2021 Academy Award Winners, A Complete List Including Nomadland

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The past year has been insane for the entertainment industry and the entire world, but awards season is still happening. And it's time for the biggest event: the Academy Awards. Movie release dates were changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but we still had a unique season of hit films. Movie fans saw many of them on streaming, like Nomadland, Mank, and Judas and the Black Messiah, and audiences still seemed to enjoy them, even if they didn't see the movies in a theater.

We now know which films and stars walked away with an Oscar in hand. Winners are bolded in each category, so check out the list below!

Best Picture

The Father

Judas and the Black Messiah

Mank

Minari

Nomadland

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

Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

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

Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

Best Actor

Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal

Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Anthony Hopkins, The Father

Gary Oldman, Mank

Steven Yeun, Minari

Best Supporting Actress

Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Movie Film

Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy

Olivia Colman, The Father

Amanda Seyfried, Mank

Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari

Best Supporting Actor

Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7

Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah

Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami

Paul Raci, Sound of Metal

Lakeith Stanfield, Judas and the Black Messiah

Best Original Screenplay

Judas and the Black Messiah

Minari

Promising Young Woman

Sound of Metal

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Adapted Screenplay

Borat Subsequent Movie Film

The Father

Nomadland

One Night In Miami

The White Tiger

Best Animated Feature

Onward

Over The Moon

A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

Soul

Wolfwalkers

International Feature Film

Another Round, Denmark

Better Days, Hong Kong

Collective, Romania

The Man Who Sold His Skin, Tunisia

Quo Vadis, Aida?, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Best Documentary Feature

Collective

Crip Camp

The Mole Agent

My Octopus Teacher

Time

Production Design

The Father

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Mank

News of the World

Tenet

Best Cinematography

Judas and the Black Messiah

Mank

News of the World

Nomadland

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Costume Design

Emma

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Mank

Mulan

Pinocchio

Film Editing

The Father

Nomadland

Promising Young Woman

Sound of Metal

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Makeup And Hairstyling

Emma

Hillbilly Elegy

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Mank

Pinocchio

Best Score

Da 5 Bloods

Mank

Minari

News of the World

Soul

Best Original Song

"Fight For You", Judas and the Black Messiah

"Hear My Voice", The Trial of the Chicago 7

"Husavik", Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga

"Io Si (Seen)", The Life Ahead

"Speak Now" One Night In Miami

Best Sound

Greyhound

Mank

News of the World

Soul

Sound of Metal

Best Visual Effects

Love And Monsters

The Midnight Sky

Mulan

The One and Only Ivan

Tenet

Best Animated Short

Burrow

Genius Loci

If Anything Happens I Love You

Opera

Yes- People

Best Documentary Short

Collette

A Concerto is a Conversation

Do Not Split

Hunger Ward

A Love Song for Latasha

Best Live Action Short

Feeling Through

The Letter Room

The Present

Two Distant Strangers

White Eye

Did your favorite films and stars win? If not, better luck next year! In the meantime, you can check out the rest of the movies slated for this year.

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