Oscar-Academy Awards 2026: Acceptance Speech of Paul Thomas Anderson for Best Film, One Battle after Another

 Paul Thomas Anderson won as Best Film at Academy Awards 2026, for  One Battle after Another. Here is the Acceptance Speech.

SARA MURPHY (producer): Ok, Ok. Thank you. Getting to make this film with this cast and this crew and Paul, has already been the greatest filmmaking experience I can fathom. So, receiving this award is just beyond. My heart is exploding with gratitude. Thank you. Thank you to Mike and Pammy at Warner Brothers. Thank you to Bryan Lourd. Thank you to my producing partners: Adam Somner, Will Weiske, Erica Frauman. I share this with you. Thank you to my family, all four of my parents, my beautiful brothers, Fannie, Josh, Ryan. I love you. I'm grateful for you. Pauly. 

PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON: OK. I just want to say that in 1975, the Oscar nominees for Best Picture were "Dog Day Afternoon," "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," "Jaws," "Nashville," and "Barry Lyndon." There is no best among them. There is just what the mood might be that day. But we're happy to be part of this wonderful, wonderful journey with our fellow nominees, our fellow filmmakers, our fellow filmmakers that even weren't recognized by the Academy. There are so many great films this year. And I really blew it when I won a Best Director award and I forgot to thank my cast. With Leo, Benicio, Teyana, Sean, Regina, and especially Chase, my American girl, Chase.  You are the heart of this movie, this entire team. What a night, you guys! Let's have a martini. This is pretty amazing. Cheers. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you.