“Oppenheimer” Triumphs at the 2024 Oscars with Seven Wins, Dominating Major Categories
The 96th Academy Awards, held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, witnessed a sweeping victory for “Oppenheimer,” which secured a total of seven Oscars, including the highly coveted Best Picture and Best Director awards for Christopher Nolan. The film also earned accolades for Best Actor (Cillian Murphy), Best Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.), Cinematography, Editing, and Score.
“Barbie,” the counterpart of the dual box-office phenomenon Barbenheimer, received eight nominations but secured only one win for Best Song with “What Was I Made For?”
Other notable winners included “Poor Things,” which scooped awards for Hair and Makeup, Production Design, and Costume Design. Cillian Murphy continued his winning streak by claiming the Best Actor award, having previously triumphed at the 2024 Golden Globes, BAFTAs, and Screen Actors Guild Awards for his role in “Oppenheimer.”
In a surprising upset, Emma Stone took home the Best Actress award for her performance in “Poor Things,” beating out Lily Gladstone, the first Native American nominated for Best Actress for her role in Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
Hosted by comedian and late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel for the second consecutive year, the ceremony showcased outstanding achievements in the film industry and celebrated the diverse talents of the nominees.
Who won the most Oscars for 2024?
“Oppenheimer” won the most Oscars at the 96th Academy Awards with seven, including some of the most coveted awards — best picture and best director. Robert Downey Jr. and Cillian Murphy won best supporting actor and best actor for their roles in the film, while the movie also took home awards for cinematography, editing and score.
Best picture
- “Oppenheimer” — Winner
- “American Fiction”
- “Anatomy of a Fall”
- “Barbie”
- “The Holdovers”
- “Killers of the Flower Moon”
- “Maestro”
- “Past Lives”
- “Poor Things”
- “The Zone of Interest”
Best supporting actress
- Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers” — Winner
- Emily Blunt, “Oppenheimer”
- Danielle Brooks, “The Color Purple”
- America Ferrera, “Barbie”
- Jodie Foster, “Nyad”
Best animated short film
- “War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko” — Winner
- “Letter to a Pig”
- “Ninety-Five Senses”
- “Our Uniform”
- “Pachyderm”
Best animated feature film
- “The Boy and the Heron” — Winner
- “Elemental”
- “Nimona”
- “Robot Dreams”
- “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
Best original screenplay
- “Anatomy of a Fall” — Winner
- “The Holdovers”
- “Maestro”
- “May December”
- “Past Lives”
Best adapted screenplay
- “American Fiction” — Winner
- “Barbie”
- “Oppenheimer”
- “Poor Things”
- “The Zone of Interest”
Best makeup and hairstyling
- “Poor Things” — Winner
- “Golda”
- “Maestro”
- “Oppenheimer”
- “Society of the Snow”
Best production design
- “Poor Things” — Winner
- “Barbie”
- “Killers of the Flower Moon”
- “Napoleon”
- “Oppenheimer”
Best costume design
- “Poor Things” — Winner
- “Barbie”
- “Killers of the Flower Moon”
- “Napoleon”
- “Oppenheimer”
Best international feature film
- “The Zone of Interest,” United Kingdom — Winner
- “Io Capitano,” Italy
- “Perfect Days,” Japan
- “Society of the Snow,” Spain
- “The Teachers’ Lounge,” Germany
Best supporting actor
- Robert Downey Jr., “Oppenheimer” — Winner
- Sterling K. Brown, “American Fiction”
- Robert De Niro, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
- Ryan Gosling, “Barbie”
- Mark Ruffalo, “Poor Things”
Best visual effects
- “Godzilla Minus One” — Winner
- “The Creator”
- “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”
- “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”
- “Napoleon”
Best film editing
- “Oppenheimer” — Winner
- “Anatomy of a Fall”
- “The Holdovers”
- “Killers of the Flower Moon”
- “Poor Things”
Best documentary short film
- “The Last Repair Shop” — Winner
- “The ABCs of Book Banning”
- “The Barber of Little Rock”
- “Island in Between”
- “Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó”
Best documentary feature film
- “20 Days in Mariupol” — Winner
- “Bobi Wine: The People’s President”
- “The Eternal Memory”
- “Four Daughters”
- “To Kill a Tiger”
Best cinematography
- “Oppenheimer” — Winner
- “El Conde”
- “Killers of the Flower Moon”
- “Maestro”
- “Poor Things”
Best live action short film
- “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” — Winner
- “The After”
- “Invincible”
- “Knight of Fortune”
- “Red, White and Blue”
Best sound
- “The Zone of Interest” — Winner
- “The Creator”
- “Maestro”
- “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”
- “Oppenheimer”
Best original score
- “Oppenheimer” — Winner
- “American Fiction”
- “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”
- “Killers of the Flower Moon”
- “Poor Things”
Best original song
- “What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie” — Winner
- “It Never Went Away” from “American Symphony”
- “I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie”
- “The Fire Inside” from “Flamin’ Hot”
- “Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)” from “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Best actor
- Cillian Murphy, “Oppenheimer” — Winner
- Bradley Cooper, “Maestro”
- Colman Domingo, “Rustin”
- Paul Giamatti, “The Holdovers”
- Jeffrey Wright, “American Fiction”
Best director
- Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer” — Winner
- Jonathan Glazer, “The Zone of Interest”
- Yorgos Lanthimos, “Poor Things”
- Martin Scorsese, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
- Justine Triet, “Anatomy of a Fall”
Best actress
- Emma Stone, “Poor Things” — Winner
- Annette Bening, “Nyad”
- Lily Gladstone, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
- Sandra Hüller, “Anatomy of a Fall”
- Carey Mulligan, “Maestro”
Full list of Oscars 2024 winners
- Best picture: “Oppenheimer”
- Best director: Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer”
- Best actress: Emma Stone, “Poor Things.”
- Best actor: Cillian Murphy, “Oppenheimer”
- Best supporting actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers”
- Best supporting actor: Robert Downey Jr., “Oppenheimer”
- Best original screenplay: Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, “Anatomy of a Fall”
- Best adapted screenplay: Cord Jefferson, “American Fiction”
- Best animated feature: “The Boy and the Heron”
- Best animated short: “War is Over! Inspired by the Music of John Lennon and Yoko Ono”
- Best international feature: “The Zone of Interest” (United Kingdom)
- Best documentary feature: “20 Days in Mariupol”
- Best documentary short: “The Last Repair Shop”
- Best live action short: “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar”
- Best score: Ludwig Göransson, “Oppenheimer”
- Best original song: Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, “What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie”
- Best sound: Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn, “The Zone of Interest”
- Best production design: James Price, Shona Heath and Zsuzsa Mihalek, “Poor Things”
- Best cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema, “Oppenheimer”
- Best makeup and hairstyling: Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston, “Poor Things”
- Best costume design: Holly Waddington, “Poor Things”
- Best editing: Jennifer Lame, “Oppenheimer”
- Best visual effects: Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima, “Godzilla Minus One”