The 94th Academy Awards aired live on ABC last night and apparently it was quite the event. I wrote that exact same opening line for last year’s Oscar winners post, but last year’s was written as a joke because I didn’t watch them or care to watch them. This year’s however was a whole other story.
Okay, I didn’t watch anything from the Oscars last night except for “The Slap” (which will surely win an Emmy later this year, right?). Whether you think it was staged or real, it was definitely a newsworthy moment for the Oscars. Did it help with their ratings? I have no clue.
CODA took home Best Picture, becoming the first movie from a streaming service to win the top honor. Suck it, Netflix. Dune practically swept all the technical awards. And Jane Campion won Best Director, which means it was the first time that female directors took home that award in back-to-back years. That’s pretty cool (if you care about those details).
But enough talking about the show no one watched except for that one viral moment. Let’s check out the full list of winners (in bold) from the 94th Academy Awards below.
Best Picture
- Belfast
- CODA
- Don’t Look Up
- Drive My Car
- Dune
- King Richard
- Licorice Pizza
- Nightmare Alley
- The Power of the Dog
- West Side Story
Best Director
- Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
- Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
- Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
- Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
- Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
Best Actor
- Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos
- Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
- Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick… Boom!
- Will Smith, King Richard
- Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Best Actress
- Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
- Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
- Penelope Cruz, Parallel Mothers
- Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
- Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Best Supporting Actor
- Ciaran Hinds, Belfast
- Troy Kotsur, CODA
- Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog
- J.K. Simmons, Being the Ricardos
- Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Best Supporting Actress
- Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
- Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
- Judi Dench, Belfast
- Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
- Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Best Animated Feature
- Encanto
- Flee
- Luca
- The Mitchells vs. the Machines
- Raya and the Last Dragon
Best International Feature Film
- Drive My Car
- Flee
- The Hand of God
- Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
- The Worst Person in the World
Best Original Screenplay
- Belfast
- Don’t Look Up
- King Richard
- Licorice Pizza
- The Worst Person in the World
Best Adapted Screenplay
- CODA
- Drive My Car
- Dune
- The Lost Daughter
- The Power of the Dog
Best Documentary
- Ascension
- Attica
- Flee
- Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
- Writing With Fire
Best Original Song
- “Be Alive,” King Richard
- “Does Oruguitas,” Encanto
- “Down to Joy,” Belfast
- “No Time to Die,” No Time to Die
- “Somehow You Do,” Four Good Days
Best Sound
- Belfast
- Dune
- No Time to Die
- The Power of the Dog
- West Side Story
Best Documentary Short Subject
- Audible
- Led Me Home
- The Queen of Basketball
- Three Songs for Benazir
- When We Were Bullies
Best Animated Short Film
- Affairs of the Art
- Bestia
- Boxballet
- Robin Robin
- The Windshield Wiper
Best Live-Action Short Film
- Ala Kachuu – Take and Run
- The Dress
- The Long Goodbye
- On My Mind
- Please Hold
Best Score
- Don’t Look Up
- Dune
- Encanto
- Parallel Mothers
- The Power of the Dog
Best Editing
- Don’t Look Up
- Dune
- King Richard
- The Power of the Dog
- Tick, Tick… Boom!
Best Production Design
- Dune
- Nightmare Alley
- The Power of the Dog
- The Tragedy of Macbeth
- West Side Story
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- Coming 2 America
- Cruella
- Dune
- The Eyes of Tammy Faye
- House of Gucci
Best Cinematography
- Dune
- Nightmare Alley
- The Power of the Dog
- The Tragedy of Macbeth
- West Side Story
Best Visual Effects
- Dune
- Free Guy
- No Time to Die
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
Best Costume Design
- Cruella
- Cyrano
- Dune
- Nightmare Alley
- West Side Story
Any wins that surprised you? Did you watch the Oscars or did you perhaps watch one of our six Best Picture Winners we recommended you watch instead? Finally, how do the Oscar winners compare to our recent SAWard winners?
