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Oscars 2021 Winners & Nominees

The 93rd Academy Awards (2021) took place on April 25, 2021. Nomadland won Best Picture and 2 more awards. Every winner and nominee in all 20 categories is below.

All 20 categories Most wins
categories
20
nominations
97
films nominated
39
winners
20
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Best Picture
Nomadland
Headline winners

Oscars 2021: The Winners

Nomadland won Best Picture against 7 other nominees. Chloé Zhao (Best Director), Anthony Hopkins (Best Actor) and Frances McDormand (Best Actress) took the main individual prizes.

Nomadland (2020) movie poster Best Picture

Best Picture

Nomadland

2020 · Drama · Echo Score 80 · $39.5M worldwide

3 wins from 6 nominations at the 93rd Academy Awards (2021)

  • Best Actress
  • Best Director

After losing everything during the economic crisis, Fern embarks on a journey through the American West. She embraces a nomadic lifestyle, living and traveling in a van and encountering a community of modern-day nomads along the way. The film explores themes of loss, resilience, and finding connection in an ever-changing landscape.

About Nomadland
Scoreboard

Oscars 2021: Which Films Won the Most

Nomadland won 3 awards from 6 nominations. 13 films won at least once, while The Trial of the Chicago 7 went home empty-handed from 5 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Nomadland (2020) movie poster
    Nomadland 3 / 6
    2020 · Drama · 3 wins from 6 nominations
  2. Mank (2020) movie poster
    Mank 2 / 10
    2020 · Biography, Drama · 2 wins from 10 nominations
  3. The Father (2021) movie poster
    The Father 2 / 6
    2021 · Drama · 2 wins from 6 nominations
  4. Sound of Metal (2020) movie poster
    Sound of Metal 2 / 6
    2020 · Drama, Music · 2 wins from 6 nominations
  5. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) movie poster
    Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 2 / 5
    2020 · Drama, Music · 2 wins from 5 nominations
  6. Soul (2020) movie poster
    Soul 2 / 3
    2020 · Adventure, Sci-Fi · 2 wins from 3 nominations
  7. Minari (2020) movie poster
    Minari 1 / 6
    2020 · Drama · 1 win from 6 nominations
  8. Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) movie poster
    Judas and the Black Messiah 1 / 5
    2021 · Biography, Drama · 1 win from 5 nominations
  9. Promising Young Woman (2020) movie poster
    Promising Young Woman 1 / 5
    2020 · Drama, Thriller · 1 win from 5 nominations
  10. Another Round (2020) movie poster
    Another Round 1 / 2
    2020 · Drama · 1 win from 2 nominations
Full results

All 20 Oscars 2021 Categories: Winners & Nominees

20 categories and 97 nominations; Best Picture had the most nominees (8). The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

20 categories · 97 nominations

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Oscars 2021 Best Documentary (Short Subject)

Official name: Documentary (Short Subject)

1 nominee
Movie marathon

The Oscars 2021 Best Picture Marathon

All 8 Best Picture nominees at the 93rd Academy Awards (2021), back to back: 13 hours 27 minutes for the 7 with a known runtime.

Total running time 13h 27m 13 hours 27 minutes Total for 7 of 8 films · 1 runtime unknown
Longest
The Trial of the Chicago 7 2h 9m
Shortest
The Father 1h 37m
By genre

The Genres Behind the Oscars 2021 Winners

Drama led with 82 nominations across 28 films and won 17. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 17 wins · 82 nominations · 21%
  2. Biography 4 wins · 17 nominations · 24%
  3. History 2 wins · 17 nominations · 12%
  4. Adventure 2 wins · 16 nominations · 13%
  5. Music 6 wins · 15 nominations · 40%
  6. Comedy 3 wins · 15 nominations · 20%
  7. Fantasy 2 wins · 14 nominations · 14%
  8. Thriller 2 wins · 13 nominations · 15%
  9. Family 2 wins · 10 nominations · 20%
  10. Action 1 win · 10 nominations · 10%
2021 season

How the Rest of the 2021 Awards Season Voted

The other 14 ceremonies of 2021, with the winner of each top prize. Nomadland also won the top prize at 5 of them.

All 2021 awards
Earlier years

Previous Oscars Ceremonies

The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The Oscars page has every year back to 1929.

Every Oscars ceremony

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Oscars 2021: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 93rd Academy Awards (2021), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture at the 93rd Academy Awards (2021)?

Nomadland (2020) won Best Picture. The other nominees were The Father, Judas and the Black Messiah, Mank, Minari, Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal and The Trial of the Chicago 7.

About Nomadland

Which film won the most awards at the 93rd Academy Awards (2021)?

Nomadland (2020) won the most: 3 awards from 6 nominations. Mank, The Father, Sound of Metal and 2 others followed with 2 wins each.

Which film had the most nominations at the 93rd Academy Awards (2021)?

Mank (2020) led with 10 nominations and won 2 of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 93rd Academy Awards (2021)?

Best Director: Chloé Zhao for Nomadland. Best Actor: Anthony Hopkins for The Father. Best Actress: Frances McDormand for Nomadland. Best Supporting Actor: Daniel Kaluuya for Judas and the Black Messiah. Best Supporting Actress: Yuh-Jung Youn for Minari.

When was the 93rd Academy Awards (2021)?

The 93rd Academy Awards (2021) took place on April 25, 2021. The database has 20 categories and 97 nominations for it.