Oscars 2024: ‘Oppenheimer’ Wins Big At This Year’s Academy Awards

Well, the 2023/2024 awards season is officially over. The 96th Academy Awards went off (mostly) without a hitch tonight, ending with Oppenheimer winning the coveted Best Picture title.

The film focused on the inventor of the atomic bomb, won seven awards total, including Director for Christopher Nolan, Supporting Actor for first-time winner Robert Downey Jr, Editing, Original Score, Cinematography, and Best Actor for first-time Winner Cillian Murphy.

Poor Things came in second for the most awards tonight, winning in the Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, and Production Design categories. Emma Stone took home her second Oscar for playing Bella Baxter in the film. The Best Actress Oscar race was one of the tightest this year, with Stone and Gladstone duking it out throughout the season.

As for the ceremony itself, which Jimmy Kimmel hosted, John Cena presented the Costume Design Oscar mostly naked in honor of one of the ceremony’s most infamous moments from the 1974 Academy Awards. Ryan Gosling blew the house down performing “I’m Just Ken” from Barbie, which only walked away with Best Original Song with Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?”

Here is the complete list of winners and nominees:

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 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 Director

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 Cinematography

“El Conde”

“Killers of the Flower Moon”

“Maestro”

“Oppenheimer” – WINNER

“Poor Things”

Best International Feature Film

“The Teachers’ Lounge,” Germany

“Io Capitano,” Italy

“Perfect Days,” Japan

“Society of the Snow,” Spain

“The Zone of Interest,” United Kingdom – WINNER

Best Adapted Screenplay

“American Fiction” – WINNER

“Barbie”

“Oppenheimer”

“Poor Things”

“The Zone of Interest”

Best Original Screenplay

“Anatomy of a Fall” – WINNER

“The Holdovers”

“Maestro”

“May December”

“Past Lives”

Best Live-Action Short Film

“The After”

“Invincible”

“Knight of Fortune”

“Red, White and Blue”

“The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” – WINNER

Best Animated Short Film

“Letter to a Pig”

“Ninety-Five Senses”

“Our Uniform”

“Pachyderme”

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

Best Animated Feature Film

“The Boy and the Heron” – WINNER

“Elemental”

“Nimona”

“Robot Dreams”

“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”

Best Documentary Short

“The ABCs of Book Banning”

“The Barber of Little Rock”

“Island in Between”

“The Last Repair Shop” – WINNER

“Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó”

Best Documentary Feature Film

“Bobi Wine: The People’s President”

“The Eternal Memory”

“Four Daughters”

“To Kill a Tiger”

“20 Days in Mariupol” – WINNER

Best Original Song

“The Fire Inside” from “Flamin’ Hot”

“I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie”

“It Never Went Away” from “American Symphony”

“Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” from “Killers of the Flower Moon”

“What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie” – WINNER

Best Original Score

“American Fiction”

“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”

“Killers of the Flower Moon”

“Oppenheimer” – WINNER

“Poor Things”

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

“Golda”

“Maestro”

“Oppenheimer”

“Poor Things” – WINNER

“Society of the Snow”

Best Costume Design

“Barbie”

“Killers of the Flower Moon”

“Napoleon”

“Oppenheimer”

“Poor Things” – WINNER

Best Editing

“Anatomy of a Fall”

“The Holdovers”

“Killers of the Flower Moon”

“Oppenheimer” – WINNER

“Poor Things”

Best Sound

“The Creator”

“Maestro”

“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”

“Oppenheimer”

“The Zone of Interest” – WINNER

Best Production Design

“Barbie”

“Killers of the Flower Moon”

“Napoleon”

“Oppenheimer”

“Poor Things” – WINNER

Best Visual Effects

“The Creator”

“Godzilla Minus One”- WINNER

“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”

“Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One”

“Napoleon”

Cortland Jacoby
A D.C area native, Cortland has been interested in media since birth. Taking film classes in high school and watching the classics with family instilled a love of film in Cortland’s formative years. Before graduating with a degree in English and minoring in Film Study from Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania, Cortland ran the college’s radio station, where she frequently reviewed films on air. She then wrote for another D.C area publication before landing at Punch Drunk Critics. Aside from writing and interviewing, she enjoys podcasts, knitting, and talking about representation in media.