Oscars 2026: Winners in lead categories

The most number of awards went to "One Battle After Another, "Sinners", and "KPop Demon Hunters". Paul Thomas Anderson, Ryan Coogler, Michael B Jordan, Jessie Buckley, and Autumn Durald Arkapaw won their first Oscars

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The 98th Oscars ceremony was held at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 15, 2026. The event honoured movies released in 2025. It was an occasion for several firsts, with Paul Thomas Anderson, Ryan Coogler, Michael B Jordan, Jessie Buckley and Autumn Durald Arkapaw winning their first Oscars. "One Battle After Another" leads with 6 wins and "Sinners" with 4.

Here's the full list of nominees and winners in the lead categories:

Actor in a Leading Role

Nominees

Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)

Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle after Another)

Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)

Michael B. Jordan - WINNER (Sinners)

Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)

Actor in a Supporting Role

Nominees

Benicio Del Toro (One Battle after Another)

Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)

Delroy Lindo (Sinners)

Sean Penn  - WINNER (One Battle after Another)

Stellan Skarsgård

Sentimental Value

Actress in a Leading Role

Nominees

Jessie Buckley - WINNER (Hamnet)

Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I'd Kick You)

Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue)

Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value)

Emma Stone (Bugonia)

Actress in a Supporting Role

Nominees

Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value)

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value)

Amy Madigan - WINNER (Weapons)

Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners)

Teyana Taylor (One Battle after Another)

Cinematography

Nominees

Frankenstein (Dan Laustsen)

Marty Supreme (Darius Khondji)

One Battle after Another (Michael Bauman)

Sinners (Autumn Durald Arkapaw) - WINNER

Train Dreams (Adolpho Veloso)

Directing

Nominees

Hamnet (Chloé Zhao)

Marty Supreme (Josh Safdie)

One Battle after Another (Paul Thomas Anderson)  - WINNER

Sentimental Value (Joachim Trier)

Sinners (Ryan Coogler)

International Feature Film

Nominees

Brazil (The Secret Agent)

France (It Was Just an Accident)

Norway (Sentimental Value)  - WINNER

Spain (Sirāt)

Tunisia (The Voice of Hind Rajab)

Best Picture

Nominees

Bugonia 

F1

Frankenstein

Hamnet

Marty Supreme

One Battle after Another - WINNER

The Secret Agent

Sentimental Value

Sinners

Train Dreams

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Nominees

Bugonia (Screenplay by Will Tracy)

Frankenstein (Written for the Screen by Guillermo del Toro)

Hamnet (Screenplay by Chloé Zhao & Maggie O'Farrell)

One Battle after Another (Written by Paul Thomas Anderson) - WINNER

Train Dreams (Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar)

Writing (Original Screenplay)

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 & Josh Safdie)

Sentimental Value (Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier)

Sinners (Written by Ryan Coogler) - WINNER 

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