2020 Oscars: Winners and Nominees

52 films were recognised at the 2020 Academy Awards, across 24 categories. 16 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was Parasite, with 4 awards, ahead of 1917 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

Parasite(2019)
Kwak Sin Ae and Bong Joon Ho, Producers
Winner
1917(2019)
Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne-Ann Tenggren and Callum McDougall, Producers
Ford v Ferrari(2019)
Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and James Mangold, Producers
Jojo Rabbit(2019)
Carthew Neal, Taika Waititi and Chelsea Winstanley, Producers
Joker(2019)
Todd Phillips, Bradley Cooper and Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Producers
Little Women(2019)
Amy Pascal, Producer
Marriage Story(2019)
Noah Baumbach and David Heyman, Producers
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood(2019)
David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh and Quentin Tarantino, Producers
The Irishman(2019)
Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Producers

Actor in a Leading Role

Joker(2019)
Joaquin Phoenix
Winner
Marriage Story(2019)
Adam Driver
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood(2019)
Leonardo DiCaprio
Pain and Glory(2019)
Antonio Banderas
The Two Popes(2019)
Jonathan Pryce

Actor in a Supporting Role

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood(2019)
Brad Pitt
Winner
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood(2019)
Tom Hanks
The Irishman(2019)
Al Pacino
The Irishman(2019)
Joe Pesci
The Two Popes(2019)
Anthony Hopkins

Actress in a Leading Role

Judy(2019)
Renée Zellweger
Winner
Bombshell(2019)
Charlize Theron
Harriet(2019)
Cynthia Erivo
Little Women(2019)
Saoirse Ronan
Marriage Story(2019)
Scarlett Johansson

Actress in a Supporting Role

Marriage Story(2019)
Laura Dern
Winner
Bombshell(2019)
Margot Robbie
Jojo Rabbit(2019)
Scarlett Johansson
Little Women(2019)
Florence Pugh
Richard Jewell(2019)
Kathy Bates

Animated Feature Film

Toy Story 4(2019)
Josh Cooley, Mark Nielsen and Jonas Rivera
Winner
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World(2019)
Dean DeBlois, Bradford Lewis and Bonnie Arnold
I Lost My Body(2019)
Jérémy Clapin and Marc du Pontavice
Klaus(2019)
Sergio Pablos, Jinko Gotoh and Marisa Román
Missing Link(2019)
Chris Butler, Arianne Sutner and Travis Knight

Cinematography

1917(2019)
Roger Deakins
Winner
Joker(2019)
Lawrence Sher
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood(2019)
Robert Richardson
The Irishman(2019)
Rodrigo Prieto
The Lighthouse(2019)
Jarin Blaschke

Costume Design

Little Women(2019)
Jacqueline Durran
Winner
Jojo Rabbit(2019)
Mayes C. Rubeo
Joker(2019)
Mark Bridges
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood(2019)
Arianne Phillips
The Irishman(2019)
Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson

Directing

Parasite(2019)
Bong Joon Ho
Winner
1917(2019)
Sam Mendes
Joker(2019)
Todd Phillips
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood(2019)
Quentin Tarantino
The Irishman(2019)
Martin Scorsese

Documentary (Feature)

American Factory(2019)
Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert and Jeff Reichert
Winner
For Sama(2019)
Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts
Honeyland(2019)
Ljubo Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska and Atanas Georgiev
The Cave(2019)
Feras Fayyad, Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Dyekjær
The Edge of Democracy(2019)
Petra Costa, Joanna Natasegara, Shane Boris and Tiago Pavan

Documentary (Short Subject)

Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)(2020)
Carol Dysinger and Elena Andreicheva
Winner
In the Absence(2018)
Yi Seung-Jun and Gary Byung-Seok Kam
Life Overtakes Me(2019)
John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson
St. Louis Superman(2019)
Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan
Walk Run Cha-Cha(2019)
Laura Nix and Colette Sandstedt

Film Editing

Ford v Ferrari(2019)
Michael McCusker and Andrew Buckland
Winner
Jojo Rabbit(2019)
Tom Eagles
Joker(2019)
Jeff Groth
Parasite(2019)
Yang Jinmo
The Irishman(2019)
Thelma Schoonmaker

Makeup and Hairstyling

Bombshell(2019)
Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan and Vivian Baker
Winner
1917(2019)
Naomi Donne, Tristan Versluis and Rebecca Cole
Joker(2019)
Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou
Judy(2019)
Jeremy Woodhead
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil(2019)
Paul Gooch, Arjen Tuiten and David White

Music (Original Score)

Joker(2019)
Hildur Guðnadóttir
Winner
1917(2019)
Thomas Newman
Little Women(2019)
Alexandre Desplat
Marriage Story(2019)
Randy Newman
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker(2019)
John Williams

Music (Original Song)

Rocketman(2019)
"(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" from Rocketman; Music by Elton John; Lyric by Bernie Taupin
Winner
Breakthrough(2019)
"I'm Standing With You" from Breakthrough; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
Frozen II(2019)
"Into The Unknown" from Frozen II; Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
Harriet(2019)
"Stand Up" from Harriet; Music and Lyric by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo
Toy Story 4(2019)
"I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away" from Toy Story 4; Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Production Design

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood(2019)
Production Design: Barbara Ling; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
Winner
1917(2019)
Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
Jojo Rabbit(2019)
Production Design: Ra Vincent; Set Decoration: Nora Sopková
Parasite(2019)
Production Design: Lee Ha Jun; Set Decoration: Cho Won Woo
The Irishman(2019)
Production Design: Bob Shaw; Set Decoration: Regina Graves

Short Film (Animated)

Hair Love(2019)
Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver
Winner
Daughter(2019)
Daria Kashcheeva
Kitbull(2019)
Rosana Sullivan and Kathryn Hendrickson
Memorable(2019)
Bruno Collet and Jean-François Le Corre
Sister(2019)

Short Film (Live Action)

The Neighbors' Window(2019)
Marshall Curry
Winner
A Sister(2018)
Delphine Girard
Brotherhood(2020)
Meryam Joobeur and Maria Gracia Turgeon
Nefta Football Club(2018)
Yves Piat and Damien Megherbi
Saria(2019)
Bryan Buckley and Matt Lefebvre

Sound Editing

Ford v Ferrari(2019)
Donald Sylvester
Winner
1917(2019)
Oliver Tarney and Rachael Tate
Joker(2019)
Alan Robert Murray
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood(2019)
Wylie Stateman
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker(2019)
Matthew Wood and David Acord

Sound Mixing

1917(2019)
Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson
Winner
Ad Astra(2019)
Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson and Mark Ulano
Ford v Ferrari(2019)
Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Steven A. Morrow
Joker(2019)
Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic and Tod Maitland
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood(2019)
Michael Minkler, Christian P. Minkler and Mark Ulano

Visual Effects

1917(2019)
Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler and Dominic Tuohy
Winner
Avengers: Endgame(2019)
Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Matt Aitken and Dan Sudick
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker(2019)
Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach and Dominic Tuohy
The Irishman(2019)
Pablo Helman, Leandro Estebecorena, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser and Stephane Grabli
The Lion King(2019)
Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Elliot Newman

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Jojo Rabbit(2019)
Screenplay by Taika Waititi
Winner
Joker(2019)
Written by Todd Phillips & Scott Silver
Little Women(2019)
Written for the screen by Greta Gerwig
The Irishman(2019)
Screenplay by Steven Zaillian
The Two Popes(2019)
Written by Anthony McCarten

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Parasite(2019)
Screenplay by Bong Joon Ho, Han Jin Won; Story by Bong Joon Ho
Winner
1917(2019)
Written by Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns
Knives Out(2019)
Written by Rian Johnson
Marriage Story(2019)
Written by Noah Baumbach
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood(2019)
Written by Quentin Tarantino

International Feature Film

Parasite(2019)
South Korea
Winner
Corpus Christi(2019)
Poland
Honeyland(2019)
North Macedonia
Pain and Glory(2019)
Spain