Last sunday, the Oscars took place in a ceremony with no big surprises, no big thrills and no huge iconic moments... but it got some all timers as winners: Cillian Murphy's win for Oppenheimer still amazes me (such an internal and subtle performance getting the gold), The Zone of Interest in Best Sound (chilling and perfectly balanced work), Poor Things in Best Costume Design and Best Production Design and The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar for Best Live Action Short Film (marking Wes Anderson's first Oscar win of his career). On the other hand, I felt sad for Lily Gladstone not winning Best Actress for Killers of the Flower Moon (such a soulful devastating performance), but Emma Stone was also a very worthy winner for playing the charismatic Bella Baxter in Poor Things.
In a night Oppenheimer won big (and its Summer "nemesis" Barbie only took Best Original Song, turning Billie Eilish into the youngest double Oscar winner in history), there were few films that won more than 1 trophy: only Oppenheimer, Poor Things and The Zone of Interest were multiple Oscar winners. It marks a departure of the previous AMPAS philosophy of spreading the wealth - for the second year in a row (third if you consider Dune's 6 technical wins back in the Oscars 2022), there's a big winner: Oppenheimer won 7 prizes and Everything Everywhere All at Once also won 7 prizes the year before. Is there a new trend of fully embracing an Oscar favorite or are films getting bigger and better recently?
Here's the full list of Academy Awards nominees and winners by category:- American Fiction
- Anatomy of a Fall
- Barbie
- The Holdovers
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Maestro
- Oppenheimer - WINNER
- Past Lives
- Poor Things
- The Zone of Interest
- Bradley Cooper, Maestro
- Colman Domingo, Rustin
- Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
- Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer - WINNER
- Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
- Annette Bening, Nyad
- Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
- Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
- Carey Mulligan, Maestro
- Emma Stone, Poor Things - WINNER
- Sterling K. Brown, American Fiction
- Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
- Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer - WINNER
- Ryan Gosling, Barbie
- Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things
- Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
- Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
- America Ferrera, Barbie
- Jodie Foster, Nyad
- Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers - WINNER
- Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest
- Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
- Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer - WINNER
- Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
- Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall
- Io Capitano - Italy
- Perfect Days - Japan
- Society of the Snow - Spain
- The Teachers' Lounge - Germany
- The Zone of Interest - United Kingdom - WINNER
- The Boy and the Heron - WINNER
- Elemental
- Nimona
- Robot Dreams
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- American Fiction - WINNER
- Barbie
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things
- The Zone of Interest
- Anatomy of a Fall - WINNER
- The Holdovers
- Maestro
- May December
- Past Lives
- The Creator
- Godzilla Minus One - WINNER
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
- Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
- Napoleon
- American Fiction
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Oppenheimer - WINNER
- Poor Things
- "It Never Went Away" from American Symphony
- "I'm Just Ken" from Barbie
- "What Was I Made For?" from Barbie - WINNER
- "The Fire Inside" from Flamin' Hot
- "Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)" from Killers of the Flower Moon
- 20 Days in Mariupol - WINNER
- Bobi Wine: The People's President
- The Eternal Memory
- Four Daughters
- To Kill a Tiger
- El Conde
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Maestro
- Oppenheimer - WINNER
- Poor Things
- Barbie
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Napoleon
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things - WINNER
- Letter to a Pig
- Ninety-Five Senses
- Our Uniform
- Pachyderme
- War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko - WINNER
- The After
- Invincible
- Knight of Fortune
- Red, White and Blue
- The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar - WINNER
- The ABCs of Book Banning
- The Barber of Little Rock
- Island in Between
- The Last Repair Shop - WINNER
- Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó
- Anatomy of a Fall
- The Holdovers
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Oppenheimer - WINNER
- Poor Things
- The Creator
- Maestro
- Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
- Oppenheimer
- The Zone of Interest - WINNER
- Barbie
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Napoleon
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things - WINNER
- Golda
- Maestro
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things - WINNER
- Society of the Snow
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