Oscar winners 2025 – the complete list of triumphant movies and actors
All the award winners have officially been revealed
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Your support makes all the difference.The Oscars 2025 winners have been announced in Hollywood.
This year’s Oscars race was the closest in years, with the ceremony considered a three-horse race between Sean Baker’s critical darling Anora, Brady Corbet’s sweeping epic The Brutalist and pope drama Conclave.
Ultimately, Anora became the evening’s big winner, taking home five trophies in total, including Best Picture.
Actors in contention to become first-time winners included Demi Moore (The Substance) and Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown) – but both lost out on the night, with Mikey Madison taking home Best Actress and Adrien Brody winning his second Oscar for his role in The Brutalist.
Find all the Oscar winners below:
Best Picture
Anora - WINNER
Best Director
Sean Baker – Anora WINNER
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
James Mangold – A Complete Unknown
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison – Anora WINNER
Demi Moore - The Substance
Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here
Best 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
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Monica Barbaro – A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Felicity Jones - The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez WINNER
Best 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
Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
Anora WINNER
The Brutalist
A Real Pain
September 5
The Substance
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
A Complete Unknown
Conclave WINNER
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
Best International Feature Film
I’m Still Here WINNER
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Flow
Best Animated Feature Film
Flow WINNER
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Best Documentary Feature
Black Box Diaries
No Other Land WINNER
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sugarcane
Best Film Editing
Anora WINNER
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
Best Cinematography
The Brutalist WINNER
Dune: Part 2
Emilia Pérez
Best Music (Original Score)
The Brutalist WINNER
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Best Music (Original Song)
“El Mal” – Emilia Pérez WINNER
“The Journey” – The Six Triple Eight
“Like a Bird” – Sing Sing
“Mi Camino” – Emilia Pérez
“Never Too Late” – Elton John: Never Too Late
Best Sound
A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part 2 WINNER
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Best Visual Effects
Dune: Part 2 WINNER
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked
Best Production Design
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part 2
Nosferatu
Wicked WINNER
Best Costume Design
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Nosferatu
Wicked WINNER
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Substance WINNER
Wicked
Best Animated Short Film
Beautiful Men
In the Shadow of the Cypress WINNER
Magic Candies
Wander to Wonder
Yuck!
Best Live Action Short Film
A Lien
Anuja
I’m Not a Robot WINNER
The Last Ranger
The Man Who Would Not Remain Silent
Documentary Short Film
Death by Numbers
I Am Ready, Warden
Incident
Instruments of a Beating Heart
The Only Girl in the Orchestra WINNER
The Oscars are airing in the US on ABC. In the UK, viewers can follow the 96th Academy Awards live on ITV, from around 11pm, on Sunday 2 March.
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