Oscars 2021 winners list in full

Oscars
(Image credit: Getty Images)

What a night – Chloé Zhao became the first woman of color to win Best Director, Glenn Close did "Da Butt", and Questlove wore crocs. The competition was tough, and lots of the categories were too close to call, but this was undoubtedly Zhao's night. As well as winning Best Director, her movie Nomadland won Best Picture and leading lady Frances McDormand won Best Actress, too.

It was a good night for The Father, Judas and the Black Messiah, and Minari as well, with Anthony Hopkins, Daniel Kaluuya, and Youn Yuh-Jung all winning this year's other acting awards. Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal, and Mank also came out on top with recognition for writing, sound, and cinematography, while Ma Rainey's Black Bottom cleaned up in the costumes and makeup categories. 

Meanwhile, in the world of animation, Pixar picked up another Academy Award thanks to Soul taking home Best Animated Feature. And that's just the start of it – scroll down to read the full list of the Oscars 2021 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 Director

  • Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round 
  • David Fincher, Mank 
  • Lee Isaac Chung, Minari 
  • Chloé Zhao, Nomadland – WINNER
  • Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

Best Actress

  • 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

  • Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal 
  • Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 
  • Anthony Hopkins, The Father – WINNER
  • Gary Oldman, Mank 
  • Steven Yeun, Minari

Best Supporting Actress

  • Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm 
  • Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy 
  • Olivia Colman, The Father 
  • Amanda Seyfried, Mank 
  • Youn Yuh-Jung, Minari – WINNER

Best Supporting Actor

  • Sacha Baron Cohen, 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

Best Cinematography

  • Judas and the Black Messiah 
  • Mank – WINNER
  • News of the World 
  • Nomadland 
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Film Editing

  • The Father 
  • Nomadland 
  • Promising Young Woman 
  • Sound of Metal – WINNER
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Original Song

  • Fight for You, Judas and the Black Messiah – WINNER
  • Hear My Voice, The Trial of the Chicago 7 
  • Husavik, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga 
  • Io Si, The Life Ahead 
  • Speak Now, One Night in Miami

Best Animated Feature Film

  • Onward 
  • Over the Moon 
  • A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon 
  • Soul – WINNER
  • Wolfwalkers

International Feature Film

  • Another Round – WINNER 
  • Better Days 
  • Collective 
  • The Man Who Sold His Skin 
  • Quo Vadis, Aida?

Adapted Screenplay

  • Borat 2 
  • The Father – WINNER
  • Nomadland 
  • One Night in Miami... 
  • The White Tiger

Best Original Screenplay

  • Judas and the Black Messiah 
  • Minari 
  • Promising Young Woman – WINNER
  • Sound of Metal 
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Documentary Feature

  • Collective 
  • Crip Camp 
  • The Mole Agent 
  • My Octopus Teacher – WINNER
  • Time

Makeup and Hairstyling

  • Emma 
  • Hillbilly Elegy 
  • Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – WINNER
  • Mank 
  • Pinocchio

Best Achievement in 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

Production Design

  • The Father 
  • Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 
  • Mank – WINNER
  • News of the World 
  • Tenet

Original Score

  • Da 5 Bloods 
  • Mank 
  • Minari 
  • News of the World 
  • Soul – WINNER

Costume design

  • Emma 
  • Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – WINNER
  • Mank 
  • Mulan 
  • Pinocchio

Best Documentary Short

  • Colette – WINNER
  • A Concerto is a Conversation 
  • Do Not Split 
  • A Love Song for Natasha 
  • Hunger Ward

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 – WINNER
  • White Eye
Entertainment Writer

I’m an Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, covering everything film and TV-related across the Total Film and SFX sections. I help bring you all the latest news and also the occasional feature too. I’ve previously written for publications like HuffPost and i-D after getting my NCTJ Diploma in Multimedia Journalism. 

Read more
Adrien Brody as László Tóth in The Brutalist
Oscars 2025 live coverage: All the winners, red carpet, and the 97th Academy Awards' biggest moments – as it happens
Oscars
Oscars 2025 nominations list in full – Netflix's divisive drama Emilia Pérez leads the way with 13 nods
Oscars
2025 Oscar winners in full: Anora wins big as The Brutalist and Wicked pick up multiple awards
Karla Sofía Gascón and Zoe Saldaña in Emilia Perez
Oscars 2025 predictions: who will win Best Picture, Best Director, and the major acting awards?
The 25 best Oscar-winning movies you should watch before you die
Mikey Madison and Mark Eidelstein in Anora
Anora wins Best Picture to seal its place as 2025's big Oscars victor
Latest in Movies
Chris Hemsworth's name on the back of a director's chair
Marvel's Avengers: Doomsday cast reveal live blog
Halloween director John Carpenter
15 years on from his last horror movie, Halloween's John Carpenter says he'd "love to direct again" – but he has one condition
The cast of Suicide Squad (2016)
David Ayer admits James Gunn has good reason not to release his cut of Suicide Squad, but he remains hopeful it'll happen
The Fantastic Four: First Steps cast assemble
Fantastic Four star says the Marvel movie "will go down in history" for rejuvenating the MCU, "in the same way the Guardians of the Galaxy and Black Panther hit"
Ben Affleck in Air
Ben Affleck isn't in The Odyssey, but he plans to visit the set anyway to watch Christopher Nolan work: "He's one of the greatest filmmaking architects to ever live"
Ben Affleck in Zack Snyder's Justice League
Ben Affleck reflects on the "excruciating experience" playing Batman in the Zack Snyder movies: "A lot of it was misalignment of agendas, understandings, expectations"
Latest in News
The First Berserker: Khazan protagonist
The First Berserker: Khazan isn't even out yet, but the new Soulslike RPG already has over 1,300 94% positive reviews on Steam from early buyers
fool me once
Harlan Coben’s new novel is set to be "more of a sequel" to the hit Netflix series Fool Me Once: "I don’t know any time that’s ever happened"
Naoe looks over at a dense, lush, green forest in Assassin's Creed Shadows from a viewpoint
Getting Assassin's Creed Shadows on PS5 and Xbox Series X was all about adding "dynamism" to the open world, but the devs seem most proud about the trees
Schedule 1
Schedule 1 is Steam's latest viral hit – an open-world drug dealing simulator with 98% positive reviews, co-op, and a free sample to get you started
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
Reclaiming their crown, pacifist Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 player beats the whole RPG as "Merciful Henry": 1,741 strikes blocked, 472 knockouts, and zero kills
Somehow this keeps happening: Another game with a Persona 5 collab is going under, and this time it's JRPG comrade War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius