One Battle After Another Dominates the 98th Academy Awards
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another was the big winner at the 98th Academy Awards, taking home six Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director. Michael B. Jordan and Jessie Buckley were recognized for their leading roles in Sinners and Hamnet, respectively, securing the awards for Best Actor and Best Actress.
Key Winners at the 2026 Oscars
- Best Picture: One Battle After Another
- Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
- Best Actor: Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
- Best Actress: Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
- Best Supporting Actor: Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
- Best Supporting Actress: Amy Madigan, Weapons
- Original Screenplay: Sinners
- Adapted Screenplay: One Battle After Another
- Animated Feature: KPop Demon Hunters
- Production Design: Frankenstein
- Costume Design: Frankenstein
- Cinematography: Sinners
- Editing: One Battle After Another
- Makeup and Hairstyling: Frankenstein
- Original Score: Sinners
- Sound: F1
- Original Song: “Golden” (KPop Demon Hunters)
- Visual Effects: Avatar: Fire and Ash
- Documentary Feature: Mr. Nobody against Putin
- International Feature: Sentimental Value (Norway)
- Animated Short: The Girl Who Cried Pearls
- Live-Action Short: The SingersandTwo People Exchanging Saliva
- Documentary Short: All the Empty Rooms
- Casting: One Battle After Another
A Night of Firsts and Recognition
This year’s awards marked Paul Thomas Anderson’s first Oscar wins for both Best Director and Best Picture. One Battle After Another too secured wins for Adapted Screenplay, Editing, and the inaugural Oscar for Casting, a category that has been long-advocated for within the industry The Guardian.
Michael B. Jordan beat out Timothée Chalamet for the Best Actor award for his performance in Sinners BBC. Jessie Buckley was honored for her role in Hamnet, portraying William Shakespeare’s wife grappling with grief BBC, AP News.
Sean Penn won Best Supporting Actor for One Battle After Another, while Amy Madigan took home the award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Weapons.
The Full List of Nominees
Here’s a complete list of nominees in each category:
Best Picture
- Bugonia
- F1
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- 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
- Timothée Chalamet, “Marty Supreme”
- Leonardo DiCaprio, “One Battle After Another”
- Ethan Hawke, “Blue Moon”
- Michael B. Jordan, “Sinners”
- 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”