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98th Dossier

The 2025 file for 98th Academy Awards: winners first, ballot trails on demand, and the films that shaped the ceremony.

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Best Picture One Battle after Another
Winner Record 44/28
Top Winner One Battle after Another
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98th Academy Awards — March 15, 2026

March 15, 2026 Ceremony 98 Approved Guide
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Paul Thomas Anderson’s epic 'One Battle After Another' dominated the 98th Academy Awards, claiming Best Picture and finally delivering the auteur a long-awaited Best Director Oscar. Michael B. Jordan won Best Actor for playing a tormented gangster-turning-saint in Ryan Coogler’s contemporary thriller 'Sinners,' while Jessie Buckley won Best Actress for her performance as Shakespeare’s wife in the Irish drama 'Hamnet.' The film also received the inaugural casting award and won Original Screenplay, cementing its status as the season’s juggernaut.

What made the ceremony unusual was how much room it still left for other voices. Despite the sweep for Anderson’s film, Coogler’s 'Sinners' picked up several craft awards and Jordan’s win carried historical weight; Buckley’s turn in 'Hamnet' represented independent European cinema; and the show itself tried to balance nostalgia for the big-screen epic with recognition of streaming-era storytelling. By the time Anderson’s cast took the stage, it felt less like a coronation than a course correction for an Academy that had overlooked his films for decades.

Annual Thesis

The 2025 ceremony centers on One Battle after Another.

This dossier opens with the four races readers check first: Picture, Director, Actor, and Actress. 4 of 4 major races have winners recorded, with 25 major-field records feeding into the full 44/28 ceremony ledger below.

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Full Ballot Winner Circle All Ceremonies Best Picture Best Director Best Actor Best Actress

Winners Now Live

A live, winner-driven snapshot of this ceremony.

Best Picture went to One Battle after Another. The winning leader is One Battle after Another with 6 wins.

One Battle after Another 6 wins | 13 nominations
Sinners 4 wins | 16 nominations
Frankenstein 3 wins | 9 nominations
KPop Demon Hunters 2 wins | 2 nominations
Sentimental Value 1 wins | 9 nominations
Winner Record 44/28

Categories settled and marked as winners in the ledger.

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Best Picture Nominees

The shortlist most readers look for first: 10 Best Picture nominees from this ceremony.

144Nominations
44Wins
28Categories
1927/28-2025Ledger span

Major Races

The Four Races That Shape the Night

A fast editorial scan of Picture, Director, Actor, and Actress before the full ceremony ledger opens out below.

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Best Picture Winner

One Battle after Another

Adam Somner | Sara Murphy | Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Picture anchors a 10-nominee field.

Nominee Field
  • Bugonia Ed Guiney | Andrew Lowe | Yorgos Lanthimos | Emma Stone | Lars Knudsen
  • F1 Chad Oman | Brad Pitt | Dede Gardner | Jeremy Kleiner | Joseph Kosinski | Jerry Bruckheimer
  • Frankenstein Guillermo del Toro | J. Miles Dale | Scott Stuber
  • Hamnet Liza Marshall | Pippa Harris | Nicolas Gonda | Steven Spielberg | Sam Mendes
  • Marty Supreme Eli Bush | Ronald Bronstein | Josh Safdie | Anthony Katagas | Timothée Chalamet
  • Sentimental Value Maria Ekerhovd | Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
  • Sinners Zinzi Coogler | Sev Ohanian | Ryan Coogler
  • The Secret Agent Emilie Lesclaux
  • Train Dreams Marissa McMahon | Teddy Schwarzman | Will Janowitz | Ashley Schlaifer | Michael Heimler
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Complete Ceremony Ledger

Fast view shows every category and winner first, with nominee groups linked to the full ballot when you need the deep ledger.

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24 categories 144 records 44 winners Nominees summarized for speed

Category

Best Picture

1 winner / 10 records

9 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

Category

Best Director

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

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Best Actress

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

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Best Actor

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

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CASTING

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

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COSTUME DESIGN

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

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CINEMATOGRAPHY

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

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FILM EDITING

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

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VISUAL EFFECTS

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

2 winners / 5 records

3 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

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Sound

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

Ceremony Highlights

Poster-first highlights from this ceremony, led by winners and the titles that defined the night.

On Lunara

Criticism from the Lunara archive tied to this ceremony's most visible contenders and winners.

Categories in this ceremony

Best Actor Best Supporting Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actress ANIMATED FEATURE FILM Production Design Best Picture CASTING CINEMATOGRAPHY COSTUME DESIGN Best Director DOCUMENTARY (Feature) DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) FILM EDITING HONORARY AWARD INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING MUSIC (Original Score) MUSIC (Original Song) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award) SHORT FILM (Animated) SHORT FILM (Live Action) Sound VISUAL EFFECTS WRITING (Adapted Screenplay) WRITING (Original Screenplay)

Winner Circle

A category-by-category winner roll call generated directly from the ceremony ledger.

Sound Winner

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

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Film History

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