One Battle After Another, Sinners Top 98th Academy Awards

One Battle After Another and Sinners topped the list of winners at the 98th Academy Awards, with One Battle After Another taking home Best Picture. Sunday’s award ceremony honored the best films of 2025 and saw Paul Thomas Anderson’s film take home six wins, while Sinners won five.

In addition to Best Picture, One Battle won Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay (both Anderson), Best Supporting Actor (Sean Penn), Best Editing (Andy Jurgensen), and the new Best Casting award (Cassandra Kulukundis). Meanwhile, Sinners won Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan, Best Cinematography (Best Cinematography), Best Score (Ludwig Göransson), and Best Original Screenplay (Ryan Coogler).

2026 was a good Oscar night for horror; in addition to Sinners, both Weapons and Frankenstein took home wins. Amy Madigan won Best Supporting Actress for Weapons while Frankenstein won three awards for Costume Design, Makeup/Hairstyling, and Production Design. The other multi-award film was KPop Demon Hunters, which won Best Animated Film and Best Song.

A couple of the heavily-nominated films were mostly empty-handed. Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet won Best Actress for Jessie Buckley, but nothing else despite eight nominations. And Marty Supreme (nine nominations) was left winless, while Sentimental Value only won for Best International Film.

You can see the full list of winners below:

Totals By Film:

One Battle After Another: 6
Sinners: 4
Frankenstein: 3
KPop Demon Hunter: 2
All the Empty Rooms: 1
Avatar: Fire and Ash: 1
F1: 1
The Girl Who Cried Pearls: 1
Hamnet: 1
Mr. Nobody Against Putin: 1
Sentimental Value: 1
The Singers: 1
Two People Exchanging Saliva: 1
Weapons: 1

Winners

Award for Best Supporting Actress: Amy Madigan – Weapons
Award for Best Animated Feature: KPop Demon Hunter
Award for Best Animated Short: The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Award for Best Costume Design: Kate Hawley – Frankenstein
Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, and Cliona Furey – Frankenstein
Award for Best Casting: Cassandra Kulukundis – One Battle After Another
Award for Best Live Action Short: The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva (tie)
Award for Best Supporting Actor: Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Award for Best Adapted Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Award for Best Original Screenplay: Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Award for Best Production Design: Tamara Deverell & Shane Vieau – Frankenstein
Award for Best Visual Effects: Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett – Avatar: Fire and Ash
Award for Best Documentary Short: All the Empty Rooms
Award for Best Documentary Feature: Mr. Nobody Against Putin
Award for Best Score: Ludwig Göransson – Sinners
Award for Best Sound: Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, and Juan Peralta – F1
Award for Best Editing: Andy Jurgensen – One Battle After Another
Award for Best Cinematography: Autumn Durald Arkapaw – Sinners
Award for Best International Film: Sentimental Value (Norway)
Award for Best Original Song: “Golden” – KPop Demon Hunters
Award for Best Direction: Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Award for Best Best Actor: Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Award for Best Best Actress: Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Award for Best Best Picture: One Battle After Another