The 93rd Academy Awards are in the books, though not everyone was pleased with the ending. Producers Steven Soderbergh, Stacey Sher and Jesse Collins truly planned an Oscars ceremony unlike any other, as it culminated not with Best Picture, but Best Actor, which in the night's biggest surprise, went to Anthony Hopkins instead of Chadwick Boseman.
Though David Fincher's Mank entered the evening with more Oscar nominations than any other movie, it was Chloé Zhao's Nomadland that won the Best Picture prize on Sunday night, with Zhao winning Best Director as well. She is now just the second woman to win that particular Oscar along with Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) as well as the first woman of color to win that award -- as if interest in her next film, Marvel's Eternals, wasn't already high enough.
Though the late Boseman entered the night as the heavy favorite to win Best Actor, it was veteran Hopkins who pulled off the upset with his tour-de-force performance in The Father, which also edged out Riz Ahmed's magnificent work in Sound of Metal. It was Hopkins' second win following his memorable turn as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs, while Frances McDormand won her third acting Oscar for Nomadland, holding off Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom) and Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman). She won Best Actress back in the '90s for Fargo and recently won again for Three Billboard Outside Ebbing, Missouri, so many prognosticators were skeptical that she'd win again so soon.
In the supporting acting races, Daniel Kaluuya took home his first Oscar for his spirited supporting turn in Judas and the Black Messiah, and Korean superstar Yuh-jung Youn won for her wonderful turn in Minari.
Following a dazzling intro featuring One Night in Miami director Regina King, the ceremony began with the screenplay categories, where Promising Young Woman and The Father triumphed over The Trial of the Chicago 7 and Nomadland, respectively. The early win for The Father hinted at a strong base of support within the Academy, which may be why Hopkins triumphed over Boseman, whose film wasn't nominated for Best Picture.
Elsewhere, Thomas Vinterberg's Danish film Another Round won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film and Vinterberg gave a touching speech about his daughter, who died shortly before filming began. As expected, Pixar's Soul was named Best Animated Feature and Netflix's My Octopus Teacher won the Oscar for Best Documentary -- something that few were predicting a couple of months ago.
Netflix also saw Ma Rainey's Black Bottom win Best Costume Design and Best Makeup and Hairstyling, and Mank win Best Cinematography and Best Production Design. Elsewhere, Amazon's Sound of Metal also picked up a pair of Oscar wins for Best Editing and Best Sound, the latter of which was especially well deserved.
This year's shorts awards went to Two Distant Strangers (live-action) Colette (documentary) and If Anything Happens I Love You (animated). Finally, Christopher Nolan's bravura action movie Tenet triumphed in the category of Best Visual Effects, which was also widely expected.
Check out the full list of 2021 Oscar winners below (highlighted in bold) and come back Monday for even further breakdowns of tonight's ceremony.
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
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
David Fincher, Mank
Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland - WINNER
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 Actress
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Andra Day, The United States Vs. Billie Holliday
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand, Nomadland - WINNER
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Best Supporting Actor
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
Best Supporting Actress
Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman, The Father
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Yuh-jung Youn, Minari - WINNER
Best Original Screenplay
Shaka King, Will Berson, Keith Lucas, Kenny Lucas, Judas and the Black Messiah
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman - WINNER
Darius Marder, Abraham Marder, Derek Cianfrance, Sound of Metal
Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Adapted Screenplay
Sacha Baron Cohen and Many Others, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton, The Father - WINNER
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Kemp Powers, One Night in Miami
Ramin Bahrani, The White Tiger
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 International Feature Film
Another Round, Denmark - WINNER
Better Days, Hong Kong
Collective, Romania
The Man Who Sold His Skin, Tunisia
Quo Vadis, Aida?, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Best Original Song
"Fight for You" from Judas and the Black Messiah - WINNER
"Hear My Voice" from The Trial of the Chicago 7
"Husavik" from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
"Io Sô" from The Life Ahead
"Speak Now" from One Night in Miami
Best Original Score
Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Minari
News of the World
Soul - WINNER
Best Film Editing
The Father
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal - WINNER
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Cinematography
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank - WINNER
News of the World
Nomadland
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Costume Design
Emma
Mank
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - WINNER
Mulan
Pinocchio
Best Production Design
The Father
Mank - WINNER
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
News of the World
Tenet
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Emma
Hillbilly Elegy
Mank
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - WINNER
Pinocchio
Best Visual Effects
Love and Monsters
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
The One and Only Ivan
Tenet - WINNER
Best Sound
Greyhound
Mank
News of the World
Soul
Sound of Metal - WINNER
Best Live-Action Short Film
Feeling Through
The Letter Room
The Present
Two Distant Strangers - WINNER
White Eye
Best Animated Short Film
Burrow
Genius Loci
If Anything Happens I Love You - WINNER
Opera
Yes-People
Best Documentary – Short Subject
Colette - WINNER
A Concerto Is a Conversation
Do Not Split
Hunger Ward
A Love Song for Latasha