A breakdown to this year’s most anticipated award ceremony

If you didn’t know already, Sunday night was the biggest and most anticipated awards ceremony of the year – the 2024 Oscars.

What unfolded was the kind of magic and spectacle that only the world of cinema has to offer at the Dolby Theatre. It wasn’t just about the glitz and glamour; it was a celebration of storytelling, a tribute to the craft of filmmaking, and a recognition of the year’s most compelling narratives.

Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” lead the charge of wins, a narrative so explosive it mirrored the atomic tale it so masterfully depicted. Nolan, alongside Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr., found themselves winning Oscar gold for the first time. Followed by Tony McNamara’s “Poor Things” which won several Oscars including for Best Actress Nominee Emma Stone, another first Oscar win for this starlet too.

Let’s roll out the red carpet for the evening’s victors, the nominees who shone brightest at the 2024 Oscars (winners are in bold):

  • 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
  • Best Animated Short Film
    • Letter to a Pig
    • Ninety-Five Senses
    • Our Uniform
    • Pachyderme
    • War is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
  • Best Animated Feature Film
    • The Boy and the Heron
    • Elemental
    • Nimona
    • Robot Dreams
    • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
  • Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
    • Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet, Arthur Harari
    • The Holdovers – David Hemingson
    • Maestro – Bradley Cooper, Josh Singer
    • May December – Samy Burch
    • Past Lives – Celine Song
  • Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
    • American Fiction – Cord Jefferson
    • Barbie – Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach
    • Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan
    • Poor Things – Tony McNamara
    • The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer
  • Best Makeup and Hairstyling
    • Golda
    • Maestro
    • Oppenheimer
    • Poor Things
    • Society of the Snow
  • Best Production Design
    • Barbie
    • Killers of the Flower Moon
    • Napoleon
    • Oppenheimer
    • Poor Things
  • Best Costume Design
    • Barbie
    • Killers of the Flower Moon
    • Napoleon
    • Oppenheimer
    • Poor Things
  • Best International Feature Film
    • Io Capitano
    • Perfect Days
    • Society of the Snow
    • The Teachers’ Lounge
    • The Zone of Interest
  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Sterling K Brown – American Fiction
    • Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
    • Robert Downey Jr – Oppenheimer
    • Ryan Gosling – Barbie
    • Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
  • Best Visual Effects
    • The Creator
    • Godzilla Minus One
    • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3
    • Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning
    • Napoleon
  • Best Film Editing
    • Anatomy of a Fall
    • The Holdovers
    • Killers of the Flower Moon
    • Oppenheimer
    • Poor Things
  • Documentary Short Film
    • The ABCs of Book Banning
    • The Barber of Little Rock
    • Island in Between
    • The Last Repair Shop
    • Nai Nai and Wai Po
  • Best Documentary Feature
    • Bobi Wine: The People’s President
    • The Eternal Memory
    • Four Daughters
    • To Kill a Tiger
    • 20 Days in Mariupol
  • Best Cinematography
    • El Conde
    • Killers of the Flower Moon
    • Maestro
    • Oppenheimer
    • Poor Things
  • Best Live Action Short Film
    • The After
    • Invincible
    • Night of Fortune
    • Red, White and Blue
    • The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
  • Best Sound
    • The Creator
    • Maestro
    • Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning
    • Oppenheimer
    • The Zone of Interest
  • Best Music (Original Score)
    • American Fiction
    • Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
    • Killers of the Flower Moon
    • Oppenheimer
    • Poor Things
  • Best Music (Original Song)
    • “The Fire Inside” – Flamin’ Hot
    • “I’m Just Ken” – Barbie (Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt)
    • “It Never Went Away” – American Symphony
    • “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” – Killers of the Flower Moon
    • “What Was I Made For?” – Barbie (Billie Eilish O’Connell, Finneas O’Connell)
  • Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • Bradley Cooper – Maestro
    • Colman Domingo – Rustin
    • Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
    • Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
    • Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
  • Best Director
    • Justine Triet – Anatomy of a Fall
    • Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
    • Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
    • Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
    • Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest
  • 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
  • Best Picture
    • American Fiction
    • Anatomy of a Fall
    • Barbie
    • The Holdovers
    • Killers of the Flower Moon
    • Maestro
    • Oppenheimer
    • Past Lives
    • Poor Things
    • The Zone of Interest