2021 Oscars Winners: ‘Nomadland’ Wins Best Picture, Director & Actress

The 93rd Academy Awards aired live on ABC last night and apparently it was quite the event. I’m just messing with you, I have no idea how it went because I didn’t watch it. Did anyone? I mean, who watches an awards show live on TV anymore when all the winners and best moments will be rapidly shared across social media instantly after it happens?

Anyway, I guess the most noteworthy moment was when they didn’t end the night awarding Best Picture (they did that third to last) and decided to do Best Actor last. I guess they were hoping for Chadwick Boseman to win, but Anthony Hopkins won instead for The Father. Only he wasn’t there to accept the award so apparently the event just ended. And that is why you hire a host for these sort of events. It (hopefully) helps fill some of that awkward silence these award shows tend to have throughout the night.

But enough talking about a show I didn’t see. Let’s check out the full list of 2021 Oscars winners (in bold) below.


Best Picture

  • The Father
  • Judas and the Black Messiah
  • Mank
  • Minari
  • Nomadland
  • Promising Young Woman
  • Sound of Metal
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Director

  • Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round
  • David Fincher, Mank
  • Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
  • Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
  • Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

Best Actor

  • Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
  • Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
  • Anthony Hopkins, The Father
  • Gary Oldman, Mank
  • Steven Yeun, Minari

Best Actress

  • Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
  • Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday
  • Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
  • Frances McDormand, Nomadland
  • Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

Best Supporting Actor

  • Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
  • Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
  • Leslie Odom, Jr., One Night in Miami
  • Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
  • LaKeith Stanfield, Judas and the Black Messiah

Best Supporting Actress

  • Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
  • Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
  • Olivia Colman The Father
  • Amanda Seyfried, Mank
  • Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
  • The Father
  • Nomadland
  • One Night in Miami
  • The White Tiger

Best Original Screenplay

  • Judas and the Black Messiah
  • Minari
  • Promising Young Woman
  • Sound of Metal
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Animated Film

  • Onward
  • Over the Moon
  • A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
  • Soul
  • Wolfwalkers

Best Documentary

  • Collective
  • Crip Camp
  • The Mole Agent
  • My Octopus Teacher 
  • Time

Best International Feature Film

  • Another Round
  • Better Days
  • Collective
  • The Man Who Sold His Skin
  • Quo Vadis Aida?

Best Editing

  • The Father
  • Nomadland
  • Promising Young Woman
  • Sound of Metal
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Cinematography

  • Judas and the Black Messiah
  • Mank
  • News of the World
  • Nomadland
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Visual Effects

  • Love and Monsters
  • The Midnight Sky
  • Mulan
  • The One and Only Ivan
  • Tenet

Best Costume Design

  • Emma.
  • Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
  • Mank
  • Mulan
  • Pinocchio

Best Production Design

  • The Father
  • Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
  • Mank
  • News of the World
  • Tenet

Best Score

  • Da 5 Bloods
  • Mank
  • Minari
  • News of the World
  • Soul

Best Original Song

  • “Fight for You,” Judas and the Black Messiah
  • “Hear My Voice,” The Trial of the Chicago 7
  • “Husavik,” Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
  • “Io Si (Seen),” The Life Ahead
  • “Speak Now,” One Night in Miami…

Best Make-Up and Hairstyling

  • Emma.
  • Hillbilly Elegy
  • Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
  • Mank
  • Pinocchio

Best Sound

  • Greyhound
  • Mank
  • News of the World
  • Soul
  • Sound of Metal

Best Animated Short

  • Burrow
  • Genius Loci
  • If Anything Happens I Love You
  • Opera
  • Yes-People

Best Documentary Short Subject

  • Colette
  • A Concerto is a Conversation
  • Do Not Split
  • Hunger Ward
  • A Love Song for Latasha

Best Live-Action Short Film

  • Feeling Through
  • The Letter Room
  • The Present
  • Two Distant Strangers
  • White Eye

What are your thoughts on all the winners? For comparison, here are the winners of the 2nd Annual ScreenAge Wasteland Awards. Did we do better than the Oscars or do we both need to get off our high horses? Tell us down in the comments!

Author: Marmaduke Karlston

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