Overview
- Paul Thomas Anderson earned Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for One Battle After Another, which also won Best Film Editing.
- Sinners led with a record 16 nominations and took major prizes including Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan, Best Original Screenplay for Ryan Coogler, Best Original Score for Ludwig Göransson, and Best Cinematography for Autumn Durald Arkapaw.
- Jessie Buckley won Best Actress for Hamnet.
- The Academy introduced Best Casting, with Cassandra Kulukundis winning the inaugural Oscar for One Battle After Another.
- Live Action Short Film ended in a rare tie for The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva, and Sean Penn won Best Supporting Actor for One Battle After Another despite not attending.