The 96th Academy Awards ceremony closes with Oppenheimer taking home 7 awards out of 13 nominations. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
The 2024 academy awards curtains have finally closed with the biggest win being granted to Oppenheimer, taking home 7 awards — nominated for 13 — including Best Picture and Best Director award.
Cillian Murphy won Best Actor award for Oppenheimer and Robert Downey Jr. took the Supporting Actor trophy for the same film — his first Oscar win after previously being nominated three times for Chaplin and Tropic Thunder.
Emily Blunt was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress in Oppenheimer, but ultimately lost to Da’vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers.
Poor Things was another big winner, taking three awards, with Emma Stone winning Best Leading Actress for the second time, beating Lily Gladstone, the first Native American to be nominated for her role in Killers of the Flower Moon
The night took an unexpected turn as Barbie, one of the biggest hits and best films released in 2023, was awarded a single Oscar for Best Original Song — What was I made for by Billie Eilish — despite it being nominated for 7 other categories.
Even though Barbie did not win as many awards as forecasted, Ryan Gosling’s performance of ‘I’m just Ken’ stole the show for many viewers at the Oscars.
Best picture
- WINNER — Oppenheimer
- American Fiction
- Anatomy of a Fall
- Barbie
- The Holdovers
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Maestro
- Past Lives
- Poor Things
- The Zone of Interest
Best Leading Actor
- WINNER — Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
- Bradley Cooper – Maestro
- Colman Domingo – Rustin
- Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
- Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
Best Leading Actress
- WINNER — Emma Stone, Poor Things
- Annette Bening – Nyad
- Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
- Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
- Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Best Supporting Actor
- WINNER — Robert Downey Jr, Oppenheimer
- Sterling K Brown – American Fiction
- Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
- Ryan Gosling – Barbie
- Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Best Supporting Actress
- WINNER — Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
- Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
- Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
- America Ferrera – Barbie
- Jodie Foster – Nyad
- Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Best Director
- WINNER — Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
- Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet
- Killers of the Flower Moon – Martin Scorsese
- Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan
- Poor Things – Yorgos Lanthimos
- The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer
Best Animated Feature Film
- WINNER — The Boy and the Heron
- Elemental
- Nimona
- Robot Dreams
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Adapted Screenplay
- WINNER — American Fiction
- Barbie
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things
- The Zone of Interest
Best Original Screenplay
- WINNER — Anatomy of a Fall
- The Holdovers
- Maestro
- May December
- Past Lives
Best Cinematography
- WINNER — Oppenheimer
- El Conde
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Maestro
- Poor Things
Best International Feature Film
- WINNER — The Zone of Interest
- Io Capitano
- Perfect Days
- Society of the Snow
- The Teachers’ Lounge
Best Film Editing
- WINNER — Oppenheimer
- Anatomy of a Fall
- The Holdovers
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Poor Things
Best Documentary Feature Film
- WINNER — 20 Days in Mariupol
- Bobi Wine: The People’s President
- The Eternal Memory
- Four Daughters
- To Kill a Tiger
Best Documentary Short Film
- WINNER — The Last Repair Shop
- The ABCs of Book Banning
- The Barber of Little Rock
- Island in Between
- Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó
Best Animated Short Film
- WINNER — WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
- Letter to a Pig
- Ninety-Five Senses
- Our Uniform
- Pachyderme
Best Live Action Short Film
- WINNER — The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
- The After
- Invincible
- Knight of Fortune
- Red, White and Blue
Best Original Song
- WINNER — What Was I Made For, Barbie
- The Fire Inside – Flamin’ Hot
- I’m Just Ken – Barbie
- It Never Went Away – American Symphony
- Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People) – Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Original Score
- WINNER — Oppenheimer
- American Fiction
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Poor Things
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- WINNER — Poor Things
- Golda
- Maestro
- Oppenheimer
- Society of the Snow
Best Costume Design
- WINNER — Poor Things
- Barbie
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Napoleon
- Oppenheimer
Best Production Design
- WINNER — Poor Things
- Barbie
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Napoleon
- Oppenheimer
Best Sound
- WINNER — The Zone of Interest
- The Creator
- Maestro
- Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
- Oppenheimer
Best Visual Effects
- WINNER — Godzilla Minus One
- The Creator
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3
- Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
- Napoleon
