But someone has to win the big prize, and that winner was Green Book, which won Best Picture in addition to two other awards: Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali, and Original Screenplay. And it did so despite being the subject of a number of controversies, particularly because of its depiction of the history of race in America.
Bohemian Rhapsody earned the most Oscars overall, with four, including Lead Actor for Rami Malek, who played Queen frontman Freddie Mercury. The movie has come under fire for its treatment of Mercury’s sexuality.
Green Book’s three Oscars were matched by Roma and Black Panther. Roma’s Alfonso Cuarón won Best Director and Cinematography, making him the first director in Oscars history to take home both of those prizes. The film also won Best Foreign Language Feature.
Meanwhile, Black Panther — the third-highest-earning movie of all time in the US and the first superhero movie in history to be nominated for Best Picture — won for Original Score, Production Design, and Costume Design.
2019 was the first year in history that the majority of acting winners were people of color. In addition to Malek and Ali, Regina King won Supporting Actress for If Beale Street Could Talk. The Favourite’s Olivia Colman won Lead Actress.
And though A Star Is Born didn’t win any of the night’s big prizes, Lady Gaga didn’t come away empty-handed; she, Bradley Cooper, and the team from A Star Is Born won Best Original Song for “Shallow.”
Here’s the full list of winners.
Best Picture
Green Book **WINNER**
Directing
BlacKkKlansman, Spike Lee
Cold War, Paweł Pawlikowski
The Favourite, Yorgos Lanthimos
Roma, Alfonso Cuarón **WINNER**
Vice, Adam McKay
Actress in a Leading Role
Yalitza Aparicio, Roma
Glenn Close, The Wife
Olivia Colman, The Favourite **WINNER**
Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Actor in a Leading Role
Christian Bale, Vice
Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Willem Dafoe, At Eternity’s Gate
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody **WINNER**
Viggo Mortensen, Green Book
Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams, Vice
Marina de Tavira, Roma
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk **WINNER**
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite
Actor in a Supporting Role
Mahershala Ali, Green Book **WINNER**
Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman
Sam Elliott, A Star Is Born
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell, Vice
Original Screenplay
The Favourite, Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
First Reformed, Paul Schrader
Green Book, Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, and Peter Farrelly **WINNER**
Roma, Alfonso Cuarón
Vice, Adam McKay
Adapted Screenplay
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
BlacKkKlansman, Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, and Spike Lee **WINNER**
Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty
If Beale Street Could Talk, Barry Jenkins
A Star Is Born, Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, and Will Fetters
Cinematography
Cold War, Lukasz Zal
The Favourite, Robbie Ryan
Never Look Away, Caleb Deschanel
Roma, Alfonso Cuarón **WINNER**
A Star Is Born, Matthew Libatique
Makeup and Hairstyling
Border
Mary Queen of Scots
Vice ** WINNER**
Best Documentary Feature
Free Solo **WINNER**
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Minding the Gap
Of Fathers and Sons
RBG
Costume Design
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Black Panther**WINNER**
The Favourite
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Queen of Scots
Film Editing
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody **WINNER**
The Favourite
Green Book
Vice
Production Design
Black Panther **WINNER**
The Favourite
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma
Sound Editing
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody **WINNER**
First Man
Roma
Sound Mixing
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody**WINNER**
First Man
Roma
A Star Is Born
Foreign Language Film
Capernaum, Lebanon
Cold War, Poland
Never Look Away, Germany
Roma, Mexico **WINNER**
Shoplifters, Japan
Animated Feature
Mirai
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse **WINNER**
Live Action Short
Detainment
Fauve
Marguerite
Mother
Skin **WINNER**
Animated Short Film
Animal Behavior
Bao **WINNER**
Late Afternoon
One Small Step
Weekends
Documentary Short
Black Sheep
End Game
Lifeboat
Period. End of Sentence. **WINNER**
Visual Effects
First Man **WINNER**
Original Score
Black Panther **WINNER**
BlacKkKlansman
If Beale Street Could Talk
Isle of Dogs
Original Song
“All the Stars,” Black Panther
“I’ll Fight,” RBG
“The Place Where Lost Things Go,” Mary Poppins Returns
“Shallow,” A Star Is Born **WINNER**
“When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings,” The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Author: Alex Abad-Santos
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