
"Anora" won big at the 2025 Oscars Sunday night, taking home five awards, including best picture and best director, at the 97th Academy Awards.
via: THR
Star Mikey Madison was named best actress, while Sean Baker won a record-breaking four awards for his film: best director, best original screenplay and best film editing (in addition to best picture).
In the other acting categories, Adrien Brody was named best actor for The Brutalist, Kieran Culkin won the Oscar for best supporting actor, for his role in A Real Pain. Zoe Saldaña was named best supporting actress for her performance in Emilia Pérez, noting that she is the “first American of Dominican origin to accept an Academy Award.”
Meanwhile, Flow won the award for best animated feature, marking the first-ever win for Latvia. No Other Land was named best documentary feature. I’m Still Here was named best international feature film, marking Brazil’s first Oscar win.
Peter Straughan won the award for best adapted screenplay for Conclave.
Paul Tazewell became the first Black man to win the Oscar for best costume design, for his work on Wicked. The musical movie also won best production design.
Other films that won multiple awards were The Brutalist, which earned best cinematography and best original score in addition to best actor; Dune: Part Two, winning best sound and best visual effects; and Emilia Pérez, which also landed the best original song Oscar for “El Mal.” Best makeup and hairstyling went to The Substance. (See all the snubs and surprises.)
The 97th Academy Awards, hosted by Conan O’Brien, aired live coast-to-coast from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on ABC and Hulu (which glitched as the show was starting and cut off before the show ended). Winners were announced in 23 categories. (See the star-studded red carpet arrivals.) The show also paid tribute to the heroes and victims of the recent Los Angeles wildfires.
The show opened with a performance by Wicked’s Oscar-nominated stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo. In addition, Doja Cat, Lisa of Blackpink and Raye took part in a tribute to the music of the James Bond films. Queen Latifah, Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey led a tribute to the late Quincy Jones while Morgan Freeman honored his “dear friend” Gene Hackman, who died last month, as part of the In Memoriam segment. The show also featured a special appearance by the Los Angeles Master Chorale.
A full list of the 2025 Oscar winners follows.
Best picture
"Anora" — Winner
"The Brutalist"
"A Complete Unknown"
"Conclave"
"Dune: Part Two"
"Emilia Pérez"
"I'm Still Here"
"Nickel Boys"
"The Substance"
"Wicked"
Best actress
Mikey Madison, "Anora" — Winner
Cynthia Erivo, "Wicked"
Karla Sofia Gascón, "Emilia Pérez"
Demi Moore, "The Substance"
Fernanda Torres, "I'm Still Here"
Best actor
Adrian Brody, "The Brutalist" — Winner
Timothée Chalamet, "A Complete Unknown"
Colman Domingo, "Sing Sing"
Ralph Fiennes, "Conclave"
Sebastian Stan, "The Apprentice"
Best supporting actor
Kieran Culkin, "A Real Pain" — Winner
Yura Borisov, "Anora"
Edward Norton, "A Complete Unknown"
Guy Pearce, "The Brutalist"
Jeremy Strong, "The Apprentice"
Best supporting actress
Zoe Saldaña, "Emilia Pérez" — Winner
Monica Barbaro, "A Complete Unknown"
Ariana Grande, "Wicked"
Felicity Jones, "The Brutalist"
Isabella Rossellini, "Conclave"
Best director
Sean Baker, "Anora" — Winner
Brady Corbet, "The Brutalist"
James Mangold, "A Complete Unknown"
Jacques Audiard, "Emilia Pérez"
Coralie Fargeat, "The Substance"
Best cinematography
"The Brutalist," Lol Crawley — Winner
"Dune: Part Two," Greig Fraser
"Emilia Pérez," Paul Guillaume
"Maria," Edward Lachman
"Nosferatu," Jarin Blaschke
Best animated feature
"Flow" — Winner
"Inside Out 2"
"Memoir of a Snail"
"Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl"
"The Wild Robot"
Best animated short
"In the Shadow of the Cypress" — Winner
"Beautiful Men"
"Magic Candies"
"Wander to Wonder"
"Yuck!"
Best costume design
"Wicked," Paul Tazewell — Winner
"A Complete Unknown," Arianne Phillips
"Conclave," Lisy Christl
"Gladiator II," Janty Yates
"Nosferatu," Linda Muir
Best original screenplay
"Anora," Sean Baker — Winner
"The Brutalist," Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold
"A Real Pain," Jesse Eisenberg
"September 5," Tim Fehlbaum & Moritz Binder
"The Substance," Coralie Fargeat
Best adapted screenplay
"Conclave," Peter Straughan — Winner
"A Complete Unknown," Jay Cocks & James Mangold
"Emilia Pérez," Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain & Nicolas Livecchi
"Nickel Boys," RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
"Sing Sing," Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin & John "Divine G" Whitfield
Best makeup and hairstyling
"The Substance" — Winner
"A Different Man"
"Emilia Pérez"
"Nosferatu"
"Wicked"
Best film editing
"Anora," Sean Baker — Winner
"The Brutalist," Dávid Jancsó
"Conclave," Nick Emerson
"Emilia Pérez," Juliette Welfling
"Wicked," Myron Kerstein
Best production design
"Wicked," Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales — Winner
"The Brutalist," Judy Becker
"Conclave," Suzie Davies
"Dune: Part Two," Patrice Vermette
"Nosferatu," Craig Lathrop
Best original song
"El Mal," "Emilia Pérez" (Clement Ducol, Camille & Jacques Audiard) — Winner
"Never Too Late," "Elton John: Never Too Late" (Elton John & Brandi Carlile)
"Mi Camino," "Emilia Pérez" (Clement Ducol & Camille)
"Like a Bird," "Sing Sing" (Adrian Quesada & Abraham Alexander)
"The Journey," "The Six Triple Eight" (Diane Warren)
Best documentary short
"The Only Girl in the Orchestra" — Winner
Death by Numbers"
"I Am Ready, Warden"
"Incident"
"Instruments of a Beating Heart"
Best documentary feature
"No Other Land," Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham & Rachel Szor — Winner
"Black Box Diaries," Shiori Itō
"Porcelain War," Brendan Bellomo & Slava Leontyev
"Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat," Johan Grimonprez
"Sugarcane," Julian Brave NoiseCat & Emily Kassie
Best sound
"Dune: Part Two" — Winner
"A Complete Unknown"
"Emilia Pérez"
"Wicked"
"The Wild Robot"
Best visual effects
"Dune: Part Two" — Winner
"Alien: Romulus"
"Better Man"
"Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes"
"Wicked"
Best live-action short
"I'm Not a Robot" — Winner
"A Lien"
"Anuja"
"The Last Ranger"
"The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent"
Best international feature
"I'm Still Here," Walter Salles (Brazil) — Winner
"The Girl with the Needle," Magnus von Horn (Denmark)
"Emilia Pérez," Jacques Audiard (France)
"The Seed of the Sacred Fig," Mohammad Rasoulof (Germany)
"Flow," Miguel Gomes (Latvia)
Best original score
"The Brutalist," Daniel Blumberg — Winner
"Conclave," Volker Bertelmann
"Emilia Pérez," Clément Ducol & Camille
"Wicked," John Powell & Stephen Schwartz
"The Wild Robot," Kris Bowers
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