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96th Dossier

The 2023 file for 96th Academy Awards: winners first, ballot trails on demand, and the films that shaped the ceremony.

Year 2023
Best Picture Oppenheimer
Winner Record 43/27
Top Winner Oppenheimer
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96th Academy Awards — March 10, 2024

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Christopher Nolan’s atomic-age biopic *Oppenheimer* was the odds-on favorite heading into the 96th Academy Awards, and it delivered on that expectation by winning Best Picture. Nolan finally captured Best Director after multiple nominations, and Cillian Murphy won Best Actor for portraying the haunted physicist J.’Robert Oppenheimer. Emma Stone won Best Actress for her anarchic transformation in Yorgos Lanthimos’s Victorian fantasia *Poor Things*, while the Original Screenplay prize went to Cord Jefferson’s satirical newsroom drama *American Fiction*.

The ceremony felt like an unusually unified celebration of the nexus between blockbuster and art film. *Oppenheimer* had become both a box-office juggernaut and a critical darling, and its win did not feel like a compromise. Stone’s triumph kept the acting races from becoming a one-film sweep, and Jefferson’s screenplay win pointed toward the Academy’s renewed interest in incisive social commentary. Nolan’s long-awaited Oscar served as a capstone to a career that had often seemed too genre-oriented for Academy tastes; his victory signaled the loosening of those boundaries.

Annual Thesis

The 2023 ceremony centers on Oppenheimer.

This dossier opens with the four races readers check first: Picture, Director, Actor, and Actress. 4 of 4 major races have winners recorded, with 25 major-field records feeding into the full 43/27 ceremony ledger below.

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Ceremony Snapshot

A live, winner-driven snapshot of this ceremony.

Best Picture went to Oppenheimer. The winning leader is Oppenheimer with 7 wins.

Oppenheimer 7 wins | 13 nominations
Poor Things 4 wins | 11 nominations
The Zone of Interest 2 wins | 5 nominations
Barbie 1 wins | 8 nominations
American Fiction 1 wins | 5 nominations
Winner Record 43/27

Categories settled and marked as winners in the ledger.

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Best Picture Nominees

The shortlist most readers look for first: 10 Best Picture nominees from this ceremony.

140Nominations
43Wins
27Categories
1927/28-2025Ledger span

Major Races

The Four Races That Shape the Night

A fast editorial scan of Picture, Director, Actor, and Actress before the full ceremony ledger opens out below.

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Best Picture Winner

Oppenheimer

Emma Thomas | Charles Roven | Christopher Nolan

Best Picture anchors a 10-nominee field.

Nominee Field
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Complete Ceremony Ledger

Fast view shows every category and winner first, with nominee groups linked to the full ballot when you need the deep ledger.

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23 categories 140 records 43 winners Nominees summarized for speed

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Best Picture

1 winner / 10 records

9 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

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Best Director

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

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Best Actress

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

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Best Actor

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

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4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

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4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

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4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

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4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

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4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

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4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

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4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

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COSTUME DESIGN

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

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CINEMATOGRAPHY

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

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FILM EDITING

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

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VISUAL EFFECTS

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

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4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

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4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

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4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

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4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

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4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

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Sound

1 winner / 5 records

4 nominees summarized Open Full Category Ballot

Ceremony Highlights

Poster-first highlights from this ceremony, led by winners and the titles that defined the night.

On Lunara

Criticism from the Lunara archive tied to this ceremony's most visible contenders and winners.

Categories in this ceremony

Best Actor Best Supporting Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actress ANIMATED FEATURE FILM Production Design Best Picture CINEMATOGRAPHY COSTUME DESIGN Best Director DOCUMENTARY (Feature) DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) FILM EDITING HONORARY AWARD INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING MUSIC (Original Score) MUSIC (Original Song) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award) SHORT FILM (Animated) SHORT FILM (Live Action) Sound VISUAL EFFECTS WRITING (Adapted Screenplay) WRITING (Original Screenplay)

Winner Circle

A category-by-category winner roll call generated directly from the ceremony ledger.

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