The ceremony, which concluded early Monday morning, also saw Michael B. Jordan win Best Actor, and Autumn Dorald Arcabaw, cinematographer for "Sinners," make history as the first female cinematographer to win the award.
This was a long-awaited culmination for Anderson, the San Fernando Valley native who directed his first short film at the age of 18 and has been one of America's most prominent filmmakers for decades. Prior to Sunday, Anderson had never won an Oscar.
But the frontrunner, "Battle by Battle," swept the Oscars, winning six awards, including Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Anderson, her first Oscar for Best Casting, and Best Supporting Actor for Sean Penn, who was absent from the ceremony.
"I wrote this film for my children to apologize to them for the mess we've left in this world—we're handing them that responsibility," Anderson said while accepting her Best Adapted Screenplay award. "But also to encourage them to be the generation that we hope will bring us some common sense and good morals."
"Sinners," which garnered a record 16 nominations, achieved some major, even historic, victories.
Widely beloved director Michael Coogler won his first Oscar in a career that began with Jordan's "Fruitvale Station" in 2013.
And Irina Arkabau, the fourth female cinematographer to be nominated, won in a long-awaited triumph for women behind the camera.
“I really want all the women here to stand,” Arcabaw said. “Because I feel like I wouldn’t be here without you.”
Michael B. Jordan, one of Hollywood’s most popular stars, won Best Actor in one of the night’s most closely contested categories. The Dolby Theatre audience rose to their feet and gave him a thunderous ovation.
“Mom, how are you?” Jordan said as he staggered onto the stage.
The Oscars night belonged to Warner Bros., the studio behind “Battle After Battle” and Cogler’s vampire tale. It was an oddly poignant victory for the venerable studio, which just weeks earlier had agreed to sell to Paramount Skydance, the media giant founded by David Ellison. The deal, pending regulatory approval, has Hollywood bracing for more layoffs.
“Sinners” and “Battle After Battle” were exceptions in Hollywood: original, big-budget films born from a personal vision. In a year dominated by anxieties about shrinking studios and the rise of artificial intelligence in the film industry, two films offered Hollywood a glimmer of hope.
Jessie Buckley won Best Actress for her portrayal of Shakespeare's Agnes in "Hamnet," becoming the first Irish actress to win the award.
At an Oscars ceremony where winning any other acting award seemed a foregone conclusion, Buckley entered Sunday's ceremony at the Dolby Theatre as a strong contender.
"It's Mother's Day in the UK," Buckley said on stage. "I would like to dedicate this award to the beautiful chaos that fills a mother's heart."
From the outset, when host Conan O'Brien introduced this year's nominees with Amy Madigan's portrayal of the horror-thriller "Guns" in a pre-recorded segment, Sunday night's ceremony was somewhat bizarre, perhaps even chaotic, and preoccupied with the changing role of cinema in culture. Ironically, there was a tie in the Best Live Action Short Film category.
As expected, the Netflix blockbuster "Demon Hunters K-Pop," which was the most-watched film of 2025, won the award for Best Animated Feature, as well as the award for Best Original Song for "Golden." This was a major win for Netflix, but a conditional victory for Sony Pictures, the film's producer. Although Sony developed and produced the film, it sold the streaming rights to "Demon Hunters K-Pop" to the streaming giant instead of releasing it in theaters.
On Netflix, "Demon Hunters K-Pop" became a cultural phenomenon and the platform's biggest hit. It has surpassed 325 million views and continues to grow.
Co-director Maggie Kang said, "This work is dedicated to Korea and to Koreans everywhere."
In another Netflix production, Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein" swept the awards, winning three prizes for its production design, costumes, makeup, hair, and overall production design.
Amy Madigan won Best Supporting Actress for her role in the horror-thriller "Guns," a victory that came 40 years after her first nomination in 1986 for "Twice in a Lifetime." Upon taking the stage, Madigan burst into laughter, exclaiming, "This is amazing!"
In his second staging, O'Brien opened the Dolby Theatre show by acknowledging "troubled and frightening times." But he argued that the current geopolitical climate makes the Oscars even more powerful as a unifying force globally.
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