I was watching live when the telecast paused and the orchestra softened. For a long instant the room was a pressure cooker. You could feel careers pivoting with one sealed envelope.
The Dolby Theatre shimmered with flashbulbs — Oscars 2026 Winners Live Updates: Full List of Winners at the 98th Academy Awards
Note:
This is a developing story. We’re updating the winners as they are announced.
I followed the show through Variety’s live blog, The Hollywood Reporter updates, and clips on X and Instagram so you don’t have to scramble through feeds. Below is the running list — winners marked clearly — and a few quick calls about what mattered tonight for studios like Warner Bros., Sony Pictures Animation, and streaming platforms.
Who won Best Picture at the Oscars 2026?
Sinners did not take Best Picture tonight — the race was broad, but Sinners stood out across craft categories and scored major wins that will keep Proximity Media talking for months.
Who hosted the Oscars 2026?
Conan O’Brien delivered a memorable set and punctuated the night with tonal lifts that producers leaned into; clips already trended on YouTube and TikTok within minutes.
She waited in the wings, clutching the envelope — Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
- Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
- Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
- Amy Madigan, Weapons (WINNER)
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
A cheering room full of families and animators — Best Animated Feature Film
- KPop Demon Hunters (WINNER)
- Elio
- Arco
- Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
- Zootopia 2
A quick screening at the festival last fall hinted at its charm — Best Animated Short Film
- The Girl Who Cried Pearls (WINNER)
- Butterfly
- Forevergreen
- The Three Sisters
- Retirement Plan
Costumers were on set before sunrise — Best Costume Design
- Deborah L. Scott, Avatar: Fire and Ash
- Malgosia Turzanska, Hamnet
- Kate Hawley, Frankenstein (WINNER)
- Miyako Bellizzi, Marty Supreme
- Ruth E. Carter, Sinners
Makeup trailers were parked outside the stage door — Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, and Cliona Furey – Frankenstein (WINNER)
- Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, and Shunika Terry – Sinners
- Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino, and Tadashi Nishimatsu – Kokuho
- Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin, and Bjoern Rehbein – The Smashing Machine
- Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg – The Ugly Stepsister
Producers called casting directors at dawn — Best Casting
- Nina Gold, Hamnet
- Jennifer Venditti, Marty Supreme
- Cassandra Kulukundis, One Battle After Another (WINNER)
- Gabriel Domingues, The Secret Agent
- Francine Maisler, Sinners
Festival programmers flagged this short as essential — Best Live Action Short Film
- Butcher’s Stain
- A Friend of Dorothy
- The Singers (WINNER)
- Jane Austen’s Period Drama
- Two People Exchanging Saliva
An on-set tension you could taste — Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
- Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
- Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
- Delroy Lindo, Sinners
- Sean Penn, One Battle After Another (WINNER)
A copy on a table said “adapted from” in bold — Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
- Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell — Hamnet
- Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After Another (WINNER)
- Guillermo del Toro — Frankenstein
- Clint Bentley — Train Dreams
- Luca Guadagnino — Bugonia
An original voice that played in the lobby — Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
- Ryan Coogler — Sinners (WINNER)
- Josh Safdie — Marty Supreme
- Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
- Robert Kaplow – Blue Moon
- Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
Blueprints and set photos cluttered the producers’ inboxes — Best Production Design
- Frankenstein (WINNER)
- Sinners
- One Battle After Another
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
Render farms hummed through the night — Best Visual Effects
- David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan, and Neil Corbould – Jurassic World: Rebirth
- Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett – Avatar: Fire and Ash (WINNER)
- Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, and Donnie Dean – Sinners
- Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington, and Keith Dawson – F1
- Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen, and Brandon K. McLaughlin – The Lost Bus
Documentarians exchanged contacts in the lobby — Best Documentary Short Film
- 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
A screening room erupted after the end credits — Best Documentary Feature Film
- Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro, and Stef Willen, Come See Me in the Good Light
- Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni, Cutting Through Rocks
- Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman, The Alabama Solution
- Nominees to be determined, Mr. Nobody Against Putin (WINNER)
- Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu, and Sam Bisbee, The Perfect Neighbor
A composer’s name trended on playlists within minutes — Best Music (Original Score)
- Ludwig Göransson — Sinners (WINNER)
- Daniel Pemberton — One Battle After Another
- Hildur Guðnadóttir — Hamnet
- Alexandre Desplat — Frankenstein
- Jerskin Fendrix — Bugonia
Sound crews stayed until the last take was clean — Best Sound
- Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, and Juan Peralta – F1 (WINNER)
- Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor, and Steve Boeddeker – Sinners
- Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, and Brad Zoern – Frankenstein
- José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosion, and Tony Villaflor – One Battle After Another
- Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas – Sirât
The editor’s desk was littered with coffee cups — Best Film Editing
- Stephen Mirrione, F1
- Michael P. Shawver, Sinners
- Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another (WINNER)
- Ronald Bronstein, Marty Supreme
- Olivier Bugge Coutté, Sentimental Value
A camera rig blocked the hallway at craft services — Best Cinematography
- Autumn Durald Arkapaw — Sinners (WINNER)
- Robert Elswit — One Battle After Another
- Adolpho Veloso — Train Dreams
- Darius Khondji — Marty Supreme
- Dan Laustsen — Frankenstein
A foreign press badge still on the table — Best International Feature Film
- Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident
- Kleber Mendonça Filho, The Secret Agent
- Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
- Oliver Laxe, Sirât
- Kaouther Ben Hania, The Voice of Hind Rajab
A songwriter left the piano in a liminal silence — Best Original Song
- Golden – KPop Demon Hunters
- Dear Me – Diane Warren: Relentless
- I Lied To You — Sinners
- Sweet Dreams Of Joy — Viva Verdi!
- Train Dreams — Train Dreams
Directors were recognized in the front row’s hush — Best Direction
- Ryan Coogler, Sinners
- Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
- Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
- Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
- Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
A lead actor read lines alone at midnight — Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
- Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
- Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
- Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
- Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent
A rehearsal clip of the monologue circulated within minutes — Best Actress in a Leading Role
- 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
The final envelope created an audible intake across the room — Best Picture
Proximity Media (via YouTube/Warner Bros, Screenshot by Aparna Ukil/Moyens I/O)
- Sinners
- One Battle After Another
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- Sentimental Value
- Frankenstein
- Bugonia
- The Secret Agent
- Train Dreams
- F1
I kept this concise because you want the facts and the moments that will echo in trades and on streaming platforms. I watched the ceremony unfold across feeds on IMDb, Variety, and The Hollywood Reporter while clips spread on TikTok and X; studios will be parsing tonight’s wins on Monday morning briefs. This winners list reads like a weather map for careers — who will shift their course next?