The 2020 Academy Awards took place Sunday night on ABC, and we’ve got a complete winners list below, including all of the nominees in each category. Out of the 24 categories, I correctly predicted 17, my only incorrect guesses were Best Picture, Best Director, Animated Feature, Animated Short, Documentary Short Subject, Sound Editing, and Visual Effects… and it’s safe to say Best Picture and Best Director surprised a few folks. PARASITE took home four award trophies including Best Picture, Best Director, Best International Film and Best Original Screenplay. This was the first time a Korean film (or Foreign Language Film for that matter) won a Best Picture Oscar. THE ARTIST won Best Picture in 2011, but was still considered an English language film with French financing – to have a Korean film win both Best Director AND Best Picture Oscars is a huge deal, and should propel Bong Joon Ho to A-list status in America. Sadly, certain folks seem to be taking issue with the fact an American movie didn’t win the Best Picture Oscar, but I can tell you with certainty that almost every film critic I know was blown away by PARASITE last year, and it’s easily one of the most impressive cinematic efforts from 2019, so I wouldn’t say there’s any reason why it shouldn’t have won… though it was a little surprising when it did. I fully expected 1917 to sweep all of its categories, especially considering how well it’s done at other award shows leading up to this. The Sam Mendes film did score some great awards though, including Visual Effects, Cinematography and Sound Mixing. The actor categories panned out the way most expected they would, and JOKER took home both Best Actor for Joaquin Phoenix, and Best Original Score for Hildur Guðnadóttir (the first time a woman has won in this category). There was no official host again this year, but a solid opening song number by Janelle Monae, which addressed female filmmakers and their snubs, and the first presenters were Steve Martin and Chris Rock, who made some rather relevant jokes about the ceremony as well. Did you see the show? If so did you agree with the choices or not? Let us know in the comments below.

I always note, for what it’s worth, the picks defined below of what I picked to win were not necessarily what I thought should win, rather what I expected to win…

Best Picture:
Ford v Ferrari
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Little Women
Marriage Story
1917 – our pick to WIN
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Parasite – WINNER!

Lead Actor:
Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory
Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Adam Driver – Marriage Story
Joaquin Phoenix – Joker – our pick to WIN – WINNER!
Jonathan Pryce – The Two Popes

Lead Actress:
Cynthia Erivo – Harriet
Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story
Saoirse Ronan – Little Women
Charlize Theron – Bombshell
Renee Zellweger – Judy – our pick to WIN – WINNER!

Supporting Actor:
Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Anthony Hopkins – The Two Popes
Al Pacino – The Irishman
Joe Pesci – The Irishman
Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – our pick to WIN – WINNER!

Supporting Actress:
Kathy Bates – Richard Jewell
Laura Dern – Marriage Story – our pick to WIN – WINNER!
Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit
Florence Pugh – Little Women
Margot Robbie – Bombshell

Director:
Martin Scorsese – The Irishman
Todd Phillips – Joker
Sam Mendes – 1917 – our pick to WIN
Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Bong Joon Ho – Parasite – WINNER!

Animated Feature:
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – Dean DeBlois – our pick to WIN
I Lost My Body – Jeremy Clapin
Klaus – Sergio Pablos
Missing Link – Chris Butler
Toy Story 4 – Josh Cooley – WINNER!

Animated Short:
Dcera – Daria Kashcheeva
Hair Love – Matthew A. Cherry – WINNER!
Kitbull – Rosana Sullivan – our pick to WIN
Memorable – Bruno Collet
Sister – Siqi Song

Adapted Screenplay:
The Irishman – Steven Zaillian
Jojo Rabbit – Taika Waititi – our pick to WIN – WINNER!
Joker – Todd Phillips, Scott Silver
Little Women – Greta Gerwig
The Two Popes – Anthony McCarten

Original Screenplay:
Knives Out – Rian Johnson
Marriage Story – Noah Baumbach
1917 – Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Quentin Tarantino
Parasite – Bong Joon-ho, Jin Won Han – our pick to WIN – WINNER!

Cinematography:
The Irishman – Rodrigo Prieto
Joker – Lawrence Sher
The Lighthouse – Jarin Blaschke
1917 – Roger Deakins – our pick to WIN – WINNER!
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Robert Richardson

Best Documentary Feature:
American Factory – Julia Rieichert, Steven Bognar – our pick to WIN – WINNER!
The Cave – Feras Fayyad
The Edge of Democracy – Petra Costa
For Sama – Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts
Honeyland – Tamara Kotevska, Ljubo Stefanov

Best Documentary Short Subject:
In the Absence – Yi Seung-Jun and Gary Byung-Seok Kam – our pick to WIN
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone – Carol Dysinger – WINNER!
Life Overtakes Me – Kristine Samuelson and John Haptas
St. Louis Superman – Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan
Walk Run Cha-Cha – Laura Nix

Best Live Action Short Film:
Brotherhood – Meryam Joobeur
Nefta Football Club – Yves Piat
The Neighbors’ Window – Marshall Curry – our pick to WIN – WINNER!
Saria – Bryan Buckley
A Sister – Delphine Girard

Best International Feature Film:
Corpus Christi – Jan Komasa
Honeyland – Tamara Kotevska, Ljubo Stefanov
Les Miserables – Ladj Ly
Pain and Glory – Pedro Almodovar
Parasite – Bong Joon Ho – our pick to WIN – WINNER!

Film Editing:
Ford v Ferrari – Michael McCusker, Andrew Buckland – our pick to WIN – WINNER!
The Irishman – Thelma Schoonmaker
Jojo Rabbit – Tom Eagles
Joker – Jeff Groth
Parasite – Jinmo Yang

Original Score:
Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir – our pick to WIN – WINNER!
Little Women – Alexandre Desplat
Marriage Story – Randy Newman
1917 – Thomas Newman
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – John Williams

Original Song:
“I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away” – Toy Story 4
“I’m Gonna Love Me Again” – Rocketman – our pick to WIN – WINNER!
“I’m Standing With You” – Breakthrough
“Into the Unknown” – Frozen 2
“Stand Up” – Harriet

Sound Editing:
Ford v Ferrari – Don Sylvester – WINNER!
Joker – Alan Robert Murray
1917 – Oliver Tarney, Rachel Tate
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Wylie Stateman
Star Wars: The Rise of SkyWalker – Matthew Wood, David Acord – our pick to WIN

Sound Mixing:
Ad Astra – Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson and Mark Ulanobr
Ford v Ferrari – Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Steven A. Morrow
Joker – Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic and Tod Maitland
1917 – Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson – our pick to WIN – WINNER!
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Michael Minkler, Christian P. Minkler and Mark Ulano

Production Design:
The Irishman – Bob Shaw and Regina Graves
Jojo Rabbit – Ra Vincent and Nora Sopkova
1917 – Dennis Gassner and Lee Sandales
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Barbara Ling and Nancy Haigh – our pick to WIN – WINNER!
Parasite – Lee Ha-Jun and Cho Won Woo, Han Ga Ram, and Cho Hee

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

Makeup and Hair:
Bombshell – Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan and Vivian Baker – our pick to WIN – WINNER!
Joker – Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou
Judy – Jeremy Woodhead
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil – Paul Gooch, Arjen Tuiten and David White
1917 – Naomi Donne, Tristan Versluis and Rebecca Cole

Costume Design:
The Irishman – Sandy Powell, Christopher Peterson
Jojo Rabbit – Mayes C. Rubeo
Joker – Mark Bridges
Little Women – Jacqueline Durran – our pick to WIN – WINNER!
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Arianne Phillips

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