‘One Battle After Another Wins’ Best Picture as Warner Bros. Dominates 2026 Oscars

Okay, let me tell you, Warner Bros. absolutely dominated the 98th Academy Awards! Their film, One Battle After Another, walked away with the biggest prize – Best Picture – and ended the night with a total of six Oscars. It was a huge win for the studio, without a doubt.

The studio’s success continued as Sinners won four awards, bringing Warner Bros.’ total to 11 Oscars – more than any other distributor. Netflix finished second with seven wins overall, including three for Frankenstein. KPop Demon Hunters also performed well for Netflix, being the only other film to win more than one award that night.

Warner Bros. Leads the Oscars

One Battle After Another dominated the awards ceremony, taking home prizes for Best Picture, directing, screenplay adaptation, film editing, casting, and a Best Supporting Actor win for Sean Penn.

The movie Sinners was a big success for Warner Bros., winning awards for its visuals, music, and story. Michael B. Jordan also received an award for his performance as the lead actor.

Netflix Finishes Second

Netflix was a big winner with a total of seven awards. Frankenstein was the most awarded title, earning three wins for its costumes, makeup/hairstyling, and production design. KPop Demon Hunters also contributed to Netflix’s success, winning awards for Best Animated Feature Film and Original Song (“Golden”).

Check out the full list of winners below.

Full Oscars Winners and Nominees

Actor in a Leading Role

Winner – Michael B. Jordan Sinners

Timothée Chalamet Marty Supreme

Leonardo DiCaprio One Battle after Another

Ethan Hawke Blue Moon

Wagner Moura The Secret Agent

Actor in a Supporting Role

Winner – Sean Penn One Battle after Another

Benicio Del Toro One Battle after Another

Jacob Elordi Frankenstein

Delroy Lindo Sinners

Stellan Skarsgård Sentimental Value

Actress in a Leading Role

Winner – Jessie Buckley 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

Winner – Amy Madigan Weapons

Elle Fanning Sentimental Value

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas Sentimental Value

Wunmi Mosaku Sinners

Teyana Taylor One Battle after Another

Animated Feature Film

Winner – KPop Demon Hunters

Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Michelle L.M. Wong

Arco

Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas and Natalie Portman

Elio

Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina and Mary Alice Drumm

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago and Henri Magalon

Zootopia 2

Jared Bush, Byron Howard and Yvett Merino

Animated Short Film

Winner – The Girl Who Cried Pearls

Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski

Butterfly

Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens

Forevergreen

Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears

Retirement Plan

John Kelly and Andrew Freedman

The Three Sisters

Konstantin Bronzit

Casting

Winner – One Battle after Another

Cassandra Kulukundis

Hamnet

Nina Gold

Marty Supreme

Jennifer Venditti

The Secret Agent

Gabriel Domingues

Sinners

Francine Maisler

Cinematography

Winner – Sinners

Autumn Durald Arkapaw

Frankenstein

Dan Laustsen

Marty Supreme

Darius Khondji

One Battle after Another

Michael Bauman

Train Dreams

Adolpho Veloso

Costume Design

Winner – Frankenstein

Kate Hawley

Avatar: Fire and Ash

Deborah L. Scott

Hamnet

Malgosia Turzanska

Marty Supreme

Miyako Bellizzi

Sinners

Ruth E. Carter

Directing

Winner – One Battle after Another

Paul Thomas Anderson

Hamnet

Chloé Zhao

Marty Supreme

Josh Safdie

Sentimental Value

Joachim Trier

Sinners

Ryan Coogler

Documentary Feature Film

Winner – Mr. Nobody against Putin

David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin, Helle Faber and Alžběta Karásková

The Alabama Solution

Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman

Come See Me in the Good Light

Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro and Stef Willen

Cutting through Rocks

Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni

The Perfect Neighbor

Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee

Documentary Short Film

Winner – All the Empty Rooms

Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones

Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud

Craig Renaud and Juan Arredondo

Children No More: “Were and Are Gone”

Hilla Medalia and Sheila Nevins

The Devil Is Busy

Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir

Perfectly a Strangeness

Alison McAlpine

Film Editing

Winner – One Battle after Another

Andy Jurgensen

F1

Stephen Mirrione

Marty Supreme

Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie

Sentimental Value

Olivier Bugge Coutté

Sinners

Michael P. Shawver

International Feature Film

Winner – Norway Sentimental Value

Brazil The Secret Agent

France It Was Just an Accident

Spain Sirāt

Tunisia The Voice of Hind Rajab

Live Action Short Film

Winner – The Singers

Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt

Winner – Two People Exchanging Saliva

Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata

Butcher’s Stain

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

Makeup and Hairstyling

Winner – Frankenstein

Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey

Kokuho

Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu

Sinners

Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry

The Smashing Machine

Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein

The Ugly Stepsister

Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg

Music (Original Score)

Winner – Sinners

Ludwig Goransson

Bugonia

Jerskin Fendrix

Frankenstein

Alexandre Desplat

Hamnet

Max Richter

One Battle after Another

Jonny Greenwood

Music (Original Song)

Winner – Golden from KPop Demon Hunters

The music and lyrics for this song were created by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, and Teddy Park.

Dear Me from Diane Warren: Relentless

Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

I Lied To You from Sinners

Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson

Sweet Dreams Of Joy from Viva Verdi!

Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike

Train Dreams from Train Dreams

Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; Lyric by Nick Cave

Best Picture

Winner – One Battle after Another

Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers

Bugonia

Ed Guiney & Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Lars Knudsen, Producers

F1

Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski, and Jerry Bruckheimer served as producers on the project.

Frankenstein

Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber, Producers

Hamnet

Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes, Producers

Marty Supreme

Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas and Timothée Chalamet, Producers

The Secret Agent

Emilie Lesclaux, Producer

Sentimental Value

Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Producers

Sinners

Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Ryan Coogler, Producers

Train Dreams

Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer and Michael Heimler, Producers

Production Design

Winner – Frankenstein

Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau

Hamnet

Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton

Marty Supreme

Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis

One Battle after Another

Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino

Sinners

Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne

Sound

Winner – F1

Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta

Frankenstein

Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern

One Battle after Another

José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor

Sinners

Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker

Sirāt

Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas

Visual Effects

Winner – Avatar: Fire and Ash

Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett

F1

Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson

Jurassic World Rebirth

David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould

The Lost Bus

Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin

Sinners

Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Winner – One Battle after Another

Written by Paul Thomas Anderson

Bugonia

Screenplay by Will Tracy

Frankenstein

Written for the Screen by Guillermo del Toro

Hamnet

Screenplay by Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell

Train Dreams

Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Winner – Sinners

Written by Ryan Coogler

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

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2026-03-16 12:38