by Abb Jones
The Reelness

One Battle After Another was the big winner at the 2026 Academy Awards in Los Angeles Sunday night, its Best Picture win among six Oscars it won. Late night talk show host Conan O’Brien hosted for a second consecutive year with one of the best “In Memoriams” in recent history. Sinners, which received a record 16 nominations, won four Oscars.

Here are the nominees in each category, with winners denoted with a ⭐️. Click on the movie titles in gold for our review:

BEST PICTURE

Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
⭐️ One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams

BEST ACTOR

Timothee Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
⭐️ Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent

BEST ACTRESS

⭐️ 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

BEST DIRECTOR

⭐️ Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
⭐️ Amy Madigan, Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo, Sinners
⭐️ Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
⭐️ One Battle After Another
Train Dreams

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Blue Moon
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
⭐️ Sinners

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Arco
Elio
⭐️ KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

Brazil, The Secret Agent
France, It Was Just an Accident
⭐️ Norway, Sentimental Value
Spain, Sirât
Tunisia, The Voice of Hind Rajab

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting through Rocks
⭐️ Mr. Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

⭐️ All the Empty Rooms
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
Children No More: “Were and Are Gone”
The Devil Is Busy
Perfectly a Strangeness

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
⭐️ Sinners
Train Dreams

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless
⭐️ “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters
“I Lied To You” from Sinners
“Sweet Dreams Of Joy” from Viva Verdi!
“Train Dreams” from Train Dreams

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
⭐️ Sinners

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING

⭐️ Frankenstein
Kokuho
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
The Ugly Stepsister

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Avatar: Fire and Ash
⭐️ Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners

BEST FILM EDITING

F1
Marty Supreme
⭐️ One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

BEST SOUND

⭐️ F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirât

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

Butterfly
Forevergreen
⭐️ The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

Butcher’s Stain
A Friend of Dorothy
Jane Austen’s Period Drama
⭐️ The Singers
⭐️ Two People Exchanging Saliva

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

⭐️ Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners

BEST CASTING

Hamnet
Marty Supreme
⭐️ One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sinners