The 97th Academy Awards took place Sunday night.
The 2025 Oscars honored the best in cinema from the past year Sunday night.
The 97th Academy Awards, hosted by Conan O'Brien, ended with "Anora" taking home the coveted trophy for best picture.
"Anora" was the top film of the night, taking home five Oscars including best director for Sean Baker.
The top acting prizes went to Adrien Brody, who won best actor for "The Brutalist," and Mikey Madison, who won best actress for "Anora." Winning in the supporting categories were "Emilia Pérez" star Zoe Saldaña and "A Real Pain" star Kieran Culkin.
Heading into the ceremony, "Emilia Pérez" led the field of nominees with 13 total Oscar nominations. It ended the night with two trophies.
This year's show honored the city of Los Angeles in the wake of the wildfires that left at least 29 dead and destroyed thousands of homes earlier this year, bringing firefighters onto the Oscars stage and hosting a charitable component to raise money for fire victims.
The Oscars ceremony aired live on ABC and streamed live on Hulu for the first time.
Scroll down for a recap of the 2025 Oscars.
Daniel Blumberg won the Oscar for best original score for "The Brutalist."
Other nominees in the category included Volker Bertelmann for "Conclave," Clément Ducol and Camille for "Emilia Pérez," John Powell and Stephen Schwartz for "Wicked," and Kris Bowers for "The Wild Robot."
The Oscar for best international feature film went to "I'm Still Here" from Brazil.
Walter Salles, who directed the film, dedicated the win to Eunice Paiva, the real-life lawyer and activist portrayed by actress Fernanda Torres in the film.
"This goes to a woman who, after a loss suffered during an authoritarian regime, decided not to bend and to resist," Salles said.
Other films nominated in the category included "The Girl with the Needle" (Denmark), "Emilia Pérez" (France), "The Seed of the Sacred Fig" (Germany) and "Flow" (Latvia).
Lol Crawley won the Oscar for best cinematography for "The Brutalist."
Other nominees in the category included Greig Fraser for "Dune: Part Two," Paul Guilhaume for "Emilia Pérez," Ed Lachman for "Maria" and Jarin Blaschke for "Nosferatu."
Morgan Freeman remembered late actor Gene Hackman in a touching tribute before the In Memoriam segment.
“This week, our community lost a giant, and I lost a dear friend, Gene Hackman," Freeman said, adding that Hackman had "received two Oscars, but more importantly, he won the hearts of film lovers all over the world."
He continued, "Gene always said, 'I don't think about legacy. I just hope people remember me as someone who tried to do good work.'"
"I think I speak for us all when I say, Gene, you will be remembered for that and so much more," he concluded. "Rest in peace, my friend."
Freeman then introduced the In Memoriam segment, remembering lives lost over the last year.
Names highlighted in the segment included Gena Rowlands, Maggie Smith, filmmaker Jeff Baena, Bob Newhart, Kris Kristofferson, Teri Garr, Cheng Pei-Pei, John Amos, Bill Cobbs, Joan Plowright, Anouk Aimée, Donald Sutherland, Art Evans, songwriter Richard M. Sherman, Louis Gossett Jr., producer Jon Landau, Shelley Duvall, director David Lynch, James Earl Jones.
