98th Academy Awards: Complete List of Nominees and Winners

The 98th Academy Awards, held on March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, will be remembered as the night the horror genre finally got its due, K-pop made history, and a political epic cemented its legacy .

In a ceremony marked by record-breaking nominations, unexpected ties, and a undercurrent of political defiance, the film industry gathered to honor a year of extraordinary cinematic achievement. While the night belonged to Paul Thomas Anderson’s sweeping political thriller "One Battle After Another," which took home the coveted Best Picture trophy, it was Ryan Coogler’s genre-defying vampire epic "Sinners" that made history before a single winner was announced .

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BEST PICTURE

WINNER: "One Battle After Another" (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)

Nominees:

• "Bugonia" (Focus Features)
• "F1" (Apple)
• "Frankenstein" (Netflix)
• "Hamnet" (Focus Features)
• "Marty Supreme" (A24)
• "The Secret Agent" (Neon)
• "Sentimental Value" (Neon)
• "Sinners" (Warner Bros.)
• "Train Dreams" (Netflix)

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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"

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BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

WINNER: Michael B. Jordan – "Sinners" (for his dual performance as Lazarus and Samuel)

Nominees:

• Timothée Chalamet – "Marty Supreme"
• Leonardo DiCaprio – "One Battle After Another"
• Ethan Hawke – "Blue Moon"
• Wagner Moura – "The Secret Agent"

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BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

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"

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BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

WINNER: Sean Penn – "One Battle After Another" (his third Oscar win)

Nominees:

• Benicio del Toro – "One Battle After Another"
• Jacob Elordi – "Frankenstein"
• Delroy Lindo – "Sinners"
• Stellan Skarsgård – "Sentimental Value"

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BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

WINNER: Amy Madigan – "Weapons"

Nominees:

• Elle Fanning – "Sentimental Value"
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – "Sentimental Value"
• Wunmi Mosaku – "Sinners"
• Teyana Taylor – "One Battle After Another"

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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

WINNER: "Sinners" – Written by Ryan Coogler

Nominees:

• "Blue Moon" – Written by Robert Kaplow
• "It Was Just an Accident" – Written by Jafar Panahi; script collaborators: Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian
• "Marty Supreme" – Written by Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
• "Sentimental Value" – Written by Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

WINNER: "One Battle After Another" – Written by Paul Thomas Anderson

Nominees:

• "Bugonia" – Screenplay by Will Tracy
• "Frankenstein" – Written for the screen by Guillermo del Toro
• "Hamnet" – Screenplay by Chloé Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell
• "Train Dreams" – Screenplay by Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

WINNER: "Sentimental Value" (Norway) – Directed by Joachim Trier

Nominees:

• "The Secret Agent" (Brazil)
• "It Was Just an Accident" (France)
• "Sirât" (Spain)
• "The Voice of Hind Rajab" (Tunisia)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

WINNER: "KPop Demon Hunters" – Directed by Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans, Michelle L.M. Wong

Nominees:

• "Arco"
• "Elio" (Walt Disney)
• "Little Amélie or the Character of Rain" (GKIDS)
• "Zootopia 2" (Walt Disney)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

WINNER: "Mr. Nobody Against Putin" – Directed by David Borenstein and Pavel Talankin

Nominees:

• "The Alabama Solution" (HBO Documentary Films)
• "Come See Me in the Good Light" (Apple)
• "Cutting Through Rocks"
• "The Perfect Neighbor" (Netflix)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

WINNER: Ludwig Göransson – "Sinners"

Nominees:

• Jerskin Fendrix – "Bugonia"
• Alexandre Desplat – "Frankenstein"
• Max Richter – "Hamnet"
• Jonny Greenwood – "One Battle After Another"

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

WINNER: "Golden" from "KPop Demon Hunters" – Music and Lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon, Teddy Park

Nominees:

• "Dear Me" from "Diane Warren: Relentless" – Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
• "I Lied to You" from "Sinners" – Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson
• "Sweet Dreams of Joy" from "Viva Verdi!" – Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike
• "Train Dreams" from "Train Dreams" – Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; Lyric by Nick Cave

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

WINNER: Autumn Durald Arkapaw – "Sinners" (First woman to win this award in Oscar history)

Nominees:

• Dan Laustsen – "Frankenstein"
• Darius Khondji – "Marty Supreme"
• Michael Bauman – "One Battle After Another"
• Adolpho Veloso – "Train Dreams"

BEST FILM EDITING

WINNER: Andy Jurgensen – "One Battle After Another"

Nominees:

• Stephen Mirrione – "F1"
• Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie – "Marty Supreme"
• Olivier Bugge Coutté – "Sentimental Value"
• Michael P. Shawver – "Sinners"

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

WINNER: "Frankenstein" – Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau

Nominees:

• "Hamnet" – Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton
• "Marty Supreme" – Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis
• "One Battle After Another" – Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino
• "Sinners" – Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

WINNER: Kate Hawley – "Frankenstein"

Nominees:

• Deborah L. Scott – "Avatar: Fire and Ash"
• Malgosia Turzanska – "Hamnet"
• Miyako Bellizzi – "Marty Supreme"
• Ruth E. Carter – "Sinners"

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

WINNER: "Frankenstein" – Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey

Nominees:

• "Kokuho" – Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino, Tadashi Nishimatsu
• "Sinners" – Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, Shunika Terry
• "The Smashing Machine" – Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin, Bjoern Rehbein
• "The Ugly Stepsister" – Thomas Foldberg, Anne Cathrine Sauerberg

BEST SOUND

WINNER: "F1" – Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta

Nominees:

• "Frankenstein" – Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern
• "One Battle After Another" – José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflor
• "Sinners" – Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker
• "Sirât" – Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas, Yasmina Praderas

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

WINNER: "Avatar: Fire and Ash" – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett

Nominees:

• "F1" – Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington, Keith Dawson
• "Jurassic World: Rebirth" – David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan, Neil Corbould
• "Sinners" – Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, Donnie Dean
• "The Lost Bus" – Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen, Brandon K. McLaughlin

BEST CASTING (New Category)

WINNER: Cassandra Kulukundis – "One Battle After Another"

Nominees:

• Nina Gold – "Hamnet"
• Jennifer Venditti – "Marty Supreme"
• Francine Maisler – "Sinners"
• Gabriel Domingues – "The Secret Agent"

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

WINNER: "The Girl Who Cried Pearls" – Directed by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski (National Film Board of Canada)

Nominees:

• "Butterfly" (Sacrebleu Productions) – Directed by Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens
• "Forevergreen" – Directed by Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears
• "Retirement Plan" – Directed by John Kelly and Andrew Freedman
• "The Three Sisters" (Polydont Films/Rymanco Ventures) – Directed by Konstantin Bronzit

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

WINNER (TIE): "The Singers" – Directed by Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt (Netflix)

WINNER (TIE): "Two People Exchanging Saliva" – Directed by Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata (Canal+/The New Yorker)

Nominees:

• "A Friend of Dorothy" – Directed by Lee Knight and James Dean
• "Butcher's Stain" (Tel Aviv University) – Directed by Meyer Levinson-Blount and Oron Caspi
• "Jane Austen's Period Drama" – Directed by Julia Aks and Steve Pinder

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

WINNER: "All the Empty Rooms" – Directed by Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones (Netflix)

Nominees:

• "Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud" (HBO) – Directed by Craig Renaud and Juan Arredondo
• "Children No More: Were and Are Gone" (Sky) – Directed by Hilla Medalia and Sheila Nevins
• "The Devil Is Busy" (HBO) – Directed by Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir
• "Perfectly a Strangeness" (Second Sight Pictures) – Directed by Alison McAlpine

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Key Facts About the 98th Academy Awards

Ceremony Date: March 15, 2026

Location: Dolby Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles

Host: Conan O'Brien (second consecutive year)

Record-Breaking Nominations: "Sinners" received 16 nominations, the most in Oscar history, tying the record previously held by "All About Eve" (1950) and "Titanic" (1997)

Historic Win: Autumn Durald Arkapaw became the first woman to win Best Cinematography in Oscar history for her work on "Sinners"

Tie in Live Action Short: For the first time since 2012, a tie occurred—"The Singers" and "Two People Exchanging Saliva" both won Best Live Action Short Film

Most Wins: "One Battle After Another" led the night with 6 wins including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Casting

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