After giving Green Book Best Picture last year—this following decades of similarly poor decisions, without even getting into Crash—the Academy finally made good this year.
Parasite, a favorite among critics (it was certainly one of our favorites of the year), somehow managed to overcome the stigma of being a foreign-language film and actually really good to land the top prize at last night’s Oscars. The thriller-satire also took most of the top non-acting prizes of the awards, bringing home to South Korea wins for Best Original Screenplay, Best International Film, and Best Director. That director, Bong Joon-ho, kept saying how drunk he was going to get that night from even the lesser wins, and it seemed like all the other big-name directors who were his competition were genuinely happy for him, so it was a surprising win that was just as surprisingly a lovely experience from this typically unbearable show.
For once: Well done, Academy! It’s going to be boring as hell when you end up giving Spielberg everything for his West Side Story remake next year, but for now… well done.
Marked with stars, here are the rest of last night’s winners.
Picture
1917
Ford v Ferrari
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Little Women
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
★ Parasite
Director
★ Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
Sam Mendes, 1917
Todd Phillips, Joker
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Actress in a Leading Role
Cynthia Erivo, Harriet
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Saoirse Ronan, Little Women
Charlize Theron, Bombshell
★ Renée Zellweger, Judy
Actor in a Leading Role
Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Adam Driver, Marriage Story
★ Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes
Actress in a Supporting Role
Kathy Bates, Richard Jewell
★ Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit
Florence Pugh, Little Women
Margot Robbie, Bombshell
Actor in a Supporting Role
Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes
Al Pacino, The Irishman
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
★ Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Original Screenplay
1917
Knives Out
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
★ Parasite
Adapted Screenplay
The Irishman
★ Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Little Women
The Two Popes
Animated Feature
How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
I Lost My Body
Klaus
Missing Link
★ Toy Story 4
Cinematography
Jarin Blaschke, The Lighthouse
★ Roger Deakins, 1917
Rodrigo Prieto, The Irishman
Robert Richardson, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Lawrence Sher, Joker
Costume Design
Sandy Powell & Christopher Peterson, The Irishman
Mayes C. Rubeo, Jojo Rabbit
Mark Bridges, Joker
★ Jacqueline Durran, Little Women
Arianne Phillips, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Documentary Feature
★ American Factory
The Cave
The Edge of Democracy
For Sama
Honeyland
Documentary Short
In the Absence
★ Learning To Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)
Life Overtakes Me
St. Louis Superman
Walk Run Cha-Cha
Animated Short
Dcera
★ Hair Love
Kitbull
Memorable
Sister
Live-Action Short
Brotherhood
Nefta Football Club
★ The Neighbors’ Window
Saria
A Sister
Film Editing
★ Michael McCusker & Andrew Buckland, Ford v Ferrari
Thelma Schoonmaker, The Irishman
Tom Eagles, Jojo Rabbit
Jeff Groth, Joker
Yang Jinmo, Parasite
International Film
Corpus Christi (Poland)
Honeyland (North Macedonia)
Les Misérables (France)
Pain and Glory (Spain)
★ Parasite (South Korea)
Original Score
★ Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker
Alexandre Desplat, Little Women
Randy Newman, Marriage Story
Thomas Newman, 1917
John Williams, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Original Song
“I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away,” music and lyrics by Randy Newman (Toy Story 4)
★ “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again,” music by Elton John, lyrics by Bernie Taupin (Rocketman)
“I’m Standing with You,” music and lyrics by Diane Warren (Breakthrough)
“Into the Unknown,” music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (Frozen 2)
“Stand Up,” music and lyrics by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo (Harriet)
Makeup & Hairstyling
★ Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan, and Vivian Baker, Bombshell
Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou, Joker
Jeremy Woodhead, Judy
Paul Gooch, Arjen Tuiten, and David White, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Naomi Donne, Tristan Versluis, and Rebecca Cole, 1917
Visual Effects
Avengers: Endgame
The Irishman
The Lion King
★ 1917
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Sound Editing
★ Donald Sylvester, Ford v Ferrari
Alan Robert Murray, Joker
Oliver Tarney and Rachael Tate, 1917
Wylie Stateman, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Matthew Wood and David Acord, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Sound Mixing
Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, and Mark Ulano, Ad Astra
Paul Massey, David Giammarco, and Steven A. Morrow, Ford v Ferrari
Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic, and Tod Maitland, Joker
★ Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson, 1917
Michael Minkler, Christian P. Minkler, and Marfk Ulano, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
