LONDON—“Oppenheimer,” a three-hour epic about the making of the atomic bomb in World War II, was the big winner at the BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday, winning the top honors for best film and best director as well as five other awards.
One of the highest-grossing movies of 2023, it also won awards for leading actor Cillian Murphy, who portrays the American theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, supporting actor Robert Downey Jr, editing, cinematography, and original score.