2025 Oscars Winners: The Complete List

Hollywood’s annual self-congratulatory party reaches its usual, fevered pitch tonight at the 97th Academy Awards. Hosted by the roundly beloved Conan O’Brien, we can at least hold out hope that the 2025 Oscars ceremony will be entertaining of its own accord, regardless of whether it manages to stir up the typical wave of post-awards drama and recrimination. Surely nothing tonight could top the Will Smith/Chris Rock slap of the 2022 Oscars telecast, but you can never really say for certain, can you? Is there anyone in Hollywood who would be angling for a shot at mussing up Conan’s flawless pompadour?

As ever, there’s a wide array of narratives worth following as we head into the 2025 Oscars ceremony. Chief among them is perhaps the nosedive experienced by one-time favorite Emilia Pérez in recent months, following the unearthing of offensive past tweets from actress Karla Sofía Gascón. Gascón had made history by becoming the first openly transgender person nominated for one of the primary acting categories, and had been considered a significant favorite in the Best Actress race, despite a divided critical reaction to Emilia Pérez on its own merits. The subsequent backlash against the film has seemingly thrown many of the categories wide open, with Fernanda Torres of I’m Still Here now seen as a potential Best Actress favorite, while films like Anora and The Brutalist–both in the top 10 of our own list of the best movies of 2024–are now considered frontrunners for Best Picture. Other races we’ll be watching: Can Guy Pearce achieve long-deserved recognition in the Best Supporting Actor category for The Brutalist? And how will The Substance and Nosferatu (not to mention The Girl With the Needle) fare as they represent an unusual amount of awards representation for the horror genre?

Check back here throughout the telecast for those answers, as we’ll be updating this space throughout the night with all the winners of the 2025 Oscars. The main broadcast begins at 7 p.m. EST, emanating from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Do you have your predictions ready?

Best Picture

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

Best Directing

Sean Baker – Anora — WINNER
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
James Mangold – A Complete Unknown
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Adrien Brody – The Brutalist — WINNER
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison – Anora — WINNER
Demi Moore – The Substance
Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Yura Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain — WINNER
Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Monica Barbaro – A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Felicity Jones – The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez — WINNER

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

A Complete Unknown – James Mangold and Jay Cocks
Conclave – Peter Straughan — WINNER
Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard; in collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, and Nicolas Livecchi
Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes
Sing Sing – Screenplay by Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley; story by Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley, Clarence Maclin, and John “Divine G” Whitfield

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

Anora – Sean Baker — WINNER
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold
A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
September 5 – Moritz Binder and Tim Fehlbaum; co-written by Alex David
The Substance – Coralie Fargeat

Best Animated Feature Film

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

Best Documentary Feature Film

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

Best International Feature Film

Emilia Pérez (France) in Spanish – directed by Jacques Audiard
Flow (Latvia) – directed by Gints Zilbalodis
The Girl with the Needle (Denmark) in Danish – directed by Magnus von Horn
I’m Still Here (Brazil) in Portuguese – directed by Walter Salles — WINNER
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany) in Persian – directed by Mohammad Rasoulof

Best Animated Short Film

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

Best Live Action Short Film

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

Best Documentary Short Film

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

Best Cinematography

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

Best Costume Design

A Complete Unknown – Arianne Phillips
Conclave – Lisy Christl
Gladiator II – Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
Nosferatu – Linda Muir
Wicked – Paul Tazewell — WINNER

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

A Different Man – Mike Marino, David Presto, and Crystal Jurado
Emilia Pérez – Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier, and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini
Nosferatu – David White, Traci Loader, and Suzanne Stokes-Munton
The Substance – Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, and Marilyne Scarselli — WINNER
Wicked – Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, and Sarah Nuth

Best Music (Original Song)

“El Mal” from Emilia Pérez – Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; lyrics by Clément Ducol, Camille, and Jacques Audiard — WINNER
“The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight – Music and lyrics by Diane Warren
“Like a Bird” from Sing Sing – Music and lyrics by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada
“Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez – Music and lyrics by Camille and Clément Ducol
“Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late – Music and lyrics by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt, and Bernie Taupin

Best Music (Original Score)

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

Best Production Design

The Brutalist – Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia
Conclave – Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter
Dune: Part Two – Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
Nosferatu – Production Design: Craig Lathrop; Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová
Wicked – Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales — WINNER

Best Film Editing

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

Best Sound

A Complete Unknown – Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey, and David Giammarco
Dune: Part Two – Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett, and Doug Hemphill — WINNER
Emilia Pérez – Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz, and Niels Barletta
Wicked – Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson, and John Marquis
The Wild Robot – Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo, and Leff Lefferts

Best Visual Effects

Alien: Romulus – Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin, and Shane Mahan
Better Man – Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, and Peter Stubbs
Dune: Part Two – Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, and Gerd Nefzer — WINNER
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, and Rodney Burke
Wicked – Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk, and Paul Corbould

Check back throughout the night as we update this post with every winner from the 2025 Oscars.