Oscars 2018: Read our reviews of this year’s winning films

Sally Hawkins in The Shape of Water
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Harry Fletcher5 March 2018

The Academy Awards celebrated its 90th anniversary in Los Angeles on Sunday night, celebrating the great and the good of the film industry on the biggest stage.

The Shape of Water proved to be the success story of the night, claiming best picture in one of the most hotly-contested Best Picture categories of recent times.

Guillermo Del Toro also won the Best Director award for his work on the film, while Frances McDormand and Gary Oldman claimed the top acting prizes for their performances in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.

See the list of winners below and read our reviews of the Oscar-winning films.

The Shape of Water

Best Picture, Best Production Design, Best Original Score and the Best Director award for Guillermo Del Toro all went to The Shape of Water. One of the quirkiest Oscar winners of recent years, the Standard's Matthew Norman was full of praise for the defiantly strange and touching movie.

Darkest Hour

It was no surprise to see category favourite Gary Oldman win the Best Actor prize for his performance as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour. The impressive prosthetics were also recognised with the Best Make-up and Hairstyle award. Matthew Norman, though, saw film as not a great deal more than an effective vehicle for Oldman’s talent.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

As Charlotte O'Sullivan noted, the on-screen relationship between Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell's characters were at the heart of John Michael McDonagh's Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. It was appropriate then to see the pair take home the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor prizes respectively at this year’s ceremony.

Dunkirk

Three technical awards went the way of Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk, which won Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing. Matthew Norman described the epic war drama as “the most technically dazzling movie shot wholly on film”.

Coco

Pixar’s Coco beat the likes of Loving Vincent, Ferdinand and surprise nominee The Boss Baby to win Best Animated Feature at this year’s awards. Charlotte O'Sullivan's five star review told viewers to “prepare to have your mind broken and your heart blown.”

Blade Runner 2049

Harrison Ford was back as replicant retirer Rick Deckard in Ridley Scott’s expansive sci-fi Blade Runner 2049, which took home the awards for Best Visual Effects and Best Cinematography at the ceremony. The film proved a big hit with Matthew Norman, who described the film as a “masterwork”.

I, Tonya

Margot Robbie made all the headlines for her portrayal of figure skater Tonya Harding in this absorbing drama, but it was Allison Janney who won the Best Supporting Actress prize for her role as her mother LaVona.

Call Me By Your Name

Romantic drama Call Me By Your Name came away with the Best Adapted Screenplay award, beating The Disaster Artist, Logan, Molly’s Game and Mudbound. The film stars Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer as two Americans embarking on a fledgeling romance in 80s Italy.

Get Out

Jordan Peele’s directorial debut Get Out proved to be one of the most well received films of the year and was awarded with the Best Original Screenplay prize during the ceremony. The horror film takes a satirical look at racism in America and packs in plenty of scares for good measure.

A Fantastic Woman

Best Foreign Language Drama winner A Fantastic Woman tells the story of a transgender singer, whose world is dramatically affected after the sudden death of her partner. The central performance of newcomer Daniela Vega in the Chilean film garnered a great deal of admiration from Charlotte O'Sullivan.

Phantom Thread

Daniel Day Lewis gives his final movie performance in Paul Thomas Anderson's drama The Phantom Thread, which tells the story of obsessive fashion designer Reynolds Woodcock. The film won the Best Costume Design prize, beating the likes of Beauty and the Beast, Darkest Hour, The Shape of Water and Victoria and Abdul.

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