When are the Oscars on TV?
The 94th Academy Awards will air at 8 p.m. Eastern Sunday, March 27 on ABC (and ABC.com and the ABC app). It will honor the best films released between March 1, 2021, and Dec. 31, 2021. The event will be at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, Calif.
Where can I find a list of winners?
The official Oscars winners list is at oscar.go.com/winners.
Who are the nominees in each category?
Winners in bold.
Picture
- “Belfast”
- “CODA”
- “Don’t Look Up”
- “Drive My Car”
- “Dune”
- “King Richard”
- “Licorice Pizza”
- “Nightmare Alley”
- “The Power of the Dog”
- “West Side Story”
Actress
- Jessica Chastain, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
- Olivia Colman, “The Lost Daughter”
- Penélope Cruz, “Parallel Mothers”
- Nicole Kidman, “Being the Ricardos”
- Kristen Stewart, “Spencer”
Supporting Actress
- Jessie Buckley, “The Lost Daughter”
- Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story”
- Judi Dench, “Belfast”
- Kirsten Dunst, “The Power of the Dog”
- Aunjanue Ellis, “King Richard”
Actor
- Javier Bardem, “Being the Ricardos”
- Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Power of the Dog”
- Andrew Garfield, “tick, tick … BOOM!”
- Will Smith, “King Richard”
- Denzel Washington, “The Tragedy of Macbeth”
Supporting Actor
- Ciarán Hinds, “Belfast”
- Troy Kotsur, “CODA”
- Jesse Plemons, “The Power of the Dog”
- J. K. Simmons, “Being the Ricardos”
- Kodi Smit-McPhee, “The Power of the Dog”
Director
- Kenneth Branagh, “Belfast”
- Ryusuke Hamaguchi, “Drive My Car”
- Paul Thomas Anderson, “Licorice Pizza”
- Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog”
- Steven Spielberg, “West Side Story”
Adapted Screenplay
- “CODA,” Sian Heder
- “Drive My Car,” Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe
- “Dune,” Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth
- “The Lost Daughter,” Maggie Gyllenhaal
- “The Power of the Dog,” Jane Campion
Original Screenplay
- “Belfast,” Kenneth Branagh
- “Don’t Look Up,” Adam McKay
- “King Richard,” Zach Baylin
- “Licorice Pizza,” Paul Thomas Anderson
- “The Worst Person in the World,” Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier
Cinematography
- “Dune”
- “Nightmare Alley”
- “The Power of the Dog”
- “The Tragedy of Macbeth”
- “West Side Story”
Film Editing
- “Don’t Look Up”
- “Dune”
- “King Richard”
- “The Power of the Dog”
- “tick, tick… BOOM!”
Production Design
- “Dune”
- “Nightmare Alley”
- “The Power of the Dog”
- “The Tragedy of Macbeth”
- “West Side Story”
Costume Design
- “Cruella”
- “Cyrano”
- “Dune”
- “Nightmare Alley”
- “West Side Story”
Makeup and Hairstyling
- “Coming 2 America”
- “Cruella”
- “Dune”
- “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
- “House of Gucci”
Visual Effects
- “Dune”
- “Free Guy”
- “No Time to Die”
- “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”
- “Spider-Man: No Way Home”
Sound
- “Belfast”
- “Dune”
- “No Time to Die”
- “The Power of the Dog”
- “West Side Story”
Original Score
- “Don’t Look Up”
- “Dune”
- “Encanto”
- “Parallel Mothers”
- “The Power of the Dog”
Original Song
- “Be Alive” from “King Richard”
- “Dos Oruguitas” from “Encanto”
- “Down to Joy” from “Belfast”
- “No Time to Die” from “No Time to Die”
- “Somehow You Do” from “Four Good Days”
Live Action Short Film
- “Ala Kachuu – Take and Run”
- “The Dress”
- “The Long Goodbye”
- “On My Mind”
- “Please Hold”
Foreign Language Film
- “Drive My Car” (Japan)
- “Flee” (Denmark)
- “The Hand of God” (Italy)
- “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom” (Bhutan)
- “The Worst Person in the World” (Norway)
Animated Feature
- “Encanto”
- “Flee”
- “Luca”
- “The Mitchells vs. the Machines”
- “Raya and the Last Dragon”
Animated Short Film
- “Affairs of the Art”
- “Bestia”
- “BoxBallet”
- “Robin Robin”
- “The Windshield Wiper”
Documentary Feature
- “Ascension”
- “Attica”
- “Flee”
- “Summer of Soul (… Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”
- “Writing with Fire”
Documentary Short
- “Audible”
- “Lead Me Home”
- “The Queen of Basketball”
- “Three Songs for Benazir”
- “When We Were Bullies”
Who will win Oscars this year?
Who is hosting the Oscars?
Host TBA
Who is performing at the Oscars?
Lineup of performers TBA
Who is presenting at the Oscars?
Lineup of presenters TBA
What were the highest-rated movies of 2021?
Metacritic critics’ rankings (based on year-end lists)
- “The Power of the Dog”
- “Drive My Car”
- “Licorice Pizza”
- “Dune”
- “West Side Story”
- “The Green Knight”
- “Summer of Soul”
- “The Worst Person in the World”
- “Pig”
- “Petite Maman”
Full rankings list and methodology
Metacritic critics’ rankings (based on ratings)
- “Quo Vadis, Aida?”
- “Summer of Soul (… Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”
- “Rocks”
- “Petite Maman”
- “Memoria”
- “This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection”
- “Flee”
- “Drive My Car”
- “Procession”
- “Wojnarowicz: Fk You F*ggot Fker”
Metacritic user rankings (based on a year-end poll)
- “Dune”
- “Belfast”
- “CODA”
- “Lamb”
- “The Power of the Dog”
- “House of Gucci”
- “tick, tick…BOOM!”
- “Spider-Man: No Way Home”
- “The Green Knight”
- “The Mitchells vs. The Machines”
Full rankings list and methodology
What were the highest-grossing movies of 2021 at the US box office?
- “Spider-Man: No Way Home”
- “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”
- “Venom: Let There Be Carnage”
- “Black Widow”
- “F9: The Fast Saga”
- “Eternals”
- “No Time to Die”
- “A Quiet Place Part II”
- “Ghostbusters: Afterlife”
- “Free Guy”
(Rankings through Feb. 9)
Our favorite films of 2021
Past Oscar winners
Best Picture winners, with IMDb rating
2020 – “Nomadland,” 7.3
2019 – “Parasite,” 8.6
2018 – “Green Book,” 8.2
2017 – “The Shape of Water,” 7.4
2016 – “Moonlight,” 7.5
2015 – “Spotlight,” 8.1
2014 – “Birdman,” 7.8
2013 – “12 Years a Slave,” 8.1
2012 – “Argo,” 7.7
2011 – “The Artist,” 7.9
2010 – “The King’s Speech,” 8.0
2009 – “The Hurt Locker,” 7.6
2008 – “Slumdog Millionaire,” 8.0
2007 – “No Country for Old Men,” 8.1
2006 – “The Departed,” 8.5
2005 – “Crash,” 7.8
2004 – “Million Dollar Baby,” 8.1
2003 – “The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King,” 8.9
2002 – “Chicago,” 7.2
2001 – “A Beautiful Mind,” 8.2
2000 – “Gladiator,” 8.5
1999 – “American Beauty,” 8.4
1998 – “Shakespeare in Love,” 7.2
1997 – “Titanic,” 7.8
1996 – “The English Patient,” 7.4
1995 – “Braveheart,” 8.4
1994 – “Forrest Gump,” 8.8
1993 – “Schindler’s List,” 8.9
1992 – “Unforgiven,” 8.2
1991 – “The Silence of the Lambs,” 8.6
1990 – “Dances with Wolves,” 8.0
1989 – “Driving Miss Daisy,” 7.4
1988 – “Rain Man,” 8.0
1987 – “The Last Emperor,” 7.8
1986 – “Platoon,” 8.1
1985 – “Out of Africa,” 7.2
1984 – “Amadeus,” 8.3
1983 – “Terms of Endearment,” 7.4
1982 – “Gandhi,” 8.1
1981 – “Chariots of Fire,” 7.2
1980 – “Ordinary People,” 7.8
1979 – “Kramer vs. Kramer,” 7.8
1978 – “The Deer Hunter,” 8.2
1977 – “Annie Hall,” 8.1
1976 – “Rocky,” 8.1
Full list of Best Picture winners
Best Actress winners
2020 – Frances McDormand, “Nomadland”
2019 – Renee Zellweger, “Judy”
2018 – Olivia Colman, “The Favourite”
2017 – Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
2016 – Emma Stone, “La La Land”
2015 – Brie Larson, “Room”
2014 – Julianne Moore, “Still Alice”
2013 – Cate Blanchett, “Blue Jasmine”
2012 – Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook”
2011 – Meryl Streep, “The Iron Lady”
2010 – Natalie Portman, “Black Swan”
2009 – Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side”
2008 – Kate Winslet, “The Reader”
2007 – Marion Cotillard, “La Vie en Rose”
2006 – Helen Miren, “The Queen”
2005 – Reese Witherspoon, “Walk the Line”
2004 – Hilary Swank, “Million Dollar Baby”
2003 – Charlize Theron, “Monster”
2002 – Nicole Kidman, “The Hours”
2001 – Halle Berry, “Monster’s Ball”
2000 – Julia Roberts, “Erin Brokovich”
1999 – Hilary Swank, “Boys Don’t Cry”
1998 – Gwyneth Paltrow, “Shakespeare in Love”
1997 – Helen Hunt, “As Good as It Gets”
1996 – Frances McDormand, “Fargo”
1995 – Susan Sarandon, “Dead Man Walking”
1994 – Jessica Lange, “Blue Sky”
1993 – Holly Hunter, “The Piano”
1992 – Emma Thompson, “Howards End”
1991 – Jodie Foster, “The Silence of the Lambs”
1990 – Kathy Bates, “Misery”
Full list of Best Actress winners
Best Supporting Actress winners
2020 – Yuh-Jung Youn, “Minari”
2019 – Laura Dern, “Marriage Story”
2018 – Regina King, “If Beale Street Could Talk”
2017 – Allison Janney, “I, Tonya”
2016 – Viola Davis, “Fences”
2015 – Alicia Vikander, “The Danish Girl”
2014 – Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood”
2013 – Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slave”
2012 – Anne Hathaway, “Les Miserables”
2011 – Octavia Spencer, “The Help”
2010 – Melissa Leo, “The Fighter”
2009 – Mo’Nique, “Precious”
2008 – Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
2007 – Tilda Swinton, “Michael Clayton”
2006 – Jennifer Hudson, “Dreamgirls”
2005 – Rachel Weisz, “The Constant Gardener”
2004 – Cate Blanchett, “The Aviator”
2003 – Renee Zellweger, “Cold Mountain”
2002 – Catherine Zeta-Jones, “Chicago”
2001 – Jennifer Connelly, “A Beautiful Mind”
2000 – Marcia Gay Harden, “Pollock”
1999 – Angelina Jolie, “Girl, Interrupted”
1998 – Judi Dench, “Shakespeare in Love”
1997 – Kim Basinger, “L.A. Confidential”
1996 – Juliette Binoche, “The English Patient”
1995 – Mira Sorvino, “Mighty Aphrodite”
1994 – Dianne Wiest, “Bullets over Broadway”
1993 – Anna Paquin, “The Piano”
1992 – Marisa Tomei, “My Cousin Vinny”
1991 – Mercedes Ruehl, “The Fisher King”
1990 – Whoopi Goldberg, “Ghost”
Full list of Best Supporting Actress winners
Best Actor winners
2020 – Anthony Hopkins, “The Father”
2019 – Joaquin Phoenix, “Joker”
2018 – Rami Malek, “Bohemian Rhapsody”
2017 – Gary Oldman, “Darkest Hour”
2016 – Casey Affleck, “Manchester by the Sea”
2015 – Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Revenant”
2014 – Eddie Redmayne, “The Theory of Everything”
2013 – Matthew McConaughey, “Dallas Buyers Club”
2012 – Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln”
2011 – Jean Jujardin, “The Artist”
2010 – Colin Firth, “The King’s Speech”
2009 – Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
2008 – Sean Penn, “Milk”
2007 – Daniel Day-Lewis, “There Will Be Blood”
2006 – Forest Whitaker, “The Last King of Scotland”
2005 – Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Capote”
2004 – Jamie Foxx, “Ray”
2003 – Sean Penn, “Mystic River”
2002 – Adrien Brody, “The Pianist”
2001 – Denzel Washington, “Training Day”
2000 – Russell Crowe, “Gladiator”
1999 – Kevin Spacey, “American Beauty”
1998 – Roberto Benigni, “Life Is Beautiful”
1997 – Jack Nicholson, “As Good as It Gets”
1996 – Geoffrey Rush, “Shine”
1995 – Nicolas Cage, “Leaving Las Vegas”
1994 – Tom Hanks, “Forrest Gump”
1993 – Tom Hanks, “Philadelphia”
1992 – Al Pacino, “Scent of a Woman”
1991 – Anthony Hopkins, “The Silence of the Lambs”
1990 – Jeremy Irons, “Reversal of Fortune”
Full list of Best Actor winners
Best Supporting Actor winners
2020 – Daniel Kaluuya, “Judas and the Black Messiah”
2019 – Brad Pitt, “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood”
2018 – Mahershala Ali, “Green Book”
2017 – Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
2016 – Mahershala Ali, “Moonlight”
2015 – Mark Rylance, “Bridge of Spies”
2014 – J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash”
2013 – Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club”
2012 – Christoph Waltz, “Django Unchained”
2011 – Christopher Plummer, “Beginners”
2010 – Christian Bale, “The Fighter”
2009 – Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
2008 – Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”
2007 – Javier Bardem, “No Country for Old Men”
2006 – Alan Arkin, “Little Miss Sunshine”
2005 – George Clooney, “Syriana”
2004 – Morgan Freeman, “Million Dollar Baby”
2003 – Tim Robbins, “Mystic River”
2002 – Chris Cooper, “Adaptation.”
2001 – Jim Broadbent, “Iris”
2000 – Benicio del Toro, “Traffic”
1999 – Michael Caine, “The Cider House Rules”
1998 – James Coburn, “Affliction”
1997 – Robin Williams, “Good Will Hunting”
1996 – Cuba Gooding Jr., “Jerry Maguire”
1995 – Kevin Spacey, “The Usual Suspects”
1994 – Martin Landau, “Ed Wood”
1993 – Tommy Lee Jones, “The Fugitive”
1992 – Gene Hackman, “Unforgiven”
1991 – Jack Palance, “City Slickers”
1990 – Joe Pesci, “Goodfellas”
Full list of Best Supporting Actor winners
Best Director winners
2020 – Chloe Zhao, “Nomadland”
2019 – Bong Joon-ho, “Parasite”
2018 – Alfonso Cuarón, “Roma”
2017 – Guillermo del Toro, “The Shape of Water”
2016 – Damien Chazelle, “La La Land”
2015 – Alejandro G. Innaritu, “The Revenant”
2014 – Alejandro G. Innaritu, “Birdman”
2013 – Alfonso Cuaron, “Gravity”
2012 – Ang Lee, “Life of Pi”
2011 – Michel Hazanavicius, “The Artist”
2010 – Tom Hooper, “The King’s Speech”
2009 – Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
2008 – Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”
2007 – Coen Brothers, “No Country for Old Men”
2006 – Martin Scorsese, “The Departed”
2005 – Ang Lee, “Brokeback Mountain”
2004 – Clint Eastwood, “Million Dollar Baby”
2003 – Peter Jackson, “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”
2002 – Roman Polanski, “The Pianist”
2001 – Ron Howard, “A Beautiful Mind”
2000 – Steven Soderbergh, “Traffic”
1999 – Sam Mendes, “American Beauty”
1998 – Steven Spielberg, “Saving Private Ryan”
1997 – James Cameron, “Titanic”
1996 – Anthony Minghella, “The English Patient”
1995 – Mel Gibson, “Braveheart”
1994 – Robert Zemeckis, “Forrest Gump”
1993 – Steven Spielberg, “Schindler’s List”
1992 – Clint Eastwood, “Unforgiven”
1991 – Jonathan Demme, “The Silence of the Lambs”
1990 – Kevin Costner, “Dances with Wolves”
Full list of Best Director winners
Best Adapted Screenplay winners
2020 – Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller, “The Father”
2019 – Taika Waititi, “Jojo Rabbit”
2018 – Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel and Kevin Willmott, “BlacKkKlansman”
2017 – James Ivory, “Call Me by Your Name”
2016 – Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney, “Moonlight”
2015 – Adam McKay and Charles Randolph, “The Big Short”
2014 – Graham Moore, “The Imitation Game”
2013 – John Ridley, “12 Years a Slave”
2012 – Chris Terrio, “Argo”
2011 – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, “The Descendants”
2010 – Aaron Sorkin, “The Social Network”
2009 – Geoffrey Fletcher, “Precious”
2008 – Simon Beaufoy, “Slumdog Millionaire”
2007 – Coen Brothers, “No Country for Old Men”
2006 – William Monahan, “The Departed”
2005 – Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, “Brokeback Mountain”
2004 – Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, “Sideways”
2003 – Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”
2002 – Ronald Harwood, “The Pianist”
2001 – Akiva Goldsman, “A Beautiful Mind”
2000 – Stephen Gaghan, “Traffic”
1999 – John Irving, “The Cider House Rules”
1998 – Bill Condon, “Gods and Monsters”
1997 – Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland, “L.A. Confidential”
1996 – Billy Bob Thornton, “Sling Blade”
1995 – Emma Thompson, “Sense and Sensibility”
1994 – Eric Roth, “Forrest Gump”
1993 – Steven Zaillian, “Schindler’s List”
1992 – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, “Howards End”
1991 – Ted Tally, “The Silence of the Lambs”
1990 – Michael Blake, “Dances with Wolves”
Full list of Best Adapted Screenplay winners
Best Original Screenplay winners
2020 – Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman”
2019 – Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won, “Parasite”
2018 – Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly and Nick Vallelonga, “Green Book”
2017 – Jordan Peele, “Get Out”
2016 – Kenneth Lonergan, “Manchester by the Sea”
2015 – Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy, “Spotlight”
2014 – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr. and Armando Bo, “Birdman”
2013 – Spike Jonze, “Her”
2012 – Quentin Tarantino, “Django Unchained”
2011 – Woody Allen, “Midnight in Paris”
2010 – David Seidler, “The King’s Speech”
2009 – Mark Boal, “The Hurt Locker”
2008 – Dustin Lance Black, “Milk”
2007 – Diablo Cody, “Juno”
2006 – Michael Arndt, “Little Miss Sunshine”
2005 – Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, “Crash”
2004 – Charlie Kaufman, Pierre Bismuth and Michel Gondry, “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”
2003 – Sofia Coppola, “Lost in Translation”
2002 – Pedro Almodovar, “Talk to Her”
2001 – Julian Fellowes, “Gosford Park”
2000 – Cameron Crowe, “Almost Famous”
1999 – Alan Ball, “American Beauty”
1998 – Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, “Shakespeare in Love”
1997 – Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, “Good Will Hunting”
1996 – Coen Brothers, “Fargo”
1995 – Christopher McQuarrie, “The Usual Suspects”
1994 – Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avery, “Pulp Fiction”
1993 – Jane Campion, “The Piano”
1992 – Neil Jordan, “The Crying Game”
1991 – Callie Khouri, “Thelma & Louise”
1990 – Bruce Joel Rubin, “Ghost”
Full list of Best Original Screenplay winners
Best Visual Effects winners
2020 – “Tenet”
2019 – “1917”
2018 – “First Man”
2017 – “Blade Runner 2049”
2016 – “The Jungle Book”
2015 – “Ex Machina”
2014 – “Interstellar”
2013 – “Gravity”
2012 – “Life of Pi”
2011 – “Hugo”
2010 – “Inception”
2009 – “Avatar”
2008 – “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
2007 – “The Golden Compass”
2006 – “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
2005 – “King Kong”
2004 – “Spider-Man 2”
2003 – “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”
2002 – “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers”
2001 – “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring”
2000 – “Gladiator”
1999 – “The Matrix”
1998 – “What Dreams May Come”
1997 – “Titanic”
1996 – “Independence Day”
1995 – “Babe”
1994 – “Forrest Gump”
1993 – “Jurassic Park”
1992 – “Death Becomes Her”
1991 – “Terminator 2: Judgment Day”
1990 – “Total Recall”
Full list of Best Visual Effects winners