by Abb Jones
The Reelness

Anora was the big winner at the 2025 Oscars, hosted Sunday night by former late night TV host Conan O’Brien at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California. The dramedy about a sex worker who stands up to a Russian oligarch who tries to annul her quickie marriage to his son picked up five trophies – for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing.

Here is the complete list with winners noted with a ⭐️. Click on the films highlighted in gold for our reviews.

BEST PICTURE

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

BEST DIRECTOR

⭐️Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
James Mangold, A Complete 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 Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Yura Borisov, Anora
⭐️Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
⭐️Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

⭐️ 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

⭐️ Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Jay Cocks and Jay Mangold, A Complete Unknown
⭐️ 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 ORIGINAL SCORE

⭐️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 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 FEATURE

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 CINEMATOGRAPHY

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

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
⭐️ Wicked

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP

A Different Man
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
⭐️The Substance
Wicked

BEST EDITING

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

BEST SOUND

A Complete Unknown
⭐️ Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

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

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
⭐️ Wicked

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

A Lien
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
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