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Academy Awards 2026: early wins, surprise turns, and a crowded race for the big prizes at Oscars

HUM News English: Latest Breaking News International, Pakistan … March 16, 2026
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Hollywood’s biggest night is underway, and the first Oscar winners of 2026 are already setting the tone. Frankenstein , One Battle After Another , and Sinners have emerged as early standouts with their Academy Awards, while the acting and top-film races remain wide open. Here’s the running field, with every nominee and the winners announced so far.

Best Supporting Actress

  • Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value

  • Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value

  • Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners

  • Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

  • Amy Madigan,Weapons — WINNER

https://twitter.com/TheAcademy/status/2033322676006338763

Best Animated Feature Film

  • Arco

  • Elio

  • Little Amélie or The Character of Rain

  • Zootopia 2

  • KPop Demon Hunters — WINNER

Best Animated Short Film

  • Butterfly

  • Forevergreen

  • Retirement Plan

  • The Three Sisters

  • The Girl Who Cried Pearls — WINNER

Best Costume Design

  • Avatar: Fire and Ash

  • Hamnet

  • Marty Supreme

  • Sinners

  • Frankenstein (Kate Hawley) — WINNER

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

  • Kokuho

  • Sinners

  • The Smashing Machine

  • The Ugly Stepsister

  • Frankenstein — WINNER

https://twitter.com/TheAcademy/status/2033354560740487621

Best Casting

  • Hamnet (Nina Gold)

  • Marty Supreme (Jennifer Venditti)

  • The Secret Agent (Gabriel Domingues)

  • Sinners (Francine Maisler)

  • One Battle After Another (Cassandra Kulukundis) — WINNER

Best Live Action Short Film

  • Butcher’s Stain

  • A Friend of Dorothy

  • Jane Austen’s Period Drama

  • The Singers — JOINT WINNER

  • Two People Exchanging Saliva — JOINT WINNER

https://twitter.com/TheAcademy/status/2033350086160527540

Best Supporting Actor

  • Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another

  • Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein

  • Delroy Lindo, Sinners

  • Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

  • Sean Penn,One Battle After Another — WINNER

https://twitter.com/TheAcademy/status/2033341113684357275

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Bugonia

  • Frankenstein

  • Hamnet

  • Train Dreams

  • One Battle After Another (Paul Thomas Anderson) — WINNER

https://twitter.com/TheAcademy/status/2033347108540240269

Best Original Screenplay

  • Blue Moon

  • It Was Just an Accident

  • Marty Supreme

  • Sentimental Value

  • Sinners (Ryan Coogler) — WINNER

Ryan Coogler with his Oscar for Sinners - Reuters

Best Production Design

  • Hamnet

  • Marty Supreme

  • One Battle After Another

  • Sinners

  • Frankenstein — WINNER

Best Visual Effects

  • F1

  • Jurassic World Rebirth

  • The Lost Bus

  • Sinners

  • Avatar: Fire and Ash — WINNER

Best Documentary Short Film

  • 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

  • All the Empty Rooms — WINNER

Best Documentary Feature Film

  • The Alabama Solution

  • Come See Me in the Good Light

  • Cutting Through Rocks

  • The Perfect Neighbor

  • Mr Nobody Against Putin — WINNER

https://twitter.com/TheAcademy/status/2033352540679700657

Best Original Score

  • Bugonia

  • Frankenstein

  • Hamnet

  • One Battle After Another

  • Sinners — WINNER

https://twitter.com/TheAcademy/status/2033355847380996116

Best Sound

  • Frankenstein

  • One Battle After Another

  • Sinners

  • Sirât

  • F1 — WINNER

https://twitter.com/TheAcademy/status/2033356639320101020

Best Film Editing

  • F1

  • Marty Supreme

  • One Battle After Another

  • Sentimental Value

  • Sinners

  • Winner: Not yet announced

Best Cinematography

  • Frankenstein

  • Marty Supreme

  • One Battle After Another

  • Sinners

  • Train Dreams

  • Winner: Not yet announced

Best International Feature Film

  • The Secret Agent

  • It Was Just an Accident

  • Sentimental Value

  • Sirât

  • The Voice of Hind Rajab

  • Winner: Not yet announced

Best Original Song

  • “Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless

  • “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters

  • “I Lied To You” from Sinners

  • “Sweet Dreams of Joy” from Viva Verdi!

  • “Train Dreams” from Train Dreams

  • Winner: Not yet announced

Best Actress

  • 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

  • Winner: Not yet announced

Best Actor

  • Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme

  • Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another

  • Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon

  • Michael B Jordan, Sinners

  • Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent

  • Winner: Not yet announced

Best Directing

  • Chloé Zhao, Hamnet

  • Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

  • Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another

  • Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value

  • Ryan Coogler, Sinners

  • Winner: Not yet announced

Best Picture

  • Bugonia

  • F1

  • Frankenstein

  • Hamnet

  • Marty Supreme

  • One Battle After Another

  • The Secret Agent

  • Sentimental Value

  • Sinners

  • Train Dreams

  • Winner: Not yet announced

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