Oscars 2026 Winners: One Battle After Another Dominates with Six Awards

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another was the big story of the 98th Academy Awards, taking home six Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director, while Sinners and Hamnet also scored major wins on a night filled with political speeches and historic firsts for women behind the camera.

For UAE and GCC viewers, many of the 2026 Oscar‑winning movies are already available to watch in cinemas or on streaming platforms such as OSN+, Apple TV and regional VOD services, with more expected to roll out across 2026.

One Battle After Another leads with six Oscars

One Battle After Another emerged as the clear frontrunner of Oscars 2026, winning six awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Casting and Best Supporting Actor for Sean Penn.

The film is a politically charged thriller about washed‑up revolutionary Bob (Leonardo DiCaprio), who lives off‑grid with his daughter until an old enemy resurfaces and she disappears, forcing him back into a life of confrontation and consequences. In the UAE, One Battle After Another is currently screening in cinemas such as VOX Cinemas and is also available to rent or buy on Apple TV (UAE store), with additional regional streaming availability expected later in the year.

Sinners and Hamnet anchor the acting races

Sinners was the other big winner of the night, collecting four Oscars, including Best Actor for Michael B Jordan, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score and a landmark Best Cinematography win for Autumn Durald Arkapaw, the first woman to win in that category. The film follows twin brothers returning to their Mississippi hometown to escape their troubled past, only to find a more sinister threat waiting for them. In the UAE, Sinners is streaming on OSN+ and is also available to rent or buy on Apple TV and other VOD platforms that serve the region.

Jessie Buckley won Best Actress for Hamnet, Chloé Zhao’s Shakespeare‑inspired drama exploring the grief and family dynamics that fuelled the creation of Hamlet. While Hamnet is currently streaming on Peacock in the US and Canada, viewers in the UAE can expect a theatrical or VOD rollout via regional cinema chains and services such as VOX Cinemas and Apple TV during 2026, as has been the case with other recent UK prestige releases.

Historic firsts and political moments at Oscars 2026

Beyond the big winners, the 98th Academy Awards were notable for their political tone and industry milestones. Autumn Durald Arkapaw’s win for Sinners made her the first woman ever to win the Oscar for Best Cinematography, and she used her speech to ask women in the audience to stand, turning the moment into a visible statement about representation behind the camera.

Cassandra Kulukundis took home the first‑ever Oscar for Best Casting for One Battle After Another, highlighting the Academy’s new recognition of casting as a standalone discipline after years of campaigning from industry professionals. Internationally, Norway’s Sentimental Value won Best International Feature Film, while Gaza‑set drama The Voice of Hind Rajab from Tunisia continued to make waves in the region after its Oscar nomination and festival buzz.

In animation, KPop Demon Hunters pulled off a rare double victory with wins for Best Animated Feature Film and Best Original Song, reinforcing the growing global impact of Korean‑led animation and music‑driven storytelling.

Where to watch the biggest Oscar 2026 winners in the UAE

Below is a quick guide to how and where you can watch some of the key Oscar‑winning titles from 2026 if you’re based in the UAE. Availability will continue to change across 2026 as licensing windows shift, so always check your local cinema listings or streaming app for the latest status.

For other nominated and winning titles such as Frankenstein, Bugonia, Avatar: Fire and Ash and The Voice of Hind Rajab, UAE viewers can expect a familiar pattern: initial cinema releases via VOX, Reel and Novo, followed by digital rental and subscription streaming on services like OSN+, Netflix, Prime Video or Apple TV depending on the studio’s regional deals.

Full list of Oscars 2026 winners

Here is the complete list of winners from the 98th Academy Awards.

Best Picture

• One Battle After Another (winner)
• Bugonia
• F1
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• The Secret Agent
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners
• Train Dreams

Directing

• Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another (winner)
• Chloe Zhao, Hamnet
• Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
• Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
• Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Actor in a Leading Role

• Michael B Jordan, Sinners (winner)
• Timothee Chalamet, Marty Supreme
• Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
• Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
• Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent

Actress in a Leading Role

• Jessie Buckley, Hamnet (winner)
• Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
• Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue
• Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
• Emma Stone, Bugonia

Supporting Actor

• Sean Penn, One Battle After Another (winner)
• Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
• Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
• Delroy Lindo, Sinners
• Stellan Skarsgard, Sentimental Value

Supporting Actress

• Amy Madigan, Weapons (winner)
• Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
• Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
• Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

International Feature Film

• Sentimental Value (Norway) (winner)
• The Secret Agent (Brazil)
• It Was Just An Accident (France)
• Sirat (Spain)
• The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)

Original Song

• KPop Demon Hunters (winner)
• Diane Warren: Relentless
• Sinners
• Viva Verdi!
• Train Dreams

Original Screenplay

• Sinners (winner)
• Blue Moon
• It Was Just An Accident
• Marty Supreme
• Sentimental Value

Adapted Screenplay

• One Battle After Another (winner)
• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Train Dreams

Costume Design

• Frankenstein (winner)
• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• Sinners

Original Score

• Sinners (winner)
• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• One Battle After Another

Live Action Short Film

• The Singers (winner – tie)
• Two People Exchanging Saliva (winner – tie)
• Butcher’s Stain
• A Friend of Dorothy
• Jane Austen’s Period Drama

Animated Short Film

• The Girl Who Cried Pearls (winner)
• Butterfly
• Forevergreen
• Retirement Plan
• The Three Sisters

Animated Feature Film

• KPop Demon Hunters (winner)
• Arco
• Elio
• Little Amelie
• Zootopia 2

Documentary Feature Film

• Mr Nobody Against Putin (winner)
• The Alabama Solution
• Come See Me In The Good Light
• Cutting Through Rocks
• The Perfect Neighbour

Documentary Short Film

• All the Empty Rooms (winner)
• Armed Only with a Camera
• Children No More
• The Devil is Busy
• Perfectly a Strangeness

Production Design

• Frankenstein (winner)
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners

Casting

• One Battle After Another (winner)
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• The Secret Agent
• Sinners

Film Editing

• One Battle After Another (winner)
• F1
• Marty Supreme
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners

Cinematography

• Sinners (winner)
• Frankenstein
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Train Dreams

Visual Effects

• Avatar: Fire and Ash (winner)
• F1
• Jurassic World: Rebirth
• The Lost Bus
• Sinners

Make‑up and Hairstyling

• Frankenstein (winner)
• Kokuho
• Sinners
• The Smashing Machine
• The Ugly Stepsister

Sound

• F1 (winner)
• Frankenstein
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Sirat

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