Oppenheimer and Poor Things stormed the 2024 Oscars, marking the end of what had become a predictable awards season.
Oppenheimer picked up Best Picture, and director Christopher Nolan took home Best Directing, while Poor Things scooped three below-the-line awards and a Best Actress statue for Emma Stone.
Da'Vine Joy Randolph picked up the first award of the night, Best Supporting Actress, while The Boy and the Heron, and War Is Over, took home the animated awards, and American Fiction and Anatomy of the Fall won the writing categories.
Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr both won the Actor and Supporting Actor categories for their work in Oppenheimer, while Bille Eilish won her second Oscar at the age of 22 for her song 'What Was I Made For?' from Barbie.
This awards season has felt sewn up for weeks, with Cord Jefferson's win for Adapted Screenplay, and Emma's win over Lily, the only real surprises; Cillian, Robert, Da'Vine, Christopher, Billie and Justine were all well-deserved winners but when the same names win the same awards every other weekend, it's hard to feel like anything will change by the time this weekend rolls around.
Host Jimmy Kimmel's jokes mostly fell flat (incest, drug addiction, and Trump... ) although the John Cena bit brought some much-needed levity - and halfway through it felt like even Jimmy was wondering how to save the show from itself. His saving grace, thankfully, came from Ryan Gosling and his furiously fantastic performance of 'I'm Just Ken' with Slash, Simu Liu, Ncuti Gatwa and Kingsley Ben-Adir.
2024 Oscar winners:
Actress in a Supporting Role
Emily Blunt - Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks - The Colour Purple
America Ferrera - Barbie
Jodie Foster - Nyad
Da'Vine Joy Randolph - The Holdovers - WINNER
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
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 Benning - 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 Thing
Directing
Justine Triet - Anatomy of a Fall
Martin Scorsese - Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer - Christopher Nolan - WINNER
Poor Things - Yorgos Lanthimos
The Zone of Interest - Jonathan Glazer
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
Animated Feature Film
The Boy and the Heron - WINNER
Elemental
Nimona
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Documentary Feature Film
Bobi Wine: The People's President
The Eternal Memory
Four Daughters
To Kill A Tiger
20 Days in Mariupol - WINNER
International Feature Film
Io Capitano - Italy
Perfect Days - Japan
Society of the Snow - Spain
The Teachers' Lounge - Germany
The Zone of Interest - UK - WINNER
Music (Original Song)
The Fire Inside - Flamin' Hot
I'm Just Ken - Barbie
It Never Went Away - American Symphony
Wahzhazhe - Killers of the Flower Moon
What Was I Made For - Barbie - WINNER
Costume Design
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things - WINNER
Makeup and Hairstyling
Golda
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things - WINNER
Society of the Snow
Music (Original Score)
American Fiction
Indiana Jones and the Dials of Destiny
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer - WINNER
Poor Things
Cinematography
El Conde
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer - WINNER
Poor Things
Live Action Short Film
The After
Invincible
Knight of Fortune
Red, White and Blue
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar - WINNER
Animated Short Film
Letters to a Pig
Ninety-five Senses
Our Uniform'
Pachyderme
WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko - WINNER
Documentary Short Film
The ABC's of Book Banning
The Barber of Little Rock
Island In Between
The Last Repair Shop - WINNER
Nai Nai & Wài Pó
Editing
Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer - WNNER
Poor Things
Production Design
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things - WINNER
Sound
The Creator
Maestro
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer
The Zone of Interest - WINNER
Visual Effects
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One - WINNER
Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One
Napoleon