Oscars 2024 Recap: ‘Oppenheimer’ Wins Big With 7 Awards & Full Winners List

The 2024 Oscars celebrated a night of cinematic excellence, with Oppenheimer securing its place as the evening’s standout winner with seven awards. The film, a gripping portrayal of the atomic bomb’s creator, scooped up the prestigious Best Picture award. Director Christopher Nolan was honoured with the Best Director Oscar, cementing the film’s critical acclaim.

In a remarkable achievement, Oppenheimer also clinched top acting honours. Cillian Murphy was awarded Best Actor, and Robert Downey Jr. won Best Supporting Actor, fulfilling widespread expectations. Emma Stone garnered the Best Actress Oscar for her role in Poor Things, while Da’Vine Joy Randolph took home the Best Supporting Actress award for her performance in The Holdovers.

The evening was also notable for its recognition of screenplay excellence, with Anatomy Of A Fall and American Fiction winning Best Original and Best Adapted Screenplay respectively. Poor Things impressed in the technical categories, winning Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, and Best Makeup and Hair.

Music categories saw Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell capturing the Best Original Song for What Was I Made For? from Barbie, while Oppenheimer secured the Best Original Score.

However, this year’s Oscars did not go without its share of controversy, particularly with notable omissions in the nominations. Barbie director Greta Gerwig, lead star Margot Robbie, and Killers Of The Flower Moon actor Leonardo DiCaprio were among those surprisingly overlooked, sparking discussions on snubs within the industry.

Despite the debates, the 96th Academy Awards highlighted the industry’s best, with Oppenheimer leading as a testament to the power of storytelling and the impact of cinema.

The complete list of Oscars 2024 winners is as follows:

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Best Picture

• American Fiction (Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson and Jermaine Johnson, Producers)
• Anatomy of a Fall (Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion, Producers)
• Barbie (David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Robbie Brenner, Producers)
• The Holdovers (Mark Johnson, Producer)
• Killers of the Flower Moon (Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Martin Scorsese and Daniel Lupi, Producers)
• Maestro (Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers)
• Oppenheimer (Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan, Producers) – Winner
• Past Lives (David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler, Producers)
• Poor Things (Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone, Producers)
• The Zone of Interest (James Wilson, Producer)

Best Directing

• 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)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Bradley Cooper (Maestro)
• Colman Domingo (Rustin)
• Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)
• Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) – Winner
• Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)

Best 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

Best 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)

Best 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

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• American Fiction (Written for the screen by Cord Jefferson) – Winner
• Barbie (Written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach)
• Oppenheimer (Written for the screen by Christopher Nolan)
• Poor Things (Screenplay by Tony McNamara)
• The Zone of Interest (Written by Jonathan Glazer)

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

• Anatomy of a Fall (Screenplay by Justine Triet and Arthur Harari) – Winner
• The Holdovers (Written by David Hemingson)
• Maestro (Written by Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer)
• May December (Screenplay by Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik)
• Past Lives (Written by Celine Song)

Best Film Editing

• Anatomy of a Fall (Laurent Sénéchal)
• The Holdovers (Kevin Tent)
• Killers of the Flower Moon (Thelma Schoonmaker)
• Oppenheimer (Jennifer Lame) – Winner
• Poor Things (Yorgos Mavropsaridis)

Best Sound

• The Creator (Ian Voigt, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic)
• Maestro (Steven A. Morrow, Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic)
• Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One (Chris Munro, James H. Mather, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor)
• Oppenheimer (Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo and Kevin O’Connell)
• The Zone of Interest (Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn) – Winner

Best Visual Effects

• The Creator (Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts and Neil Corbould)
• Godzilla: Minus One (Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima) – Winner
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams and Theo Bialek)
• Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning, Part One (Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland and Neil Corbould)
• Napoleon (Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet, Simone Coco and Neil Corbould)

Best Animated Feature

• The Boy and the Heron (Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki) – Winner
• Elemental (Peter Sohn and Denise Ream)
• Nimona (Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary)
• Robot Dreams (Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé and Sandra Tapia Díaz)
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal)

Best Documentary Feature Film

• Bobi Wine: The People’s President (Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp and John Battsek)
• The Eternal Memory 
• Four Daughters (Kaouther Ben Hania and Nadim Cheikhrouha)
• To Kill a Tiger (Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim)
• 20 Days in Mariupol (Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath) – Winner

Best International Feature Film

• Io Capitano (Italy)
• Perfect Days (Japan)
• Society of the Snow (Spain)
• The Teacher’s Lounge (Germany)
• The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom) – Winner

Best Animated Short Film

• Letter to a Pig (Tal Kantor and Amit R. Gicelter)
• Ninety-Five Senses (Jerusha Hess and Jared Hess)
• Our Uniform (Yegane Moghaddam)
• Pachyderme (Stéphanie Clément and Marc Rius)
• War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko (Dave Mullins and Brad Booker) – Winner

Best Live-Action Short Film

• The After (Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham)
• Invincible (Vincent René-Lortie and Samuel Caron)
• Knight of Fortune (Lasse Lyskjaer Noer and Christian Norlyk)
• Red, White and Blue (Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane)
• The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Wes Anderson and Steven Rales) – Winner

Best Documentary Short Film

• The ABCs of Book Banning (Sheila Nevins and Trish Adlesic)
• The Barber of Little Rock (John Hoffman and Christine Turner)
• Island in Between (S. Leo Chiang and Jean Tsien)
• The Last Repair Shop (Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers) – Winner
• Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó (Sean Wang and Sam Davis)

Best Cinematography

• El Conde (Edward Lachman)
• Killers of the Flower Moon (Rodrigo Prieto)
• Maestro (Matthew Libatique)
• Oppenheimer (Hoyte van Hoytema) – Winner
• Poor Things (Robbie Ryan)

Best Costume Design

• Barbie (Jacqueline Durran)
• Killers of the Flower Moon (Jacqueline West)
• Napoleon (Janty Yates and Dave Crossman)
• Oppenheimer (Ellen Mirojnick)
• Poor Things (Holly Waddington) – Winner

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

• Golda (Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby and Ashra Kelly-Blue)
• Maestro (Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell)
• Oppenheimer (Luisa Abel)
• Poor Things (Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston) – Winner
• Society of the Snow (Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí and Montse Ribé)

Best Original Song

• “The Fire Inside” from Flamin’ Hot (Music and Lyric by Diane Warren)
• “I’m Just Ken” from Barbie (Music and Lyric by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt)
• “It Never Went Away” from American Symphony (Music and Lyric by Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson)
• “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” from Killers of the Flower Moon (Music and Lyric by Scott George)
• “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie (Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell) – Winner

Best Original Score

• American Fiction (Laura Karpman)
• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (John Williams)
• Killers of the Flower Moon (Robbie Robertson)
• Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson) – Winner
• Poor Things (Jerskin Fendrix)

Best Production Design

• Barbie (Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer)
• Killers of the Flower Moon (Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis)
• Napoleon (Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Elli Griff)
• Oppenheimer (Production Design: Ruth De Jong; Set Decoration: Claire Kaufman)
• Poor Things (Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek) – Winner

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The 96th Academy Awards aired on 11 March at 7am SGT.