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Oscars 2026 winners in full as Michael B Jordan bags a surprise win
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The Oscars 2026 saw huge wins for several films, including Sinners, which was nominated for a record-breaking 16 awards, and One Battle After Another, which came away with the most wins
Who won the awards at the Oscars 2026?
- Best Picture went to One Battle After Another, which was fitting, since the film also won the most awards of the night with six wins.
- The film, which followed a father as he tried to rescue his daughter, also won: Best Director (Paul Thomas Anderson), Best Adapted Screenplay (Paul Thomas Anderson), Best Supporting Actor (Sean Penn), Best Film Editing and Best Casting.
- Best Actress went to Jessie Buckley for her role in Hamnet. It was the only win for the film, and Jessie said it was the “greatest honour” as she thanked her family, the film’s director Chloe Zhao and the book’s writer Maggie O’Farrell.
- Best Actor went to Michael B. Jordan in a surprise win. The actor won for his roles as Smoke and Stack in Sinners and he shouted out prior actors of colour to win awards, such as Sidney Poitier and Halle Berry.
- Sinners also made history as its cinemtographer Autumn Durald Arakpaw won Best Cinematography, making her the first woman to do so. The film also won Best Original Screenplay (Ryan Coogler) and Best Original Score (Ludwig Goransson).
- Best Supporting Actress went to Amy Madigan for Weapons, while Sean Penn won Best Supporting Actor for One Battle After Another.
- Best Live Action Short was won by two films. Both The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva won. This is only the seventh time a tie has happened.
- Best animated film went to KPop Demon Hunters, which also won Best Original Song. Best animated short went to The Girl Who Cried Pearls.
- Frankenstein won Best Costume Design, Best Hair and Makeup and Best Production Design, making it the highest awarded film in the technical categories.
- Best short documentary went to All The Empty Rooms, a short about school shootings in America. Best documetary went to Mr Nobody Against Putin.
- Best sound went to F1 and Best visual effects went to Avatar: Fire And Ash, both of which were the only awards won by those films.
- Best International feature film went to Sentimental Value. This was also the only award won by the film, which was heavily represented in the supporting acting categories for nominations.
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