Nothing like waking up on a Monday morning in March to a full list of all the Oscar winners. That’s the reality every year for most of us in or around the Central European Standard Time bracket. So if you’re planning on watching a delayed broadcast of the 96th Academy Awards at some point today, stop reading now, because below you’ll find all the nominees and winners. As one other reminder, along with meeting certain criteria, the movies honoured at last night’s ceremony had to release in cinemas in 2023.
You’ll find our brief recap commentary under the following list.
Best Picture
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
Best Director
Justine Triet (Anatomy of a Fall)
Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon)
Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer) – WINNER
Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things)
Jonathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest)
Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper (Maestro)
Colman Domingo (Rustin)
Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)
Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) – WINNER
Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)
Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening (Nyad)
Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon)
Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall)
Carey Mulligan (Maestro)
Emma Stone (Poor Things) – WINNER
Actor in a Supporting Role
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)
Actress in a Supporting Role
Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer)
Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple)
America Ferrera (Barbie)
Jodie Foster (Nyad)
Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers) – WINNER
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
American Fiction – WINNER
Barbie
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Anatomy of a Fall – WINNER
The Holdovers
Maestro
May December
Past Lives
Cinematography
El Conde
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer – WINNER
Poor Things
Animated Feature Film
The Boy and the Heron – WINNER
Elemental
Nimona
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Music (Original Score)
American Fiction
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer – WINNER
Poor Things
Music (Original Song)
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)
What Was I Made For? (Barbie) – WINNER
Production Design
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things – WINNER
Film Editing
Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer – WINNER
Poor Things
Documentary Feature Film
Bobi Wine: The People’s President
The Eternal Memory
Four Daughters
To Kill a Tiger
20 Days in Mariupol – WINNER
Documentary Short Film
The ABCs of Book Banning
The Barber of Little Rock
Island in Between
The Last Repair Shop – WINNER
Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó
International Feature Film
Io Capitano
Perfect Days
Society of the Snow
The Teachers’ Lounge
The Zone of Interest – WINNER
Makeup and Hairstyling
Golda
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things – WINNER
Society of the Snow
Visual Effects
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One – WINNER
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Napoleon
Costume Design
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things – WINNER
Animated Short Film
Letter to a Pig
Ninety-Five Senses
Our Uniform
Pachyderme
War is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko – WINNER
Live-Action Short Film
The After
Invincible
Knight of Fortune
Red, White and Blue
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar – WINNER
Sound
The Creator
Maestro
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer
The Zone of Interest – WINNER
Going into the awards show, biopic Oppenheimer was the top contender with 13 nominations, followed by surreal Frankenstein tale Poor Things with 11 nominations, true crime tale Killers of the Flower Moon with 10, fantasy blockbuster Barbie 8, and Leonard Bernstein tale Maestro 7. Out of interest, Oppenheimer and Poor Things are two of the highest rated films on this website ever.
It was Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and Poor Things that delivered on their nomination potential, scoring 7/13 and 4/11 respectively. Oppenheimer finally gave Nolan a Best Director award, after six previous nominations for directing, writing and producing.
Meanwhile, Barbie picked up one award out of eight, courtesy of Billie Eilish’s haunting main song. The track also gave the singer-songwriter and her brother Finneas O’Connell their second Oscar, after breaking the accolade ice with Bond theme No Time to Die.
Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon and Bradley Cooper’s Maestro were shut out, with zero wins. There were hopes that Lily Gladstone would become the first Native American actress to win for Killers of the Flower Moon, but Best Actress instead went to Poor Things’ Emma Stone, giving the 35-year-old her second Oscar (the first was for La La Land back in 2017).
As for a few other notable outcomes, Auschwitz-centred historical drama The Zone of Interest took home two awards, including Best Sound – which many assumed Oppenheimer was a shoe-in to claim.
It also was a great night for Japanese filmmakers. Facing off against Nimona and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron won best Animated Feature; while Godzilla Minus One made double history as the first time a Godzilla film has ever won an Oscar, and the first time Japanese creatives have emerged victorious in the Best Visual Effects category.