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The 2020 Academy Awards belonged to “Parasite.” The South Korean film won four Oscars, including the biggest prize: Best picture. (Video: The Washington Post)

Oscars 2020 'Parasite’ and Bong Joon-ho win four, including best picture; no acting surprises as Zellweger, Phoenix, Pitt and Dern win; Eminem performs 17 years late

“Parasite” won best picture Sunday at the 92nd Academy Awards, capping off a night of surprise wins for the first foreign-language film to ever win the award.  

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Oscars 2020: What we learned

“Parasite” made history at the 92nd Academy Awards. It’s best picture win capped off a night of surprise wins for the first foreign-language film to win the award. The darkly comedic thriller is the first South Korean film to ever be nominated for an Oscar. Filmmaker Bong Joon-ho also won in the international feature and original screenplay categories, as well as best director, but none of the film’s actors were nominated. If you don’t know much about the film here’s what you need to know about the genre-bending movie.

Who won the other 20 awards?

Find out here, in the complete list of winners.

The nominees may not have been diverse, but the red carpet was, and we identified at least four trends.

What should you watch to catch up?

We put together the full list of movies you need to check out and the must-see performances, which include last night’s winners Renée Zellweger in “Judy,” Joaquin Phoenix in “Joker," Laura Dern in “Marriage Story” and Brad Pitt in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”

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Which movies were nominated for best picture?

1917,” “Ford v Ferrari,” “The Irishman,” “Jojo Rabbit,” “Joker,” “Little Women,” “Marriage Story,” “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “Parasite.”