The 2026 Oscars Winners List: Where to Watch Every Major Award-Winning Movie (Live Updating)

After months of speculation, weeks of precursor ceremonies and even a low key scandal or two, the biggest night in Hollywood is finally here and we are staying up until the wee hours to see who's wearing what, who gets left out of the in memoriam (sorry in advance to Bela Tarr), and whether or not Conan O'Brien makes a joke about ballet.

Thankfully, as far as these things usually go, this year's Academy Awards (the 98th, to be precise) is a bit of a nail-biter. Indeed, pretty much all of the major categories, aside from Actress (Jessie Buckley is a lock) and Screenplay, are still very much in play — Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another and Ryan Coogler's Sinners neck and neck in most of them. If either one starts to sweep up prizes early in the night, we could be in for a landslide, but if I had to put money on it, I'd say the Academy will be looking to share the spoils between them — a classic Oscars Picture/Director split is very much on the cards.

Oscar obsessives will have to wait patiently till the final few gongs for an answer to this year's most tantalising awards season question — aka, did Timothée Chalamet (electric as a ping pong wizard in Josh Safdie's Marty Supreme) actually manage to tank his own campaign in the 11th hour? Whatever the case, you can count on Michael B. Jordan having a speech prepared.

Follow along to find out each winner as they're announced and use the guide below to find out where to see them on services like Apple TV, Netflix, Prime Video and elsewhere. 

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Madigan — Weapons (Winner)

Now that’s a nice one! The second of our three “who the hell knows?” acting categories goes to Amy Madigan for her deliciously evil turn as Aunt Gladys in Weapons, Zack Cregger’s beloved horror romp. Non-US-based movie fans may not be aware of the place that Madigan’s Field of Dreams holds in the American psyche, which probably helped to get her over the line.

• Elle Fanning — Sentimental Value

• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas — Sentimental Value

• Wunmi Mosaku — Sinners

• Teyana Taylor — One Battle After Another

Best Animated Feature Film

KPop Demon Hunters — Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans, Michelle L.M. Wong (Winner)

Zero surprises here. Only Jessie Buckley and 'Golden' looked like tighter locks in the run-up. Makes for Netflix’s second win in this category after Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio. Zootopia 2 was fun, but no complaints here; a genuine cultural smash.

• Arco — Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas, Natalie Portman

• Elio — Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina, Mary Alice Drumm

• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain — Maïlys Vallade, Liane‑Cho Han, Nidia Santiago, Henri Magalon

• Zootopia 2 — Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino

Best Animated Short Film

The Girl Who Cried Pearls — Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski (Winner)

First low-key surprise of the night. Animated short goes to this lovely Canadian emo hit.

• Butterfly — Florence Miailhe, Ron Dyens

• Forevergreen — Nathan Engelhardt, Jeremy Spears

• Retirement Plan — John Kelly, Andrew Freedman

• The Three Sisters — Konstantin Bronzit

Best Supporting Actor

Sean Penn — One Battle After Another (Winner)

One of the tightest races of the night goes to the ever-so-slight favourite, putting Sean Penn in the rare air of three-time winning actors. Penn wins for his darkly hilarious turn as Steven J. Lockjaw, and, true to current form, he’s not even here to collect it. Bodes very well for One Battle’s chances tonight, nonetheless.

• Benicio del Toro — One Battle After Another

• Jacob Elordi — Frankenstein

• Delroy Lindo — Sinners

• Stellan Skarsgård — Sentimental Value

Best Costume Design

Frankenstein (winner)

Frankenstein didn’t exactly set the world alight, but there seems to be plenty of love for it in the industry. The first of what are expected to be a few “below the line” awards for the film goes to Kate Hawley for costume design. Probably deserves it for that Mia Goth dress alone.

• Avatar: Fire and Ash — Deborah L. Scott

• Hamnet — Malgosia Turzanska

• Marty Supreme — Miyako Bellizzi

• Sinners — Ruth E. Carter

Best Achievement in Casting — Nominees

Cassandra Kulukundis — One Battle After Another (Winner)

History is made as the first Academy Award for best casting goes to One Battle After Another. That's an unexpected win, which means good stuff for PTA's movie tonight. Makes me think One Battle is about to sweep!

• Francine Maisler — Sinners

• Nina Gold — Hamnet

• Jennifer Venditti — Marty Supreme

• Gabriel Domingues — The Secret Agent

Best Original Screenplay

Sinners — Ryan Coogler (Winner)

What a dream. Looked like a dead cert that the Screenplay awards would be split between the two Best Picture frontrunners. No surprises here. The question is, will this be Coogler’s last time at the podium?

• Blue Moon — Robert Kaplow

• It Was Just an Accident — Jafar Panahi (with Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian

• Marty Supreme — Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie

• Sentimental Value — Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier

Best Adapted Screenplay

One Battle After Another — Paul Thomas Anderson (Winner)

As mentioned above, you could’ve put the house on this — but a historic moment nonetheless. Paul Thomas Anderson, a hometown prodigy with Hollywood in his veins who has never made a bad movie, finally wins his first Oscar of his career at the twelfth time of asking, and at 55 years of age. Better late than never — but will it be a “waiting for a bus to arrive” type situation?

• Bugonia — Will Tracy

• Frankenstein — Guillermo del Toro

• Hamnet — Chloé Zhao & Maggie O'Farrell

• Train Dreams — Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Frankenstein — Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey (Winner)

As mentioned with costume, the Academy seem beset by del Toro’s vision for Frankenstein and is taking it upon itself to give it some love in the crafty departments. This one, I expect, has a lot to do with Elordi’s marble-like Creature. It’s a first nom and win for the team — many congrats to them.

• Kokuho — Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino, Tadashi Nishimatsu

• Sinners — Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, Shunika Terry

• The Smashing Machine — Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin, Bjoern Rehbein

• The Ugly Stepsister — Thomas Foldberg, Anne Cathrine Sauerberg

Best Film Editing

One Battle After Another — Andy Jurgensen (Winner)

This one tends to go to either the Best Picture winner or the film with “most editing” (in this case: F1), so this bodes well for One Battle’s night. Jurgensen is more than deserving of making a 162-minute movie feel half as long.

• F1 — Stephen Mirrione

• Marty Supreme — Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie

• Sentimental Value — Olivier Bugge Coutté

• Sinners — Michael P. Shawver

Best Sound

• F1 — Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta (winner)

Like editing, occasionally, or some other categories for that matter, Best Sound can usually be described as 'Most Sound,' and F1 certainly has that. If it was going to win anything, it was going to be this one. And it has. VROOM. (ps. It’s still objectively sick that Sirāt got nominated.

• Frankenstein — Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern

• One Battle After Another — José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflor

• Sinners — Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker

• Sirāt — Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas, Yasmina Praderas

Best Original Song

• “Golden” — EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Teddy Park (KPop Demon Hunters) (Winner)

If you have a child who is old enough to be even remotely cognisant, you likely go to sleep with the lyrics to this song bouncing around your cranium. Yes, it’s 'Golden' from KPop Demon Hunters, the most-streamed song of 2025 and the safest-bet winner of the night. Nick Cave is clapping politely. No notes.

• “Dear Me” — Diane Warren (Diane Warren: Relentless)

• “I Lied To You” — Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson (Sinners)

• “Sweet Dreams Of Joy” — Nicholas Pike (Viva Verdi!)

• “Train Dreams” — Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner (Train Dreams)

Best Documentary Short Film

• All the Empty Rooms — Joshua Seftel, Conall Jones (winner)

As expected, Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones’s heartbreaking memorial to three decades of American school shootings takes the prize — check it out on Netflix.

• Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud — Craig Renaud, Juan Arredondo

• Children No More: “Were and Are Gone” — Hilla Medalia, Sheila Nevins

• The Devil Is Busy — Christalyn Hampton, Geeta Gandbhir

• Perfectly a Strangeness — Alison McAlpine

Best Documentary Feature Film

Mr. Nobody Against Putin — David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin, Helle Faber, Alžběta Karásková (Winner)

Mr Nobody wins against so many more favoured contenders, specifically Perfect Neighbour. That's a mild shock.

• The Alabama Solution — Andrew Jarecki, Charlotte Kaufman

• Come See Me in the Good Light — Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro, Stef Willen

• Cutting Through Rocks — Sara Khaki, Mohammadreza Eyni

• The Perfect Neighbor — Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu, Sam Bisbee

Best Production Design

Frankenstein — Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau (Winner)

Netflix gets its sixth (and, I think, final) win of the night with a Production Design gong for Frankenstein — completing a hat trick of craft awards for Del Toro’s love letter to Mary Shelley’s timeless novel. Good for them. 

• Hamnet — Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton

• Marty Supreme — Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis

• One Battle After Another — Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino

• Sinners — Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne

Best Visual Effects

Avatar: Fire and Ash — Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett (Winner)

Another of the night’s more expected wins sees James Cameron’s Avatar team (which includes Dublin-born Richie Baneham) add a third gong to the pile for Fire and Ash. Never a dull moment on old Pandora.

• F1 — Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington, Keith Dawson

• Jurassic World Rebirth — David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan, Neil Corbould

• The Lost Bus — Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen, Brandon K. McLaughlin

• Sinners — Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, Donnie Dean

Best International Feature Film

Sentimental Value — Norway (Winner)

From one of the strongest selections of nominations in recent memory (not least Sirāt, the best film of the year, IMO), Joachim Trier’s beloved and moving family drama nips ahead of the chasing pack with a well-earned win. There was plenty of buzz (and Brazilian backing) around Agent, and Accident certainly had the most political significance, but nobody will be surprised to see the award go to the most emotionally resonant film of the five.

• The Secret Agent — Brazil

• It Was Just an Accident — France

• Sirāt — Spain

• The Voice of Hind Rajab — Tunisia

Best Live Action Short Film

The Singers — Sam A. Davis, Jack Piatt & Two People Exchanging Saliva — Alexandre Singh, Natalie Musteata (Winner)

Huge surprise! I had Saliva on my ballot, but the award goes down as a rare tie between that film and Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt's The Singers.

• Butcher’s Stain — Meyer Levinson-Blount, Oron Caspi

• A Friend of Dorothy — Lee Knight, James Dean

• Jane Austen’s Period Drama — Julia Aks, Steve Pinder

Best Cinematography

Sinners — Autumn Durald Arkapaw (Winner)

An ever so slight upset with Autumn Durald Arkapaw makes this a very historic night — she is not only the first woman of colour to win this award, she is (with shame for the Academy) the first woman to win it full stop. Well deserving, too — Sinners simply looks huge and gorgeous from start to finish.

• Frankenstein — Dan Laustsen

• Marty Supreme — Darius Khondji

• One Battle After Another — Michael Bauman

• Train Dreams — Adolpho Veloso

Best Original Score

Sinners — Ludwig Göransson (Winner)

Greenwood may have had an outside shot, but Sinners in many ways is the music — and with 'Golden' a lock for song, this was always going to be Göransson‘s category to lose. This is the Swede’s third win after Black Panther and Oppenheimer. Confirms him as the central composer of his generation.

• Bugonia — Jerskin Fendrix

• Frankenstein — Alexandre Desplat

• Hamnet — Max Richter

• One Battle After Another — Jonny Greenwood

Best Actor

Michael B. Jordan — Sinners (Winner)

And there you have it. The most tumultuous and hard-to-call race in a generation ends up going to Michael B. Jordan for his portrayal of twin brothers Smoke and Stack in Sinners. Commentators will look to ballet-gate for evidence of Chalamet’s fumble, but this is a story of one actor’s over-saturation and a humble underdog peaking at just the right time. Timmy is smiling genuinely. The room seems delighted for Jordan. What a moment.

• Timothée Chalamet — Marty Supreme

• Leonardo DiCaprio — One Battle After Another

• Ethan Hawke — Blue Moon

• Wagner Moura — The Secret Agent

Best Director

Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After Another (Winner)

The most overdue of overdue wins. Granted, Coogler would have been delightful (and don’t worry, his time will come), but it’s a relief to see Anderson avoid the fate of legendary filmmakers, like Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick, who never once got to win this thing. But will the Academy put the cherry on top for OBAA or go for a classic Picture/Director split? Let’s see.

• Chloé Zhao — Hamnet

• Josh Safdie — Marty Supreme

• Joachim Trier — Sentimental Value

• Ryan Coogler — Sinners

Best Actress

Jessie Buckley — Hamnet (Winner)

As your Uber driver, bank teller or pet gerbil could have told you, Jessie Buckley was never not going to win this award. The Hamnet star, and pride of Kerry, becomes the first Irish actress to ever triumph in this category — nicely mirroring what Cillian Murphy (from her neighbouring Cork) achieved with Oppenheimer two years ago — and less than 24 hours before St. Patrick’s Day. Up Ireland!

• Rose Byrne — If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

• Kate Hudson — Song Sung Blue

• Renate Reinsve — Sentimental Value

• Emma Stone — Bugonia

Best Picture

One Battle After Another — Adam Somner, Sara Murphy, Paul Thomas Anderson (Winner)

And there you have it. Tonight was always going to be a showdown between One Battle’s early surge and Sinners’ recent momentum, but I think the prize has gone to the right movie — even if I slightly prefer Coogler’s biggest swings to Anderson’s breathless opus. It’s been such a long time coming for Anderson, and for him to do it with his (by some metrics at least) biggest and most ambitious film is nothing if not satisfying. Congrats to all involved.

• Bugonia — Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Lars Knudsen

• F1 — Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski, Jerry Bruckheimer

• Frankenstein — Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale, Scott Stuber

• Hamnet — Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg, Sam Mendes

• Marty Supreme — Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas, Timothée Chalamet

• The Secret Agent — Émilie Lesclaux

• Sentimental Value — Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar

• Sinners — Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler

• Train Dreams — Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer, Michael Heimler