Oscars 2024: The complete winners list
The 96th Academy Awards took place on March 10th from Los Angeles, and the great and the good from the world of cinema were welcomed to celebrate another stellar year of filmmaking. The Oscars 2024 were a glitzy affair.
The 2024 event promised to be the best in decades, as several incredible films look to battle it out for the top prize of ‘Best Picture’. While the biggest cinematic event of 2023 was undoubtedly the dual release of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer – both of which are represented – the rest of the nominees will put up stiff competition. Barbie might have been a commercial heavyweight, but it was Oppenheimer, that swept the awards.
Bradley Cooper’s Maestro, the wild and wonderful Poor Things from Yorgos Lanthimos and Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon were just three more huge releases which dominated the cinematic landscape last year, with The Holdovers thought to be some critics’ dark horse for the night’s biggest prize.
Like most Oscars ceremonies, the widely covered event provided an opportunity for artists to show their support for social causes. Poor Things star Ramy Youssef and Barbie singer Billie Eilish addressed the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
Explaining his decision to support Artists4Ceasefire, Youssef told Variety on the red carpet: “We’re calling for immediate, permanent ceasefire in Gaza. We’re calling for peace and lasting justice for the people of Palestine. It’s a universal message of, ‘Let’s stop killing kids. Let’s not be part of more war.’ No one has ever looked back at war and thought a bombing campaign was a good idea.”
Youssef continued: “To be surrounded by so many artists who are willing to lend their voices, the list is growing. A lot of people are going to be wearing these pins tonight. We want to use where we’re at to speak to people’s hearts. There’s a lot of talking heads on the news, this is a space of talking hearts. We’re trying to have this big beam to humanity. There’s no other route.”
After Kimmel produced a somewhat awkward opening monologue, the first big category of the evening came when Da’Vine Joy Randolph picked up the award for ‘Best Supporting Actress’ for her stunning role in The Holdovers. Randolph thanked her mother and her publicist while reflecting on a career that almost didn’t happen.
Justin Triet and Arthur Harari picked up there first award of the night for ‘Best Original Screenplay’ for their game-changing release Anatomy of a Fall. Cord Jefferson used his acceptance speech for ‘Best Adapted Screenplay’ for American Fiction to encourage Hollywood to take more risks and “instead of making one $200million movie, make 20 $10million movies.”
Wes Anderson got his first Oscar win for ‘Best Short Film’ for his take on Roald Dahl’s The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. The 38-minute long movie starred Benedict Cumberbatch as part of a Netflix deal between the streaming platform and Anderson.
Billie Eilish and Finneas arguably shared the first truly special moment of the evening with a powerful performance of ‘What Was I Made For?’ which received an emotional standing ovation. Later, Finneas and Eilish would take to the stage again to pick up their second Academy Award for ‘Best Original Song’.
The Zone of Interest became the first-ever winner of the ‘Best International Film’ award to come from the United Kingdom, with director Jonathan Glazer using his moment in the spotlight to protest the “dehumanisation” of the Israel-Gaza conflict.
The weird and wonderful Emma Stone-led movie Poor Things picked up its first award of the night for ‘Best Makeup and Hairstyling’ before quickly getting its second with ‘Best Production Design’ beating out some incredible competition. It picked up its third gong for ‘Best Costume Design’ shortly after. “Poor Things was a chance to be free,” Holly Waddington said as she collected the award.
The real joy for the production came when Emma Stone took home the award for ‘Best Actress’. Stone was noticeably overawed by the spectacle. Stone thanked her team, “that is the best thing about making movies. All of us together.”
Robert Downey Jr grabbed the first award for Oppenheimer by picking up his first Oscar after his third nomination, in the ‘Best Supporting Actor’ category. The actor not only thanked his wife who “loved him back to life,” but the cast of Oppenheimer. It wasn’t the end of the evening for the colossal Chris Nolan project, quickly picking up the second gong of the night, ‘Best Editing’.
Hoyte Van Hoyten joined Downey Jr in picking up an award for Oppenheimer, who grabbed the award for ‘Best Cinematography’ and invited the room to work with the “crazy new invention” celluloid in the future. ‘Best Original Score’ was the next award to find its way to one of the hands of the Oppenheimer collective.
Cillian Murphy became the first Irish actor to win a prestigious award, beating Bradley Cooper, Colman Domingo, Paul Giamatti and Jeffrey Wright to win ‘Best Actor’. Talking to the stage, Murphy said in his acceptance speech: “We live in Oppenheimer’s world, whether we like it or not. I dedicate this to the peacemakers.”
Things got better when Oppenheimer also swept home the ‘Best Directing’ award, with Christopher Nolan grabbing his first Oscar win. He thanked his wife, Emma Thomas, saying, “you produced all our movies and all our children.”
Oppenheimer then claimed the biggest prize of the night by taking home the award for ‘Best Picture’. Al Pacino may have bumbled the news, but the team behind the project were still thrilled to take the stage and collect their prize. “You dream of this moment,” said Emma Thomas, “the reason this movie was the movie it was is Chris Nolan. He is singular. He is brilliant.” The win sees Oppenheimer with a clean sweep, winning some form of “best film” at the Oscars, Golden Globes, Baftas and Critics Choice Awards.
Below, you’ll find the complete list of winners below.
The complete list of Oscars nominees:
Best Picture
- Barbie
- Maestro
- Past Lives
- Poor Things
- Oppenheimer – WINNER
- The Holdovers
- American Fiction
- Anatomy of a Fall
- The Zone of Interest
- Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Director
- Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer – WINNER
- Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
- Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
- Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest
- Justine Triet – Anatomy of a Fall
Best Actor
- Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer – WINNER
- Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
- Bradley Cooper – Maestro
- Colman Domingo – Rustin
- Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
Best Actress
- Emma Stone – Poor Things – WINNER
- Carey Mulligan – Maestro
- Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
- Annette Bening – Nyad
- Sandra Huller – Anatomy of a Fall
Best Supporting Actress
- Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
- Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
- Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers – WINNER
- America Ferrera – Barbie
- Jodie Foster – Nyad
Best Supporting Actor
- Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction
- Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
- Robert Downey Jr – Oppenheimer – WINNER
- Ryan Gosling – Barbie
- Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Best Adapted Screenplay
- American Fiction – Cord Jefferson – WINNER
- Barbie – Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig
- Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan
- Poor Things – Tony McNamara
- The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer
Best Original Screenplay
- Anatomy of a Fall – Arthur Harari and Justine Triet – WINNER
- The Holdovers – David Hemingson
- Maestro – Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer
- May December – Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik
- Past Lives – Celine Song
Animated Feature
- Nimona
- Elemental
- The Boy and The Heron – WINNER
- Robot Dreams
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best International Feature Film
- Io Capitano – Italy
- Perfect Days – Japan
- Society of the Snow – Spain
- The Teacher’s Lounge – Germany
- The Zone of Interest – United Kingdom – WINNER
Best Documentary Short
- The ABCs of Book Banning
- The Barber of Little Rock
- Island in Between
- The Last Repair Shop – WINNER
- Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó
Best Cinematography
- Oppenheimer – WINNER
- Killers of The Flower Moon
- Maestro
- Poor Things
- El Conde
Best Costume Design
- Jacqueline Durran – Barbie
- Jacqueline West – Killers of the Flower Moon
- David Crossman and Janty Yates – Napoleon
- Ellen Mirojnick – Oppenheimer
- Holly Waddington – Poor Things – WINNER
Film Editing
- Anatomy of a Fall
- The Holdovers
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Oppenheimer – WINNER
- Poor Things
Makeup and Hairstyling
- Golda
- Maestro
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things – WINNER
- Society of the Snow
Original Score
- American Fiction – Laura Karpman
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny – John Williams
- Killers of the Flower Moon – Robbie Robertson
- Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson – WINNER
- Poor Things – Jerskin Fendrix
Original Song
- ‘The Fire Inside’ – Flamin’ Hot
- ‘I’m Just Ken’ – Barbie
- ‘It Never Went Away’ – American Symphony)
- ‘Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People’ – Killers of the Flower Moon
- ‘What Was I Made For?’ – Barbie – WINNER
Production Design
- Barbie
- Poor Things – WINNER
- Killers of The Flower Moon
- Oppenheimer
- Napoleon
Best Sound
- The Creator
- Maestro
- Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
- Oppenheimer
- The Zone of Interest – WINNER
Visual Effects
- The Creator
- Godzilla Minus One – WINNER
- Society of the Snow
- Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3
Documentary Feature
- Bobi Wine: The People’s President
- The Eternal Memory
- Four Daughters
- To Kill a Tiger
- 20 Days in Mariupol – WINNER
Short Film (Animated)
- Letter to a Pig
- Ninety-Five Senses
- Our Uniform
- Pachyderme
- War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko – WINNER
Short Film (Live Action)
- The After
- Invincible
- Knight of Fortune
- Red, White and Blue
- The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar – WINNER
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