Oscars 2025: Full list of winners and unforgettable highlights

The much-anticipated 97th Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, concluded with historic wins and unforgettable moments.

This year’s theme, Community and Spirit, honored the 29 lives lost and thousands of homes destroyed in the devastating Los Angeles wildfires in 2025. The event celebrated cinematic excellence and paid tribute to actors, filmmakers, and industry professionals who pushed storytelling to new heights.

The star-studded ceremony took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, kicking off at 10 PM (WAT) with celebrities gracing the red carpet. The main event, which ran from 1 AM to 4 AM (WAT) on March 3, 2025, opened with a powerful performance of Defy Gravity by Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.

Full list of nominees and winners at the 2025 Academy Awards

Best Actor in a Leading Role

🏆 WINNER: Adrien Brody

• Timothée Chalamet
• Colman Domingo
• Ralph Fiennes
• Sebastian Stan

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 in a Leading Role

🏆 WINNER: Cynthia Erivo (Wicked)

• Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez)
• Mikey Madison (Anora)
• Demi Moore (The Substance)
• Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here)

Best Supporting Actress

🏆 WINNER: Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)

• Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown)
• Ariana Grande (Wicked)
• Felicity Jones (The Brutalist)
• Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)

Best Animated Feature

🏆 WINNER: Flow

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

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 Film Editing

🏆 WINNER: Anora

• The Brutalist
• Conclave
• Emilia Pérez
• Wicked

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 Costume Design

🏆 WINNER: Wicked

• Nosferatu
• A Complete Unknown
• Conclave
• Gladiator II

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 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 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 Documentary Short

🏆 WINNER: The Only Girl in the Orchestra

• Death by Numbers
• I Am Ready, Warden
• Incident
• Instruments of a Beating Heart

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!

The 2025 Oscars saw groundbreaking wins and powerful moments that will undoubtedly remain topics of conversation in pop culture for years to come.