"Oppenheimer" took home seven awards, including best picture at the BAFTA’s

"Oppenheimer" won seven awards at the 77th British Academy Film Awards, solidifying its position as the front-runner for the Oscars in the following month.

At the 77th British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, the atomic bomb epic "Oppenheimer" took home seven prizes, including best picture, director, and actor, solidifying its position as the front-runner for the Oscars the following month.

The Holocaust drama "The Zone of Interest" won three Oscars, while the Gothic fantasy "Poor Things" took home five.

For his depiction of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, Irish actor Cillian Murphy won best actor, and British-born filmmaker Christopher Nolan won Best filmmaker for the first time with "Oppenheimer." Murphy conveyed his appreciation for being able to play such a remarkably intricate and multifaceted role.

"Thank you for taking on something dark," Nolan said to the film's funders, acknowledging that the topic of nuclear weapons is unavoidably pessimistic.

Playing the wild and vivacious Bella Baxter in the steampunk-style visual spectacular "Poor Things," which took home awards for production design, visual effects, makeup and hair, and costume design, earned Emma Stone the title of best actress.

 "Oppenheimer" won the best film competition with 13 nominations, beating "Poor Things," "Killers of the Flower Moon," "Anatomy of a Fall," and "The Holdovers." The film also won best supporting actor for Robert Downey Jr., who played Lewis Strauss, the president of the Atomic Energy Commission. However, it failed to tie the 1971 record of nine prizes.