Oscars 2023 winners: The complete winners list
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is one of the most prestigious moments in the cinematic calendar, and the 95th edition of the Oscars looks set to be one of the most lavish ever. As the greatest of the industry descended upon Los Angeles for the event, a fantastic night ensued. With the Academy bringing back all of the categories for the live show, it was a joyous moment of celebration.
There were a host of films, directors and actors who are ecstatic to be taking home the gold statuette. Fan-favourite sci-fi flick Everything Everywhere All at Once led the pack of 2023 nominees with 11 nominations, including ‘Best Picture’, ‘Best Director’, ‘Best Original Screenplay’ and ‘Best Leading Actress’ for Michelle Yeoh.
The adventurous sci-fi smash hit delivered on most of those nominations, too. The film took home seven awards on the night in what was a huge sweep of the major categories, including ‘Best Picture’. Ke Huy Quan grabbed his prize, and delivered an emotionally charged speech when accepting his award for ‘Best Supporting Actor’. His emotion was matched by ‘Best Supporting Actress’ winner and co-star Jamie Lee Curtis, who declared all of her co-stars as joint winners of the award.
The Daniels also grabbed the huge prizes of ‘Best Director’ and ‘Best Original Screenplay’, dedicating the former “to the mommies” amid a lengthy speech which celebrated creativity. The picture’s Paul Rogers also grabbed the award for ‘Best Editing’. Michelle Yeoh also picked up a huge gong on the night, grabbing the award for ‘Best Actress’, noting in her speech: “For all the little boys and girls who look like me tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities.”
However, the night’s biggest prize was the one all of Hollywood had its eye on, and The Daniels took that prize home too, winning ‘Best Picture’ for their masterful movie, delivering a near clean sweep of the major awards for the evening.
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio took home the first award of the evening, picking up the statuette for ‘Best Animated Feature’, while The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse won ‘Best Animated Short’. Navalny took home ‘Best Documentary Feature’ while An Irish Goodbye won ‘Best Short Film’.
All Quiet on the Western Front got its first win of the night for ‘Best Cinematography’ for its quite epic visuals. It also bagged the esteemed prize of ‘Best International Feature’ with director Edward Berger who said during the acceptance speech: “it’s deeply moving for all of us.” It was a stellar night for the movie, also collecting the ‘Best Production Design’ and ‘Best Original Score’ gongs too.
The Whale rightfully took home the prize for ‘Best Makeup and Hairstyling’ for their enigmatic transformation of Brendan Fraser as Charlie. But the big win was for Brendan Fraser who took home ‘Best Actor’ for his heart-wrenching performance. During his emotional speech, the star said: “I’m thankful to Darren Aronofsky for throwing me a creative lifeline […] I’m so grateful to you.”
Sarah Polley’s beautifully hopeful Women Talking grabbed the award for ‘Best Adapted Screenplay’ and was met with rapturous applause. “I want to thank the Academy for not being mortally offended by the words women and talking being so close together like that,” joked Polley when accepting the award.
‘Naatu Naatu’ from RRR wasn’t just expertly performed on the night, but it also took home the award for ‘Best Original Song’ beating pop superstars Lady Gaga and Rihanna.
It’s not just arthouse pictures that found the limelight on the night, however. Both Top Gun: Maverick and James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water, which became the second and third films to cross the billion-dollar mark after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, grabbed their own prizes. The former took home ‘Best Sound’ while the latter took home the prize for ‘Best Visual Effects’.
Below find the full list of winners for the Oscars 2023.
Oscars 2023: The complete winners list
‘Best Picture’
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- Elvis
- Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER
- The Fabelmans
- Tár
- Top Gun: Maverick
- Triangle of Sadness
- Women Talking
‘Best Director’
- Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
- Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All At Once – WINNER
- Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
- Todd Field, Tár
- Ruben Östlund, Triangle of Sadness
‘Best Actor’
- Austin Butler, Elvis
- Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
- Brendan Fraser, The Whale – WINNER
- Paul Mescal, Aftersun
- Bill Nighy, Living
‘Best Actress’
- Cate Blanchett, Tár
- Ana de Armas, Blonde
- Andrea Riseborough, To Leslie
- Michelle Williams, The Fabelmans
- Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All At Once – WINNER
‘Best Supporting Actress’
- Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
- Hong Chau (The Whale)
- Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin)
- Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once) – WINNER
- Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
‘Best Supporting Actor’
- Brendan Gleeson (Banshees of Inisherin)
- Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway)
- Judd Hirsch (The Fabelmans)
- Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin)
- Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All At Once) – WINNER
‘Best Adapted Screenplay’
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
- Living
- Top Gun: Maverick
- Women Talking – WINNER
‘Best Original Screenplay’
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER
- The Fabelmans
- Tár
- Triangle of Sadness
‘Animated Feature’
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – WINNER
- Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
- The Sea Best
- Turning Red
‘Best International Feature Film’
- All Quiet on the Western Front – WINNER
- Argentina, 1985
- Close
- EO
- The Quiet Girl
‘Best Documentary Short’
- The Elephant Whisperers – WINNER
- Haulout
- How Do You Measure a Year?
- The Marsha Mitchell Effect
- Stranger at the Gate
‘Best Cinematography’
- All Quiet on the Western Front – WINNER
- Bardo, False Chronicles of a Handful of Truths
- Elvis
- Empire of Light
- Tár
‘Best Costume Design’
- Babylon
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – WINNER
- Elvis
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Mrs Harris Goes to Paris
‘Film Editing’
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- Elvis
- Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER
- Tár
- Top Gun: Maverick
‘Makeup and Hairstyling’
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- The Batman
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Elvis
- The Whale – WINNER
‘Original Score’
- All Quiet on the Western Front – WINNER
- Babylon
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- The Fabelmans
‘Original Song’
- Applause from Tell It Like a Woman
- Hold My Hand from Top Gun: Maverick
- Lift Me Up from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Naatu Naatu from RRR – WINNER
- This is a Life from Everything Everywhere All at Once
‘Production Design’
- All Quiet on the Western Front – WINNER
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- Babylon
- Elvis
- The Fabelmans
‘Best Sound’
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- The Batman
- Elvis
- Top Gun: Maverick – WINNER
‘Visual Effects’
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Avatar: The Way of Water – WINNER
- The Batman
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Top Gun: Maverick
‘Documentary Feature’
- All that Breathes
- All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
- Fire of Love
- A House Made Of Splinters
- Navalny – WINNER
‘Short Film (Animated)’
- The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse – WINNER
- The Flying Sailor
- Ice Merchants
- My Year of Dicks
- An Ostrich Told Me the World is Fake and I Think I Believe it
‘Short Film (Live Action)’
- An Irish Goodbye – WINNER
- Ivalu
- Le Pupille
- Night Ride
- The Red Suitcase
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