2025 Oscars: 'Anora’s Big Night and Few Surprises

The 97th Academy Awards ceremony marks the end of the 2025 awards season. Anora took home the lion’s share of gold, with Mikey Madison and Kieran Culkin receiving their first Oscars.

We also saw some surprises, such as I’m Still Here claiming victory over Emilia Pérez in the Best International Feature category, and Madison’s shock win over Demi Moore in the Best Actress category.

With this year’s winners in the books, we look to 2026, when casting directors will be honored with an Oscar for the first time.

But first, the results. Below are the 97th Academy Award winners.

Congratulations to all who were nominated!

Best Picture

WINNER: Anora, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, Producers
The Brutalist, Nick Gordon, Brian Young, Andrew Morrison, D.J. Gugenheim and Brady Corbet, Producers
A Complete Unknown, Fred Berger, James Mangold and Alex Heineman, Producers
Conclave, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael A. Jackman, Producers
Dune: Part Two, Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe and Denis Villeneuve, Producers
Emilia Pérez, Pascal Caucheteux and Jacques Audiard, Producers
I’m Still Here, Maria Carlota Bruno and Rodrigo Teixeira, Producers
Nickel Boys, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Joslyn Barnes, Producers
The Substance, Coralie Fargeat and Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner, Producers
Wicked, Marc Platt, Producer

How did we do? Check out our 2025 Oscars predictions roundup to find out!

Best Actor in a Leading Role

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

How did we do? Check out our Best Actor predictions to find out!

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

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

How did we do? Check out our Best Supporting Actor predictions to find out!

Best Actress in a Leading Role

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

How did we do? Check out our Best Actress predictions to find out!

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

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

How did we do? Check out our Best Supporting Actress predictions to find out!

Best Animated Feature Film

WINNER: Flow, Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža, Ron Dyens and Gregory Zalcman
Inside Out 2, Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen
Memoir of a Snail, Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham and Richard Beek
The Wild Robot, Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann

Best Animated Short Film

WINNER: In the Shadow of the Cypress, Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi
Beautiful Men, Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande
Magic Candies, Daisuke Nishio and Takashi Washio
Wander to Wonder, Nina Gantz and Stienette Bosklopper
Yuck!, Loïc Espuche and Juliette Marquet

Best Cinematography

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

Best Costume Design

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

Best Directing

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

Best Documentary Feature Film

WINNER: No Other Land, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham
Black Box Diaries, Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin
Porcelain War, Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska and Paula DuPre’ Pesmen
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety
Sugarcane, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie and Kellen Quinn

Best Documentary Short Film

WINNER: The Only Girl in the Orchestra, Molly O’Brien and Lisa Remington
Death by Numbers, Kim A. Snyder and Janique L. Robillard
I Am Ready, Warden, Smriti Mundhra and Maya Gnyp
Incident, Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven
Instruments of a Beating Heart, Ema Ryan Yamazaki and Eric Nyari

Best Film Editing

WINNER: Anora, Sean Baker
The Brutalist, David Jancso
Conclave, Nick Emerson
Emilia Pérez, Juliette Welfling
Wicked, Myron Kerstein

Best International Feature Film

WINNER: Brazil, I’m Still Here
Denmark, The Girl with the Needle
France, Emilia Pérez
Germany, The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Latvia, Flow

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

WINNER: The Substance, Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli
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
Wicked, Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth

Best Music (Original Score)

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

Best Music (Original Song)

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

Best Production Design

WINNER: Wicked, Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
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

Best Live Action Short Film

WINNER: I’m Not a Robot, Victoria Warmerdam and Trent
A Lien, Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz
Anuja, Adam J. Graves and Suchitra Mattai
The Last Ranger, Cindy Lee and Darwin Shaw
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent, Nebojša Slijepčević and Danijel Pek

Best Sound

WINNER: Dune: Part Two, Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill
A Complete Unknown, Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco
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

WINNER: Dune: Part Two, Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer
Alien: Romulus, Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan
Better Man, Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs
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

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

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