
Set Decoration: Alice Felton
"Marty Supreme" (A24)
Production Design: Jack Fisk
Set Decoration: Adam Willis
"One Battle after Another" (Warner Bros.)
Production Design: Florencia Martin
Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino
"Sinners" (Warner Bros.)
Production Design: Hannah Beachler
Set Decoration: Monique Champagne
Best Short – Animated
"Butterfly" (Sacrebleu Productions)
"Forevergreen"
"The Girl Who Cried Pearls" (National Film Board of Canada) **WINNER**
"Retirement Plan"
"The Three Sisters" (Polydont Films/Rymanco Ventures)
Best Short – Live Action
IT'S A TIE!!
"Butcher's Stain" (Tel Aviv University Steve Tisch School of Film and Television) Meyer Levinson-Blount and Oron Caspi
"A Friend of Dorothy" Lee Knight and James Dean
"Jane Austen's Period Drama" Julia Aks and Steve Pinder
"The Singers" (Netflix) Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt **WINNER ANNOUNCED 1ST**
"Two People Exchanging Saliva" (Canal+/The New Yorker) Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata **WINNER ANNOUNCED 2ND**
Best Sound
"F1" (Apple) Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta **WINNER**
"Frankenstein" (Netflix) Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern
"One Battle after Another" (Warner Bros.) José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor
"Sinners" (Warner Bros.) Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker
"Sirāt" (Neon) Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas
Best Visual Effects
"Avatar: Fire and Ash" (Walt Disney) Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett **WINNER**
"F1" (Apple) Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson
"Jurassic World Rebirth" (Universal) David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould
"The Lost Bus" (Apple) Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin
"Sinners" (Warner Bros.) Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean
Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay
"Bugonia" (Focus Features) Screenplay by Will Tracy
"Frankenstein" (Netflix) Written for the Screen by Guillermo del Toro
"Hamnet" (Focus Features) Screenplay by Chloé Zhao & Maggie O'Farrell
"One Battle after Another" (Warner Bros.) Written by Paul Thomas Anderson **WINNER**
"Train Dreams" (Netflix) Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
Best Writing – Original Screenplay
"Blue Moon" (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by Robert Kaplow
"It Was Just an Accident" (Neon) Written by Jafar Panahi
Script collaborators - Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian
"Marty Supreme" (A24) Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
"Sentimental Value" (Neon) Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
"Sinners" (Warner Bros.) Written by Ryan Coogler **WINNER**
The 98th Academy Awards, for outstanding film achievements of 2025, will be presented on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood, and will be televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide. The ceremony will also be streamed live on Hulu.
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