Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, and Emma Stone Triumph at the 96th Academy Awards

At the highly anticipated categories, Christopher Nolan, Emma Stone, and Cillian Murphy took home the gold at the 96th Academy Awards, which took place on March 10 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

For his biographical thriller Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan won Best Director, his first Oscar, and Cillian Murphy won Best Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist.

At the ceremony, Emma Stone won her second Oscar for her performance as Bella Baxter in Yorgos Lanthimos's Poor Things.

Da'Vine For Alexander Payne's The Holdovers, Joy Randolph took home the Best Supporting Actress prize, and Robert Downey Jr. won for Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer.

Other touching winners included Wes Anderson's The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, which won Best Live Action Short Film and became the 54-year-old director's first Oscar, and Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki, who won Best Animated Feature for The Boy and the Heron, reportedly his last Studio Ghibli picture.

And Anderson's movie has a link to Kolkata! A British-Indian actor, Dev Patel plays Dr Chatterjee, a doctor in Kolkata in the Netflix original film The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.

The winners of the most talked-about categories are listed below.

Top Film: Oppenheimer

Christopher Nolan is the best director for Oppenheimer.

Oppenheimer's Cillian Murphy wins Best Actor.

Poor Things' Emma Stone wins Best Actress.

Oppenheimer's Robert Downey Jr. wins Best Supporting Actor.

Best Supporting Actress: The Holdovers' Da'Vine Joy Randolph

Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron is the best animated feature.

War is Over, the Best Animated Short Film! Motivated by John and Yoko's music

Wes Anderson's Live Action Short Film, "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar"

International film: Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest

Original song: "What was I Made For" by Finneas O'Connell and Billie Eilish

Ludwig Göransson's original score for Oppenheimer

Original Screenplay: Anatomy of a Fall by Justine Triet and Arthur Harari

Screenplay adapted for American fiction by Cord Jefferson

Josh Weston, Mark Coulier, and Nadia Stacey did the hair and makeup for Poor Things.

James Price and Shona Heath designed the production for Poor Things.

Holly Waddington designed the costumes for Poor Things.

Cinematography for Oppenheimer by Hoyte van Hoytema

Jennifer Lame edited this for Oppenheimer.

For Godzilla Minus One, Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi, and Tatsuji Nojima handled the visual effects.

Documentary Short Film: Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers' The Last Repair Shop

Documentary feature: Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, and Raney Aronson-Rath's 20 Days in Mariupol

Audio: Johnnie Burn and Tarn Willers for The Zone of Interest

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