Oscars 2025: The Complete Winners List

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is now preparing to celebrate and announce the winners of the 97th Academy Awards. The 2025 Oscars will be the culmination of one of the most unpredictable and, frankly, chaotic award races in recent years. Quite a few major races are being declared “too close to call” heading into Oscars night. Best Actor is between predicted leader Adrien Brody (The Brutalist) and underdog Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown). Meanwhile, the race for Best Actress is seemingly a free-for-all between Demi Moore (The Substance), Mikey Madison (Anora), and Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here).

For those wondering why Fernanda Torres and I’m Still Here as a whole is being considered a deadly threat heading into the 2025 Oscars, the heated controversy around Netflix’s Emilia Pérez has all but paved the way for success for the Brazilian film in the Best International Feature category. With more Oscar voters giving attention to I’m Still Here, that could be what Torres needs to pull through in Best Actress. Though a win for either Demi Moore or Mikey Madison could still be seen as a somewhat radical move for the Academy given the audacious nature of their respective movies. It’s anyone’s call!

While the controversy around lead actress Karla Sofía Gascón — who is still expected to attend the Academy Awards in an awkward move — has deflated most of Emilia Pérez‘s Oscar chances thanks to a vast collection of problematic and hateful social media posts, her co-star Zoe Saldaña is still expected to win Best Supporting Actress. This would make it a clean sweep for Saldaña, winning the title in every single major award show precursor this Oscar season. The same goes for Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain), who has respectively swept the Best Supporting Actor category throughout the entire season.

Regarding the grand prize of the night, Best Picture, it seems like Neon has another guaranteed win with Anora taking it home. Sean Baker is also expected to win Best Director, having won the DGA award earlier this month. With the prestigious PGA award under its belt as well, Anora is likely to dominate the 2025 Oscars. However, many are still hoping that A24’s The Brutalist or Focus Features’ Conclave will pull off a last-minute upset in the Best Picture race. Given how unpredictable this year has been and how both movies have formidable industry support in their own right, that wouldn’t be all too surprising.

Will other fan-favorites like Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two, Jon M. Chu’s Wicked, RaMell Ross’ Nickel Boys, or even Greg Kwedar’s Sing Sing break through with a win or two in other categories? Does the independently produced Latvian animated film Flow swoop in and take the Oscar for Best Animated Feature, defeating DreamWorks’ The Wild Robot? It’s time to find out. Stay tuned as we update the complete 2025 Oscars winners list. You can watch the 97th Academy Awards hosted by Conan O’Brien live on ABC/Hulu! The winners for the 2025 Golden Globes, Critics Choice, and SAG Awards can also be found right here on DiscussingFilm.

Final 2025 Oscar Winners

Best Picture

Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked

Best Actor

Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

Best Actress

Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here

Best Supporting Actor

Yura Borisov, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain — WINNER
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice

Best Supporting Actress

Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez — WINNER

Best Director

Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
James Mangold, A Complete Unknown
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

Original Screenplay

Sean Baker, Anora — WINNER
Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum and Alex David, September 5
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

Adapted Screenplay

James Mangold and Jay Cocks, A Complete Unknown
Peter Straughan, Conclave — WINNER
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes, Nickel Boys
Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, Sing Sing

Animated Feature

Flow — WINNER
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

Documentary Feature

Black Box Diaries
No Other Land
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sugar King

International Feature

I’m Still Here (Brazil)
The Girl with the Needle (Denmark)
Emilia Pérez (France)
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)
Flow (Latvia)

Editing

Sean Baker, Anora — WINNER
David Jancso, The Brutalist
Nick Emerson, Conclave
Juliette Welfling, Emilia Pérez
Myron Kerstein, Wicked

Cinematography

Lol Crawley, The Brutalist
Greig Fraser, Dune: Part Two
Paul Guilhaume, Emilia Pérez
Edward Lachman, Maria
Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu

Original Score

Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist
Volker Bertelmann, Conclave
Clément Ducol and Camille, Emilia Pérez
John Powell and Stephen Schwartz, Wicked
Kris Bowers, The Wild Robot

Production Design

The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked — WINNER

Costume Design

Arianne Phillips, A Complete Unknown
Lisy Christl, Conclave
Janty Yates and Dave Crossman, Gladiator II
Linda Muir, Nosferatu
Paul Tazewell, Wicked — WINNER

Visual Effects

Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Dune: Part Two
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked

Sound

A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot

Makeup and Hairstyling

Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado, A Different Man
Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini, Emilia Pérez
David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes-Munton, Nosferatu
Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli, The Substance — WINNER
Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth, Wicked

Original Song

“El Mal,” Emilia Pérez
“The Journey,” The Six Triple Eight
“Like a Bird,” Sing Sing
“Mi Camino,” Emilia Pérez
“Never Too Late,” Elton John: Never Too Late

Live-Action Short

A Lien
Anuja
I’m Not a Robot
The Last Ranger
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

Documentary Short

Death By Numbers
I Am Ready, Warden
Incident
Instruments of a Beating Heart
The Only Girl in the Orchestra

Animated Short

Beautiful Men
In the Shadow of the Cypress — WINNER
Magic Candies
Wander to Wonder
Yuck!