Best Picture 2024 Academy Awards. Oppenheimer was named best picture at the 2024 oscars, which were were handed out sunday. Oppenheimer won the biggest awards of the night, with the film’s director, christopher nolan, taking home the best director oscar, actor cillian murphy winning the best actor award, and the film earning.

Here are the nominees for the 2024 best picture oscar. Hosted by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences in hollywood, this year’s oscars featured an impressive ― and eclectic ― cast of contenders.