Oscar Winners 2023

The good news is that, unlike last year when "Everything Everywhere All At Once" won for best picture, this year's horrendous and disgusting disaster "Poor Things" did not win best picture. The bad news is that Lily Gladstone did not win Best Actress for "Killers of the Flower Moon" which would have made her the first American Indian to win an Oscar. The Academy decided to give the Best Actress award to Emma Stone for Poor Things, and a performance that I thought after seeing this horrible production, an actress would be too embarrassed to accept any award, due to the series of insane and crazy scenes Stone portrayed in this film.

I was disappointed that Paul Giamatti did not win Best Actor, however, Oppenheimer was a stronger overall movie than Giamatti's "The Holdovers". Cillian Murphy was excellent in the lead role of Robert Oppenheimer.

Oppenheimer won 7 Oscars, and most critics were expecting many more wins. My main problem with the movie was the non-stop background music throughout, even during many important dialogue scenes. Robert Downy Jr. won his first Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, well deserved and long overdue.

Killers of the Flower Moon was nominated for 10 Oscars and won 0. This also happened with Martin Scorsese's 2019 movie, the Irishman. Scorsese has been nominated for 16 best director Oscars and has only won one for "The Departed", released in 2006. There is something very wrong with the voting members concerning Scorsese.

I thought that Kimmel was once again, OK as the host of the Oscars, and I think its time for a new host for next year.

Best picture

"Oppenheimer" — Winner
"American Fiction"
"Anatomy of a Fall"
"Barbie"
"The Holdovers"
"Killers of the Flower Moon"
"Maestro"
"Past Lives"
"Poor Things"
"The Zone of Interest"

Best supporting actress

Da'Vine Joy Randolph, "The Holdovers" — Winner
Emily Blunt, "Oppenheimer"
Danielle Brooks, "The Color Purple"
America Ferrera, "Barbie"
Jodie Foster, "Nyad"

Best animated short film

"War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko" — Winner
"Letter to a Pig"
"Ninety-Five Senses"
"Our Uniform"
"Pachyderm"

Best animated feature film

"The Boy and the Heron" — Winner
"Elemental"
"Nimona"
"Robot Dreams"
"Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse"

Best original screenplay

"Anatomy of a Fall" — Winner
"The Holdovers"
"Maestro"
"May December"
"Past Lives"

Best adapted screenplay

"American Fiction" — Winner
"Barbie"
"Oppenheimer"
"Poor Things"
"The Zone of Interest"

Best makeup and hairstyling

"Poor Things" — Winner
"Golda"
"Maestro"
"Oppenheimer"
"Society of the Snow"

Best production design

"Poor Things" — Winner
"Barbie"
"Killers of the Flower Moon"
"Napoleon"
"Oppenheimer"

Best costume design

"Poor Things" — Winner
"Barbie"
"Killers of the Flower Moon"
"Napoleon"
"Oppenheimer"

Best international feature film

"The Zone of Interest," United Kingdom — Winner
"Io Capitano," Italy
"Perfect Days," Japan
"Society of the Snow," Spain
"The Teachers' Lounge," Germany

Best supporting actor

Robert Downey Jr., "Oppenheimer" — Winner
Sterling K. Brown, "American Fiction"
Robert De Niro, "Killers of the Flower Moon"
Ryan Gosling, "Barbie"
Mark Ruffalo, "Poor Things"

Best visual effects

"Godzilla Minus One" — Winner
"The Creator"
"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3"
"Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One"
"Napoleon"

Best film editing

"Oppenheimer" — Winner
"Anatomy of a Fall"
"The Holdovers"
"Killers of the Flower Moon"
"Poor Things"

Best documentary short film

"The Last Repair Shop" — Winner
"The ABCs of Book Banning"
"The Barber of Little Rock"
"Island in Between"
"Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó"

Best documentary feature film

"20 Days in Mariupol" — Winner
"Bobi Wine: The People's President"
"The Eternal Memory"
"Four Daughters"
"To Kill a Tiger"

Best Cinematography

"Oppenheimer" — Winner "El Conde"
"Killers of the Flower Moon"
"Maestro"
"Poor Things"

Best live-action short film

"The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar" — Winner
"The After"
"Invincible"
"Knight of Fortune"
"Red, White and Blue"

Best sound

"The Zone of Interest" — Winner
"The Creator"
"Maestro"
"Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One"
"Oppenheimer"

Best original score

"Oppenheimer" — Winner
"American Fiction"
"Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny"
"Killers of the Flower Moon"
"Poor Things"

Best original song

"What Was I Made For?" from "Barbie" — Winner
"It Never Went Away" from "American Symphony"
"I'm Just Ken" from "Barbie"
"The Fire Inside" from "Flamin' Hot"
"Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)" from "Killers of the Flower Moon"

Best actor

Cillian Murphy, "Oppenheimer" — Winner
Bradley Cooper, "Maestro"
Colman Domingo, "Rustin"
Paul Giamatti, "The Holdovers"
Jeffrey Wright, "American Fiction"

Best director

Christopher Nolan, "Oppenheimer" — Winner
Jonathan Glazer, "The Zone of Interest"
Yorgos Lanthimos, "Poor Things"
Martin Scorsese, "Killers of the Flower Moon"
Justine Triet, "Anatomy of a Fall"

Best Actress

Emma Stone, "Poor Things" — Winner
Annette Bening, "Nyad"
Lily Gladstone, "Killers of the Flower Moon"
Sandra Hüller, "Anatomy of a Fall"
Carey Mulligan, "Maestro"