2014 Oscars: Winners and Nominees

57 films were recognised at the 2014 Academy Awards, across 24 categories. 12 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was Gravity, with 7 awards, ahead of 12 Years a Slave with 3. The categories below run from Best Picture, Actor in a Leading Role and Actor in a Supporting Role to the smaller prizes, and in every one the winner is listed first, followed by the other nominees.

Each title links to the film's full award history at all four awards, and the links at the bottom step to the previous and next ceremony.

Last updated August 12, 2026

Best Picture

12 Years a Slave(2013)
Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas, Producers
Winner
American Hustle(2013)
Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
Captain Phillips(2013)
Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca, Producers
Dallas Buyers Club(2013)
Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter, Producers
Gravity(2013)
Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman, Producers
Her(2013)
Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze and Vincent Landay, Producers
Nebraska(2013)
Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa, Producers
Philomena(2013)
Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan and Tracey Seaward, Producers
The Wolf of Wall Street(2013)
Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joey McFarland and Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Producers

Actor in a Leading Role

Dallas Buyers Club(2013)
Matthew McConaughey
Winner
12 Years a Slave(2013)
Chiwetel Ejiofor
American Hustle(2013)
Christian Bale
Nebraska(2013)
Bruce Dern
The Wolf of Wall Street(2013)
Leonardo DiCaprio

Actor in a Supporting Role

Dallas Buyers Club(2013)
Jared Leto
Winner
12 Years a Slave(2013)
Michael Fassbender
American Hustle(2013)
Bradley Cooper
Captain Phillips(2013)
Barkhad Abdi
The Wolf of Wall Street(2013)
Jonah Hill

Actress in a Leading Role

Blue Jasmine(2013)
Cate Blanchett
Winner
American Hustle(2013)
Amy Adams
August: Osage County(2013)
Meryl Streep
Gravity(2013)
Sandra Bullock
Philomena(2013)
Judi Dench

Actress in a Supporting Role

12 Years a Slave(2013)
Lupita Nyong'o
Winner
American Hustle(2013)
Jennifer Lawrence
August: Osage County(2013)
Julia Roberts
Blue Jasmine(2013)
Sally Hawkins
Nebraska(2013)
June Squibb

Animated Feature Film

Frozen(2013)
Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho
Winner
Despicable Me 2(2013)
Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin and Chris Meledandri
Ernest & Celestine(2012)
Benjamin Renner and Didier Brunner
The Croods(2013)
Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco and Kristine Belson
The Wind Rises(2013)
Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki

Cinematography

Gravity(2013)
Emmanuel Lubezki
Winner
Inside Llewyn Davis(2013)
Bruno Delbonnel
Nebraska(2013)
Phedon Papamichael
Prisoners(2013)
Roger A. Deakins
The Grandmaster(2013)
Philippe Le Sourd

Costume Design

The Great Gatsby(2013)
Catherine Martin
Winner
12 Years a Slave(2013)
Patricia Norris
American Hustle(2013)
Michael Wilkinson
The Grandmaster(2013)
William Chang Suk Ping
The Invisible Woman(2013)
Michael O'Connor

Directing

Gravity(2013)
Alfonso Cuarón
Winner
12 Years a Slave(2013)
Steve McQueen
American Hustle(2013)
David O. Russell
Nebraska(2013)
Alexander Payne
The Wolf of Wall Street(2013)
Martin Scorsese

Documentary (Feature)

20 Feet from Stardom(2013)
Morgan Neville, Gil Friesen and Caitrin Rogers
Winner
Cutie and the Boxer(2013)
Zachary Heinzerling and Lydia Dean Pilcher
Dirty Wars(2013)
Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill
The Act of Killing(2012)
Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
The Square(2013)

Documentary (Short Subject)

The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life(2013)
Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed
Winner
Cavedigger(2013)
Jeffrey Karoff
Facing Fear(2013)
Jason Cohen
Karama Has No Walls(2012)
Sara Ishaq
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall(2014)
Edgar Barens

Film Editing

Gravity(2013)
Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger
Winner
12 Years a Slave(2013)
Joe Walker
American Hustle(2013)
Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
Captain Phillips(2013)
Christopher Rouse
Dallas Buyers Club(2013)
John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa

International Feature Film

The Great Beauty(2013)
Italy
Winner
Omar(2013)
The Broken Circle Breakdown(2012)
Belgium
The Hunt(2012)
Denmark
The Missing Picture(2013)
Cambodia

Music (Original Score)

Gravity(2013)
Steven Price
Winner
Her(2013)
William Butler and Owen Pallett
Philomena(2013)
Alexandre Desplat
Saving Mr. Banks(2013)
Thomas Newman
The Book Thief(2013)
John Williams

Production Design

The Great Gatsby(2013)
Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn
Winner
12 Years a Slave(2013)
Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Alice Baker
American Hustle(2013)
Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler
Gravity(2013)
Production Design: Andy Nicholson; Set Decoration: Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard
Her(2013)
Production Design: K.K. Barrett; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena

Short Film (Animated)

Mr Hublot(2013)
Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares
Winner
Feral(2012)
Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden
Get a Horse!(2013)
Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim
Possessions(2013)
Room on the Broom(2012)
Max Lang and Jan Lachauer

Short Film (Live Action)

Helium(2014)
Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson
Winner
Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?(2012)
Selma Vilhunen and Kirsikka Saari
Just Before Losing Everything(2013)
Xavier Legrand and Alexandre Gavras
That Wasn't Me(2012)
Esteban Crespo
The Voorman Problem(2013)
Mark Gill and Baldwin Li

Sound Editing

Gravity(2013)
Glenn Freemantle
Winner
All Is Lost(2013)
Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns
Captain Phillips(2013)
Oliver Tarney
Lone Survivor(2013)
Wylie Stateman
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug(2013)
Brent Burge and Chris Ward

Sound Mixing

Gravity(2013)
Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro
Winner
Captain Phillips(2013)
Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro
Inside Llewyn Davis(2013)
Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
Lone Survivor(2013)
Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug(2013)
Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson

Visual Effects

Gravity(2013)
Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk and Neil Corbould
Winner
Iron Man 3(2013)
Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick
Star Trek Into Darkness(2013)
Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug(2013)
Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds
The Lone Ranger(2013)
Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

12 Years a Slave(2013)
Screenplay by John Ridley
Winner
Before Midnight(2013)
Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
Captain Phillips(2013)
Screenplay by Billy Ray
Philomena(2013)
Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
The Wolf of Wall Street(2013)
Screenplay by Terence Winter

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Her(2013)
Written by Spike Jonze
Winner
American Hustle(2013)
Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
Blue Jasmine(2013)
Written by Woody Allen
Dallas Buyers Club(2013)
Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack
Nebraska(2013)
Written by Bob Nelson

Music (Original Song)

Frozen(2013)
"Let It Go" in Frozen; Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
Winner
Despicable Me 2(2013)
Happy in "Despicable Me 2" Music and Lyric by Pharrell Williams
Her(2013)
The Moon Song in "Her" Music by Karen O; Lyric by Karen O and Spike Jonze
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom(2013)
Ordinary Love in "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" Music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen; Lyric by Paul Hewson

Makeup and Hairstyling

Dallas Buyers Club(2013)
Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
Winner
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa(2013)
Stephen Prouty
The Lone Ranger(2013)
Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny