96th Academy Awards

The **96th Academy Awards** was an award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honoring the best movies of 2023. The event took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, on March 10, 2024. The ceremony was hosted by comedian Jimmy Kimmel for the fourth time. The producers of the ceremony were Raj Kapoor, Molly McNearney, and Katy Mullan. The director was Hamish Hamilton. It was televised in the United States by ABC.

_Oppenheimer_ won seven awards in total, including Best Picture, followed by _Poor Things_ and _The Zone of Interest_ with four and two respectively.

## Nominations

The nominations were announced on January 23, 2024. _Oppenheimer_ led with thirteen nominations, followed by _Poor Things_ and _Killers of the Flower Moon_ with eleven and ten nominations respectively. "Barbenheimer" received a total of twenty-one nominations, eight for _Barbie_ and thirteen for _Oppenheimer_. The acting nominees featured a record number of LGBTQ+ characters.

## Awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in **boldface**, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

|scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82;" ! style="width="50%"|Best Picture|scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82;" ! style="width="50%"|Best Director|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|scope="row" valign="top"|* **_Oppenheimer_ – Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan, producers ** ** _American Fiction_ – Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson and Jermaine Johnson, producers ** _Anatomy of a Fall_ – Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion, producers ** _Barbie_ – David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Robbie Brenner, producers ** _The Holdovers_ – Mark Johnson, producer ** _Killers of the Flower Moon_ – Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Martin Scorsese and Daniel Lupi, producers ** _Maestro_ – Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning and Kristie Macosko Krieger, producers ** _Past Lives_ – David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler, producers ** _Poor Things_ – Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone, producers ** _The Zone of Interest_ – James Wilson, producer|scope="row" valign="top"|* **Christopher Nolan – _Oppenheimer_ ** ** Justine Triet – _Anatomy of a Fall_ ** Martin Scorsese – _Killers of the Flower Moon_ ** Yorgos Lanthimos – _Poor Things_ ** Jonathan Glazer – _The Zone of Interest_|
|scope="row" valign="top"|* **Cillian Murphy – _Oppenheimer_ as J. Robert Oppenheimer ** ** Bradley Cooper – _Maestro_ as Leonard Bernstein ** Colman Domingo – _Rustin_ as Bayard Rustin ** Paul Giamatti – _The Holdovers_ as Paul Hunham ** Jeffrey Wright – _American Fiction_ as Thelonious "Monk" Ellison|scope="row" valign="top"|* **Emma Stone – _Poor Things_ as Bella Baxter ** ** Annette Bening – _Nyad_ as Diana Nyad ** Lily Gladstone – _Killers of the Flower Moon_ as Mollie Burkhart ** Sandra Hüller – _Anatomy of a Fall_ as Sandra Voyter ** Carey Mulligan – _Maestro_ as Felicia Montealegre|
|scope="row" valign="top"|* **Robert Downey Jr. – _Oppenheimer_ as Lewis Strauss ** ** Sterling K. Brown – _American Fiction_ as Clifford "Cliff" Ellison ** Robert De Niro – _Killers of the Flower Moon_ as William King Hale ** Ryan Gosling – _Barbie_ as Ken ** Mark Ruffalo – _Poor Things_ as Duncan Wedderburn|scope="row" valign="top"|* **Da'Vine Joy Randolph – _The Holdovers_ as Mary Lamb ** ** Emily Blunt – _Oppenheimer_ as Kitty Oppenheimer ** Danielle Brooks – _The Color Purple_ as Sofia ** America Ferrera – _Barbie_ as Gloria ** Jodie Foster – _Nyad_ as Bonnie Stoll|
|scope="row" valign="top"|* **_Anatomy of a Fall_ – Justine Triet and Arthur Harari ** ** _The Holdovers_ – David Hemingson ** _Maestro_ – Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer ** _May December_ – Screenplay by Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik ** _Past Lives_ – Celine Song|scope="row" valign="top"|* **_American Fiction_ – Cord Jefferson; based on the novel _Erasure_ by Percival Everett ** ** _Barbie_ – Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach; based on characters created by Ruth Handler ** _Oppenheimer_ – Christopher Nolan; based on the biography _American Prometheus_ by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin ** _Poor Things_ – Tony McNamara; based on the novel by Alasdair Gray ** _The Zone of Interest_ – Jonathan Glazer; based on the novel by Martin Amis|
|scope="row" valign="top"|* **_The Boy and the Heron_ – Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki ** ** _Elemental_ – Peter Sohn and Denise Ream ** _Nimona_ – Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary ** _Robot Dreams_ – Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé and Sandra Tapia Díaz ** _Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse_ – Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal|scope="row" valign="top"|* **_The Zone of Interest_ (United Kingdom) – directed by Jonathan Glazer ** ** _Io capitano_ (Italy) – directed by Matteo Garrone ** _Perfect Days_ (Japan) – directed by Wim Wenders ** _Society of the Snow_ (Spain) – directed by J. A. Bayona ** _The Teachers' Lounge_ (Germany) – directed by İlker Çatak|
|scope="row" valign="top"|* **_20 Days in Mariupol_ – Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath ** ** _Bobi Wine: The People's President_ – Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp and John Battsek ** _The Eternal Memory_ – Maite Alberdi, Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín and Rocio Jadue ** _Four Daughters_ – Kaouther Ben Hania and Nadim Cheikhrouha ** _To Kill a Tiger_ – Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim|scope="row" valign="top"|* **_The Last Repair Shop_ – Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers ** ** _The ABCs of Book Banning_ – Sheila Nevins and Trish Adlesic ** _The Barber of Little Rock_ – John Hoffman and Christine Turner ** _Island in Between_ – S. Leo Chiang and Jean Tsien ** _Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó_ – Sean Wang and Sam Davis|
|scope="row" valign="top"|* **_The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar_ – Wes Anderson and Steven Rales ** ** _The After_ – Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham ** _Invincible_ – Vincent René-Lortie and Samuel Caron ** _Knight of Fortune_ – Lasse Lyskjær Noer and Christian Norlyk ** _Red, White and Blue_ – Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane|scope="row" valign="top"|* **_War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko_ – Dave Mullins and Brad Booker ** ** _Letter to a Pig_ – Tal Kantor and Amit R. Gicelter ** _Ninety-Five Senses_ – Jared Hess and Jerusha Hess ** _Our Uniform_ – Yegane Moghaddam ** _Pachyderme_ – Stéphanie Clément and Marc Rius|
|scope="row" valign="top"|* **_Oppenheimer_ – Ludwig Göransson ** ** _American Fiction_ – Laura Karpman ** _Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny_ – John Williams ** _Killers of the Flower Moon_ – Robbie Robertson ** _Poor Things_ – Jerskin Fendrix|scope="row" valign="top"|* **"What Was I Made For?" from _Barbie_ – Music and lyrics by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell ** ** "The Fire Inside" from _Flamin' Hot_ – Music and lyrics by Diane Warren ** "I'm Just Ken" from _Barbie_ – Music and lyrics by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt ** "It Never Went Away" from _American Symphony_ – Music and lyrics by Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson ** "Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)" from _Killers of the Flower Moon_ – Music and lyrics by Scott George|
|scope="row" valign="top"|* **_The Zone of Interest_ – Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn ** ** _The Creator_ – Ian Voigt, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic ** _Maestro_ – Steven A. Morrow, Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic ** _Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One_ – Chris Munro, James H. Mather, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor ** _Oppenheimer_ – Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo and Kevin O'Connell|scope="row" valign="top"|* **_Poor Things_ – Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek ** ** _Barbie_ – Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer ** _Killers of the Flower Moon_ – Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis ** _Napoleon_ – Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Elli Griff ** _Oppenheimer_ – Production Design: Ruth De Jong; Set Decoration: Claire Kaufman|
|scope="row" valign="top"|* **_Oppenheimer_ – Hoyte van Hoytema ** ** _El Conde_ – Edward Lachman ** _Killers of the Flower Moon_ – Rodrigo Prieto ** _Maestro_ – Matthew Libatique ** _Poor Things_ – Robbie Ryan|scope="row" valign="top"|* **_Poor Things_ – Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston ** ** _Golda_ – Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby and Ashra Kelly-Blue ** _Maestro_ – Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell ** _Oppenheimer_ – Luisa Abel ** _Society of the Snow_ – Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí and Montse Ribé|
|scope="row" valign="top"|* **_Poor Things_ – Holly Waddington ** ** _Barbie_ – Jacqueline Durran ** _Killers of the Flower Moon_ – Jacqueline West ** _Napoleon_ – Janty Yates and Dave Crossman ** _Oppenheimer_ – Ellen Mirojnick|scope="row" valign="top"|* **_Oppenheimer_ – Jennifer Lame ** ** _Anatomy of a Fall_ – Laurent Sénéchal ** _The Holdovers_ – Kevin Tent ** _Killers of the Flower Moon_ – Thelma Schoonmaker ** _Poor Things_ – Yorgos Mavropsaridis|
|colspan="2" scope="row" valign="top"|* **_Godzilla Minus One_ – Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima ** ** _The Creator_ – Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts and Neil Corbould ** _Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3_ – Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams and Theo Bialek ** _Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One_ – Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland and Neil Corbould ** _Napoleon_ – Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet, Simone Coco and Neil Corbould|||

### Governors Awards

The 14th annual Governors Awards ceremony took place on January 9, 2024, hosted by John Mulaney. Honorary Awards were presented to Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks, Carol Littleton, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Michelle Satter.

### Movies with multiple nominations and awards

|scope="col" style="width:55px;"|Nominations|scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|Film|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|scope="row" style="text-align:center"|13|_Oppenheimer_||
|scope="row" style="text-align:center"|11|_Poor Things_||
|scope="row" style="text-align:center"|10|_Killers of the Flower Moon_||
|scope="row" style="text-align:center"|8|_Barbie_||
|scope="row" style="text-align:center"|7|_Maestro_||
|scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align:center"|5|_American Fiction_||
|_Anatomy of a Fall_||||
|_The Holdovers_||||
|_The Zone of Interest_||||
|scope="row" style="text-align:center"|3|_Napoleon_||
|scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"|2|_The Creator_||
|_Nyad_||||
|_Past Lives_||||
|_Society of the Snow_||||

|scope="col" style="width:55px;"|Awards|scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|Film|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|scope="row" style="text-align:center"|7|_Oppenheimer_||
|scope="row" style="text-align:center"|4|_Poor Things_||
|scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2|_The Zone of Interest_||

## Ceremony information

Producers Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan were announced on October 17, 2023, with Hamish Hamilton as the director. On November 15, Jimmy Kimmel was announced as host, marking his fourth overall hosting role for the ceremony. On November 30, 2023, ABC and the Academy announced a change in the ceremony's start time to 4:00 p.m. PT (7:00 p.m. ET).

### Diversity rules

This will be the first year that diversity rules for the Best Picture category become mandatory. Established under the Academy Aperture 2025 initiative, these rules aim to promote inclusive representation and employment in the film industry.

### _Barbie_ Director and Actress snubs

The snubbing of Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie from getting respective Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Actress for _Barbie_ received criticism. Cast members expressed their reactions, and actor Ryan Gosling released a statement in response, emphasizing the significant contributions of Gerwig and Robbie to the movie's success.

## Infobox (award)

- **name**: 96th Academy Awards
- **date**: March 10, 2024
- **site**: Dolby Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- **host**: Jimmy Kimmel
- **producer**: Raj Kapoor, Katy Mullan
- **director**: Hamish Hamilton (director), Hamish Hamilton
- **network**: American Broadcasting Company, ABC
- **most awards**: _Oppenheimer (movie), Oppenheimer_ (7)
- **most nominations**: _Oppenheimer_ (13)