Oscars 2025: Full winners list and highlights

The award season came to a dazzling finale on 3 March as cinema’s biggest stars came together for the 2025 Oscars ceremony. From breakout stars to Hollywood veterans vying for the top prizes, the Oscar race has been nothing short of scintillating as competition proved to be fierce if the precursor awards were anything to go by. 

Alas, it was Sean Baker’s Anora which emerged the top winner of the night. After having a rocky start in the season from being shut out of the Golden Globes, the Cannes Palme d’Or winner about a sex worker who marries the son of a Russian ogliarch took home five awards, including Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. Mikey Madison, who played the titular star, was named Best Actress in her first Oscar nomination at only 25 years old.

In the other acting categories, Adrien Brody won his second Best Actor award for his performance in The Brutalist. The film was the third most-awarded feature of the night with three golden statuettes, including Best Original Score and Best Cinematography. Zoe Saldaña ended her winning streak with a clean sweep in her Best Supporting Actress category for Emilia Pérez whilst Kieran Culkin took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for A Real Pain. 

The night also saw a lot of firsts. Flow took home the award for Best Animated Feature, making the indie feature the first-ever win for Latvia. Further, No Other Land, a film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective about the destruction of the occupied West Bank’s Masafer Yatta, was named the Best Documentary Feature. Brazil’s I’m Still Here won Best International Film, marking the country’s first Oscar win.

Over in the crafts categories, Wicked and Dune: Part Two dominated as double winners. The former won Best Production Design and Paul Tazewell took home Best Costume Design as the first Black man to win in this category. The latter won Best Sound and Best Visual Effects. The Substance, the buzziest movie from the award circuit, only nabbed one Oscar in Best Makeup and Hairstyling. 

Throughout the night, audiences were also treated to several memorable performances. Wicked’s Oscar-nominated stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande opened the show with riveting performances from the musical movie. Furthermore, Doja Cat, Raye, and Blackpink’s Lisa (with a special dance performance by Margaret Qualley) teamed up for a homage to the music of the James Bond franchise. Lastly, Queen Latifah led a rousing tribute to the late Quincy Jones.

Ahead, find the full list of winners at the 2025 Oscars.

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’Etat

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

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