If you're seeking to expand your cinematic horizons, watching the Academy Award (Oscar) winners is a great place to start.
Below, we've sorted all the winners of the 2026 Academy Awards by streaming service, as some streaming services, like HBO Max, host multiple award-winning movies. As is typical in Australia, there are some winning films that haven't made it to streaming services yet.
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One Battle After Another
- Best Picture: Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Sean Penn
- Best Directing: Paul Thomas Anderson
- Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay): Paul Thomas Anderson
- Best Casting: Cassandra Kulukundis
- Best Film Editing: Andy Jurgensen
Leonardo DiCaprio and Teyana Taylor star as revolutionary lovers in One Battle After Another. When their guerrilla warfare draws the ire of a lovelorn Colonel Stephen J. Lockjaw, Ghetto Pat (DiCaprio), Perfidia Beverly Hills (Taylor) and their French 75 comrades are forced into hiding. 16 years later, Lockjaw has picked up their trail and will stop at nothing to hunt down the remaining members of the French 75, including Pat and Perfidia's daughter, Willa.
One Battle After Another is almost three hours long, but it doesn't feel like it. It moves along at a clip. You wouldn't have time to find the pause button even if you wanted to.
As expected, One Battle After Another cleaned up at the Oscars this year, taking home six awards on the night, including Best Picture, Best Director and the inaugral Best Casting award.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson (adapted from Vineland by Thomas Pynchon)
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Chase Infiniti, Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Teyana Taylor, Regina King
Language: English | Rating: M
Genre: Fast-paced action slash witty comedy hybrid
Available on: HBO Max
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Sinners
- Best Writing (Original Screenplay) - Ryan Coogler
- Best Music (Original Score) - Ludwig Göransson
- Best Cinematography - Autumn Durald Arkapaw
- Best Actor in a Leading Role - Michael B. Jordan
For Sinners, writer-director Ryan Coogler reunites with Michael B. Jordan for who, through some movie magic, stars as identical twin brothers Smoke and Stack. When the brothers return home after seven years of working for Chicago gangsters, they decide to start a juke joint with their hard-earned wealth. With the help of their cousin Sammie, a blues singer and guitarist, the brothers pull out all the stops for opening night. However, things take a turn when some uninvited guests are drawn to the shindig like moths to a flame.
Sinners got its flowers already at the Golden Globes but it made history at this year's Oscars with a record-breaking 16 nominations in total. It might have missed out on Best Picture, but Coogler did take home the award for Best Original Screenplay and Michael B. Jordan was finally recognised for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
Director: Ryan Coogler | Writer: Ryan Coogler
Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Wunmi Mosaku, Delroy Lindo, Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O'Connell, Miles Caton, Li Jun Li
Language: English | Rating: MA15+
Genre: Musical Horror
Available on: HBO Max
Weapons
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Amy Madigan
Psychological horror, Weapons, was nominated for just one Oscar this year and that's all it needed. Amy Madigan's win was well and truly earned for her portrayal of Gladys, a relative of a young boy named Alex.
Alex becomes the centre of mystery when he is the only child from his class to attend school the day after 17 students are reported missing. Where did they go? Why did they all just wake up at the same time and disappear into the night?
Director/Writer: Zach Cregger
Cast: Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich, Scarlett Sher, Cary Christopher, Jason Turner, Benedict Wong, Anny Jules
Language: English | Rating: MA15+
Genre: Mystery horror
Available on: HBO Max
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KPop Demon Hunters
- Best Animated Film - KPop Demon Hunters
- Best Music (Original Song) - 'Golden', Music and Lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo and Teddy Park
This year, Netflix showed the Academy Awards What It Sounds Like and by 'It' we mean an Oscar-winning original song (Golden). KPop Demon Hunters also took home the award for Best Animated Film, beating out the box office blockbuster, Zootopia 2.
Those who watched the 98th Academy Awards were also treated to a live performance of Kpop Demon Hunters' 'Golden' by original performers Audrey Nuna, EJAE and Rei Ami.
Director: Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang | Writer: Danya Jimenez, Hannah McMechan, Maggie Kang
Cast: Arden Cho, May Hong, Jiyoung Yoo
Language: English | Rating: PG
Genre: Anime action musical
Available on: Netflix
Frankenstein
- Best Costume Design - Kate Hawley
- Best Makeup and Hairstyling - Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey
- Best Production Design - Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
Despite Jacob Elordi's recent portrayal of Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights, the 2025 film Frankenstein, which he also had a leading role in, was the centre of attention at the Academy Awards, taking out multiple Oscars this year.
Visually it is a beyond-stunning film and the Academy recognised that this year three-fold. Elordi plays The Creature alongside his creator, Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac), who discovers creating a monstrous being is just the beginning of the end.
Mary Shelley's classic novel is brought to life by Guillermo del Toro, responsible for many other enchanting films including Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, The Shape of Water, Pacific Rim and Pan's Labyrinth.
Writers: Mary Shelley, Guillermo Del Toro | Director: Guillermo Del Toro
Cast: Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Christoph Waltz, Mia Goth, Felix Kammerer, Charles Dance, David Bradley, Lars Mikkelsen
Language: English | Rating: MA15+
Genre: Psychological body horror
Available on: Netflix
All the Empty Rooms
- Best Documentary Short Film - All the Empty Rooms by Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones
It's every parent's worst nightmare - the place designed to nurture and grow your child becoming the scene of their last moments. This documentary is confronting, gut-wrenching and yet deeply moving. It sheds much needed light on the growing epidemic of gun violence in US schools and the ripple effect it has on everyone involved.
Director, Joshua Seftel, and Producer, Conall Jones, graciously accepted their Oscar wins for this film alongside CBS writer and actor, Steve Hartman. They were also joined onstage by Gloria Cazares, mother to Jackie Cazares, who was featured in the documentary as one of the four children tragically killed at the Robb Elementary school shooting.
Director: Joshua Seftel
Cast: Steve Hartman, Lou Bopp, Frank Blackwell, Nancy Blackwell, Chad Scruggs, Jada Scruggs, Gloria Cazares, Javier Cazares, Cindy Muehlberger, Brian Muehlberger
Language: English | Rating: M
Genre: Documentary
Available on: Netflix
The Singers
- Best Live Action Short Film - The Singers
Winner of the Best Live Action Short Film award, The Singers is a touching 18-minute tale set inside a snowed-in pub. As various barflies trade war stories and jokes, a man wanders in from the cold, looking for some spare change, or at the very least, a free beer. The bartender gives the young man a challenge: if he can out-sing the pub regulars, the bartender will give him $100 and a six-pack of beer. Thus begins a spontaneous and cathartic singing contest.
Director: Sam A. Davis | Writer: Ivan Turgenev
Cast: Mike Young, Chris Smither, Will Harrington, Judah Kelly, Matt Corcoran, Leroy Griffith
Language: English | Rating: MA15+
Genre: Comedy/drama musical
Available on: Netflix
Apple TV
F1: The Movie
- Best Sound - F1: The Movie, Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta
Four-time Oscar-nominee, F1: The Movie, adds car expertise and credibility to its cast with real-life drivers, like Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri and Yuki Tsunoda, just to name a few.
The story begins with F1 driver Sonny Hayes (Pitt), known as 'the greatest that never was', after an accident nearly ended his career. Three decades after the accident, Hayes is being recruited by former teammate Ruben Cervantes (Bardem), whose racing team is on the verge of ruin. Hayes is tasked with riding alongside talented, wisecracking rookie Joshua Pearce (Idris). But can Hayes earn his respect and pull off the impossible?
This film is guaranteed to get your adrenaline pumping, especially since it's directed by Joseph Kosinski (Top Gun: Maverick).
Writers: Joseph Kosinski, Ehren Kruger | Director: Joseph Kosinski
Cast: Brad Pitt, Damon Idris, Javier Bardem, Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies, Kim Bodnia, Sarah Niles, Will Merrick, Joseph Balderrama, Abdul Salis
Language: English | Rating: MA15+
Genre: Car action flick
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Avatar: Fire and Ash
- Best Visual Effects - Avatar: Fire and Ash, Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett
Jimmy Cameron might be quickly regretting his decades-long commitment to the Avatar series but the series' fancy visual effects are still winning over the Academy's judges. Avatar: Fire and Ash continues the story of Na'vi convert Jake Sully (Worthington) and his family on Pandora. When the volcano-dwelling Varang teams up with (spoilers) Avatar-ised Colonel Miles Quaritch (Lang), the series becomes more of a civil war, rather than an intergalactic struggle between humans and Na'vi.
Director: James Cameron | Writers: James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver
Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Oona Chaplin, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Edie Falco
Language: English | Rating: M
Genre: Sci-Fi animation
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Mr Nobody Against Putin
- Best Documentary Feature Film - Mr. Nobody Against Putin by David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin, Helle Faber and Alžběta Karásková
BAFTA winner Mr. Nobody Against Putin took home the award for Best Documentary Feature Film at the 2026 Oscars. The stakes alone are worthy of recognition. Early in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin orchestrated and enforced a "state-friendly" curriculum. Rather than simply falling in line, one school videographer from Karabash Primary School, Pavel "Mr. Nobody" Talankin, documents the attempted brainwashing of school children over the next two years. It's an utterly terrifying first-person view of Russia's transformation from authoritarionism to full-blown fascism.
Directors: David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin | Writer: David Borenstein
Cast: Viktor Abakumov, Lavrenti Beria, Yevhen Konovalets, Vladamir Putin, Joseph Stalin, Pavel Talankin, Pavel Sudoplatov
Language: English, Russian | Rating: TBC
Genre: Military documentary
Available on: DocPlay via Prime Video
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Hamnet
- Best Actress in a Leading Role - Jessie Buckley
Hamnet has only recently released on digital services here in Australia. Adapted from Maggie O'Farrell's historical fiction of the same name, Hamnet imagines William and Agnes Shakespeare's relationship, from the moment they meet, to the tragedy they both endure that inspired the play Hamlet.
Jessie Buckley's devastating performance as Agnes Shakespeare unsuprisingly earned her the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role but the film was up for eight awards in total. Chloé Zhao was nominated for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay alongside author Maggie O'Farrell. Nina Gold was nominated in the inaugral Best Casting award, while Malgosia Turzanska was nominated for Best Costume Design. It was also nominated for Best Picture. Max Richter's heartwrenching score was also nominated and would have been a shoe-in in any other year.
Director: Chloé Zhao | Writer: Chloé Zhao, Maggie O'Farrell
Cast: Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Zac Wishart, James Lintern, Joe Alwyn, Justine Mitchell
Language: English | Rating: M
Genre: Heart-breaking period drama
Available to rent/buy: On Apple TV or Prime Video
Sentimental Value
- Best International Feature Film - Norway, ‘Sentimental Value'
Writer-director Joachim Trier and leading lady Renate Reinsve are back at the Oscars this year after their last visit in 2021 for The Worst Person in the World. This year's Sentimental Value took home the award for Best International Feature Film, beating out The Secret Agent, It Was Just an Accident, Sirat and The Voice of Hind Rajab.
Stellan Skarsgård was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor (after winning the Golden Globe in the same category), while Renate Reinsve was nominated for Best Leading Actress, and Elle Fanning and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas were both nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Joachim Trier was up for Best Directing and for Best Original Screenplay alongside co-writer Eskil Vogt. Olivier Bugge Coutté was up for Best Editing and the film itself was also up for Best Picture.
Director: Joachim Trier | Writer: Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
Cast: Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning
Language: English | Rating: M
Genre: Norwegian showbiz drama
Available on: Apple TV or Amazon Prime
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
- Best Animated Short - The Girl Who Cried Pearls
French-Canadian stop-motion short film which was five years in the making, The Girl Who Cried Pearls, took home the award for Best Animated Short Film at this year's Academy Awards.
At roughly 17 minutes long, The Girl Who Cried Pearls tells the story of a poor boy living in Montreal who gets by stealing food from shipments at the docks. His fortunes turn around, however, when he discovers the girl who cries pearls.
You can watch The Girl Who Cries Pearls in its entirety on YouTube.
Directors: Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski | Writers: Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski, Isabelle Mandalian
Cast: Colm Feore, Gabrielle Dallaire, James Hyndman, Jeanne Madore, Simone Paradis
Language: English | Rating: TBC
Genre: Fantasy romance animation
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