2022 Oscars: Winners and Nominees

53 films were recognised at the 2022 Academy Awards, across 23 categories. 15 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was Dune, with 6 awards, ahead of CODA 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

CODA(2021)
Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers
Winner
Belfast(2021)
Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas, Producers
Don't Look Up(2021)
Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers
Drive My Car(2021)
Teruhisa Yamamoto, Producer
Dune(2021)
Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter, Producers
King Richard(2021)
Tim White, Trevor White and Will Smith, Producers
Licorice Pizza(2021)
Sara Murphy, Adam Somner and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers
Nightmare Alley(2021)
Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper, Producers
The Power of the Dog(2021)
Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Roger Frappier, Producers
West Side Story(2021)
Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers

Actor in a Leading Role

King Richard(2021)
Will Smith
Winner
Being the Ricardos(2021)
Javier Bardem
The Power of the Dog(2021)
Benedict Cumberbatch
The Tragedy of Macbeth(2021)
Denzel Washington
tick, tick... BOOM!(2021)
Andrew Garfield

Actor in a Supporting Role

CODA(2021)
Troy Kotsur
Winner
Being the Ricardos(2021)
J.K. Simmons
Belfast(2021)
Ciarán Hinds
The Power of the Dog(2021)
Jesse Plemons
The Power of the Dog(2021)
Kodi Smit-McPhee

Actress in a Leading Role

The Eyes of Tammy Faye(2021)
Jessica Chastain
Winner
Being the Ricardos(2021)
Nicole Kidman
Parallel Mothers(2021)
Penélope Cruz
Spencer(2021)
Kristen Stewart
The Lost Daughter(2021)
Olivia Colman

Actress in a Supporting Role

West Side Story(2021)
Ariana DeBose
Winner
Belfast(2021)
Judi Dench
King Richard(2021)
Aunjanue Ellis
The Lost Daughter(2021)
Jessie Buckley
The Power of the Dog(2021)
Kirsten Dunst

Animated Feature Film

Encanto(2021)
Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer
Winner
Flee(2021)
Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie
Luca(2021)
Enrico Casarosa and Andrea Warren
Raya and the Last Dragon(2021)
Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Osnat Shurer and Peter Del Vecho
The Mitchells vs. the Machines(2021)
Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht

Cinematography

Dune(2021)
Greig Fraser
Winner
Nightmare Alley(2021)
Dan Laustsen
The Power of the Dog(2021)
Ari Wegner
The Tragedy of Macbeth(2021)
Bruno Delbonnel
West Side Story(2021)
Janusz Kaminski

Costume Design

Cruella(2021)
Jenny Beavan
Winner
Cyrano(2021)
Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran
Dune(2021)
Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan
Nightmare Alley(2021)
Luis Sequeira
West Side Story(2021)
Paul Tazewell

Directing

The Power of the Dog(2021)
Jane Campion
Winner
Belfast(2021)
Kenneth Branagh
Drive My Car(2021)
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Licorice Pizza(2021)
Paul Thomas Anderson
West Side Story(2021)
Steven Spielberg

Documentary (Feature)

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)(2021)
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein
Winner
Ascension(2021)
Attica(2021)
Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry
Flee(2021)
Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie
Writing with Fire(2021)
Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh

Documentary (Short Subject)

The Queen of Basketball(2021)
Ben Proudfoot
Winner
Audible(2021)
Matt Ogens and Geoff McLean
Lead Me Home(2021)
Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk
Three Songs for Benazir(2021)
Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei
When We Were Bullies(2021)
Jay Rosenblatt

Film Editing

Dune(2021)
Joe Walker
Winner
Don't Look Up(2021)
Hank Corwin
King Richard(2021)
Pamela Martin
The Power of the Dog(2021)
Peter Sciberras
tick, tick... BOOM!(2021)
Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum

International Feature Film

Makeup and Hairstyling

The Eyes of Tammy Faye(2021)
Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh
Winner
Coming 2 America(2021)
Mike Marino, Stacey Morris and Carla Farmer
Cruella(2021)
Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne and Julia Vernon
Dune(2021)
Donald Mowat, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
House of Gucci(2021)
Göran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock and Frederic Aspiras

Music (Original Score)

Dune(2021)
Hans Zimmer
Winner
Don't Look Up(2021)
Nicholas Britell
Encanto(2021)
Germaine Franco
Parallel Mothers(2021)
Alberto Iglesias
The Power of the Dog(2021)
Jonny Greenwood

Music (Original Song)

No Time to Die(2021)
from No Time to Die; Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell
Winner
Belfast(2021)
from Belfast; Music and Lyric by Van Morrison
Encanto(2021)
from Encanto; Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Four Good Days(2021)
from Four Good Days; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
King Richard(2021)
from King Richard; Music and Lyric by DIXSON and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter

Production Design

Dune(2021)
Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos
Winner
Nightmare Alley(2021)
Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
The Power of the Dog(2021)
Production Design: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Amber Richards
The Tragedy of Macbeth(2021)
Production Design: Stefan Dechant; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
West Side Story(2021)
Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo

Short Film (Animated)

The Windshield Wiper(2021)
Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez
Winner
Affairs of the Art(2021)
Joanna Quinn and Les Mills
Bestia(2021)
Hugo Covarrubias and Tevo Díaz
BoxBallet(2020)
Anton Dyakov
Robin Robin(2021)
Dan Ojari and Mikey Please

Short Film (Live Action)

The Long Goodbye(2021)
Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed
Winner
Ala Kachuu – Take and Run(2020)
Maria Brendle and Nadine Lüchinger
On My Mind(2021)
Martin Strange-Hansen and Kim Magnusson
Please Hold(2020)
K.D. Dávila and Levin Menekse
The Dress(2021)

Sound

Dune(2021)
Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett
Winner
Belfast(2021)
Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, James Mather and Niv Adiri
No Time to Die(2021)
Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, Paul Massey and Mark Taylor
The Power of the Dog(2021)
Richard Flynn, Robert Mackenzie and Tara Webb
West Side Story(2021)
Tod A. Maitland, Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, Andy Nelson and Shawn Murphy

Visual Effects

Dune(2021)
Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer
Winner
Free Guy(2021)
Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis and Dan Sudick
No Time to Die(2021)
Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner and Chris Corbould
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings(2021)
Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Noel Walker and Dan Oliver
Spider-Man: No Way Home(2021)
Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein and Dan Sudick

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

CODA(2021)
Screenplay by Siân Heder
Winner
Drive My Car(2021)
Screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe
Dune(2021)
Screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth
The Lost Daughter(2021)
Written by Maggie Gyllenhaal
The Power of the Dog(2021)
Written by Jane Campion

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Belfast(2021)
Written by Kenneth Branagh
Winner
Don't Look Up(2021)
Screenplay by Adam McKay; Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota
King Richard(2021)
Written by Zach Baylin
Licorice Pizza(2021)
Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
The Worst Person in the World(2021)
Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier