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Oppenheimer picked up a total of seven awards during the 96th Academy Awards ceremony.
Oppenheimer has practically swept the 96th Academy Awards with seven wins in total, including the highly-coveted Oscar for Best Picture. The awards show was held earlier today, bestowing trophies to 2023’s best movies and creators following the year's highly competitive awards circuit. Oppenheimer was also the 2024 Oscars’ most nominated film with 13 nods in total, followed by Poor Things with 11, Killers of the Flower Moon with 10 and Barbie with eight.
Oppenheimer sweeps the 2024 Oscars
The 96th Academy Awards show was an eventful one, to say the least. John Cena showed up stark naked to present a Best Costume Design award, Ryan Gosling performed ‘I’m Just Ken’ live and crushed it, Anatomy of the Fall’s dog Messi applauded Robert Downey Jr.’s Best Supporting Actor win, and more shenanigans ruled the day. Perhaps the highlight of the night was the final award itself, which saw an utterly unbothered Al Pacino show up and immediately call the Best Picture winner without presenting any nominees. ‘
Oppenheimer ended up winning Best Picture, capping off a big night for the movie’s cast and crew. Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. took home Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively, while Christopher Nolan won his first Best Director Oscar. The movie also won Best Original Score, Best Film Editing and Best Cinematography. That makes seven total wins for the biographical movie in total.
Poor Things also earned Emma Stone a Best Actress award, while Da’Vine Joy Randolph won Best Supporting Actress for The Holdovers. Studio Ghibli’s The Boy and the Heron also won Best Animated Feature, although Hayao Miyazaki was absent at the awards show. Godzilla Minus One also became one of the lowest-budget movies to win Best Visual Effects, in a wholesome moment that saw its crew bring little Godzilla figures onstage to celebrate the big win.
Here’s a full list of the 96th Academy Awards winners:
Best Picture
Oppenheimer
Actress in a Leading Role
Emma Stone, Poor Things
Directing
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Actor in a Leading Role
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Music (Original Song)
“What Was I Made For?” from Barbie, by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell
Music (Original Score)
Oppenheimer, Ludwig Göransson
Sound
The Zone of Interest, Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn
Live Action Short Film
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Wes Anderson and Steven Rales
Cinematography
Oppenheimer, Hoyte van Hoytema
Documentary Feature Film
20 Days in Mariupol, Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath
Documentary Short Film
The Last Repair Shop, Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
Film Editing
Oppenheimer, Jennifer Lame
Visual Effects
Godzilla Minus One, Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima
Actor in a Supporting Role
Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
International Feature Film
The Zone of Interest (UK)
Costume Design
Poor Things, Holly Waddington
Production Design
Poor Things, Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek
Makeup and Hairstyling
Poor Things, Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
American Fiction, Written for the screen by Cord Jefferson
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Anatomy of a Fall, Screenplay – Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
Animated Feature Film
The Boy and the Heron, Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki
Animated Short Film
War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko, Dave Mullins and Brad Booker
Actress in a Supporting Role
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers