Oscars 2025: ‘Anora’ Takes Best Picture, Baker Has Historic Night

Neon’s Anora took home five Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress at the 97th Annual Academy Awards. Baker personally won four awards tonight, tying the record set by Walt Disney. The Brutalist‘s Adrien Brody took home Best Actor. Kieran Culkin and Zoe Saldana each won their expected awards in the Supporting categories. You can find the full list of winners below.

The show ran fairly well with Conan O’Brien doing a fine job on his first outing as host. We’ll have more reactions on our Contending at the Water Cooler podcast tomorrow night.

Meanwhile, the show opened with this fantastic love letter to LA. If you missed it, then take a few to watch it now.

Plus the Wizard of Oz / Wicked medley performed by Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo.

Here are your 2025 Oscar nominees with winners.

Best motion picture of the year

“Anora” (Neon) *** WINNER ***

“The Brutalist” (A24)

“A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight)

“Conclave” (Focus Features)

“Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.)

“Emilia Pérez” (Netflix)

“I’m Still Here” (Sony Pictures Classics)

“Nickel Boys” (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)

“The Substance” (MUBI)

“Wicked” (Universal)

 

Achievement in directing

“Anora” (Neon) Sean Baker *** WINNER ***

“The Brutalist” (A24) Brady Corbet

“A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight) James Mangold

“Emilia Pérez” (Netflix) Jacques Audiard

“The Substance” (MUBI) Coralie Fargeat

 

Performance by an actor in a leading role

Adrien Brody in “The Brutalist” (A24) *** WINNER ***

Timothée Chalamet in “A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight)

Colman Domingo in “Sing Sing” (A24)

Ralph Fiennes in “Conclave” (Focus Features)

Sebastian Stan in “The Apprentice” (Briarcliff Entertainment/Rich Spirit)

 

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Kieran Culkin in “A Real Pain” (Searchlight) *** WINNER ***

Yura Borisov in “Anora” (Neon)

Edward Norton in “A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight)

Guy Pearce in “The Brutalist” (A24)

Jeremy Strong in “The Apprentice” (Briarcliff Entertainment/Rich Spirit)

 

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Mikey Madison in “Anora” (Neon) *** WINNER ***

Cynthia Erivo in “Wicked” (Universal)

Karla Sofía Gascón in “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix)

Demi Moore in “The Substance” (MUBI)

Fernanda Torres in “I’m Still Here” (Sony Pictures Classics)

 

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Zoe Saldaña in “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix) *** WINNER ***

Monica Barbaro in “A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight)

Ariana Grande in “Wicked” (Universal)

Felicity Jones in “The Brutalist” (A24)

Isabella Rossellini in “Conclave” (Focus Features)

 

Adapted screenplay

“Conclave” (Focus Features) *** WINNER ***

“A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight)

“Emilia Pérez” (Netflix)

“Nickel Boys” (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)

“Sing Sing” (A24)

 

Original screenplay

“Anora” (Neon) *** WINNER ***

“The Brutalist” (A24)

“A Real Pain” (Searchlight)

“September 5” (Paramount)

“The Substance” (MUBI)

 

Achievement in film editing

“Anora” (Neon) Sean Baker *** WINNER ***

“The Brutalist” (A24) David Jancso

“Conclave” (Focus Features) Nick Emerson

“Emilia Pérez” (Netflix) Juliette Welfling

“Wicked” (Universal)

 

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

“The Brutalist” (A24) Daniel Blumberg *** WINNER ***

“Conclave” (Focus Features) Volker Bertelmann

“Emilia Pérez” (Netflix) Clément Ducol and Camille

“Wicked” (Universal) John Powell and Stephen Schwartz

“The Wild Robot” (Universal) Kris Bowers

 

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

“El Mal” from “Emilia Pérez” *** WINNER ****

Music by Clément Ducol and Camille

Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard

“The Journey” from “The Six Triple Eight”

Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

“Like A Bird” from “Sing Sing”

Music and Lyric by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada

“Mi Camino” from “Emilia Pérez”

Music and Lyric by Camille and Clément Ducol

“Never Too Late” from “Elton John: Never Too Late”

Music and Lyric by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin

 

Best international feature film of the year

“I’m Still Here” *** WINNER ***

“The Girl with the Needle”

“Emilia Pérez”

“The Seed of the Sacred Fig”

“Flow”

 

Best documentary feature film

“No Other Land” *** WINNER ***

“Black Box Diaries” (MTV Documentary Films)

“Porcelain War” (Picturehouse)

“Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” (Kino Lorber)

“Sugarcane” (National Geographic Documentary Films)

 

Best animated feature film of the year

“Flow” (Sideshow/Janus Films) *** WINNER ***

“Inside Out 2” (Walt Disney)

“Memoir of a Snail” (IFC Films)

“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” (Netflix)

“The Wild Robot”(Universal)

 

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

“The Substance” (MUBI) *** WINNER ***

“A Different Man” (A24)

“Emilia Pérez” (Netflix)

“Nosferatu” (Focus Features)

“Wicked” (Universal)

 

Achievement in cinematography

“The Brutalist” (A24) Lol Crawley *** WINNER ***

“Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.) Greig Fraser

“Emilia Pérez” (Netflix) Paul Guilhaume

“Maria” (Netflix) Ed Lachman

“Nosferatu” (Focus Features) Jarin Blaschke

 

Achievement in costume design

“Wicked” (Universal) Paul Tazewell *** WINNER ***

“A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight)

“Conclave” (Focus Features) Lisy Christl

“Gladiator II” (Paramount)

“Nosferatu” (Focus Features) Linda Muir

 

Achievement in production design

“Wicked” (Universal) *** WINNER ***

“The Brutalist” (A24)

“Conclave” (Focus Features)

“Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.)

“Nosferatu” (Focus Features)

 

Achievement in visual effects

“Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.) *** WINNER ***

“Alien: Romulus” (20th Century)

“Better Man” (Paramount)

“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” (20th Century)

“Wicked” (Universal)

 

Achievement in sound

“Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.) *** WINNER ***

“A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight)

“Emilia Pérez” (Netflix)

“Wicked” (Universal)

“The Wild Robot”

 

Best documentary short film

“The Only Girl in the Orchestra”  *** WINNER ***

“Death by Numbers”

“I Am Ready, Warden” (MTV Documentary Films)

“Incident” (The New Yorker)

“Instruments of a Beating Heart”

 

Best animated short film

“In the Shadow of the Cypress” *** WINNER ***

“Beautiful Men” (Miyu Distribution)

“Magic Candies” (Toei Animation)

“Wander to Wonder” (Miyu Distribution)

“Yuck!” (Miyu Distribution)

 

Best live action short film

“I’m Not a Robot” *** WINNER ***

“A Lien”

“Anuja”

“The Last Ranger”

“The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent”