The 97th Academy Awards, honoring films released in 2024, just wrapped up, with Conan O’Brien as possibly the best host this ceremony has had in decades.
The complete list of 2025 Oscar winners (in bold) is below.
Best Picture
- Anora – WINNER
- The Brutalist
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Perez
- I’m Still Here
- Nickel Boys
- The Substance
- Wicked
Directing
- Sean Baker, Anora – WINNER
- Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
- James Mangold, A Complete Unknown
- Jacque Audiard, Emilia Perez
- Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Actor in a Leading Role
- Adrien Brody, The Brutalist – WINNER
- Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
- Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
- Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
- Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
Actor in a Supporting Role
- Yura Borisov, Anora
- Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain – WINNER
- Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
- Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
- Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
Actress in a Leading Role
- Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
- Karla Sofia Gascon, Emilia Perez
- Mikey Madison, Anora – WINNER
- Demi Moore, The Substance
- Fernanda Torre, I’m Still Here
Actress in a Supporting Role
- Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
- Ariana Grande, Wicked
- Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
- Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
- Zoe Saldana, Emilia Perez – WINNER
Animated Feature Film
- Flow – WINNER
- Inside Out 2
- Memoir of a Snail
- Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
- The Wild Robot
Cinematography
- Lol Crawley, The Brutalist – WINNER
- Greig Fraser, Dune: Part Two
- Paul Guilhaume, Emilia Perez
- Ed Lachman, Maria
- Jason Blaschke, Nosferatu
Costume Design
- Arianne Phillips, A Complete Unknown
- Lisy Christl, Conclave
- Janty Yates and Dave Crossman, Gladiator II
- Linda Muir, Nosferatu
- Paul Tazewell, Wicked – WINNER
Documentary Feature Film
- Black Box Diaries
- No Other Land – WINNER
- Porcelain War
- Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat
- Sugarcane
Film Editing
- Sean Baker, Anora – WINNER
- David Jancso, The Brutalist
- Nick Emerson, Conclave
- Juliette Welfling, Emilia Perez
- Myron Kerstein, Wicked
International Feature Film
- Brazil, I’m Still Here – WINNER
- Denmark, The Girl with the Needle
- France, Emilia Perez
- Germany, The Seed of the Sacred Fig
- Latvia, Flow
Makeup and Hairstyling
- Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado, A Different Man
- Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini, Emilia Perez
- David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes-Munton, Nosferatu
- Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli, The Substance – WINNER
- Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth, Wicked
Music (Original Score)
- Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist – WINNER
- Volker Bertelmann, Conclave
- Clemont Ducol and Camile, Emilia Perez
- John Powell and Stephen Schwartz, Wicked
- Kris Bowers, The Wild Robot
Music (Original Song)
- “El Mal” from Emilia Perez – WINNER
- “The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight
- “Like a Bird” from Sing Sing
- “Mi Camino” from Emilia Perez
- “Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late
Production Design
- The Brutalist
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Nosferatu
- Wicked – WINNER
Sound
- A Complete Unknown
- Dune: Part Two – WINNER
- Emilia Perez
- Wicked
- The Wild Robot
Visual Effects
- Alien: Romulus
- Better Man
- Dune: Part Two – WINNER
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
- Wicked
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Writing (Original Screenplay)
- Sean Baker, Anora – WINNER
- Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist
- Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
- Mortiz Binder, Till Fehlbaum, and Alex David, September 5
- Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Anora took home the most wins with five, followed by The Brutalist with three. Dune: Part Two, Emilia Perez, and Wicked won two apiece. Sean Baker also made Oscars history, becoming the first person to win four awards for the same movie (Anora).
What were some surprise wins or upsets? Check our ScreenAge Wasteland’s awards pundit Jacob Holmes’ running commentary on the 97th Academy Awards here. Also, we announced the winners of our 6th annual awards ceremony, the SAWards, yesterday. Read who won here.
