“One Battle After Another” Leads 2026 Academy Awards, Wins Best Picture, Director, and More

The 2026 Academy Awards celebrated excellence in global cinema, with One Battle After Another emerging as the night’s biggest winner. The film claimed six awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Paul Thomas Anderson.

In the acting categories, Jessie Buckley won Best Actress for her performance in Hamnet, while Michael B. Jordan was named Best Actor for his role in Sinners.

Full List of Winners and Selected Nominees:

Best Picture

• Winner: One Battle After Another

• Nominees: Bugonia, Frankenstein, F1, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value, Sinners, Train Dreams

Best Actress

• 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

Best Actor

• Winner: Michael B. Jordan – Sinners

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

Best Supporting Actress

• Winner: Amy Madigan – Weapons

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

Best Supporting Actor

• Winner: Sean Penn – One Battle After Another

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

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

Best Animated Feature – KPop Demon Hunters
Best International Feature – Sentimental Value
Best Documentary Feature – Mr Nobody Against Putin
Best Original Screenplay – Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Best Adapted Screenplay – Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Best Original Song – Golden – KPop Demon Hunters
Best Original Score – Ludwig Göransson – Sinners
Best Cinematography – Autumn Durald Arkapaw – Sinners
Best Film Editing – Andy Jurgensen – One Battle After Another
Best Sound – F1
Best Visual Effects – Avatar: Fire and Ash
Best Production Design – Frankenstein
Best Casting – Cassandra Kulukundis – One Battle After Another
Best Make-up and Hairstyling – Frankenstein
Best Costume Design – Kate Hawley – Frankenstein
Best Animated Short – The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Best Live Action Short – The Singers (Tied), Two People Exchanging Saliva (Tied)
Best Documentary Short – All the Empty Rooms

The ceremony highlighted the breadth of cinematic achievement across acting, storytelling, animation, and technical categories, cementing One Battle After Another as the standout film of the evening.

Source: BBC