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Here are the 2024 Oscars winning films and how to watch them

Emma Stone won best actress for her performance in Poor Things (Searchlight)

The Oscars have been handed out at a ceremony in Los Angeles, honouring the best films of the past year.

Here are the main winning films, and details of where UK audiences can watch them.

Oppenheimer

What's it about? J Robert Oppenheimer leads a team of scientists who design and develop the atomic bomb during World War II, but later struggles with his conscience over what he has created.

Who's in it? Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr and Florence Pugh.

What did it win? Best picture, actor (Murphy), supporting actor (Downey Jr), director (Christopher Nolan), score, cinematography and editing.

Where can I see it? Available to buy or rent from digital platforms including YouTube, Google Play, Apple TV and Amazon Prime Video.

Poor Things

What's it about? A woman is kept alive when a mad scientist transports the brain of her unborn child into her head. The infant in a woman's body then goes on an adventure across the world.

Who's in it? Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe and Ramy Youssef.

What did it win? Best actress (Stone), hair and make-up, production design and costume design.

Where can I see it? In cinemas, on Disney+, and available to buy from other digital platforms.

The Zone of Interest

What's it about? An Auschwitz commander and his wife build an enjoyable family life, ignoring and dismissing the horrors taking place in the concentration camp across the road.

Who's in it? Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller.

What did it win? Best international feature and best sound.

Where can I see it? In cinemas and available to rent or buy on digital platforms.

Read more: How Oscars-nominated Auschwitz film borrows from Big Brother

The Holdovers

What's it about? A grumpy history teacher must stay at his boarding school to look after the pupils who aren't going home for the holidays - a group known as the holdovers.

Who's in it? Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa and Da'Vine Joy Randolph.

What did it win? Best supporting actress (Randolph).

Where can I see it? In cinemas, and available to rent or buy from digital platforms.

American Fiction

What's it about? A black author becomes frustrated when publishers only want him to write about issues relating to his race. He jokingly writes a novel which plays up to black stereotypes, only to find it becomes a bestseller.

Who's in it? Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae and Sterling K Brown.

What did it win? Best adapted screenplay.

Where can I see it? In cinemas and on Amazon Prime Video.

Anatomy of a Fall

What's it about? A woman is accused of murdering her husband, after he is found dead in the snow outside their house. The only other person nearby when he fell to the ground from the top storey was her visually impaired son.

Who's in it? Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado-Graner.

What did it win? Best original screenplay.

Where can I see it? Available to rent or buy on digital platforms.

Barbie

What's it about? The famous doll leaves her kingdom of toys and enters the real world with her partner Ken. They are confronted with the realities of human life, and when they return, Ken uses what he's learned to set about implementing a patriarchy.

Who's in it? Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera and Will Ferrell.

What did it win? Best original song for What Was I Made For? by Billie Eilish.

Where can I see it? Available to rent or buy on digital platforms.

The Boy and the Heron

What's it about? The last film (probably) from master Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki centres on a young boy who meets a mysterious speaking heron after losing his mother during World War Two.

Who's in it? The voices of Soma Santoki and Masaki Suda.

What did it win? Best animated feature.

Where can I see it? Was released in UK cinemas in December.

20 Days in Mariupol

What's it about? A harrowing but important account of life and death in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, filmed during the brutal Russian siege in 2022.

What did it win? Best documentary feature.

Where can I see it? On Channel 4 at 22:30 GMT on Monday, 11 March, on Channel 4 online, and available to rent or buy from other digital platforms.

Godzilla Minus One

What's it about? A gritty and gripping Japanese addition to the many films about he mutant monster, with special effects that were done on a relatively low budget compared with its Hollywood rivals.

Who's in it? Ryunosuke Kamiki and Hidetaka Yoshioka.

What did it win? Best visual effects.

Where can I see it? Was released in UK cinemas in December.

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