The Oscars celebrated one of the best motion pictures of 2025, with Conan O’Brien internet hosting dwell from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners led all movies with 16 nominations forward of the 98th Academy Awards, setting a file for probably the most in Oscar historical past.
Sinners broke the 14-nomination mark set by All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land. Together with finest image, Coogler was nominated for finest director and finest screenplay, and star Michael B. Jordan was rewarded along with his first Oscar nomination for finest actor.
Coogler took residence the award for unique screenplay for Sinners, marking the movie’s first win of the night time.
At the beginning of his speech, Coogler requested the viewers to cool down their applause so he wouldn’t get performed off.
“To my infants which might be at residence watching, I apologize for on a regular basis away,” he stated. “I really like y’all greater than something.”
He additionally requested the Sinners solid and crew to face up. “You’re all winners in my e-book,” he stated.
Director, producer Ryan Coogler accepts the award for Greatest Writing (Authentic Screenplay) for ‘Sinners’ onstage through the 98th Annual Academy Awards on the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 15, 2026.
Patrick T. Fallon / AFP by way of Getty Photographs
Ludwig Göransson gained the Oscar for finest rating for Sinners, marking his third Oscar win.
“My dad purchased his first blues album in Sweden, 1964,” Göransson stated. “Although it was on the opposite aspect of the world from a spot my dad by no means been, and a spot he couldn’t relate to, the music was so highly effective it modified my dad’s life.”
Autumn Durald Arkapaw made historical past as the primary girl ever — the primary Black and Asian girl too — to win the Oscar for finest cinematography for her work on Sinners.
She requested all the ladies within the room to face up. “I don’t get right here with out you guys,” she stated.
Jordan gained his first-ever Oscar for finest actor for portraying equivalent twin brothers Elijah “Smoke” Moore and Elias “Stack” Moore in Sinners.
“I stand right here due to the people who got here earlier than me,” he stated, earlier than naming Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Forest Whitaker, Jamie Foxx and Will Smith.
“I really feel it, I do know you guys need to me to do nicely, and I need to try this since you guys guess on me,” he added.
Michael B. Jordan accepts the Actor in a Main Position award for ‘Sinners’ onstage through the 98th Oscars at Dolby Theatre on March 15, 2026 in Hollywood, California.
Kevin Winter/Getty Photographs
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After One other was in second with 13 nominations forward of the ceremony. 4 of its actors — Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn — have been nominated.
One Battle After One other was the massive winner at this 12 months’s Oscars, with six wins together with finest image. It turns into the forty second movie in Oscars historical past with at the least six statuettes.
Anderson earned his first-ever Oscar, profitable finest tailored screenplay for the movie.
Get breaking Nationwide information
Get breaking Canada information delivered to your inbox because it occurs so you will not miss a trending story.
“I wrote this film for my children to ask for forgiveness for the housekeeping mess that we left on this world we’re handing off to them,” Anderson stated.
Anderson additionally gained the Oscar for finest directing and devoted his win to Adam Somner.
“He’s in a extremely huge bar up within the sky proper now,” Anderson stated of his late collaborator. “He’s having a gin and tonic, and he’s so pleased.”
Paul Thomas Anderson accepts the Writing (Tailored Screenplay) award for ‘One Battle After One other’ onstage through the 98th Oscars at Dolby Theatre on March 15, 2026 in Hollywood, California.
Kevin Winter/Getty Photographs
Sean Penn gained finest supporting actor winner for the film, however skipped the Oscars ceremony.
“Sean Penn couldn’t be right here this night,” presenter Kieran Culkin stated. “Or didn’t need to, so I’ll be accepting the award on his behalf.”
Cassandra Kulukundis, of One Battle After One other, gained the newly created award for finest casting and thanked the academy for making the award occur.
“I dedicate this to you and to the casting administrators who by no means received an opportunity to rise up right here, who didn’t even get an opportunity to get their title on the film,” she stated.
The most effective movie modifying award went to Andy Jurgensen, additionally for One Battle After One other.
“I want to dedicate this to my aunt, Barbara Corridor, who was movie archivist for the Academy for over 25 years, exhibiting me outdated motion pictures and instructing me about movie historical past,” Jurgensen stated.
Canadians made a robust exhibiting at this 12 months’s Academy Awards with Korean-Canadian director Maggie Kang profitable the Oscar for finest animated characteristic for her debut movie KPop Demon Hunters.
(L-R) Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans, and Michelle Wong settle for the Animated Function Movie for “KPop Demon Hunters” onstage through the 98th Oscars at Dolby Theatre on March 15, 2026 in Hollywood, California.
Kevin Winter/Getty Photographs
The Lady Who Cried Pearls, a Canadian animated brief movie by Montreal administrators Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, additionally took residence an Oscar for finest animated brief movie.
“This award is a tribute to all of the artists who shared this labour with us. They don’t seem to be simply names within the credit, they’re our group, and their extraordinary expertise and exhausting work made this doable. We’d particularly wish to thank the Nationwide Movie Board of Canada for his or her enduring assist, and the Academy for persevering with to champion brief animated movie. Statue or no statue, the assist we’ve gotten from family and friends these previous weeks has been overwhelming,” Lavis and Szczerbowski stated in an announcement after their win.
Maciek Szczerbowski (L) and Canadian animator Chris Lavis converse onstage after profitable the Oscar for Greatest Animated Quick Movie for “The Lady Who Cried Pearls” through the 98th Annual Academy Awards on the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 15, 2026.
Patrick T. Fallon / AFP by way of Getty Photographs
Canada’s Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau gained the Oscar for finest manufacturing design for his or her work on Frankenstein.
Manufacturing designer Deverell, now primarily based in Cape Breton, N.S., and set decorator Vieau, initially from Dartmouth, N.S., took residence the prize for his or her work on the horror-fantasy directed by Guillermo del Toro.
Earlier within the night time, Canadians Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey have been a part of the crew that gained the Oscar for finest make-up and hairstyling on the movie.
—
(Discover beneath a whole record of winners within the main classes on the 2026 Oscars.)
—
Greatest Image
Frankenstein
Hamnet
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Worth
Sinners
Bugonia
Marty Supreme
F1
Prepare Desires
**WINNER: One Battle After One other
Actor in a Main Position
**WINNER: Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After One other
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Actress in a Main Position
**WINNER: Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Worth
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Kate Hudson, Music Sung Blue
Emma Stone, Bugonia
Actor in a Supporting Position
Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After One other
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo, Sinners
**WINNER: Sean Penn, One Battle After One other
Stellan Skarsgard, Sentimental Worth
Actress in a Supporting Position
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Elle Fanning, Sentimental Worth
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Worth
**WINNER: Amy Madigan, Weapons
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After One other
Directing
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
**WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After One other
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Worth
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Cinematography
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After One other
**WINNER: Sinners
Prepare Desires
Writing (Tailored Screenplay)
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
**WINNER: One Battle After One other
Prepare Desires
Writing (Authentic Screenplay)
Blue Moon
It Was Simply An Accident
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Worth
**WINNER: Sinners
Movie Enhancing
F1
Marty Supreme
**WINNER: One Battle After One other
Sinners
Sentimental Worth
Worldwide Function Movie
The Secret Agent, Brazil
**WINNER: Sentimental Worth, Norway
It Was Simply An Accident, France
Sirāt, Spain
The Voice of Hind Rajab, Tunisia
Animated Function Movie
Arco
Elio
**WINNER: Kpop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or The Character of Rain
Zootopia 2
Animated Quick Movie
Butterfly
Forevergreen
**WINNER: The Lady Who Cried Pearls
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters
Reside-Motion Quick Movie
Butcher’s Stain
A Good friend of Dorothy
Jane Austen’s Interval Drama
**WINNER (TIE): The Singers
**WINNER (TIE): Two Individuals Exchanging Saliva
Music (Authentic Music)
Diane Warren: Relentless — Pricey Me by Diane Warren
**WINNER: KPop Demon Hunters — Golden by Huntr/x
Sinners — I Lied to You by Miles Caton
Viva Verdi! — Candy Desires of Pleasure by Nicholas Pike
Prepare Desires — Prepare Desires by Nick Cave
Music (Authentic Rating)
Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein
**WINNER: Ludwig Göransson, Sinners
Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After One other
Jerskin Fendrix, Bugonia
Max Richter, Hamnet
Sound
**WINNER: F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After One other
Sinners
Sirāt
Documentary Function
The Alabama Answer
Come See Me In The Good Mild
Reducing By Rocks
**WINNER: Mr. No person In opposition to Putin
The Good Neighbor
Documentary Quick Movie
**WINNER: All The Empty Rooms
Armed Solely With A Digicam: The Life and Loss of life of Brent Renaud
Kids No Extra: Had been and Are Gone
The Satan Is Busy
Completely A Strangeness
Make-up and Hairstyling
**WINNER: Frankenstein
Kokuho
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
The Ugly Stepsister
Costume Design
Avatar: Hearth and Ash
**WINNER: Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Manufacturing Design
**WINNER: Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After One other
Sinners
Visible Results
**WINNER: Avatar: Hearth and Ash
F1
Jurassic World Rebirth
The Misplaced Bus
Sinners
Casting
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
**WINNER: One Battle After One other
The Secret Agent
Sinners
—
—With information from The Related Press
