Check out the complete list of winners of the 2026 Oscars.

A 98th Academy CeremonyThe event, which took place yesterday at the Dolby Theatre, featured some expected awards, but also some interesting surprises along the way.

Among the big winners at the 2026 Oscars, the highlight of the night was... One Battle After AnotherDirected by Paul Thomas Anderson, who took home six statuettes, including the one for Best movieThe night was also favorable for productions such as Sinners, which earned the prize of Best Actor: Michael B. Jordan, and  Frankenstein, from Guillermo del Toro, which was widely celebrated in technical categories. Furthermore, the edition made history with a very rare tie in the category of Best Live-Action Short Film, dividing the prize between The Singers e Two People Exchanging Saliva.

On the other hand, the festive atmosphere gave way to a hint of frustration for those who were awaiting recognition of The Secret AgentDespite the great support, the film directed by Kleber Mendonça Son, failed to win any of the four nominations, which were: Best movie, Best International Film, Best Casting e Best Actor all with Wagner Moura. 

Despite this, the ceremony delivered moving tributes to the artists who passed away and featured powerful speeches, most notably the one by... Jessie Buckleywho won the Oscar 2026 for Best Actress by Hamnet and for the director of photography Autumn Cheyenne Durald Arkapaw, of the movie Sinners, who became the first woman in history to win the category.

Check out the complete list of winners of the 2026 Oscars!

Best Documentary Short Film

• All the Empty Rooms – WINNER
• Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
• Children No More: Were and Are Gone
• Perfectly a Strangeness
• The Devil Is Busy 

Best Animated Short Film

• Butterfly
• Forevergreen
• Retirement Plan
• The Girl Who Cried Pearls – WINNER
• The Three Sisters

Best Live Action Short Film

There was a tie in the category.

• A Friend of Dorothy
• Butcher's Stain
• Jane Austen's Period Drama
• The Singers – WINNER
• Two People Exchanging Saliva – WINNER

Best Short Documentary

• All the Empty Rooms – WINNER
• 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

Best Documentary in Feature Film

• Alabama: System Inmates
• The Perfect Neighbor
• Cutting Through Rocks
• Under the Neon Light
• Mr Nobody Against Putin – WINNER

Best International Film

• The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)
• It was just an accident. (France)
• The Secret Agent (Brazil)
• Sirat (Spain)
• Sentimental value (Norway) – WINNER

Best Animated Film

• Little Amélie
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• Elio
• K-Pop Warriors – WINNER
• Zootopia 2

Best Original Song

• Diane Warren: Relentless, Dear MeDiane Warren
• K-Pop Warriors, Golden, EJAE and Mark Sonnenblick – WINNER
• Sinners, I Lied to You, Ludwig Göransson and Raphael Saadiq
• Train Dreams, Train Dreams, Nick Cave and Bryce Dressner
• Long live Verdi!, Sweet Dreams of JoyNicholas Pike

Best Original Soundtrack

• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Sinners – WINNER
• One Battle After Another

Best sound

• F1 – WINNER
• Frankenstein
• Sinners
• Sirat
• One battle after another.

Best Visual Effects

• Avatar: Fire and Ash – WINNER
• F1
• Jurassic World Rebirth
• Sinners
• The Lost Bus

Best Costume Design

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• Frankenstein – WINNER
• Hamnet: Life Before Hamlet
• Sinners
• Marty Supreme

Best Makeup and Hair

• The Ugly Half-Sister
• Fighter's Heart
• Frankenstein – WINNER
• Kokuho
• Sinners

Best Production Design

• Frankenstein – WINNER
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• Sinners
• One battle after another.

Best Photography

• Frankenstein
• Marty Supreme
• Sinners – WINNER
• Train Dreams
• One Battle After Another

Best Assembly

• F1: The Movie
• Marty Supreme
• Sinners
• One Battle After Another – WINNER
• Sentimental value

Best Casting (new category)

• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• The Secret Agent
• Sinners
• One Battle After Another – WINNER

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet: Life Before Hamlet
• Train Dreams
• One Battle After Another – WINNER

Best Original Screenplay

• Blue Moon
• It was just an accident.
• Marty Supreme
• Sinners – WINNER
• Sentimental value

Best Supporting Actor

• Benicio Del Toro (One Battle After Another)
• Delroy Lindo (Sinners)
• Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)
• Sean Penn (One Battle After Another) – WINNER
• Stellan Skarsgard (Sentimental value)

Best Supporting Actress

• Amy Madigan (The Evil Hour) – WINNER
• Elle FanningSentimental value)
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental value)
• Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)
• Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners)

Best direction

• Chloe Zhao (Hamnet)
• Joachim Trier (Sentimental value)
• Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)
• Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another) – WINNER
• Ryan Coogler (Sinners)

Best actress

• Emma Stone (Bugonia)
• Kate Hudson (Song Song Blue)
• Jessie Buckley (Hamnet) – WINNER
• Renate Reinsve (Sentimental value)
• Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs, I Would Kick You)

Best Actor

• Ethan HawkeBlue Moon)
• Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)
• Michael B. Jordan (Sinners) – WINNER
• Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)
• Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)

Best movie

• Bugonia
• Hamnet
• F1: The Movie
• Frankenstein
• Marty Supreme
• The Secret Agent
• Sinners
• Train Dreams
• One Battle After Another – WINNER
• Sentimental value

And for you, who was the most wronged of the night and who deserved to take the statuette home? Leave your opinion in the comments.

See also other features:

See all the films that have won the Oscar in the "Best Picture" category.

See all the films that have won the Oscar for “Best International Feature Film”

Text revised by Alexandre Marques in 16 / 03 / 2026.

Source: Academy Awards