“I wrote this movie for my kids to say sorry for the housekeeping mess that we left in this world we’re handing off to them, but also with the encouragement that they will be the generation that hopefully brings us some common sense and decency,” Anderson said while accepting his screenplay prize.
“One Battle After Another” was followed closely by “Sinners,” which earned four prizes, including awards for Ryan Coogler’s original screenplay and Michael B. Jordan’s lead performance. Both films were released by Warner Bros., capping a sizzling 2025 for the company, which included the release of hits like “Superman,” “A Minecraft Movie” and “Weapons.” The studio clearly has a lot to celebrate, but its victories come at a tumultuous moment in its history, and that of Hollywood. Warner Bros. Discovery has a deal to sell itself to Paramount for nearly $111 billion. If the sale gets regulatory approval, it is expected to lead to thousands of layoffs and could trigger even more consolidation in an industry reeling from painful job losses.
Jessie Buckley was named best lead actress for her searing portrayal of a woman coping with the death of her young son in “Hamnet,” while Jordan was recognized for playing the twin owners of a Delta juke joint in “Sinners.”
“God is good,” an emotional Jordan said. He went on to thank Coogler, with whom he has made five features. “You gave me opportunity and space to be seen,” Jordan said.
Buckley noted that her win coincided with mother’s day in the United Kingdom. “I’d like to dedicate this to the beautiful chaos of a mother’s heart,” she said. “We all come from a lineage of women who continue to create against all odds.”
Supporting actor prizes went to Sean Penn for playing a racist soldier determined to become a member of a secret society in “One Battle After Another” and Amy Madigan for her scene-stealing turn as a witch with some of the wildest makeup in movies in “Weapons.” Penn, a previous winner for “Milk” and “Mystic River,” did not show up to collect his prize as he became only the fourth male performer to win three Oscars, joining Daniel Day-Lewis, Jack Nicholson and Walter Brennan. “He couldn’t be here this evening or didn’t want to,” presenter Kieran Culkin quipped of the awards-averse Penn.
Madigan, a veteran character actress, was last nominated for an Oscar for 1985’s “Twice in a Lifetime.””It’s been 40 years, and, you know, what’s different about this time? What’s different is this little gold guy,” Madigan said, gesturing to her statue.
This year’s ceremony unfolded as the movie business continues to struggle to resonate with younger viewers who are more interested in gaming and YouTube than cinema, and as the box office remains a shadow of its pre-pandemic self. It also was broadcast as much of the world’s attention is on the war in Iran. Because of FBI alerts of a possible Iranian drone attack on California, security, which is always extensive at the Oscars, was even more omnipresent with police dogs visible on the red carpet and choppers circling overhead.
It was a politically charged ceremony, with presenters like Jimmy Kimmel mocking President Donald Trump by pointing out that his wife Melania’s self-titled documentary wasn’t up for any awards, and other stars using their time on stage to advocate for different causes.
“No to war and free Palestine,” Javier Bardem said while presenting the best international feature prize to “Sentimental Value.”
“”Mr Nobody Against Putin,” a look at how Vladimir Putin has cracked down on free expression during the Russo-Ukranian war, received the award for best documentary feature. The film’s co-director David Borenstein issued a warning about the evils of autocracy that seemed clearly aimed at Americans.
“‘Mr. Nobody against Putin’ is about how you lose your country,” he said. “And what we saw when working with this footage is that you lose it through countless small little acts of complicity. When we act complicit, when a government murders people on the streets of our major cities. When we don’t say anything, when oligarchs take over the media and control how we can produce it and consume it.”
“KPop Demon Hunters,” Netflix’s most popular film, won best animated feature and best original song for its anthem, “Golden.” The film’s co-director Maggie Kang fought back tears as she stressed how the animated feature victory is an important moment for representation. “I’m so sorry that it took us so long to see us in a movie like this. But it is here. And that means that the next generations don’t have to go longing. This is for Korea and for Koreans everywhere.”
It was a year of milestones, with Cassandra Kulukundis capturing the inaugural Academy Award for casting for her work on “One Battle After Another.” There was also a rare tie in the best live action short category, with both “Two People Exchanging Saliva” and “The Singers” winning the prize. And “Sinners'” Autumn Durald Arkapaw made history by becoming the first woman to win best cinematography.
Conan O’Brien returned for the second year as host. The late night icon kicked off the evening with an extended video parody that had him chased by a group of children through Oscar-nominated films like “F1” and “Sentimental Value” while dressed as Aunt Gladys from “Weapons.” His opening monologue poked fun at Timothée Chalamet’s controversial dismissal of opera and ballet, Netflix’s failed bid for Warner Bros. Discovery and the titles of nominated films, noting “Bugonia” and “Hamnet” sound like off-brand lunch meats. O’Brien also nodded to the political upheaval in the country.
“Last year when I hosted, Los Angeles was on fire, but this year everything’s going great!” he cracked.
O’Brien did strike a serious note in between the jokes.
“Everyone watching right now around the world is all too aware that these are very chaotic, frightening times,” he said. “It’s at moments like these that I believe the Oscars are particularly resonant. Check it out. Thirty one countries across six continents are represented this evening. And every film we salute is the product of thousands of people speaking different languages, working hard to make something of beauty. We pay tribute tonight not just to film, but to the ideals of global artistry, collaboration, patience, resilience and that rarest of qualities today, optimism. So let us, celebrate not because we think all is well, but because we work and hope for better in the days ahead.”
Here’s the full list of winners:
Best Picture
- “Bugonia” (Focus Features) An Element Pictures/Square Peg/CJ ENM in association with Pith/Fruit Tree Enterprises Production; Ed Guiney & Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Lars Knudsen, Producers
- “F1” (Apple) An Apple Original Films/Monolith Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer/Plan B Entertainment/Dawn Apollo Films Production; Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers
- “Frankenstein” (Netflix) A Netflix/Double Dare You/Demilo Films/Bluegrass 7 Production; Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber, Producers
- “Hamnet” (Focus Features) A Hera Pictures/Neal Street/Amblin Entertainment in association with Book of Shadows Production; Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes, Producers
- “Marty Supreme” (A24) An A24/Central Group Production; Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas and Timothée Chalamet, Producers
- “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) A Ghoulardi Film Company Production; Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers (WINNER)
- “The Secret Agent” (Neon) A CinemaScópio/MK/Lemming Film/One Two Films Production; Emilie Lesclaux, Producer
- “Sentimental Value” (Neon) A Mer Film/Eye Eye Pictures/MK/Lumen/Zentropa/ Komplizen Film/BBC Film Production; Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Producers
- “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) A Proximity Media Production; Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Ryan Coogler, Producers
- “Train Dreams” (Netflix) A Black Bear/Kamala Films Production; Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer and Michael Heimler, Producers
- “Hamnet” (Focus Features) Chloé Zhao
- “Marty Supreme” (A24) Josh Safdie
- “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) Paul Thomas Anderson (WINNER)
- “Sentimental Value” (Neon) Joachim Trier
- “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Ryan Coogler
- Timothée Chalamet in “Marty Supreme” (A24)
- Leonardo DiCaprio in “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.)
- Ethan Hawke in “Blue Moon” (Sony Pictures Classics)p
- Michael B. Jordan in “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) (WINNER)
- Wagner Moura in “The Secret Agent” (Neon)
- Jessie Buckley in “Hamnet” (Focus Features) (WINNER)
- Rose Byrne in “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” (A24)
- Kate Hudson in “Song Sung Blue” (Focus Features)
- Renate Reinsve in “Sentimental Value” (Neon)
- Emma Stone in “Bugonia” (Focus Features)
- Benicio Del Toro in “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.)
- Jacob Elordi in “Frankenstein” (Netflix)
- Delroy Lindo in “Sinners” (Warner Bros.)
- Sean Penn in “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) (WINNER)
- Stellan Skarsgård in “Sentimental Value” (Neon)
- Elle Fanning in “Sentimental Value” (Neon)
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas in “Sentimental Value” (Neon)
- Amy Madigan in “Weapons” (Warner Bros.) (WINNER)
- Wunmi Mosaku in “Sinners” (Warner Bros.)
- Teyana Taylor in “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.)
- “Bugonia” (Focus Features) Screenplay by Will Tracy
- “Frankenstein” (Netflix) Written for the Screen by Guillermo del Toro
- “Hamnet” (Focus Features) Screenplay by Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
- “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) Written by Paul Thomas Anderson (WINNER)
- “Train Dreams” (Netflix) Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
- “Blue Moon” (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by Robert Kaplow
- “It Was Just an Accident” (Neon) Written by Jafar Panahi; Script collaborators – Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian
- “Marty Supreme” (A24) Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
- “Sentimental Value” (Neon) Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
- “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Written by Ryan Coogler (WINNER)
- “Arco” (Neon) Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas and Natalie Portman
- “Elio” (Walt Disney) Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina and Mary Alice Drumm
- “KPop Demon Hunters” (Netflix) Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Michelle L.M. Wong (WINNER)
- “Little Amélie or the Character of Rain” (GKIDS) Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago and Henri Magalon
- “Zootopia 2” (Walt Disney) Jared Bush, Byron Howard and Yvett Merino
- “Butterfly” (Sacrebleu Productions) Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens
- “Forevergreen”; Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears
- “The Girl Who Cried Pearls” (National Film Board of Canada) Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski (WINNER)
- “Retirement Plan”; John Kelly and Andrew Freedman
- “The Three Sisters” (Polydont Films/Rymanco Ventures) Konstantin Bronzit
- “Avatar: Fire and Ash” (Walt Disney) Deborah L. Scott
- “Frankenstein” (Netflix) Kate Hawley (WINNER)
- “Hamnet” (Focus Features) Malgosia Turzanska
- “Marty Supreme” (A24) Miyako Bellizzi
- “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Ruth E. Carter
- “Hamnet” (Focus Features) Nina Gold
- “Marty Supreme” (A24) Jennifer Venditti
- “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) Cassandra Kulukundis (WINNER)
- “The Secret Agent” (Neon) Gabriel Domingues
- “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Francine Maisler
- “Butcher’s Stain” (Tel Aviv University Steve Tisch School of Film and Television) Meyer Levinson-Blount and Oron Caspi
- “A Friend of Dorothy”; Lee Knight and James Dean
- “Jane Austen’s Period Drama”; Julia Aks and Steve Pinder
- “The Singers” (Netflix) Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt (WINNER – TIE)
- “Two People Exchanging Saliva” (Canal+/The New Yorker) Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata (WINNER – TIE)
- “Frankenstein” (Netflix) Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey (WINNER)
- “Kokuho” (GKIDS) Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu
- “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry
- “The Smashing Machine” (A24) Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein
- “The Ugly Stepsister” (Independent Film Company/Shudder) Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg
- “Bugonia” (Focus Features) An Element Pictures/Square Peg/CJ ENM in association with Pith/Fruit Tree Enterprises Production; Ed Guiney & Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Lars Knudsen, Producers
- “F1” (Apple) An Apple Original Films/Monolith Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer/Plan B Entertainment/Dawn Apollo Films Production; Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers
- “Frankenstein” (Netflix) A Netflix/Double Dare You/Demilo Films/Bluegrass 7 Production; Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber, Producers
- “Hamnet” (Focus Features) A Hera Pictures/Neal Street/Amblin Entertainment in association with Book of Shadows Production; Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes, Producers
- “Marty Supreme” (A24) An A24/Central Group Production; Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas and Timothée Chalamet, Producers
- “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) A Ghoulardi Film Company Production; Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers (WINNER)
- “The Secret Agent” (Neon) A CinemaScópio/MK/Lemming Film/One Two Films Production; Emilie Lesclaux, Producer
- “Sentimental Value” (Neon) A Mer Film/Eye Eye Pictures/MK/Lumen/Zentropa/ Komplizen Film/BBC Film Production; Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Producers
- “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) A Proximity Media Production; Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Ryan Coogler, Producers
- “Train Dreams” (Netflix) A Black Bear/Kamala Films Production; Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer and Michael Heimler, Producers
- “Hamnet” (Focus Features) Chloé Zhao
- “Marty Supreme” (A24) Josh Safdie
- “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) Paul Thomas Anderson (WINNER)
- “Sentimental Value” (Neon) Joachim Trier
- “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Ryan Coogler
- Timothée Chalamet in “Marty Supreme” (A24)
- Leonardo DiCaprio in “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.)
- Ethan Hawke in “Blue Moon” (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Michael B. Jordan in “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) (WINNER)
- Wagner Moura in “The Secret Agent” (Neon)
- Jessie Buckley in “Hamnet” (Focus Features) (WINNER)
- Rose Byrne in “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” (A24)
- Kate Hudson in “Song Sung Blue” (Focus Features)
- Renate Reinsve in “Sentimental Value” (Neon)
- Emma Stone in “Bugonia” (Focus Features)
- Benicio Del Toro in “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.)
- Jacob Elordi in “Frankenstein” (Netflix)
- Delroy Lindo in “Sinners” (Warner Bros.)
- Sean Penn in “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) (WINNER)
- Stellan Skarsgård in “Sentimental Value” (Neon)
- Elle Fanning in “Sentimental Value” (Neon)
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas in “Sentimental Value” (Neon)
- Amy Madigan in “Weapons” (Warner Bros.) (WINNER)
- Wunmi Mosaku in “Sinners” (Warner Bros.)
- Teyana Taylor in “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.)
- “Bugonia” (Focus Features) Screenplay by Will Tracy
- “Frankenstein” (Netflix) Written for the Screen by Guillermo del Toro
- “Hamnet” (Focus Features) Screenplay by Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
- “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) Written by Paul Thomas Anderson (WINNER)
- “Train Dreams” (Netflix) Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
- “Blue Moon” (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by Robert Kaplow
- “It Was Just an Accident” (Neon) Written by Jafar Panahi; Script collaborators – Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian
- “Marty Supreme” (A24) Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
- “Sentimental Value” (Neon) Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
- “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Written by Ryan Coogler (WINNER)
- “Arco” (Neon) Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas and Natalie Portman
- “Elio” (Walt Disney) Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina and Mary Alice Drumm
- “KPop Demon Hunters” (Netflix) Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Michelle L.M. Wong (WINNER)
- “Little Amélie or the Character of Rain” (GKIDS) Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago and Henri Magalon
- “Zootopia 2” (Walt Disney) Jared Bush, Byron Howard and Yvett Merino
- “Hamnet” (Focus Features) Nina Gold
- “Marty Supreme” (A24) Jennifer Venditti
- “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) Cassandra Kulukundis (WINNER)
- “The Secret Agent” (Neon) Gabriel Domingues
- “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Francine Maisler
- “Butcher’s Stain” (Tel Aviv University Steve Tisch School of Film and Television) Meyer Levinson-Blount and Oron Caspi
- “A Friend of Dorothy”; Lee Knight and James Dean
- “Jane Austen’s Period Drama”; Julia Aks and Steve Pinder
- “The Singers” (Netflix) Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt (WINNER – TIE)
- “Two People Exchanging Saliva” (Canal+/The New Yorker) Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata (WINNER – TIE)
- “Frankenstein” (Netflix) Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey (WINNER)
- “Kokuho” (GKIDS) Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu
- “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry
- “The Smashing Machine” (A24) Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein
- “The Ugly Stepsister” (Independent Film Company/Shudder) Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg
- “Dear Me” from “Diane Warren: Relentless” (MasterClass/ Greenwich Entertainment) Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
- “Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters” (Netflix) Music and Lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon and Teddy Park (WINNER)
- “I Lied To You” from “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson
- “Sweet Dreams Of Joy” from “Viva Verdi!” (Viva Verdi!) Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike
- “Train Dreams” from “Train Dreams” (Netflix) Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; Lyric by Nick Cave
- “Bugonia” (Focus Features) Jerskin Fendrix
- “Frankenstein” (Netflix) Alexandre Desplat
- “Hamnet” (Focus Features) Max Richter
- “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) Jonny Greenwood
- “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Ludwig Goransson (WINNER)
- “Frankenstein” (Netflix) Dan Laustsen
- “Marty Supreme” (A24) Darius Khondji
- “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) Michael Bauman
- “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Autumn Durald Arkapaw (WINNER)
- “Train Dreams” (Netflix) Adolpho Veloso
- “The Alabama Solution” (HBO Documentary Films) An HBO Documentary Films/Alabama Film Project
- Production Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman
- “Come See Me in the Good Light” (Apple) An Apple Original Films/Tripod Media/Amplify Pictures in association with Treat Media/Something Fierce Production; Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro and Stef Willen
- “Cutting Through Rocks” A Gandom Films Production; Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni
- “Mr. Nobody Against Putin” (PINK) A PINK Production (WINNER)
- “The Perfect Neighbor” (Netflix) A Netflix Documentary/Message Pictures in association with SO’B/Park Pictures Production; Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee
- “All the Empty Rooms” (Netflix) Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones (WINNER)
- “Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud” (HBO) Craig Renaud and Juan Arredondo
- “Children No More: “Were and Are Gone”” (Sky) Hilla Medalia and Sheila Nevins
- “The Devil Is Busy” (HBO) Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir
- “Perfectly a Strangeness” (Second Sight Pictures) Alison McAlpine
- “F1” (Apple) Stephen Mirrione
- “Marty Supreme” (A24) Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
- “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) Andy Jurgensen (WINNER)
- “Sentimental Value” (Neon) Olivier Bugge Coutté
- “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Michael P. Shawver
- “The Secret Agent”; A CinemaScópio Production; Brazil
- “It Was Just an Accident”; A Les Films Pelléas Production; France
- “Sentimental Value”; A Mer Film/Eye Eye Pictures Production; Norway (WINNER)
- “Sirāt”; An El Deseo Production; Spain
- “The Voice of Hind Rajab”; A Mime Films Production; Tunisia
- “Frankenstein” (Netflix) Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau (WINNER)
- “Hamnet” (Focus Features) Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton
- “Marty Supreme” (A24) Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis
- “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino
- “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne
- “F1” (Apple) Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta (WINNER)
- “Frankenstein” (Netflix) Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern
- “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor
- “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker
- “Sirāt” (Neon) Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas
- “Avatar: Fire and Ash” (Walt Disney) Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett (WINNER)
- “F1” (Apple) Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson
- “Jurassic World Rebirth” (Universal) David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould
- “The Lost Bus” (Apple) Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin
- “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean
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