It was a special night for many in the film industry as Hollywood came together to celebrate the 98th Oscars in Los Angeles.

In a closely-fought race, One Battle After Another took centre stage with six wins including the crucial Best Picture prize, with victory coming at the expense of the record-breaking nominations leader Sinners.

The political thriller, which centres on a washed-up revolutionary and his search for his missing teenage daughter, also earned long-overdue success for renowned filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson as he finally landed gold for his directing and for adapting the film’s screenplay.

Additionally, an absent Sean Penn scored his third Oscar statuette for his supporting turn as the sinister Colonel Steven J. Lockjaw, while the film also secured wins for Best Editing and the newly-conceived Best Casting gong.

Despite coming into last night’s ceremony with a remarkable sixteen nominations, the period horror Sinners settled for just four accolades with leading man Michael B. Jordan pulling off a memorable Best Actor triumph for his turn as Mississippi twins Elijah “Smoke” Moore and Elias “Stack” Moore.

A visibly-stunned Jordan paid tribute to previous black winners of the category and said:

“To be amongst those giants, amongst those greats, amongst my ancestors, amongst my guys. Thank you, everybody in this room and everybody at home for supporting me over my career. I feel it.”

Furthermore, prolific filmmaker Ryan Coogler took home the Best Original Screenplay prize for the film’s script, while Swedish composer Ludwig Göransson made it a hat-trick of wins in the Best Original Score category.

History was also made by Autumn Dural Arkapaw as she became both the first woman AND woman of colour to land the Best Cinematography accolade for her photography on Sinners.

Elsewhere, Jessie Buckley eased her way to a maiden Best Actress gong for her powerful performance as Agnes Shakespeare in the historical drama Hamnet.

The Irish star came into the ceremony as a heavy favourite after previous successes at the Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Actor Awards, and dedicated her win to the ‘beautiful chaos of a mother’s heart’ and later added:

“We all come from a lineage of women who continue to create against all odds.

Thank you for recognising me in this role. This is the greatest honour. I can’t even believe it.’

Meanwhile, veteran performer Amy Madigan was left feeling overwhelmed after securing the Best Supporting Actress prize for her memorable turn as eccentric witch Gladys in the horror Weapons.

Elsewhere, the gothic drama Frankenstein walked away with three accolades for Best Production Design, Best Costume Design and Best Makeup & Hairstyling, while the popular Netflix animation KPop Demon Hunters comfortably won both Best Animated Film, and Best Original Song for the worldwide hit track “Golden”.

One of the more unexpected outcomes of the evening saw a tie occur for just the seventh time in Oscars history, as the Best Live-Action Short Film award was shared by both The Singers, and Two People Exchanging Saliva.

The Norwegian drama Sentimental Value comfortably landed the Best International Feature Film award, while the rest of the winners were F1 (Sound), Avatar: Fire and Ash (Visual Effects), Mr. Nobody Against Putin (Documentary Feature), All the Empty Rooms (Documentary Short Subject), and The Girl Who Cried Pearls (Short Film – Animated).

For the second year in a row, renowned chat show host and podcaster Conan O’Brien took the plaudits for his presenting duties which included a hilarious spoof of Weapons, and an edgy reference to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest.

There were also tributes made to a number of icons of film who passed away in the last year including Rob Reiner, Diane Keaton and Robert Redford.

Despite coming into last night’s ceremony with a healthy nine nominations, the sports-based dramedy Marty Supreme came away empty-handed with leading man Timothée Chalamet left licking his wounds after a costly Best Actor defeat.

Additionally, the other high-profile films to miss out on Oscar gold including Bugonia, The Perfect Neighbor, The Secret Agent and Train Dreams.

The full list of Oscar winners are…

BEST PICTURE
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

BEST ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley, HAMNET

BEST ACTOR
Michael B. Jordan, SINNERS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Madigan, WEAPONS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Sean Penn, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
SINNERS (Ryan Coogler)

BEST CASTING
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Cassandra Kulukundis)

BEST EDITING
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
SINNERS

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
FRANKENSTEIN

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
FRANKENSTEIN

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
FRANKENSTEIN

BEST SOUND
F1

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
SINNERS (Ludwig Göransson)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (“Golden”)

BEST ANIMATED FILM
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
SENTIMENTAL VALUE (NORWAY)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN

BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
ALL THE EMPTY ROOMS

BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) (*TIE*)
THE SINGERS
TWO PEOPLE EXCHANGING SALIVA

BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS