It was a rough evening for many vocal critics and Twitter pundits, as two diverse films dominated during last night’s star-studded (and hostless) Academy Awards ceremony.

Following a fiery yet unpredictable awards season, it was a night to remember for Green Book as the fact-based comedy drama claimed three Oscar wins, including the coveted Best Picture accolade.

The film, which centres on the unlikely friendship between Italian-American bouncer Tony Lip and African-American pianist Don Shirley, also nabbed Best Original Screenplay, while Mahershala Ali picked up his second Supporting Actor Oscar in three years for his portrayal of Shirley.

Green Book’s success came at the expense of Roma, which had been the heavy favourite to take home the main award prior to the ceremony.

However, the Mexican drama did find some consolation via filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón as he took home his second Best Director gong as well as further wins for Best Cinematography and Best Foreign Language Film.

 

Despite being deemed a critical disappointment upon its release, Bohemian Rhapsody had the last laugh as the Queen biopic finished up with the most wins on the night with four.

 

Rami Malek was deservedly crowned Best Actor for his portrayal of legendary frontman Freddie Mercury, while the film itself also landed wins for Best Editing, Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing.

During his speech, Rami talked about his immigrant background whilst also paying lovely tributes to his mother Nelly and his co-star-turned-lover Lucy Boynton.

Queen themselves opened the ceremony alongside singer Adam Lambert as they performed epic renditions of “We Will Rock You” and “We Are the Champions”.

Elsewhere, British star Olivia Colman pulled off a surprise upset as she overcame veteran frontrunner Glenn Close to win Best Actress for her turn as Queen Anne in the historical dramedy The Favourite. It was disappointing for Close, who is now winless from seven nominations stretching back to 1983.

The final acting award was given to Regina King, as she overcame the likes of Amy Adams (Vice) and Rachel Weisz (The Favourite) to clinch Best Supporting Actress for her performance as concerned mother Sharon Rivers in the indie drama If Beale Street Could Talk.

 

Meanwhile, Spike Lee finally secured his first gold statuette for Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on the crime caper BlackKklansman, while the Marvel blockbuster Black Panther secured three wins for Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, and Best Original Score for composer Ludwig Göransson.

 

Another standout moment of the night saw Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper perform a powerful rendition of their chart-topping track “Shallow” from the music-based tearjerker A Star is Born. Unsurprisingly, Gaga later picked up the Best Original Song gong for co-writing the emotional tune.

 

In the other categories, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse comfortably snared the Best Animated Film gong while there were also wins for Vice (Best Makeup & Hairstyling), First Man (Best Visual Effects), Free Solo (Best Documentary), Period. End of Sentence. (Best Documentary – Short Subject), Skin (Best Short Film – Live Action) and Bao (Best Short Film – Animated).

 

However, there was disappointment for some multi-nominated films as the likes of The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Cold War and Mary Poppins Returns all came away from last night’s ceremony empty-handed.

The full list of Oscar winners are…

BEST PICTURE
GREEN BOOK

BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuarón, ROMA

BEST ACTRESS
Olivia Colman, THE FAVOURITE

BEST ACTOR
Rami Malek, BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Regina King, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mahershala Ali, GREEN BOOK

 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BLACKKKLANSMAN (Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
GREEN BOOK (Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie & Peter Farrelly)

 

BEST EDITING
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
ROMA

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
BLACK PANTHER

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
BLACK PANTHER

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
VICE

 

BEST SOUND MIXING
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

BEST SOUND EDITING
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
FIRST MAN

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
BLACK PANTHER (Ludwig Göransson)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
A STAR IS BORN (“Shallow”)

BEST ANIMATED FILM
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
ROMA (Mexico)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
FREE SOLO

 

BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE.

BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
SKIN

BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
BAO