One Battle After Another was the big film winner at the 83rd Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night (January 11), taking four honours including best musical or comedy, while arguably its main Oscar rival Hamnet claimed two wins including best dramatic film.
Paul Thomas Anderson accomplished the rare feat of winning a trio of awards for directing, writing, and producing Warner Bros’ timely comedy thriller One Battle After Another. His triumph was one of the highlights of a typically good-humoured Globes ceremony that delivered no surprises and tried its best to steer clear of the political maelstrom that continues to roar out of the United States.
Sunday’s show at The Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills saw Marty Supreme star Timothée Chalamet boost his awards season credentials with a career-first Globe after prevailing over Leonardo DiCaprio from One Battle After Another in a strong musical or comedy actor field. A24’s late-arriving awards contender burst out of the gate when it opened in North America three weeks ago – it has already notched up $70m at the box office – and has elbowed its way into the race in a manner that echoes the ruthless drive of the young table tennis player portrayed by Chalamet in Josh Safdie’s film.
Jessie Buckley was named best actress in a dramatic film for Focus Features’ Hamnet directed by Chloe Zhao. The Irish star will be pushed all the way to Oscar night on March 15 by Rose Byrne, who collected the award for best actress in a musical or comedy award for A24’s If I Had Legs I’d Kick You directed by Mary Bronstein.
In a big night for Brazil’s best non-English-language picture winner The Secret Agent directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, Wagner Moura was named best dramatic actor. Moura had already become the first Brazilian man to be nominated in the category and his success followed that of compatriot Fernanda Torres for I’m Still Here last year. Neon distributes The Secret Agent in North America.
In television, Netflix’s Adolescence cleaned up in the best limited series, anthology, or motion picture made for TV category, earning four awards for best show as well as acting recognition for Stephen Graham, Owen Cooper and Erin Doherty – all of whom had received their first Globes nominations.
Teyana Taylor and Stellan Skarsgard won the first two awards of the night with respective supporting acting honours for One Battle After Another and Sentimental Value, distributed in North America by Neon. Veteran Swedish actor Skarsgard waxed lyrical about the cinema-going experience, “where the lights go down and you share a pulse with other people. That’s magic. Cinema should be seen in a cinema”.
Warner Bros Discovery
In another impassioned address, Anderson thanked Michael De Luca, the co-chair and CEO of Warner Bros Motion Picture Group, when he collected the directing award. Sitting next to De Luca was his boss David Zaslav, the Warner Bros Discovery CEO who reportedly considered replacing De Luca and co-chair and CEO Pam Abdy last year after a poor start at the 2025 box office.
However the studio co-heads turned their fortunes around and went on a remarkable run of nine number one opening weekends for a series of films that included Sinners, the winner of two Globes on Sunday for original score and cinematic and box office achievement. That said, Zaslav has put the company up for sale and will walk away with more than $500m in equity after it ends up in the hands of either Netflix or Paramount, who have locked horns in a battle for one of the most storied studios in Hollywood.
Warner Bros Discovery ended the night with a field-leading nine wins that included kudos for HBO Max’s best drama series The Pitt and its star Noah Wyle, and best musical or comedy actress Jean Smart, who quipped after collecting her third Globe for Hacks: “What can I say? I’m a greedy bitch.”
Comedian and ceremony host Nikki Glaser joked that bids for Warner Bros would start at $5 early on in a warm opening monologue that gently ribbed Hollywood’s great and good. At one point she joked that the physically slight Chalamet was the only actor to put on muscle for portraying a ping pong player, while other jibes took aim at Sean Penn’s rugged demeanour and the on-screen pairing of Jumanji reboot stars Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart.
In a reference to the Jeffrey Epstein files that have dogged the Donald Trump presidency, Glaser observed: ”There are so many A-listers [at the ceremony] – and by A-listers, I do mean people who are on a list that has been heavily redacted. The Golden Globe for best editing goes to the Justice Department.” She pivoted to Paramount Skydance-owned CBS network, which last year forked out $16m to settle a Trump lawsuit, quipping: “And the award for most editing goes to CBS news. Yes, CBS News – America’s newest place to see BS news.”
It was an otherwise politics-free night from the stage, although a number of nominees wore “ICE Out” and “Be Good” pins after 37-year-old US citizen and mother of three Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot by an ICE (U.S. Immigration And Customs Enforcement) officer in Minneapolis last week. The campaign was organised by entertainment industry professionals and is endorsed by the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union).
Netflix walked off with seven Globes, including two for KPop Demon Hunters, the Sony-produced phenomenon that claimed prizes for best animated feature and best original song for ‘Golden’.
Neon earned three wins on the night for The Secret Agent and Sentimental Value, while A24 finished on two for its premium acting awards for Byrne and Chalamet. Apple TV took three: best musical or comedy series for The Studio, best male actor in a comedy series for co-creator Seth Rogen in The Studio, and best female actor in a drama for Rhea Seehorn in Pluribus, which has become the service’s most-watched show. The TV awards largely followed the Emmys winners from last summer.
There were complete shut-outs for Netflix’s Frankenstein and Jay Kelly, Universal’s Wicked: For Good, Focus Features’ Bugonia, and Sony Classics’ Blue Moon. The Academy unveils its Oscar nominations on January 22.
Last week at the Golden Eve celebration on January 6, Helen Mirren received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry and Sarah Jessica Parker collected the Carol Burnett Award for her impact on television.
Film and select TV winners appear in bold below:
Film
Best picture - drama
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- It Was Just An Accident
- The Secret Agent
- Sentimental Value
- Sinners
Best picture - musical or comedy
- Blue Moon
- Bugonia
- Marty Supreme
- No Other Choice
- Nouvelle Vague
- One Battle After Another
Best director
- Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another
- Ryan Coogler - Sinners
- Guillermo del Toro - Frankenstein
- Jafar Panahi - It Was Just An Accident
- Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value
- Chloe Zhao - Hamnet
Best screenplay
- Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another
- Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie - Marty Supreme
- Ryan Coogler - Sinners
- Jafar Panahi - It Was Just An Accident
- Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value
- Chloe Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell - Hamnet
Best performance by an actor in a motion picture - drama
- Joel Edgerton - Train Dreams
- Oscar Isaac - Frankenstein
- Dwayne Johnson - The Smashing Machine
- Michael B. Jordan - Sinners
- Wagner Moura - The Secret Agent
- Jeremy Allen White - Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
Best performance by an actress in a motion picture - drama
- Jessie Buckley - Hamnet
- Jennifer Lawrence - Die My Love
- Renate Reinsve - Sentimental Value
- Julia Roberts - After The Hunt
- Tessa Thompson - Hedda
- Eva Victor - Sorry, Baby
Best performance by an actress in a motion picture - musical or comedy
- Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
- Cynthia Erivo - Wicked: For Good
- Kate Hudson - Song Sung Blue
- Chase Infiniti - One Battle After Another
- Amanda Seyfried - The Testament Of Ann Lee
- Emma Stone - Bugonia
Best performance by an actor in a motion picture - musical or comedy
- Timothée Chalamet - Marty Supreme
- George Clooney - Jay Kelly
- Leonardo DiCaprio - One Battle After Another
- Ethan Hawke - Blue Moon
- Lee Byung-hun - No Other Choice
- Jesse Plemons - Bugonia
Best supporting actor
- Benicio del Toro - One Battle After Another
- Jacob Elordi - Frankenstein
- Paul Mescal - Hamnet
- Sean Penn - One Battle After Another
- Adam Sandler - Jay Kelly
- Stellan Skarsgård - Sentimental Value
Best supporting actress
- Emily Blunt - The Smashing Machine
- Elle Fanning - Sentimental Value
- Ariana Grande - Wicked: For Good
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value
- Amy Madigan - Weapons
- Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another
Best motion picture – animation
- Arco
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
- Elio
- KPop Demon Hunters
- Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
- Zootopia 2
Cinematic and box office achievement
- Avatar: Fire And Ash
- F1
- KPop Demon Hunters
- Mission: Impossible The Final Reckoning
- Sinners
- Weapons
- Wicked: For Good
- Zootopia 2
Best picture - non-English language
- It Was Just An Accident
- No Other Choice
- The Secret Agent
- Sentimental Value
- Sirat
- The Voice Of Hind Rajab
Best original score
- Alexandre Desplat - Frankenstein
- Ludwig Göransson - Sinners
- Jonny Greenwood - One Battle After Another
- Kangding Ray - Sirat
- Max Richter - Hamnet
- Hans Zimmer - F1
Best original song
- Dream As One - Avatar: Fire and Water
- Golden - KPop Demon Hunters
- I Lied To You - Sinners
- No Place Like Home - Wicked: For Good
- The Girl In The Bubble - Wicked: For Good
- Train Dreams - Train Dreams
TV
Best TV series - drama
- The Diplomat
- The Pitt
- Pluribus
- Severance
- Slow Horses
- The White Lotus
Best TV series - musical or comedy
- Abbott Elementary
- The Bear
- Hacks
- Nobody Wants This
- Only Murders In The Building
- The Studio
Best limited series, anthology, or motion picture made for TV
- Adolescence
- All Her Fault
- The Beast In Me
- Black Mirror
- Dying For Sex
- The Girlfriend
Best performance by a female actor in a TV series - drama
- Kathy Bates - Matlock
- Britt Lower - Severance
- Helen Mirren - Mobland
- Bella Ramsey - The Last Of Us
- Kerry Russell - The Diplomat
- Rhea Seehorn - Pluribus
Best performance by a male actor in a TV series - drama
- Sterling K Brown - Paradise
- Diego Luna - Andor
- Gary Oldman - Slow Horses
- Mark Ruffalo - Task
- Adam Scott - Severance
- Noah Wyle - The Pitt
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
- Kristen Bell - Nobody Wants This
- Ayo Edebiri - The Bear
- Selena Gomez - Only Murders In The Building
- Natasha Lyonne - Poker Face
- Jenna Ortega - Wednesday
- Jean Smart - Hacks
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
- Adam Brody - Nobody Wants This
- Steve Martin - Only Murders In The Building
- Glen Powell - Chad Powers
- Seth Rogen - The Studio
- Martin Short - Only Murders In The Building
- Jeremy Allen White -The Bear
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
- Claire Danes - The Beast In Me
- Rashida Jones - Black Mirror
- Amanda Seyfried - Long Bright River
- Sarah Snook - All Her Fault)
- Michelle Williams - Dying For Sex
- Robin Wright - The Girlfriend
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
- Jacob Elordi - The Narrow Road To The Deep North
- Paul Giamatti - Black Mirror
- Stephen Graham - Adolescence
- Charlie Hunnam - Monster: The Ed Gein Story
- Jude Law - Black Rabbit
- Matthew Rhys - The Beast In Me
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television
- Carrie Coon - The White Lotus
- Erin Doherty - Adolescence
- Hannah Einbinder - Hacks
- Catherine O’Hara - The Studio
- Parker Posey - The White Lotus
- Aimee Lou Wood - The White Lotus
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television
- Owen Cooper - Adolescence
- Billy Crudup - The Morning Show
- Walton Goggins - The White Lotus
- Jason Isaacs - The White Lotus
- Tramell Tillman - Severance
- Ashley Walters - Adolescence.
Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television
- Bill Maher (Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This?)
- Brett Goldstein (Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life)
- Kevin Hart (Kevin Hart: Acting My Age)
- Kumail Nanjiani (Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts)
- Ricky Gervais (Ricky Gervais: Mortality)
- Sarah Silverman (Sarah Silverman: Postmortem).
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