U.S. Streamer Studios Win Just One Oscar With Netflix's Short 'Henry Sugar'

U.S.- based streaming-focused studio platforms managed just one Oscar trophy during ABC’s “96th Academy Awards,” with 32 total overall nominations. 

Netflix led all studios with 19 nominations, but won just one in the live-action short film category for Wes Anderson’s “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar,”  an adaptation of a Roald Dahl story.

Netflix’s main push was for “Maestro,” a biographical drama about legendary conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein, directed by and starring Bradley Cooper. It had seven nominations and was shut out. Eleven Netflix films had at least one nomination this year.

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Apple -- which had 13 nominations, including 10 for Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” -- did not win any awards either.

In 2022, Apple TV+ was the only streaming service from a digital-media first company to win a Best Picture Oscar for “CODA.”

“American Fiction,” which comes from Amazon MGM Studio, won for best adapted screenplay by Cord Jefferson. That movie was just released on the MGM+ on March 8.

Universal Pictures’ “Oppenheimer” won the Oscar for Best Picture, and seven trophies overall. Heading into this year's Oscar presentation, the movie had 13 nominations. 

Searchlight Pictures’ “Poor Things” won four Oscars (from 11 nominations). 

Warner Bros.’ ”Barbie” took one Oscar for best song --  “What Was I Made For?,” with music and lyrics by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell. The blockbuster summer movie had eight nominations overall.

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