The 97th Academy Awards took place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, celebrating the best in cinema. Hosted by Conan O’Brien. Anora emerged as the big winner, winning five Oscars, while The Brutalist won three. Dune: Part Two and Wicked earned two awards.
Oscars 2025 Winners (Kieran Culkin, Sean Baker, Adrien Brody & Mikey Madison)
Here’s a complete list of the 2025 Oscar winners:
Best Picture
Winner: Anora
Nominees: The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, I’m Still Here, Nickel Boys, The Substance, Wicked
Best Director
Winner: Sean Baker, Anora
Nominees: Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez), Brady Corbet (The Brutalist), Coralie Fargeat (The Substance), James Mangold (A Complete Unknown)
Best Actor
Winner: Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Nominees: Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown), Colman Domingo (Sing Sing), Ralph Fiennes (Conclave), Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice)
Best Actress
Winner: Mikey Madison, Anora
Nominees: Cynthia Erivo (Wicked), Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez), Demi Moore (The Substance), Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here)
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Nominees: Yura Borisov (Anora), Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown), Guy Pearce (The Brutalist), Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice)
Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Nominees: Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown), Ariana Grande (Wicked), Felicity Jones (The Brutalist), Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)
Original Screenplay
Winner: Anora
Nominees: The Brutalist, A Real Pain, September 5, The Substance
Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Conclave
Nominees: A Complete Unknown, Emilia Pérez, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing
Animated Feature
Winner: Inside Out 2
Nominees: Memoir of a Snail, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, The Wild Robot
Production Design
Winner: Wicked
Nominees: The Brutalist, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Nosferatu
Costume Design
Winner: Wicked
Nominees: A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Gladiator II, Nosferatu
Cinematography
Winner: The Brutalist
Nominees: Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, Maria, Nosferatu
Editing
Winner: Anora
Nominees: The Brutalist, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Wicked
Makeup and Hairstyling
Winner: The Substance
Nominees: A Different Man, Emilia Pérez, Nosferatu, Wicked
Sound
Winner: Dune: Part Two
Nominees: A Complete Unknown, Emilia Pérez, Wicked, The Wild Robot
Visual Effects
Winner: Dune: Part Two
Nominees: Alien: Romulus, Better Man, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Wicked
Original Score
Winner: The Brutalist
Nominees: Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Wicked, The Wild Robot
Original Song
Winner: El Mal (Emilia Pérez)
Nominees: The Journey (The Six Triple Eight), Like a Bird (Sing Sing), Mi Camino (Emilia Pérez), Never Too Late (Elton John: Never Too Late)
Documentary Feature
Winner: No Other Land
Nominees: Black Box Diaries, Porcelain War, Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, Sugarcane
International Feature
Winner: I’m Still Here (Brazil)
Nominees: The Girl With the Needle (Denmark), Emilia Pérez (France), The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany), Flow (Latvia)
Animated Short
Winner: In the Shadow of the Cypress
Nominees: Beautiful Men, Magic Candies, Wander to Wonder, Yuck!
Documentary Short
Winner: The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Nominees: Death by Numbers, I Am Ready, Warden, Incident, Instruments of a Beating Heart
Live-Action Short
Winner: I’m Not a Robot
Nominees: A Lien, Anuja, The Last Ranger, The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
