The dark comedy thriller One Battle After Another won Best Picture at the Academy Awards on Sunday, securing a total of six Oscars. The film, a Warner Bros. production starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a revolutionary turned single father, led a night defined by wins for unconventional narratives.
Director Paul Thomas Anderson earned his first three career Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. Anderson, who had eleven previous nominations without a win, noted in his screenplay acceptance speech that he wrote the film as a message to his children about the state of the world.
Major highlights
Michael B. Jordan won for his dual roles in the supernatural drama Sinners. In his speech, he honored trailblazing Black actors like Sidney Poitier and Denzel Washington. Sean Penn won his third Oscar for his role in One Battle After Another. Penn did not attend the ceremony; presenter Kieran Culkin accepted the award on his behalf.
Amy Madigan, 75, won for the horror film Weapons, marking her first win forty years after her initial nomination. Autumn Durald Arkapaw made history as the first woman and first Black cinematographer to win the award for her work on Sinners.
Despite entering the night with a record-breaking sixteen nominations, Sinners finished with four awards. The film, set in the Jim Crow-era South, was recognized for its blend of Black culture and supernatural elements.
The full 2026 Oscars nominees list here:
The winners at the Oscars
Best picture
WINNER: One Battle After Another
Best actress
WINNER: Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Best actor
WINNER: Michael B Jordan – Sinners
Best supporting actress
WINNER: Amy Madigan – Weapons
Best supporting actor
WINNER: Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Best director
WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Best animated feature
WINNER: KPop Demon Hunters
Best international feature
WINNER: Sentimental Value
Best documentary feature
WINNER: Mr Nobody Against Putin
Best original screenplay
WINNER: Sinners – Ryan Coogler
Best adapted screenplay
WINNER: One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson
Best original song
WINNER: Golden – KPop Demon Hunters (by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo and Teddy Park)
Best original score
WINNER: Sinners – Ludwig Goransson
Best cinematography
WINNER: Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Best film editing
WINNER: One Battle After Another – Andy Jurgensen
Best sound
WINNER: F1 – Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A Rizzo and Juan Peralta
Best visual effects
WINNER: Avatar: Fire and Ash – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett
Best production design
WINNER: Frankenstein – Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau
Best casting
WINNER: One Battle After Another – Cassandra Kulukundis
Best make-up and hairstyling
WINNER: Frankenstein – Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey
Best costume design
WINNER: Frankenstein – Kate Hawley
Best animated short
WINNER: The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Best live action short
WINNER (TIED): The Singers
WINNER (TIED): Two People Exchanging Saliva
Best documentary short
WINNER: All the Empty Rooms
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