Major Award Winners

One such movie that stole the show was Guillermo del Toro's "The Shape of Water" which was the biggest winner at the 90th Academy Awards, winning in almost four of the 13 total categories it was nominated in. The film's Oscar had two winning streaks - Best Picture and Best Director.The plot has a completely different premise which follows a mute isolated janitor at a high-security government laboratory who falls in love with a humanoid amphibian creature who was held captive for years. Sally Hawkins with her career-best performance really nailed it with her role as a mute character. [caption id="attachment_22152" align="alignnone" width="650"] Best Film "The Shape of Water"[/caption] On the other hand, Frances McDormand won her second Best Actress Oscar for her performance as a determined mother fighting for the right cause and have her daughter's rapist and murderer found in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. She delivered an exciting, crowd-pleasing speech - "Look around, dear ladies and gentlemen. We all have different stories to tell and projects that need financing. Be free to invite us to your office in a couple of days - or you can kindly come to ours, whatever suits you best - and we will tell you all about them." In the audience, everyone was applauding with most of them including the women, Meryl Streep who were on their feet. Gary Oldman famously known for his role as Officer Gordon of the Batman Franchise won his first Best Actor Oscar, for his work as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour.Gary Oldman played the role of Winston Churchill. [caption id="attachment_22151" align="aligncenter" width="650"] Best Actor for the film "Darkest Hour"[/caption] Allison Janney's had won her role as a Best Supporting Actress win for playing the figure skater Tonya Harding's terrible mother in I, Tonya with a stellar performance. [caption id="attachment_22156" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Best Supporting Actress for the film I, Tonya[/caption] Sam Rockwell won his role as a Best Supporting Actor for the movie Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. [caption id="attachment_22146" align="aligncenter" width="650"] Best Supporting Actor for the film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri[/caption]   Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk had won three Oscars at a stretch for excellence in film editing and sound. [caption id="attachment_22148" align="aligncenter" width="650"] Best Film Editing for the World War II drama Dunkirk.[/caption]