The 97th Academy Awards took place on March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, honoring the best films of 2024. With groundbreaking performances, stunning visuals, and compelling storytelling, this year’s Oscars celebrated a diverse range of cinematic excellence.
Here’s the full list of winners across all major categories:
Best Picture
Winner: Anora
- 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
- Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
- James Mangold – A Complete Unknown
- Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
- Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Best Actor
Winner: Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
- Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
- Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
- Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
- Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice
Best Actress
Winner: Mikey Madison – Anora
- 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
- Yura Borisov – Anora
- Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
- Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
- Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice
Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
- Monica Barbaro – A Complete Unknown
- Ariana Grande – Wicked
- Felicity Jones – The Brutalist
- Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Best Original Screenplay
Winner: Sean Baker – Anora
- Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold – The Brutalist
- Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain
- Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David – September 5
- Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Peter Straughan – Conclave
- James Mangold & Jay Cocks – A Complete Unknown
- Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, Nicolas Livecchi – Emilia Pérez
- RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes – Nickel Boys
- Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar – Sing Sing
Best International Feature Film
Winner: I’m Still Here (Brazil)
- The Girl with the Needle (Denmark)
- Emilia Pérez (France)
- The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)
- Flow (Latvia)
Best Animated Feature Film
Winner: Flow
- Inside Out 2
- Memoir of a Snail
- Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
- The Wild Robot
Best Documentary Feature Film
Winner: No Other Land
- Black Box Diaries
- Porcelain War
- Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
- Sugarcane
Best Cinematography
Winner: Lol Crawley – The Brutalist
- Greig Fraser – Dune: Part Two
- Paul Guilhaume – Emilia Pérez
- Ed Lachman – Maria
- Jarin Blaschke – Nosferatu
Best Film Editing
Winner: Sean Baker – Anora
- Dávid Jancsó – The Brutalist
- Nick Emerson – Conclave
- Paul Machliss – The Substance
- Joe Walker – Dune: Part Two
This year’s Oscars highlighted fresh talent, powerful performances, and groundbreaking storytelling across various genres. Anora took home Best Picture, while The Brutalist earned Adrien Brody his second Oscar. The night also saw Mikey Madison’s career-defining win, and a historic victory for Emilia Pérez’s Karla Sofía Gascón as the first transgender actress nominated for Best Actress.