Politically charged thriller One Battle After Another emerged as the biggest winner at the 2026 EE British Academy Film Awards- taking home six trophies including Best Film and Best Director for Paul Thomas Anderson.Blues-infused vampire epic Sinners secured three wins- while gothic horror spectacle Frankenstein also claimed three craft awards. Shakespearean drama Hamnet was named Outstanding British Film- with Jessie Buckley winning Best Leading Actress.
Here is the full list of winners:
Best Film
HamnetMarty SupremeOne Battle After Another (Winner)Sentimental ValueSinners
Outstanding British Film
28 Years LaterThe Ballad of Wallis IslandBridget Jones: Mad About the BoyDie My LoveH Is For HawkHamnet (Winner)I SwearMr. BurtonPillionSteve
Best Leading Actress
Jessie Buckley- Hamnet (Winner)Rose Byrne- If I Had Legs I’d Kick YouKate Hudson- Song Sung BlueChase Infiniti- One Battle After AnotherRenate Reinsve- Sentimental ValueEmma Stone- Bugonia
Best Leading Actor
Robert Aramayo- I Swear (Winner)Timothee Chalamet- Marty SupremeLeonardo DiCaprio- One Battle After AnotherEthan Hawke- Blue MoonMichael B. Jordan- SinnersJesse Plemmons- Bugonia
Best Supporting Actress
Odessa A’Zion- Marty SupremeInga Ibsdotter Lilleaas- Sentimental ValueWunmi Mosaku- Sinners (Winner)Carey Mulligan- The Ballad of Wallis IslandTeyana Taylor- One Battle After AnotherEmily Watson- Hamnet
Best Supporting Actor
Benicio Del Toro- One Battle After AnotherJacob Elordi- FrankensteinPaul Mescal- HamnetPeter Mullan- I SwearSean Penn- One Battle After Another (Winner)Stellan Skarsgård- Sentimental Value
Best Director
Yorgos Lanthimos- BugoniaChloé Zhao- HamnetJosh Safdie- Marty SupremePaul Thomas Anderson- One Battle After Another (Winner)Joachim Trier- Sentimental ValueRyan Coogler- Sinners
Best Original Screenplay
I Swear- Kirk JonesMarty Supreme- Ronald Bronstein and Josh SafdieThe Secret Agent- Kleber Mendonça FilhoSentimental Value- Eskil Vogt and Joachim TrierSinners- Ryan Coogler (Winner)
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Ballad of Wallis Island- Tom Basden and Tim KeyBugonia- Will TracyHamnet- Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’FarrellOne Battle After Another- Paul Thomas Anderson (Winner)Pillion- Harry Lighton
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer- Director or Producer
The CeremonyMy Father’s Shadow (Winner)PillionA Want In HerWasteman
Best Film Not in the English Language
It Was Just An AccidentThe Secret AgentSentimental Value (Winner)SiratThe Voice of Hind Rajab
Best Documentary
2000 Meters to AdraiivkaApocalypse in the TropicsCover-UpMr. Nobody Against Putin (Winner)The Perfect Neighbor
Best Animated Film
ElioLittle AmélieZootropolis 2 (Winner)
Best Children’s and Family Film
ArcoBoong (Winner)Lilo and StitchZootropolis 2
Best Casting
I Swear (Winner)Marty SupremeOne Battle After AnotherSentimental ValueSinners
Best Cinematography
FrankensteinMarty SupremeOne Battle After Another (Winner)SinnersTrain Dreams
Best Editing
F1A House of DynamiteMarty SupremeOne Battle After Another (Winner)Sinners
Best Costume Design
Frankenstein (Winner)HamnetMarty SupremeSinnersWicked: For Good
Best Makeup and Hair
Frankenstein (Winner)HamnetMarty SupremeSinnersWicked: For Good
Best Original Score
BugoniaFrankensteinHamnetOne Battle After AnotherSinners (Winner)
Best Production Design
Frankenstein (Winner)HamnetMarty SupremeOne Battle After AnotherSinners
Best Sound
F1 (Winner)FrankensteinOne Battle After AnotherSinnersWarfare
Best Special Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash (Winner)F1FrankensteinHow to Train Your DragonThe Lost Bus
Best British Short Animation
CardboardSolsticeTwo Black Boys in Paradise (Winner)
Best British Short Film
Magid/ZafarNostalgieTerenceThis Is Endometriosis (Winner)Welcome Home Freckles
EE Rising Star Award
Robert Aramayo (Winner)Miles CatonChase InfinitiArchie MadekwePosy SterlingWith six wins- One Battle After Another now builds strong momentum heading into the Oscars- while Sinners- Frankenstein and Hamnet cemented their status as major awards contenders.
