The 2025 Academy Awards took place in Los Angeles, celebrating the best in film. Anora emerged as the biggest winner of the night, securing multiple awards, while other notable films like Conclave, The Brutalist, Wicked, and Emilia Pérez also took home prestigious prizes.

Here is the complete list of Oscar winners for 2025.

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
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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 Film

  • 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
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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
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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 Film

  • Winner: I’m Not a Robot
  • Anuja
  • The Last Ranger
  • A Lien
  • The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

Best Animated Short Film

  • Winner: In the Shadow of the Cypress
  • Beautiful Men
  • Magic Candies
  • Wander to Wonder
  • Yuck!

Best Documentary Short Film

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

This year’s Oscars 2025 delivered some of the most memorable wins, with Anora leading the night and many new talents receiving recognition. Stay tuned for more updates on the Academy Awards and the latest entertainment news.

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