LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- "Green Book," a comedy drama film directed by Peter Farrelly, won Best Picture at the 91st Academy Awards (Oscars) ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood in the western U.S. city of Los Angeles on Sunday night.

The film beat off strong competition from "Black Panther," "BlacKkKlansman," "Bohemian Rhapsody," "The Favorite," "Roma," "A Star Is Born" and "Vice."

Directed by Farrelly and set in the 1960s, the racial-charged dramedy "Green Book" follows African-American classical and jazz pianist Don Shirley and Tony Vallelonga, an Italian-American bouncer who serves as Shirley's driver and bodyguard, on a tour through the racially-divided South.

The film also won another two Oscars awards on Sunday for Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Screenplay.