2018 Oscars: Winners and Nominees

59 films were recognised at the 2018 Academy Awards, across 24 categories. 15 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was The Shape of Water, with 4 awards, ahead of Dunkirk 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

The Shape of Water(2017)
Guillermo del Toro and J. Miles Dale, Producers
Winner
Call Me by Your Name(2017)
Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges and Marco Morabito, Producers
Darkest Hour(2017)
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten and Douglas Urbanski, Producers
Dunkirk(2017)
Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
Get Out(2017)
Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Edward H. Hamm Jr. and Jordan Peele, Producers
Lady Bird(2017)
Scott Rudin, Eli Bush and Evelyn O'Neill, Producers
Phantom Thread(2017)
JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson, Megan Ellison and Daniel Lupi, Producers
The Post(2017)
Amy Pascal, Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri(2017)
Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh, Producers

Actor in a Leading Role

Darkest Hour(2017)
Gary Oldman
Winner
Call Me by Your Name(2017)
Timothée Chalamet
Get Out(2017)
Daniel Kaluuya
Phantom Thread(2017)
Daniel Day-Lewis
Roman J. Israel, Esq.(2017)
Denzel Washington

Actor in a Supporting Role

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri(2017)
Sam Rockwell
Winner
All the Money in the World(2017)
Christopher Plummer
The Florida Project(2017)
Willem Dafoe
The Shape of Water(2017)
Richard Jenkins
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri(2017)
Woody Harrelson

Actress in a Leading Role

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri(2017)
Frances McDormand
Winner
I, Tonya(2017)
Margot Robbie
Lady Bird(2017)
Saoirse Ronan
The Post(2017)
Meryl Streep
The Shape of Water(2017)
Sally Hawkins

Actress in a Supporting Role

I, Tonya(2017)
Allison Janney
Winner
Lady Bird(2017)
Laurie Metcalf
Mudbound(2017)
Mary J. Blige
Phantom Thread(2017)
Lesley Manville
The Shape of Water(2017)
Octavia Spencer

Animated Feature Film

Coco(2017)
Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson
Winner
Ferdinand(2017)
Carlos Saldanha and Lori Forte
Loving Vincent(2017)
Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman and Ivan Mactaggart
The Boss Baby(2017)
Tom McGrath and Ramsey Naito
The Breadwinner(2017)
Nora Twomey and Anthony Leo

Cinematography

Blade Runner 2049(2017)
Roger A. Deakins
Winner
Darkest Hour(2017)
Bruno Delbonnel
Dunkirk(2017)
Hoyte van Hoytema
Mudbound(2017)
Rachel Morrison
The Shape of Water(2017)
Dan Laustsen

Costume Design

Phantom Thread(2017)
Mark Bridges
Winner
Beauty and the Beast(2017)
Jacqueline Durran
Darkest Hour(2017)
Jacqueline Durran
The Shape of Water(2017)
Luis Sequeira
Victoria & Abdul(2017)
Consolata Boyle

Directing

The Shape of Water(2017)
Guillermo del Toro
Winner
Dunkirk(2017)
Christopher Nolan
Get Out(2017)
Jordan Peele
Lady Bird(2017)
Greta Gerwig
Phantom Thread(2017)
Paul Thomas Anderson

Documentary (Feature)

Icarus(2017)
Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan
Winner
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail(2017)
Steve James, Mark Mitten and Julie Goldman
Faces Places(2017)
Agnès Varda, JR and Rosalie Varda
Last Men in Aleppo(2017)
Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed and Søren Steen Jespersen
Strong Island(2017)
Yance Ford and Joslyn Barnes

Documentary (Short Subject)

Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405(2016)
Frank Stiefel
Winner
Edith+Eddie(2017)
Laura Checkoway and Thomas Lee Wright
Heroin(e)(2017)
Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Kerrin Sheldon
Knife Skills(2017)
Thomas Lennon
Traffic Stop(2017)
Kate Davis and David Heilbroner

Film Editing

Dunkirk(2017)
Lee Smith
Winner
Baby Driver(2017)
Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos
I, Tonya(2017)
Tatiana S. Riegel
The Shape of Water(2017)
Sidney Wolinsky
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri(2017)
Jon Gregory

International Feature Film

A Fantastic Woman(2017)
Chile
Winner
Loveless(2017)
Russia
On Body and Soul(2017)
Hungary
The Insult(2017)
Lebanon
The Square(2017)
Sweden

Music (Original Score)

The Shape of Water(2017)
Alexandre Desplat
Winner
Dunkirk(2017)
Hans Zimmer
Phantom Thread(2017)
Jonny Greenwood
Star Wars: The Last Jedi(2017)
John Williams
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri(2017)
Carter Burwell

Music (Original Song)

Coco(2017)
"Remember Me" from Coco; Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
Winner
Call Me by Your Name(2017)
"Mystery Of Love" from Call Me by Your Name; Music and Lyric by Sufjan Stevens
Marshall(2017)
"Stand Up For Something" from Marshall; Music by Diane Warren; Lyric by Lonnie R. Lynn and Diane Warren
Mudbound(2017)
"Mighty River" from Mudbound; Music and Lyric by Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq and Taura Stinson
The Greatest Showman(2017)
"This Is Me" from The Greatest Showman; Music and Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

Production Design

The Shape of Water(2017)
Production Design: Paul Denham Austerberry; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau and Jeffrey A. Melvin
Winner
Beauty and the Beast(2017)
Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
Blade Runner 2049(2017)
Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Alessandra Querzola
Darkest Hour(2017)
Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
Dunkirk(2017)
Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis

Short Film (Animated)

Dear Basketball(2017)
Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant
Winner
Garden Party(2017)
Victor Caire and Gabriel Grapperon
Lou(2017)
Dave Mullins and Dana Murray
Negative Space(2017)
Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata
Revolting Rhymes(2017)
Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer

Short Film (Live Action)

The Silent Child(2017)
Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton
Winner
DeKalb Elementary(2017)
Reed Van Dyk
My Nephew Emmett(2018)
Kevin Wilson, Jr.
The Eleven O'Clock(2016)
Derin Seale and Josh Lawson
Watu Wote: All of Us(2017)
Katja Benrath and Tobias Rosen

Sound Editing

Dunkirk(2017)
Richard King and Alex Gibson
Winner
Baby Driver(2017)
Julian Slater
Blade Runner 2049(2017)
Mark Mangini and Theo Green
Star Wars: The Last Jedi(2017)
Matthew Wood and Ren Klyce
The Shape of Water(2017)
Nathan Robitaille and Nelson Ferreira

Sound Mixing

Dunkirk(2017)
Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo and Mark Weingarten
Winner
Baby Driver(2017)
Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin and Mary H. Ellis
Blade Runner 2049(2017)
Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill and Mac Ruth
Star Wars: The Last Jedi(2017)
David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Stuart Wilson
The Shape of Water(2017)
Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern and Glen Gauthier

Visual Effects

Blade Runner 2049(2017)
John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover
Winner
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2(2017)
Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner and Dan Sudick
Kong: Skull Island(2017)
Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza and Mike Meinardus
Star Wars: The Last Jedi(2017)
Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould
War for the Planet of the Apes(2017)
Joe Letteri, Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon and Joel Whist

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Call Me by Your Name(2017)
Screenplay by James Ivory
Winner
Logan(2017)
Screenplay by Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green; Story by James Mangold
Molly's Game(2017)
Written for the screen by Aaron Sorkin
Mudbound(2017)
Screenplay by Virgil Williams and Dee Rees
The Disaster Artist(2017)
Screenplay by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Get Out(2017)
Written by Jordan Peele
Winner
Lady Bird(2017)
Written by Greta Gerwig
The Big Sick(2017)
Written by Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani
The Shape of Water(2017)
Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor; Story by Guillermo del Toro
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri(2017)
Written by Martin McDonagh

Makeup and Hairstyling

Darkest Hour(2017)
Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick
Winner
Victoria & Abdul(2017)
Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard
Wonder(2017)
Arjen Tuiten