Oscars 2025 highlights: ‘Anora’ emerges triumphant in unpredictable awards season, Timothée Chalamet is Hollywood's sweetheart and Conan O'Brien is the host with the most From Anora's sweep to recognition for The Substance and Dune: Part Two, here's all the winners and how to watch them.

When Sean Baker’s “Anora” swept the 97th Academy Awards, its five wins, including best picture, heralded a different kind of Oscar winner.

Sean Baker got his fairy-tale ending, investing his speeches with meaningful shout-outs on an Oscar night that celebrated unseen laborers as well as glamour.

What makes this particular success story so staggering is how deliberate and methodical it was, as distributor Neon closely followed its own playbook — one that led Bong Joon-ho's "Parasite" to historic Oscar success five years ago.

"Anora" was a film festival favorite that won over critics and ultimately took home best picture at the Oscars. It was not the BEST picture, though.

Ten films walked away from the 97th Academy Awards with trophies, and some of them have been streaming for a bit while others have yet to land.

Director Sean Baker, producers Alex Coco and Samantha Quan and cast and crew members win the Oscar for Best Picture for "Anora" during the Oscars show at the 97th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles,

"Anora," director Sean Baker's Gen Z version of "Pretty Woman," earned six Oscar nominations and was in running for best picture.

Thank you for reading our live blog about the 2025 Academy Awards—a big night for “Anora” and “The Brutalist,” whose wins represent something of a resurgence for independent filmmaking at the Oscars.