2026 Oscars Reaction – We’re All Sinners Now in This One Battle After Another

The 2026 Oscars are officially over and there were plenty of upsets, surprises and snubs to go around for everyone with everyone waiting to see who the victor between One Battle After Another and Sinners would be. Sinners received a record-breaking 16 nominations, while Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another‘s13 nominations made it close contender.

Paul Thomas Anderson won best director, in addition, One Battle After Another won best picture, best adapted screenplay, and Andy Jurgensen won for best editing and Cassandra Kulukundis won for the new best casting award. Even Sean Penn who skipped the ceremony won best supporting actor to the chagrin of people rooting for Delroy Lindo.

Coogler however took home best original screenplay, and Sinners‘ cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw made Oscars’ history as the first women to win in that category. Ludwig Göransson, who can score no wrong won for best score. And the most emotional win went to Michael B. Jordan for best actor for playing brothers Smoke and Stack.

In celebration of a very long awards season, our Entertainment Editor and Editor-in-Chief discuss the winners, losers, and frustrations of the awards show.

The full list of Oscar winners at Sunday’s 98th Academy Awards is below, while our reaction video is above.

Best Picture

WINNER: One Battle After Another

Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams

Best Actress

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

Best Actor

WINNER: Michael B. Jordan, Sinners

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

Best Director

WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another

Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet

Best Original Song

WINNER: “Golden,” KPop Demon Hunters

“Dear Me,” Diane Warren: Relentless
“I Lied to You,” Sinners
“Sweet Dreams of Joy,” Viva Verdi!
“Train Dreams,” Train Dreams

Best International Feature

WINNER: Sentimental Value, Norway

The Secret Agent, Brazil
It Was Just an Accident, France
Sirāt, Spain
The Voice of Hind Rajab, Tunisia

Best Cinematography

WINNER: Sinners, Autumn Durald Arkapaw

Frankenstein, Dan Laustsen
Marty Supreme, Darius Khondji
One Battle After Another, Michael Bauman
Train Dreams, Adolpho Veloso

Best 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

Best Sound

WINNER: F1

Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirāt

Best Original Score

WINNER: Sinners, Ludwig Göransson

Bugonia, Jerskin Fendrix
Frankenstein, Alexandre Desplat
Hamnet, Max Richter
One Battle After Another, Jonny Greenwood

Best Documentary Feature

WINNER: Mr. Nobody Against Putin

The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
The Perfect Neighbor

Best Documentary Short

WINNER: 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 Visual Effects

WINNER: Avatar: Fire and Ash

F1
Jurassic World Rebirth
The Lost Bus
Sinners

Best Production Design

WINNER: Frankenstein

Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Best 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, and Mehdi Mahmoudian
Marty Supreme, written by Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
Sentimental Value, written by Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier

Best 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 and Maggie O’Farrell
Train Dreams, screenplay by Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar

Best Supporting Actor

WINNER: Sean Penn, One Battle After Another

Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo, Sinners
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

Best Live-Action Short

TIE: “The Singers” and “Two People Exchanging Saliva”

Butcher’s Stain
A Friend of Dorothy
Jane Austen’s Period Drama

Best Casting

WINNER: One Battle After Another, Cassandra Kulukundis

Hamnet, Nina Gold
Marty Supreme, Jennifer Venditti
The Secret Agent, Gabriel Domingues
Sinners, Francine Maisler

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

WINNER: Frankenstein

Kokuho
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
The Ugly Stepsister

Best Costume Design

WINNER: Frankenstein, Kate Hawley

Avatar: Fire and Ash, Deborah L. Scott
Hamnet, Malgosia Turzanska
Marty Supreme, Miyako Bellizzi
Sinners, Ruth E. Carter

Best Animated Short

WINNER: The Girl Who Cried Pearls

Butterfly
Forevergreen
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters

Best Animated Feature

WINNER: KPop Demon Hunters

Arco
Elio
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

Best Supporting Actress

WINNER: Amy Madigan, Weapons

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