Oscars 2025: the complete list of winners

With five trophies, Sean Baker’s Anora is the big winner at the 2025 Oscars, while Emilia Pérez shines in music and Zoe Saldaña takes a moving victory.

At the 2025 Oscars, Sean Baker‘s Anora won five statuettes out of six nominations. The drama, which already won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Mikey Madison), Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing. The only fly in the ointment was that the trophy for Best Supporting Actor went to Kieran Culkin.

Confirmed favourites and a few surprises

While Anora crushed the competition, a number of other films also came out on top. Adrien Brody won Best Actor for his role in The Brutalist, confirming predictions despite the controversy surrounding artificial intelligence in the film. The film also took home the Oscar for Best Cinematography and Best Original Score.

In the adaptation category, the thriller Conclave, about a tense papal election, won Best Adaptation for Peter Straughan, already a Golden Globe and BAFTA winner.

Zoe Saldaña and Emilia Pérez in the spotlight

In the supporting roles, Kieran Culkin and Zoe Saldaña left no room for suspense. An emotional Zoe Saldaña dedicated her award to her grandmother, who was particularly touched by her performance in Spanish.

Although nominated 12 times, Emilia Pérez won only two statuettes, including Best Original Song for El Mal, composed by Camille, Clément Ducol and Jacques Audiard.

Finally, Dune: Part II walked away with awards for Best Sound and Best Visual Effects, confirming its status as a benchmark in cinematic spectacle.

The complete list

Best Film

Anora
The Brutalist
A Perfect Stranger
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked

Best direction

Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
James Mangold, A Perfect Unknown

Best Actress

Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Fernanda Torres, I’m still here

Best actor

Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Perfect Stranger
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

Best Supporting Actor

Yura Borisov, Anora
KieranCulkin, A Real Pain
Edward Norton, A Perfect Stranger
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice

Best Supporting Actress

Monica Barbaro, A Perfect Stranger
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
ZoeSaldaña, Emilia Pérez

Best fit

Jay Cocks and James Mangold, A Perfect Stranger
Peter Straughan, Conclave
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes, Nickel Boys
Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, Sing Sing

Best original screenplay

Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum and Alex David, September 5
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

Best costumes

A Perfect Unknown
Conclave
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
Wicked

Best make-up and hairstyles

A Different Man
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

Best original music

Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist
Volker Bertelmann, Conclave
John Powell and Stephen Schwartz, Wicked
Clément Ducol and Camille, Emilia Pérez
Kris Bowers, The Wild Robot

Best short film (live action)

A Link
Anuja
I’m Not a Robot
The Last Ranger
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

Best animated short

Beautiful Men
In the Shadow of the Cypress
Magic Candies
Wander to Wonder
Yuck!

Best original song

“El Mal,” Emilia Pérez
“The Journey,” The Six Triple Eight
“Like a Bird,” Sing Sing
“Mi Camino,” Emilia Pérez
“Never Too Late,” Elton John: Never Too Late

Best Documentary

Black Box Diaries
No Other Land
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sugarcane

Best Documentary Short

Death by Numbers
I Am Ready, Warden
Incident
Instruments of a Beating Heart
The Only Girl in the Orchestra

Best foreign film

Je suis toujours là, Brazil
The Girl With the Needle, Denmark
Emilia Pérez, France
The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Germany
Flow, Latvia

Best animated film

Flow
Vice-versa 2
Memoirs of a Snail
Wallace and Gromit: The Fist of Vengeance
The Wild Robot

Best sets

The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked

Best editing

Sean Baker, Anora
Dávid Jancsó, The Brutalist
Nick Emerson, Conclave
Juliette Welfling, Emilia Pérez
Myron Kerstein, Wicked

Best sound

A Perfect Stranger
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The wild robot

Best visual effects

Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Dune: Part Two
Planet of the Apes: The New Kingdom
Wicked

Best photography

Lol Crawley, The Brutalist
Greig Fraser, Dune: Part Two
Paul Guilhaume, Emilia Pérez
Edward Lachman, Maria
Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu

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