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Academy Awards – 3/10/24

Awards Season › 2024 › Academy Awards

Academy Awards

96th Academy Awards

Nominations: January 23, 2024

Ceremony: March 10, 2024

96th

And the Winner Goes To…

The Full Ballot

Film

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

BEST DIRECTOR

Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest

Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things

Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer WINNER

Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon

Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall

BEST ACTRESS

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

Bradley Cooper, Maestro

Colman Domingo, Rustin

Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers

Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer WINNER

Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer

Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple

America Ferrera, Barbie

Jodie Foster, Nyad

Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers WINNER

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

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 ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall WINNER

David Hemingson, The Holdovers

Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer, Maestro

Samy Burch, May December

Celine Song, Past Lives

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Cord Jefferson, American Fiction WINNER

Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, Barbie

Tony McNamara, Poor Things

Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

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 FEATURE

The Boy and the Heron WINNER

Elemental

Nimona

Robot Dreams

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Bobi Wine: The People’s President

The Eternal Memory

Four Daughters

To Kill a Tiger

20 Days in Mariupol WINNER

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

El Conde

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro

Oppenheimer WINNER

Poor Things

BEST EDITING

Anatomy of a Fall

The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer WINNER

Poor Things

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things WINNER

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP

Golda

Maestro

Oppenheimer

Poor Things WINNER

Society of the Snow

BEST SOUND

The Creator

Maestro

Mission Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One

Oppenheimer

The Zone of Interest WINNER

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

The Creator

Godzilla Minus One WINNER

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Mission Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One

Napoleon

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things WINNER

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“What Was I Made For?”, Billie Eilish and Finneas, Barbie WINNER

“I’m Just Ken,” Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, Barbie

“The Fire Inside,” Diane Warren, Flamin’ Hot

“It Never Went Away,” Jon Batiste, American Symphony

“Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)”, Osage Tribal Singers, Killers of the Flower Moon

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

American Fiction

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer WINNER

Poor Things

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT

The After

Invincible

Knight of Fortune

Red, White and Blue

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar WINNER

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

Letter to a Pig

Ninety-Five Senses

Our Uniform

Pachyderme

War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko WINNER

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

The ABCs of Book Banning

The Barber of Little Rock

Island in Between

The Last Repair Shop WINNER

Nai Nai & Wai Po