"The Shape of Water," which led with 13 nominations at Sunday's 90th Academy Awards, has won the best picture Oscar.The love story between a mute woman and a mysterious, scaled creature beat the other two major contenders for the night's top honor: "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" and "Get Out. The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro’s surreal fantasy-romance, has won the Academy Award for best picture, beating out eight other films, including Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, which won the Golden Globe for best motion picture drama and was a serious contender for the top award at the Oscars. "Get Out" won the Academy Award for best original screenplay, and Pixar's "Coco" won for Best Animated Feature.Actors Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway returned to the Oscars stage to present the Best Picture award after the envelope snafu last year. Best picture wasn’t the first award of the night for The Shape of Water — it went into the night with 13 nominations, the most of any film this year, and came away with four wins, including one for best original score and a best director win for del Toro.
The Shape of Water wins a leading four awards, including Best Picture, followed by Dunkirk, which won three awards.