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Monday, March 16, 2026
One Battle After Another was the big winner at the 98th Academy Awards ceremony, held on Sunday, March 15 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The film received six Oscars including Best Picture. Director Paul Thomas Anderson personally won Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, in addition to being one of the producers who received the Best Picture award.
One Battle After Another also received the Oscars for Best Editing and Best Casting, the first time the latter award has been presented, and Sean Penn won for Best Supporting Actor, the third Oscar of his career.
Sinners, which had set an record by earning 16 Oscar nominations, won awards in four categories: Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan, Best Original Screenplay for Ryan Coogler, Best Original Score for Ludwig Goransson, and Best Cinematography for Autumn Durald Arkapaw. Arkapaw is the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
Two other films won multiple Oscars. Frankenstein won Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling. KPop Demon Hunters won Best Animated Feature and Best Song for “Golden“.
Other winners were:
The Oscar ceremony was hosted by Conan O’Brien.
- Brent Lang, Jordan Moreau. Oscar Winners 2026: ‘One Battle After Another’ Triumphs With 6 Wins, ‘Sinners’ Follows With 4 — Variety (magazine), March 15, 2026
- Rebecca Keegan, Daniel Arkin, Angela Yang, Nicole Acevedo , Rebecca Cohen, Rohan Nadkarni, and Chloe Melas. Oscars 2026 live updates: ‘One Battle After Another’ wins best picture; Michael B. Jordan wins for ‘Sinners’ — NBC News, March 15, 2026