At the 2025 Oscars Anora won best picture as Sean Baker, Mikey Madison, and Adrien Brody took home the top honors. See the full list of winners from Hollywood’s Biggest Night!
The 2025 Academy Awards brought some expected victories and a few surprises, with Sean Baker’s Anora emerging as the biggest winner of the night. The film not only secured Best Picture but also earned Sean Baker the Best Director award and Mikey Madison the Best Actress honor for her performance.
Among other major wins, Adrien Brody took home the Best Actor Oscar for The Brutalist, while Kieran Culkin and Zoe Saldaña won in the Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress categories, respectively.
Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two made an impact in technical categories, taking home awards for Sound and Visual Effects, while Wicked secured victories in Costume Design and Production Design. Flow won Best Animated Feature, and No Other Land triumphed in the Best Documentary Feature category.
Here’s the full list of winners from the 2025 Oscars:
Best Picture:
Anora (Neon) – Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, and Sean Baker, Producers
Best Director:
Sean Baker, Anora
Actor in a Leading Role:
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Actress in a Leading Role:
Mikey Madison, Anora
Actor in a Supporting Role:
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Actress in a Supporting Role:
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Adapted Screenplay:
Conclave – Screenplay by Peter Straughan
Original Screenplay:
Anora – Written by Sean Baker
Animated Short Film:
In the Shadow of the Cypress – Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi
Costume Design:
Wicked – Paul Tazewell
Live Action Short Film:
I’m Not a Robot – Victoria Warmerdam and Trent
Makeup and Hairstyling:
The Substance – Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, and Marilyne Scarselli
Original Score:
The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg
Animated Feature Film:
Flow
Cinematography:
The Brutalist – Lol Crawley
Documentary Feature Film:
No Other Land – Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, and Yuval Abraham
Documentary Short Film:
The Only Girl in the Orchestra – Molly O’Brien and Lisa Remington
Film Editing:
Anora – Sean Baker
International Feature Film:
I’m Still Here (Brazil)
Original Song:
“El Mal” from Emilia Pérez – Music by Clément Ducol and Camille, Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille, and Jacques Audiard
Production Design:
Wicked – Production Design: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
Sound:
Dune: Part Two – Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett, and Doug Hemphill
Visual Effects:
Dune: Part Two – Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, and Gerd Nefzer
The 2025 Oscars celebrated a mix of indie triumphs, technical brilliance, and powerful storytelling, cementing Anora as a defining film of the year.
