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Oppenheimer picked up a total of seven awards during the 96th Academy Awards ceremony. 

Oppenheimer has practically swept the 96th Academy Awards with seven wins in total, including the highly-coveted Oscar for Best Picture. The awards show was held earlier today, bestowing trophies to 2023’s best movies and creators following the year's highly competitive awards circuit. Oppenheimer was also the 2024 Oscars’ most nominated film with 13 nods in total, followed by Poor Things with 11, Killers of the Flower Moon with 10 and Barbie with eight. 

Oppenheimer sweeps the 2024 Oscars

The 96th Academy Awards show was an eventful one, to say the least. John Cena showed up stark naked to present a Best Costume Design award, Ryan Gosling performed ‘I’m Just Ken’ live and crushed it, Anatomy of the Fall’s dog Messi applauded Robert Downey Jr.’s Best Supporting Actor win, and more shenanigans ruled the day. Perhaps the highlight of the night was the final award itself, which saw an utterly unbothered Al Pacino show up and immediately call the Best Picture winner without presenting any nominees. ‘

Oppenheimer ended up winning Best Picture, capping off a big night for the movie’s cast and crew. Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. took home Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively, while Christopher Nolan won his first Best Director Oscar. The movie also won Best Original Score, Best Film Editing and Best Cinematography. That makes seven total wins for the biographical movie in total. 

Poor Things also earned Emma Stone a Best Actress award, while Da’Vine Joy Randolph won Best Supporting Actress for The Holdovers. Studio Ghibli’s The Boy and the Heron also won Best Animated Feature, although Hayao Miyazaki was absent at the awards show. Godzilla Minus One also became one of the lowest-budget movies to win Best Visual Effects, in a wholesome moment that saw its crew bring little Godzilla figures onstage to celebrate the big win. 

Here’s a full list of the 96th Academy Awards winners:

Best Picture

Oppenheimer

Actress in a Leading Role

Emma Stone, Poor Things

Directing

Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

Actor in a Leading Role

Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer

Music (Original Song)

“What Was I Made For?” from Barbie, by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell

Music (Original Score)

Oppenheimer, Ludwig Göransson

Sound

The Zone of Interest, Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn

Live Action Short Film

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Wes Anderson and Steven Rales

Cinematography

Oppenheimer, Hoyte van Hoytema

Documentary Feature Film

20 Days in Mariupol, Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath

Documentary Short Film

The Last Repair Shop, Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers

Film Editing

Oppenheimer, Jennifer Lame

Visual Effects

Godzilla Minus One, Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima

Actor in a Supporting Role

Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer

International Feature Film

The Zone of Interest (UK)

Costume Design

Poor Things, Holly Waddington

Production Design

Poor Things, Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek

Makeup and Hairstyling

Poor Things, Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

American Fiction, Written for the screen by Cord Jefferson

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Anatomy of a Fall, Screenplay – Justine Triet and Arthur Harari

Animated Feature Film

The Boy and the Heron, Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki

Animated Short Film

War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko, Dave Mullins and Brad Booker

Actress in a Supporting Role

Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers