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Mar 15, 2026 11:00am PT Oscar Winners 2026 (Updating Live) By Jordan Moreau Plus Icon Jordan Moreau Latest Mickey Rourke Evicted From L.A. Home After Not Paying $60,000 in Rent 4 days ago ‘Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Casts Donald Glover as Yoshi 6 days ago ‘The Boys’ Final Season Trailer: Homelander Seeks Immortality and Sits in The White House in Blood-Soaked New Footage 1 week ago See All Michael Buckner for Variety The 98th Academy Awards are finally here, and many of the major categories are seemingly still up for grabs after a long and unpredictable awards season. Ryan Coogler’s vampire drama “Sinners” enters the night with a record-breaking 16 nominations, the most of any film in Oscars history. It will face tough competition from fellow Warner Bros. release “One Battle After Another,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s dark political thriller which earned 13 nods. The two films have racked up wins throughout the precursors from this year’s awards season, and they’re up against “Frankenstein,” “Bugonia,” “Hamnet,” “Marty Supreme,” “Sentimental Value,” “Train Dreams,” “F1” and “The Secret Agent” for best picture. “Sinners” has gained momentum after winning the top prize at this month’s SAG’s Actor Awards, which also featured Michael B. Jordan winning for lead actor over frontrunner Timothee Chalamet for the ping-pong drama “Marty Supreme.” It’ll be a tight race between the two actors, plus Leonardo DiCaprio (“One Battle After Another”), Ethan Hawke (“Blue Moon”) and Wagner Moura (“The Secret Agent”). In lead actress, “Hamnet” star Jessie Buckley has led for most of awards season, and she’s up against Emma Stone (“Bugonia”), Kate Hudson (“Song Sung Blue”), Rose Byrne (“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”) and Renate Reinsve (“Sentimental Value”). In the supporting actor category, it’s between Benicio Del Toro (“One Battle After Another”), Jacob Elordi (“Frankenstein”), Delroy Lindo (“Sinners”), Sean Penn (“One Battle After Another) and Stellan Skarsgård (“Sentimental Value”). Supporting actress is another close race between Elle Fanning (“Sentimental Value”) Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (“Sentimental Value”), Amy Madigan (“Weapons”), Wunmi Mosaku (“Sinners”) and Teyana Taylor (“One Battle After Another”). This year also introduces a new category that recognizes casting directors; the first-ever nominees are Nina Gold (“Hamnet”), Jennifer Venditti (“Marty Supreme”), Cassandra Kulukundis (“One Battle After Another”), Francine Maisler (“Sinners”) and Gabriel Domingues (“The Secret Agent”). Conan O’Brien hosts the ceremony for the second year in a row. See the winners below as they’re announced. Best Picture “Bugonia” (Focus Features) An Element Pictures/Square Peg/CJ ENM in association with Pith/Fruit Tree Enterprises Production; Ed Guiney & Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Lars Knudsen, Producers “F1” (Apple) An Apple Original Films/Monolith Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer/Plan B Entertainment/Dawn Apollo Films Production; Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers “Frankenstein” (Netflix) A Netflix/Double Dare You/Demilo Films/Bluegrass 7 Production; Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber, Producers “Hamnet” (Focus Features) A Hera Pictures/Neal Street/Amblin Entertainment in association with Book of Shadows Production; Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes, Producers “Marty Supreme” (A24) An A24/Central Group Production; Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas and Timothée Chalamet, Producers “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) A Ghoulardi Film Company Production; Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers “The Secret Agent” (Neon) A CinemaScópio/MK/Lemming Film/One Two Films Production; Emilie Lesclaux, Producer “Sentimental Value” (Neon) A Mer Film/Eye Eye Pictures/MK/Lumen/Zentropa/ Komplizen Film/BBC Film Production; Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Producers “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) A Proximity Media Production; Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Ryan Coogler, Producers “Train Dreams” (Netflix) A Black Bear/Kamala Films Production; Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer and Michael Heimler, Producers Best Director “Hamnet” (Focus Features) Chloé Zhao “Marty Supreme” (A24) Josh Safdie “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) Paul Thomas Anderson “Sentimental Value” (Neon) Joachim Trier “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Ryan Coogler Actor in a Leading Role Timothée Chalamet in “Marty Supreme” (A24) Leonardo DiCaprio in “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) Ethan Hawke in “Blue Moon” (Sony Pictures Classics) Michael B. Jordan in “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Wagner Moura in “The Secret Agent” (Neon) Actress in a Leading Role Jessie Buckley in “Hamnet” (Focus Features) Rose Byrne in “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” (A24) Kate Hudson in “Song Sung Blue” (Focus Features) Renate Reinsve in “Sentimental Value” (Neon) Emma Stone in “Bugonia” (Focus Features) Actor in a Supporting Role Benicio Del Toro in “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) Jacob Elordi in “Frankenstein” (Netflix) Delroy Lindo in “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Sean Penn in “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) Stellan Skarsgård in “Sentimental Value” (Neon) Actress in a Supporting Role Elle Fanning in “Sentimental Value” (Neon) Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas in “Sentimental Value” (Neon) Amy Madigan in “Weapons” (Warner Bros.) Wunmi Mosaku in “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Teyana Taylor in “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) Adapted Screenplay “Bugonia” (Focus Features) Screenplay by Will Tracy “Frankenstein” (Netflix) Written for the Screen by Guillermo del Toro “Hamnet” (Focus Features) Screenplay by Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) Written by Paul Thomas Anderson “Train Dreams” (Netflix) Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar Original Screenplay “Blue Moon” (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by Robert Kaplow “It Was Just an Accident” (Neon) Written by Jafar Panahi; Script collaborators – Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian “Marty Supreme” (A24) Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie “Sentimental Value” (Neon) Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Written by Ryan Coogler Animated Short Film “Butterfly” (Sacrebleu Productions) Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens “Forevergreen”; Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears “The Girl Who Cried Pearls” (National Film Board of Canada) Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski “Retirement Plan”; John Kelly and Andrew Freedman “The Three Sisters” (Polydont Films/Rymanco Ventures) Konstantin Bronzit Costume Design “Avatar: Fire and Ash” (Walt Disney) Deborah L. Scott “Frankenstein” (Netflix) Kate Hawley “Hamnet” (Focus Features) Malgosia Turzanska “Marty Supreme” (A24) Miyako Bellizzi “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Ruth E. Carter Achievement in Casting “Hamnet” (Focus Features) Nina Gold “Marty Supreme” (A24) Jennifer Venditti “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) Cassandra Kulukundis “The Secret Agent” (Neon) Gabriel Domingues “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Francine Maisler Live Action Short Film “Butcher’s Stain” (Tel Aviv University Steve Tisch School of Film and Television) Meyer Levinson-Blount and Oron Caspi “A Friend of Dorothy”; Lee Knight and James Dean “Jane Austen’s Period Drama”; Julia Aks and Steve Pinder “The Singers” (Netflix) Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt “Two People Exchanging Saliva” (Canal+/The New Yorker) Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata Makeup and Hairstyling “Frankenstein” (Netflix) Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey “Kokuho” (GKIDS) Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry “The Smashing Machine” (A24) Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein “The Ugly Stepsister” (Independent Film Company/Shudder) Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg Original Score “Bugonia” (Focus Features) Jerskin Fendrix “Frankenstein” (Netflix) Alexandre Desplat “Hamnet” (Focus Features) Max Richter “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) Jonny Greenwood “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Ludwig Goransson Animated Feature Film “Arco” (Neon) Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas and Natalie Portman “Elio” (Walt Disney) Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina and Mary Alice Drumm “KPop Demon Hunters” (Netflix) Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Michelle L.M. Wong “Little Amélie or the Character of Rain” (GKIDS) Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago and Henri Magalon “Zootopia 2” (Walt Disney) Jared Bush, Byron Howard and Yvett Merino Cinematography “Frankenstein” (Netflix) Dan Laustsen “Marty Supreme” (A24) Darius Khondji “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) Michael Bauman “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Autumn Durald Arkapaw “Train Dreams” (Netflix) Adolpho Veloso Documentary Feature Film “The Alabama Solution” (HBO Documentary Films) An HBO Documentary Films/Alabama Film ProjectProduction Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman “Come See Me in the Good Light” (Apple)An Apple Original Films/Tripod Media/Amplify Pictures in association with Treat Media/Something Fierce Production; Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro and Stef Willen “Cutting Through Rocks” A Gandom Films Production; Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni “Mr. Nobody Against Putin” (PINK) A PINK Production; Nominees to be determined “The Perfect Neighbor” (Netflix) A Netflix Documentary/Message Pictures in association with SO’B/Park Pictures Production; Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee Documentary Short Film “All the Empty Rooms” (Netflix) Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones “Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud” (HBO) Craig Renaud and Juan Arredondo “Children No More: “Were and Are Gone”” (Sky) Hilla Medalia and Sheila Nevins “The Devil Is Busy” (HBO) Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir “Perfectly a Strangeness” (Second Sight Pictures) Alison McAlpine Film Editing “F1” (Apple) Stephen Mirrione “Marty Supreme” (A24) Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) Andy Jurgensen “Sentimental Value” (Neon) Olivier Bugge Coutté “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Michael P. Shawver International Feature Film “The Secret Agent”; A CinemaScópio Production; Brazil “It Was Just an Accident”; A Les Films Pelléas Production; France “Sentimental Value”; A Mer Film/Eye Eye Pictures Production; Norway “Sirāt”; An El Deseo Production; Spain “The Voice of Hind Rajab”; A Mime Films Production; Tunisia Original Song “Dear Me” from “Diane Warren: Relentless” (MasterClass/ Greenwich Entertainment) Music and Lyric by Diane Warren “Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters” (Netflix) Music and Lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon and Teddy Park “I Lied To You” from “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson “Sweet Dreams Of Joy” from “Viva Verdi!” (Viva Verdi!) Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike “Train Dreams” from “Train Dreams” (Netflix) Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; Lyric by Nick Cave Production Design “Frankenstein” (Netflix) Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau “Hamnet” (Focus Features) Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton “Marty Supreme” (A24) Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne Sound “F1” (Apple) Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta “Frankenstein” (Netflix) Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker “Sirāt” (Neon) Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas Visual Effects “Avatar: Fire and Ash” (Walt Disney) Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett “F1” (Apple) Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson “Jurassic World Rebirth” (Universal) David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould “The Lost Bus” (Apple) Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) 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