‘The Shape of Water’ wins best picture Oscar

Producer J. Miles Dale (L), director Guillermo del Toro (at microphone) and cast/crew accept Best Picture for ‘The Shape of Water’ onstage during the 90th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 4, 2018 in Hollywood, California. Kevin Winter/Getty Images/AFP

Guillermo del Toro’s Cold War-era fantasy romance “The Shape of Water” on Sunday won the Oscar for best picture, and was the big winner on Hollywood’s biggest night with four statuettes.

It bested eight other films: “Call Me By Your Name,” “Darkest Hour,” “Dunkirk,” “Get Out,” “Lady Bird,” “Phantom Thread,” “The Post” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”