Read the highlights of the 2025 Oscars.
The race to the Oscars was more of a marathon than a sprint, with a few surprises, controversies and plenty of analysis along the way. And now we have crossed the finished line.
The biggest winner of the night was “Anora,” which took home five of the six awards it was up for: best picture, director, actress, editing and original screenplay. With his wins, the writer-director-editor Sean Baker has tied Walt Disney’s record for amount of Oscars taken home in one night.
“The Brutalist” went home with three awards — “Wicked” and “Dune: Part Two” each received two.
“Emilia Pérez,” which was the most nominated film of the year with 13 nods, only took home two of those awards, for best supporting actress and best original song.
Conan O’Brien managed hosting duties for the telecast that was just under four hours and included a “Wicked” medley, a James Bond number and a Quincy Jones tribute.
See below for a full list of winners.
Best Picture
“Anora”
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Nominees in this category: “The Brutalist”; “A Complete Unknown”; “Conclave”; “Dune: Part Two”; “Emilia Pérez”; “I’m Still Here”; “Nickel Boys”; “The Substance”; “Wicked”
Best Director
Sean Baker, “Anora”
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Nominees in this category: Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Pérez”; Brady Corbet, “The Brutalist”; Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance”; James Mangold, “A Complete Unknown”
Best Actor
Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist”
Nominees in this category: Timothée Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown”; Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”; Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave”; Sebastian Stan, “The Apprentice”
Best Actress
Mikey Madison, “Anora”
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Nominees in this category: Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked”; Karla Sofía Gascón, “Emilia Pérez”; Demi Moore, “The Substance”; Fernanda Torres, “I’m Still Here”
Best Supporting Actor
Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain”
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Nominees in this category: Yura Borisov, “Anora”;Edward Norton, “A Complete Unknown”; Guy Pearce, “The Brutalist”; Jeremy Strong, “The Apprentice”
Best Supporting Actress
Zoe Saldaña, “Emilia Pérez”
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Nominees in this category: Monica Barbaro, “A Complete Unknown”; Ariana Grande, “Wicked”; Felicity Jones, “The Brutalist”; Isabella Rossellini, “Conclave”
Original Screenplay
“Anora”
Nominees in this category: “The Brutalist”; “A Real Pain”; “September 5”; “The Substance”
Adapted Screenplay
“Conclave”
Nominees in this category: “A Complete Unknown”; “Emilia Pérez”; “Nickel Boys”; “Sing Sing”
Animated Feature
“Flow”
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Nominees in this category: “Inside Out 2”; “Memoir of a Snail”; “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”; “The Wild Robot”
Production Design
“Wicked”
Nominees in this category: “The Brutalist”; “Conclave”; “Dune: Part Two”; “Nosferatu”
Costume Design
“Wicked”
Nominees in this category: “A Complete Unknown”; “Conclave”; “Gladiator II”; “Nosferatu”
Cinematography
“The Brutalist”
Nominees in this category: “Dune: Part Two”; “Emilia Pérez”; “Maria”; “Nosferatu”
Editing
“Anora”
Nominees in this category: “The Brutalist”; “Conclave”; “Emilia Pérez”; “Wicked”
Makeup and Hairstyling
“The Substance”
Nominees in this category: “A Different Man”; “Emilia Pérez”; “Nosferatu”; “Wicked”
Sound
“Dune: Part Two”
Nominees in this category: “A Complete Unknown”; “Emilia Pérez”; “Wicked”; “The Wild Robot”
Visual Effects
“Dune: Part Two”
Nominees in this category: “Alien: Romulus”; “Better Man”; “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”; “Wicked”
Original Score
“The Brutalist”
Nominees in this category: “Conclave”; “Emilia Pérez”; “Wicked”; “The Wild Robot”
Original Song
“El Mal” (“Emilia Pérez”)
Nominees in this category: “The Journey” (“The Six Triple Eight”); “Like a Bird” (“Sing Sing”); “Mi Camino” (“Emilia Pérez”); “Never Too Late” (“Elton John: Never Too Late”)
Documentary Feature
“No Other Land”
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Nominees in this category: “Black Box Diaries”; “Porcelain War”; “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat”; “Sugarcane”
International Feature
“I’m Still Here,” Brazil
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Nominees in this category: “The Girl With the Needle,” Denmark; “Emilia Pérez,” France; “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” Germany; “Flow,” Latvia
Animated Short
“In the Shadow of the Cypress”
Nominees in this category: “Beautiful Men”; “Magic Candies”; “Wander to Wonder”; “Yuck!”
Documentary Short
“The Only Girl in the Orchestra”
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Nominees in this category: “Death by Numbers”; “I Am Ready, Warden”; “Incident”; “Instruments of a Beating Heart”
Live-Action Short
“I’m Not a Robot”
Nominees in this category: “A Lien”; “Anuja”; “The Last Ranger”; “The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent”