HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (TENNESSEE VALLEY LIVING) - Last night, Hollywood came together to wrap an incredible year of movies at the 2026 Academy Awards.
The night was full of big moments and historic firsts. Autumn Durald Arkapaw made history as the first woman to ever win Best Cinematography for Sinners, and Cassandra Kulukundis took home the first-ever Oscar for Best Casting for One Battle After Another.
It was also a huge night for director Paul Thomas Anderson, who won not just his first Oscar, but three awards total for One Battle After Another. The film ultimately took home the night’s biggest honor — Best Picture.
Many expected the award to go to Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, which led the night with 16 nominations — the most for a single film in Oscar history. The film still had a strong showing, winning four Oscars, including Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, and Best Original Score.
Watch TVL producer Jocelyn Claborn’s full breakdown above.
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See the full list of winners below:
Best Actor
Timothée Chalamet, “Marty Supreme”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “One Battle After Another”
Ethan Hawke, “Blue Moon”
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Michael B. Jordan, “Sinners” WINNER
Wagner Moura, “The Secret Agent”
Best Actress
Jessie Buckley, “Hamnet” WINNER
Rose Byrne, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
Kate Hudson, “Song Sung Blue”
Renate Reinsve, “Sentimental Value”
Emma Stone, “Bugonia”
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Best Director
Chloé Zhao, “Hamnet”
Josh Safdie, “Marty Supreme”
Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another” WINNER
Joachim Trier, “Sentimental Value”
Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”
Best Cinematography
“Sinners” WINNER
“One Battle After Another”
“Train Dreams”
“Frankenstein”
“Marty Supreme”
Best Picture
“Bugonia”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another” WINNER
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”
“Train Dreams”
Best Supporting Actress
Elle Fanning, “Sentimental Value”
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, “Sentimental Value”
Amy Madigan , “Weapons” WINNER
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” WINNER
Stellan Skarsgård, “Sentimental Value”
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
“Frankenstein” WINNER
“Kokuho”
“Sinners”
“The Smashing Machine”
“The Ugly Stepsister”
Best Original Score
“Bugonia”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners,” Ludwig Goransson WINNER
Best Live Action Short Film
“Butcher’s Stain”
“A Friend of Dorothy”
“Jane Austen’s Period Drama”
“The Singers” WINNER
“Two People Exchanging Saliva” WINNER
Best Animated Short Film
“Butterfly”
“Forevergreen”
“The Girl Who Cried Pearls” WINNER
“Retirement Plan”“The Three Sisters”
Best Adapted Screenplay
“One Battle After Another” WINNER
“Hamnet”
“Bugonia”
“Train Dreams”
“Frankenstein”
Best Original Screenplay
“Blue Moon”
“It Was Just an Accident”
“Marty Supreme”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners” WINNER
Best Casting
Nina Gold, “Hamnet”
Jennifer Venditti, “Marty Supreme”
Casandra Kulukundis, “One Battle After Another” WINNER
Gabriel Domingues, “The Secret Agent”
Francine Maisler, “Sinners”
Best Costume Design
“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“Frankenstein” WINNER
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“Sinners”
Best International Feature Film
“It Was Just an Accident”
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Value” WINNER
“The Voice of Hind Rajab”
“Sirat”
Best Original Song
“Dear Me” from “Diane Warren: Relentless”
“Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters” WINNER
“I Lied to You” from “Sinners”
“Sweet Dreams of Joy” from “Viva Verdi!”
“Train Dreams” from “Train Dreams”
Best Production Design
“Frankenstein” WINNER
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
Best Documentary Feature Film
“The Alabama Solution”
“Come See Me in the Good Light”
“Cutting Through Rocks”
“Mr. Nobody Against Putin” WINNER
“The Perfect Neighbor”
Best Film Editing
“F1”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another” WINNER
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”
Best Visual Effects
“Avatar: Fire and Ash” WINNER
“F1”
“Jurassic World Rebirth”
“The Lost Bus”
“Sinners”
Best Animated Feature Film
“KPop Demon Hunters” WINNER
“Zootopia 2”
“Arco”
“Elio”
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain”
Best Sound
“F1” WINNER
“Frankenstein”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
“Sirat”
Best Documentary Short
“All the Empty Rooms” WINNER
“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”
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