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Oscar 2026 live: The full winners list

March 16, 2026

The 98th Academy Awards are set to roll out Monday (NZ time) in the heart of Hollywood, with funnyman Conan O’Brien on tap to host the proceedings for the second year in a row.

The leadup to this year’s edition of the Oscars has been anything but standard, with disdain for ballet and hatred of housecats adding some zany conversation to a wide-open race.

A scene from Sinners.

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Follow the action live on RNZ here.

While it’s, of course, anyone’s guess who will take home Oscar gold, two films in particular have emerged as frontrunners, both steeped in prestige: Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, a period vampire thriller that celebrates the origins of Blues music and southern Black culture, and One Battle After Another from now 14-time Oscar nominee Paul Thomas Anderson. His latest follows a washed-up revolutionary battling old foes for the safety of his daughter, and pointedly comments on the immigrant experience in the US.

Below is a list of nominees and winners as they happen.

Best Picture

Frankenstein

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another

Train Dreams

Sentimental Value

The Secret Agent

In Marty Supreme, Timothée Chalamet delivers a performance that’s embodied, natural, controlled and arguably his best to date.

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Best director

Chloé Zhao, Hamnet

Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another

Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value

Ryan Coogler, Sinners

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

Emma Stone in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia.

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Best actor in a leading role

Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme

Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another

Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon

Michael B. Jordan, Sinners

Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent

Best actress in a supporting role

Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value

Amy Madigan, Weapons

Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners

Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

Best actor in a supporting role

Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another

Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein

Delroy Lindo, Sinners

Sean Penn, One Battle After Another

Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

Does the monster’s new look reveal something about our modern age? A scene from the new “Frankenstein” film directed by Guillermo del Toro. Ken Woroner/Netflix A scene from the new Frankenstein film directed by Guillermo del Toro.

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Best adapted screenplay

Will Tracy, Bugonia

Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein

Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell, Hamnet

Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another

Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, Train Dreams

Best original screenplay

Robert Kaplow, Blue Moon

Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident

Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value

Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Best casting

Nina Gold, Hamnet

Jennifer Venditti, Marty Supreme

Cassandra Kulukundis, One Battle After Another

Gabriel Domingues, The Secret Agent

Francine Maisler, Sinners

Paul Mescal, Jessie Buckley and Bodhi Rae Breathnach in director Chloé Zhao’s “Hamnet.”

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Best original song

Diane Warren for ‘Dear Me’ from Diane Warren: Relentless

EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon and Teddy Park for ‘Golden’ from KPop Demon Hunters

Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson for ‘I Lied to You’ from Sinners

Nicholas Pike for Sweet Dreams of Joy from Viva Verdi!

Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner for ‘Train Dreams’ from Train Dreams

Best original score

Jerskin Fendrix, Bugonia

Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein

Max Richter, Hamnet

Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another

Ludwig Göransson, Sinners

Best cinematography

Dan Laustsen, Frankenstein

Darius Khondji, Marty Supreme

Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another

Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners

Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams

Best editing

Stephen Mirrione, F1

Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another

Olivier Bugge Coutté, Sentimental Value

Michael P. Shawver, Sinners

Best international feature film

The Secret Agent

It Was Just an Accident

Sentimental Value

The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best animated feature film

KPop Demon Hunters

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

Zootopia 2

Best documentary feature film

The Alabama Solution

Come See Me in the Good Light

Cutting Through Rocks

Mr Nobody Against Putin

The Perfect Neighbor

Best makeup and hairstyling

Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey, Frankenstein

Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu, Kokuho

Ken Diaz and Mike Fontaine, Sinners

Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein, The Smashing Machine

Thomas Foldberg and Cathrine Sauerberg, The Ugly Stepsister

Best sound

Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta, F1

Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern, Frankenstein

Jose Antonia Garcia, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor, One Battle After Another

Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker, Sinners

Amanda Villavieja, Iaia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas, Sirât

Best visual effects

Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett, Avatar: Fire and Ash

Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson, F1

David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould, Jurassic World Rebirth

Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin, The Lost Bus

Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean, Sinners

Best costume design

Deborah L. Scott, Avatar: Fire and Ash

Kate Hawley, Frankenstein

Malgosia Turzanska, Hamnet

Miyako Bellizzi, Marty Supreme

Ruth E. Carter, Sinners

Best production design

Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau, Frankenstein

Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton, Hamnet

Jack Fisk and Adam Willis, Marty Supreme

Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino, One Battle After Another

Hannah Beachler and Monique Champagne, Sinners

Best documentary short

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 live action short film

Butcher’s Stain

A Friend of Dorothy

Jane Austen’s Period Drama

The Singers

Two People Exchanging Saliva

Best animated short film

Forevergreen

The Girl Who Cried Pearls

Retirement Plan

The Three Sisters

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