The 2025 Academy Awards took place in Los Angeles, with Anora emerging as the biggest winner of the night, securing multiple honors, including Best Picture. Other notable winners included The Brutalist, Conclave, Wicked, and Emilia Pérez, which also took home major awards.
Mikey Madison (Anora) won Best Actress, while Adrien Brody (The Brutalist) secured Best Actor. Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez) and Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain) claimed the Best Supporting Actress and Actor awards, respectively. Sean Baker won Best Director for Anora, further cementing the film’s dominance.
In the international category, Brazil’s I’m Still Here took home Best International Feature, while Flow won Best Animated Feature. Conclave received the award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and Anora won Best Original Screenplay.
Technical categories saw Dune: Part Two winning Best Sound and Best Visual Effects, while Wicked claimed Best Production Design and Costume Design. The Brutalist was honored for Best Cinematography, and The Substance won for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
The awards celebrated excellence in filmmaking across multiple genres, recognizing both emerging talents and industry veterans.
Full List of 2025 Oscar Winners
Best Picture
• WINNER: Anora
• The Brutalist
• A Complete Unknown
• Conclave
• Dune: Part Two
• Emilia Pérez
• I’m Still Here
• Nickel Boys
• The Substance
• Wicked
Best Actress
• WINNER: Mikey Madison (Anora)
• Cynthia Erivo (Wicked)
• Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez)
• Demi Moore (The Substance)
• Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here)
Best Actor
• WINNER: Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)
• Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown)
• Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)
• Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)
• Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice)
Best Supporting Actress
• WINNER: Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)
• Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown)
• Ariana Grande (Wicked)
• Felicity Jones (The Brutalist)
• Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)
Best Supporting Actor
• WINNER: Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)
• Yura Borisov (Anora)
• Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown)
• Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)
• Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice)
Best Director
• WINNER: Sean Baker (Anora)
• Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez)
• Brady Corbet (The Brutalist)
• Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)
• James Mangold (A Complete Unknown)
Best International Feature
• WINNER: 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
• WINNER: Flow
• Inside Out 2
• Memoir of a Snail
• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
• The Wild Robot
Best Original Screenplay
• WINNER: Anora – Sean Baker
• The Brutalist – Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold
• A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
• September 5 – Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David
• The Substance – Coralie Fargeat
Best Adapted Screenplay
• WINNER: Conclave – Peter Straughan
• A Complete Unknown – Jay Cocks and James Mangold
• Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard
• Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes
• Sing Sing – Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar
Best Original Song
• WINNER: El Mal (Emilia Pérez)
• Never Too Late (Elton John: Never Too Late)
• Mi Camino (Emilia Pérez)
• Like A Bird (Sing Sing)
• The Journey (The Six Triple Eight)
Best Original Score
• WINNER: The Brutalist
• Conclave
• Emilia Pérez
• Wicked
• The Wild Robot
Best Documentary Feature
• WINNER: No Other Land
• Black Box Diaries
• Porcelain War
• Soundtrack to a Coup d’État
• Sugarcane
Best Costume Design
• WINNER: Wicked
• Nosferatu
• A Complete Unknown
• Conclave
• Gladiator II
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
• WINNER: The Substance
• A Different Man
• Emilia Pérez
• Nosferatu
• Wicked
Best Production Design
• WINNER: Wicked
• The Brutalist
• Dune: Part Two
• Nosferatu
• Conclave
Best Sound
• WINNER: Dune: Part Two
• A Complete Unknown
• Emilia Pérez
• Wicked
• The Wild Robot
Best Film Editing
• WINNER: Anora
• The Brutalist
• Conclave
• Emilia Pérez
• Wicked
Best Cinematography
• WINNER: The Brutalist
• Dune: Part Two
• Emilia Pérez
• Maria
• Nosferatu
Best Visual Effects
• WINNER: Dune: Part Two
• Alien: Romulus
• Better Man
• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
• Wicked
Best Live Action Short
• WINNER: I’m Not a Robot
• Anuja
• The Last Ranger
• A Lien
• The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Best Animated Short
• WINNER: In the Shadow of the Cypress
• Beautiful Men
• Magic Candies
• Wander to Wonder
• Yuck!
Best Documentary Short
• WINNER: The Only Girl in the Orchestra
• Death by Numbers
• I Am Ready, Warden
• Incident
• Instruments of a Beating Heart
The 2025 Oscars celebrated a mix of veteran filmmakers and rising stars, showcasing diverse storytelling and groundbreaking visuals across multiple categories.
