Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” take home the top prize at the 98th Academy Awards, picking up six awards in total, beating out competition from “Sinners”
Despite an extra long award season last year shifting momentum back towards “Sinners” in recent weeks, Paul Thomas Anderson and “One Battle After Another” still came out on top at this year’s Academy Awards on Sunday night. The political thriller took home six awards, including Best Picture, Director, Casting, Editing, Adapted Screenplay, and Supporting Actor for an absent Sean Penn.
It was a ceremony with very few surprises, with the first major one of the night coming in live-action short of all categories where there was a tie. You could see the initial panic on Kumail Nanjiani‘s face as he opened the envelope, before composing himself and announcing “The Singers” and “Two People Exchanging Saliva” as the two winning shorts. Other minor shocks came in Cinematography and the inaugural casting category, which effectively swapped between the expected wins for “One Battle After Another” and “Sinners” respectively. This did give us one of the more memorable and historic moments of the night as Autumn Durald Arkapaw became the first woman to win an Oscar for cinematography in the Academy’s 98-year history.
Most other awards went as expected, with Michael B. Jordan snapping up Best Actor following his late surge in the season to pip Timothee Chalamet to the award. This meant “Marty Supreme” left the festivities empty handed, as well as fellow Best Picture nominees; “Bugonia”, “The Secret Agent”, and “Train Dreams”. There were lone wins for “Hamnet”, “F1”, “Sentimental Value”, “Avatar: Fire and Ash”, and “Weapons” with Amy Madigan securing her first ever Oscar at 75-years of age.
“KPop Demon Hunters” won two awards including Animated Feature and song for “Golden”, “Frankenstein” took home three awards for Production, Makeup and Costume Design, and “Sinners” finished the night with four wins.
List of Winners:
Best Picture:
- “Bugonia” | Focus Features | dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
- “F1” | Warner Bros. | dir. Joseph Kosinski
- “Frankenstein” | Netflix | dir. Guillermo del Toro
- “Hamnet” | Focus Features | dir. Chloe Zhao
- “Marty Supreme” | A24 | dir. Josh Safdie
- “One Battle After Another” | Warner Bros. | dir. Paul Thomas Anderson – Winner
- “The Secret Agent” | Neon | dir. Kleber Mendonca Filho
- “Sentimental Value” | Neon | dir. Joachim Trier
- “Sinners” | Warner Bros. | dir. Ryan Coogler
- “Train Dreams” | Netflix | dir. Clint Bentley
Director:
- Paul Thomas Anderson “One Battle After Another” – Winner
- Ryan Coogler “Sinners”
- Josh Safdie “Marty Supreme”
- Joachim Trier “Sentimental Value”
- Chloe Zhao “Hamnet”
Actor in a Leading Role:
- Timothee Chalamet “Marty Supreme”
- Leonardo DiCaprio “One Battle After Another”
- Ethan Hawke “Blue Moon”
- Michael B. Jordan “Sinners” – Winner
- 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”
Actor in a Supporting Role:
- Benicio del Toro “One Battle After Another”
- Jacob Elordi “Frankenstein”
- Delroy Lindo “Sinners”
- Sean Penn “One Battle After Another” – Winner
- Stellan Skarsgard “Sentimental Value”
Actress in a Supporting Role:
- Elle Fanning “Sentimental Value”
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas “Sentimental Value”
- Amy Madigan “Weapons” – Winner
- Wunmi Mosaku “Sinners”
- Teyana Taylor “One Battle After Another”
Original Screenplay:
- “Blue Moon” (Robert Kaplow)
- “It Was Just an Accident” (Jafar Panahi)
- “Marty Supreme” (Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie)
- “Sentimental Value” (Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt)
- “Sinners” (Ryan Coogler) – Winner
Adapted Screenplay:
- “Bugonia” (Will Tracy)
- “Frankenstein” (Guillermo del Toro)
- “Hamnet”(Chloe Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell)
- “One Battle After Another” (Paul Thomas Anderson) – Winner
- “Train Dreams”(Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley)
Casting:
- “Hamnet”
- “Marty Supreme”
- “One Battle After Another” – Sinner
- “The Secret Agent”
- “Sinners”
International Feature:
- “It Was Just an Accident”
- “The Secret Agent”
- “Sentimental Value” – Winner
- “Sirat”
- “The Voice of Hind Rajab”
Documentary Feature:
- “The Alabama Solution”
- “Come See Me in the Good Light”
- “Cutting Through Rocks”
- “Mr. Nobody Against Putin” – Winner
- “The Perfect Neighbour”
Animated Feature:
- “Arco”
- “Elio”
- “KPop Demon Hunters” – Winner
- “Little Amelie or the Character of Rain”
- “Zootropolis 2”
Cinematography:
- “Frankenstein”
- “Marty Supreme”
- “One Battle After Another”
- “Sinners” – Winner
- “Train Dreams”
Editing:
- “F1”
- “Marty Supreme”
- “One Battle After Another” – Winner
- “Sentimental Value”
- “Sinners”
Production Design:
- “Frankenstein” – Winner
- “Hamnet”
- “Marty Supreme”
- “One Battle After Another”
- “Sinners”
Costume Design:
- “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
- “Frankenstein” – Winner
- “Hamnet”
- “Marty Supreme”
- “Sinners”
Makeup and Hairstyling:
- “Frankenstein” – Winner
- “Kokuho”
- “Sinners”
- “The Smashing Machine”
- “The Ugly Stepsister”
Visual Effects:
- “Avatar: Fire and Ash” – Winner
- “F1”
- “Jurassic Park Rebirth”
- “The Lost Bus”
- “Sinners”
Sound:
- “F1” – Winner
- “Frankenstein”
- “One Battle After Another”
- “Sinners”
- “Sirat”
Score:
- “Bugonia” (Jerskin Fendrix)
- “Frankenstein”(Alexander Desplat)
- “Hamnet” (Max Richter)
- “One Battle After Another” (Jonny Greenwood)
- “Sinners” (Ludwig Goransson) – Winner
Original Song:
- Dear Me “Diane Warren: Relentless”
- Golden “KPop Demon Hunters” – Winner
- I Lied to You “Sinners”
- Sweet Dreams of Joy “Viva Verdi!”
- Train Dreams “Train Dreams”
Documentary Short:
- “All the Empty Rooms” – Winner
- “Armed Only with a Camera”
- “Children No More: Were and Are Gone”
- “The Devil is Busy”
- “Perfectly a Strangeness”
Animated Short:
- “Butterfly”
- “Forevergreen”
- “The Girl Who Cried Pearls” – Winner
- “Retirement Plan”
- “The Three Sisters”
- Predicted Winner: “Butterfly”
- Potential Winner: Any of the above
Live Action Short:
- “Butcher’s Stain”
- “A Friend of Dorothy”
- “Jane Austin’s Period Drama”
- “The Singers” – Winner
- “Two People Exchanging Saliva” – Winner
Dan Loves Film 
I guess I actually wanted Sinners to win Best Picture, because I felt kind of disappointed when One Battle won it. So many layers to Sinners…
Was very happy for Michael B Jordan. I thought his acceptance speech was exceptionally self-aware and gracious.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Also, that was funny when Kumail Nanjiani said “don’t panic, we will get through this!” over the tie 🤣
Do you think they prepped him for that? Or was it a total surprise to him? If so, he handled it well!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I presume the get told what to do in the event of a tie but they never expect it to actually happen haha
LikeLiked by 1 person
Kumail had a night for the ages! I shared my 9 top predictions on Sunday morning and all of them came through…some people expected a “Sinners” sweep but there were signs that it would share the night with “One Battle” and it did. So many others were left behind however.
LikeLiked by 1 person