The 98th Academy Awards have come and gone, honoring a slate of absolutely spectacular films from 2025. The last year has proven a strong batch, with all-time great films and performances across multiple genres. Ironically enough, the night’s biggest winner wasn’t a single film, but a studio: Warner Bros, whose One Battle After Another took home six awards out of 13 nominations, alongside Sinners (netting four wins on a record-breaking 16 nominations) and Weapons’ single nomination and win for Amy Madigan (for Best Supporting Actress).
Among One Battle‘s most notable wins were the distinguished awards for Best Picture and Best Director, alongside Best Supporting Actor for Sean Penn (who didn’t show), Best Editing, and the newly minted Oscar for casting. Sinners secured Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan, alongside wins for Original Score, Best Cinematography, and Paul Thomas Anderson and Ryan Coogler also took home the night’s screenplay awards (For Adapted and Original, respectively). Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein wowed across a number of technical categories, including Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
Jessie Buckley was widely favored to win Best Actress for her spectacular turn in Hamnet, and win, she did. The beloved KPop Demon Hunters nabbed Best Animated Feature and Best Music (Original Song) for, of course, “Golden.” Best International Feature Film went to Norway’s Sentimental Value, edging out a packed category this year full of exceptional talents. There were a small number of surprises. First, the brilliant underdog Mr. Nobody Against Putin took home Best Documentary Feature Film (producing one of the night’s best speeches), while The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva both took tied to home Oscars for Best Live Action Short Film, a rarity in Academy Awards history.
Here is the full slate of this year’s winners and nominees.
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Timothée Chalamet as Marty Mauser (Marty Supreme)
Leonardo DiCaprio as Bob Ferguson (One Battle After Another)
Ethan Hawke as Lorenz Hart (Blue Moon)
WINNER: Michael B. Jordan as Elijah “Smoke” Moore / Elias “Stack” Moore (Sinners)
Wagner Moura as Armando Solimões / Marcelo Alves / Fernando Solimões (The Secret Agent)
Best Actress in a Leading Role
WINNER: Jessie Buckley as Agnes Shakespeare (Hamnet)
Rose Byrne as Linda (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)
Kate Hudson as Claire Sardina (Song Sung Blue)
Renate Reinsve as Nora Borg (Sentimental Value)
Emma Stone as Michelle Fuller (Bugonia)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Benicio del Toro as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos (One Battle After Another)
Jacob Elordi as The Creature (Frankenstein)
Delroy Lindo as Delta Slim (Sinners)
WINNER: Sean Penn as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw (One Battle After Another)
Stellan Skarsgård as Gustav Borg (Sentimental Value)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Elle Fanning as Rachel Kemp (Sentimental Value)
Inga Lilleaas as Agnes Borg Petterson (Sentimental Value)
WINNER: Amy Madigan as Gladys (Weapons)
Wunmi Mosaku as Annie (Sinners)
Teyana Taylor as Perfidia Beverly Hills (One Battle After Another)
Best Animated Feature
Arco – Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas and Natalie Portman
Elio – Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina and Mary Alice Drumm
WINNER: KPop Demon Hunters – Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Michelle L.M. Wong
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain – Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago and Henri Magalon
Zootopia 2 – Jared Bush, Byron Howard and Yvett Merino
Best Animated Short Film
Butterfly – Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens
Forevergreen – Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears
WINNER: The Girl Who Cried Pearls – Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
Retirement Plan – John Kelly and Andrew Freedman
The Three Sisters – Konstantin Bronzit
Best Casting
Hamnet – Nina Gold
Marty Supreme – Jennifer Venditti
WINNER: One Battle After Another – Cassandra Kulukundis
The Secret Agent – Gabriel Domingues
Sinners – Francine Maisler
Best Cinematography
Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen
Marty Supreme – Darius Khondji
One Battle after Another – Michael Bauman
WINNER: Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Train Dreams – Adolpho Veloso
Best Costume Design
Avatar: Fire and Ash – Deborah L. Scott
WINNER: Frankenstein – Kate Hawley
Hamnet – Malgosia Turzanska
Marty Supreme – Miyako Bellizzi
Sinners – Ruth E. Carter
Best Directing
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle after Another
Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Best Documentary Feature Film
The Alabama Solution – Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman
Come See Me in the Good Light – Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro, and Stef Willen
Cutting through Rocks – Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni
WINNER: Mr. Nobody against Putin – David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin, Helle Faber, and Alžběta Karásková
The Perfect Neighbor – Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu, and Sam Bisbee
Best Documentary Short Film
WINNER: All the Empty Rooms – Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud – Craig Renaud and Juan Arredondo
Children No More: “Were and Are Gone” – Hilla Medalia and Sheila Nevins
The Devil Is Busy – Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir
Perfectly a Strangeness – Alison McAlpine
Best Film Editing
F1 – Stephen Mirrione
Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
WINNER: One Battle after Another – Andy Jurgensen
Sentimental Value – Olivier Bugge Coutté
Sinners – Michael P. Shawver
Best International Feature Film
The Secret Agent – Brazil
It Was Just an Accident – France
WINNER: Sentimental Value – Norway
Sirāt – Spain
The Voice of Hind Rajab – Tunisia
Best Live Action Short Film
Butcher’s Stain – Meyer Levinson-Blount and Oron Caspi
A Friend of Dorothy – Lee Knight and James Dean
Jane Austen’s Period Drama – Julia Aks and Steve Pinder
WINNER (Tie): The Singers – Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt
WINNER (Tie): Two People Exchanging Saliva – Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
WINNER: Frankenstein – Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, and Cliona Furey
Kokuho – Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino, and Tadashi Nishimatsu
Sinners – Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, and Shunika Terry
The Smashing Machine – Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin, and Bjoern Rehbein
The Ugly Stepsister – Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg
Best Music (Original Score)
Bugonia – Jerskin Fendrix
Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat
Hamnet – Max Richter
One Battle after Another – Jonny Greenwood
WINNER: Sinners – Ludwig Goransson
Best Music (Original Song)
“Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
WINNER: “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters; Music and Lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, and Teddy Park
“I Lied To You” from Sinners; Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson
“Sweet Dreams Of Joy” from Viva Verdi!; Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike
“Train Dreams” from Train Dreams; Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; Lyric by Nick Cave
Best Picture
Bugonia – Ed Guiney & Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, and Lars Knudsen, Producers
F1 – Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski, and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers
Frankenstein – Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale, and Scott Stuber, Producers
Hamnet – Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg, and Sam Mendes, Producers
Marty Supreme – Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas, and Timothée Chalamet, Producers
WINNER: One Battle after Another – Adam Somner, Sara Murphy, and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers
The Secret Agent – Emilie Lesclaux, Producer
Sentimental Value – Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Producers
Sinners – Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, and Ryan Coogler, Producers
Train Dreams – Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer, and Michael Heimler, Producers
Best Production Design
WINNER: Frankenstein – Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
Hamnet – Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton
Marty Supreme – Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis
One Battle after Another – Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino
Sinners – Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne
Best Sound
WINNER: F1 – Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, and Juan Peralta
Frankenstein – Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, and Brad Zoern
One Battle after Another – José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio, and Tony Villaflor
Sinners – Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor, and Steve Boeddeker
Sirāt – Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas
Best Visual Effects
WINNER: Avatar: Fire and Ash – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett
F1 – Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington, and Keith Dawson
Jurassic World Rebirth – David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan, and Neil Corbould
The Lost Bus – Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen, and Brandon K. McLaughlin
Sinners – Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, and Donnie Dean
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Bugonia – Will Tracy
Frankenstein – Guillermo del Toro
Hamnet – Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
WINNER: One Battle after Another – Paul Thomas Anderson
Train Dreams – Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
Blue Moon – Robert Kaplow
It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi, with Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian
Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
Sentimental Value – Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
WINNER: Sinners – Ryan Coogler
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