The 2026 Academy Awards returned in spectacular fashion, celebrating the best of global cinema with a night full of surprises, memorable moments, and deserving winners. While much of the buzz centered on two heavy-hitters—Ryan Coogler’s vampire epic Sinners, which led the nominations with 16 nods, and One Battle After Another, with 13—the awards delivered some unexpected outcomes that thrilled fans and cinephiles alike.
Here’s a look at the full list of winners from the night:
Best Picture
Winner: One Battle After Another
Nominees: Bugonia, Frankenstein, F1, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value, Sinners, Train Dreams
Best Actress
Winner: Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Nominees: Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue, Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value, Emma Stone – Bugonia
Best Actor
Winner: Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Nominees: Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme, Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another, Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon, Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent
Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Amy Madigan – Weapons
Nominees: Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value, Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners, Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Nominees: Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another, Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein, Delroy Lindo – Sinners, Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
Best Director
Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Nominees: Ryan Coogler – Sinners, Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme, Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value, Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
Best Animated Feature
Winner: KPop Demon Hunters
Nominees: Arco, Elio, Little Amélie or the Character of Rain, Zootopia 2
Best International Feature
Winner: Sentimental Value
Nominees: It Was Just an Accident, Sirât, The Secret Agent, The Voice of Hind Rajab
Best Documentary Feature
Winner: Mr Nobody Against Putin
Nominees: Come See Me in the Good Light, Cutting Through the Rocks, The Alabama Solution, The Perfect Neighbor
Best Original Screenplay
Winner: Sinners – Ryan Coogler
Nominees: Blue Moon – Robert Kaplow, It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi, Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie, Sentimental Value – Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson
Nominees: Bugonia – Will Tracy, Frankenstein – Guillermo del Toro, Hamnet – Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell, Train Dreams – Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
Best Original Song
Winner: “Golden” – KPop Demon Hunters (EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Teddy Park)
Nominees: “Dear Me” – Diane Warren, “I Lied to You” – Sinners (Raphael Saadiq & Ludwig Goransson), “Sweet Dreams of Joy” – Viva Verdi!, “Train Dreams” – Nick Cave & Bryce Dessner
Best Original Score
Winner: Sinners – Ludwig Göransson
Nominees: Bugonia – Jerskin Fendrix, Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat, Hamnet – Max Richter, One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood
Best Cinematography
Winner: Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Nominees: Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen, Marty Supreme – Darius Khondji, One Battle After Another – Michael Bauman, Train Dreams – Adolpho Veloso
Best Film Editing
Winner: One Battle After Another – Andy Jurgensen
Nominees: F1 – Stephen Mirrione, Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie, Sentimental Value – Olivier Bugge Coutté, Sinners – Michael P. Shawver
Best Sound
Winner: F1 – Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta
Nominees: Frankenstein, One Battle After Another, Sinners, Sirât
Best Visual Effects
Winner: Avatar: Fire and Ash – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett
Nominees: F1, Jurassic World Rebirth, Sinners, The Lost Bus
Best Production Design
Winner: Frankenstein – Tamara Deverell & Shane Vieau
Nominees: Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, Sinners
Best Casting
Winner: One Battle After Another – Cassandra Kulukundis
Nominees: Hamnet, Marty Supreme, Sinners, The Secret Agent
Best Make-up and Hairstyling
Winner: Frankenstein – Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey
Nominees: Kokuho, Sinners, The Smashing Machine, The Ugly Stepsister
Best Costume Design
Winner: Frankenstein – Kate Hawley
Nominees: Avatar: Fire and Ash, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, Sinners
Best Animated Short
Winner: The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Nominees: Butterfly, Forevergreen, Retirement Plan, The Three Sisters
Best Live Action Short
Winners (Tie): The Singers & Two People Exchanging Saliva
Nominees: A Friend of Dorothy, Butcher’s Stain, Jane Austen’s Period Drama
Best Documentary Short
Winner: All the Empty Rooms
Nominees: 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
The night showcased a remarkable mix of established stars, emerging talent, and innovative storytelling, proving that 2026 was a year to remember for the film industry.
