On Sunday (2 March), Anora was crowned ‘Best Picture’ at the 2025 Oscars and went on to be the night’s biggest winner with five awards (of six nominations). Sean Baker took home the ‘Best Director’ award and actor Mikey Madison won ‘Best Actress’.
With the original screenplay and film editing awards added to that tally, Baker, making history, won four Academy Awards for one film in one night.
The Brutalist won three awards with Adrien Brody being named the ‘Best Actor’. The Oscar for ‘Best Documentary Feature’ went to No Other Land.
The 97th Academy Awards were hosted by Conan O’Brien.
Here’s the complete list of winners:
Best Picture
Anora (WINNER)
The Brutalist
The Substance
Wicked
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
I'm Still Here
Nickel Boys
Best Actress
Mikey Madison - Anora (WINNER)
Cynthia Erivo - Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón - Emilia Pérez
Demi Moore - The Substance
Fernanda Torres - I'm Still Here
Best Actor
Adrien Brody - The Brutalist (WINNER)
Sebastian Stan - The Apprentice
Timothée Chalamet - A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo - Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Best Director
Sean Baker – Anora (WINNER)
Brady Corbet - The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat - The Substance
Jacques Audiard - Emilia Pérez
James Mangold - A Complete Unknown
Best Supporting Actress
Zoe Saldaña - Emilia Pérez (WINNER)
Monica Barbaro - A Complete Unknown
Felicity Jones - The Brutalist
Ariana Grande - Wicked
Isabella Rossellini - Conclave
Best Supporting Actor
Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain (WINNER)
Guy Pearce - The Brutalist
Edward Norton - A Complete Unknown
Yura Borisov - Anora
Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice
Best International Feature
I'm Still Here – Brazil (WINNER)
Emilia Pérez - France
The Girl with the Needle - Denmark
Flow – Latvia
The Seed of the Sacred Fig - Germany
Best Animated Feature
Flow (WINNER)
Inside Out 2
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Memoir of a Snail
Best Documentary Feature
No Other Land (WINNER)
Sugarcane
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Black Box Diaries
Best Original Screenplay
Anora - Sean Baker (WINNER)
A Real Pain - Jesse Eisenberg
The Substance - Coralie Fargeat
September 5 - Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David
The Brutalist - Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold
Best Original Song
El Mal - Emilia Pérez (WINNER)
Mi Camino - Emilia Pérez
Like A Bird - Sing Sing
Never Too Late - Elton John: Never Too Late
The Journey - The Six Triple Eight
Best Adapted Screenplay
Conclave - Peter Straughan (WINNER)
Emilia Pérez - Jacques Audiard
Sing Sing - Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar
A Complete Unknown - Jay Cocks and James Mangold
Nickel Boys - RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes
Best Original Score
The Brutalist (WINNER)
Conclave
The Wild Robot
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
Best Costume Design
Wicked (WINNER)
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
Best Make-up and Hairstyling
The Substance (WINNER)
Emilia Pérez
A Different Man
Nosferatu
Wicked
Best Production Design
Wicked (WINNER)
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
The Brutalist
Conclave
Best Sound
Dune: Part Two (WINNER)
A Complete Unknown
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Emilia Pérez
Best Film Editing
Anora (WINNER)
The Brutalist
Conclave
Wicked
Emilia Pérez
Best Cinematography
The Brutalist (WINNER)
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Emilia Pérez
Maria
Best Visual Effects
Dune: Part Two (WINNER)
Alien: Romulus
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked
Better Man
Best Live Action Short
I'm Not a Robot (WINNER)
Anuja
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
The Last Ranger
A Lien
Best Animated Short
In the Shadow of the Cypress (WINNER)
Beautiful Men
Yuck!
Magic Candies
Wander to Wonder
Best Documentary Short
The Only Girl in the Orchestra (WINNER)
Death by Numbers
Instruments of a Beating Heart
I Am Ready, Warden
Incident