
Acting winners Yuh-Jung Youn, Daniel Kaluuya and Frances McDormand backstage after the Oscars
This feature comprises of the full list of 2021 Oscars winners.
Best Picture
- The Father
- Judas and the Black Messiah
- Mank
- Minari
- Nomadland – WINNER
- Promising Young Woman
- Sound of Metal
- The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Andra Day – The United States vs Billie Holiday
- Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
- Frances McDormand – Nomadland – WINNER
- Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
- Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Anthony Hopkins – The Father – WINNER
- Gary Oldman – Mank
- Steven Yeun – Minari
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
- Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah – WINNER
- Leslie Odom Jr – One Night in Miami…
- Paul Raci – Sound of Metal
- Lakeith Stanfield – Judas and the Black Messiah
- Lakeith Stanfield is one of two nominees, alongside Daniel Kaluuya, for ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
- Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy
- Olivia Colman – The Father
- Amanda Seyfried – Mank
- Youn Yuh-jung – Minari – WINNER

Best Director
- Thomas Vinterberg – Another Round
- David Fincher – Mank
- Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
- Chloé Zhao – Nomadland – WINNER
- Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
- ‘Minari’ star Steven Yeun is the first Asian-American to be nominated for Best Actor
Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
- Judas and the Black Messiah
- Minari
- Promising Young Woman – WINNER
- Sound of Metal
- The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
- Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
- The Father – WINNER
- Nomadland
- One Night in Miami…
- The White Tiger
Best International Feature Film
- Another Round – WINNER
- Better Days
- Collective
- The Man Who Sold His Skin
- Quo Vadis, Aida?
Best Animated Feature Film
- Onward
- Over the Moon
- A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
- Soul – WINNER
- Wolfwalkers
Best Documentary Feature
- Collective
- Crip Camp
- The Mole Agent
- My Octopus Teacher -WINNER
- Time
Best Film Editing
- The Father
- Nomadland
- Promising Young Woman
- Sound of Metal – WINNER
- The Trial of the Chicago 7
- Riz Ahmed in ‘Sound of Metal’, which was nominated for six Oscars
- (Courtesy of Amazon Studios)
Best Cinematography
- Judas and the Black Messiah
- Mank – WINNER
- News of the World
- Nomadland
- The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Music (Original Score)
- Da 5 Bloods
- Mank
- Minari
- News of the World
- Soul – WINNER
Best Music (Original Song)
- “Fight for You” – Judas and the Black Messiah – WINNER
- “Hear My Voice” – The Trial of the Chicago 7
- “Husavik” – Eurovision Song Contest
- “Io Si (Seen)” – The Life Ahead
- “Speak Now” – One Night in Miami…
- Frances McDormand has been nominated for ‘Nomadland’
- (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Best Sound
- Greyhound
- Mank
- News of the World
- Soul
- Sound of Metal – WINNER
Best Visual Effects
- Love and Monsters
- The Midnight Sky
- Mulan
- The One and Only Ivan
- Tenet – WINNER

Best Production Design
- The Father
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Mank – WINNER
- News of the World
- Tenet

Best Costume Design
- Emma
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – WINNER
- Mank
- Mulan
- Pinnochio
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- Emma
- Hillbilly Elegy
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – WINNER
- Mank
- Pinocchio
- Viola Davis in Netflix film ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
Best Animated Short Film
- Burrow
- Genius Loci
- If Anything Happens I Love You – WINNER
- Opera
- Yes-People
Best Live Action Short Film
- Feeling Through
- The Letter Room
- The Present
- Two Distant Strangers
- White Eye
Documentary Short Subject
- Colette – WINNER
- A Concerto Is a Conversation
- Do Not Split
- Hunger Ward
- A Love Song for Latasha
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