The 2025 Golden Globes Winners – Dark Horizons

The Golden Globes are have been handed out at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, the event coming in before the industry goes back to work tomorrow following the Xmas/New Year break.

On the film front, the biggest winners of the night seemed to be “The Brutalist”and “Emilia Perez”. “The Brutalist” won for best film (drama), best actor (drama), and best director, while “Emilia Perez” won for best film (comedy/musical), best non-English film, best supporting actress, and best song.

Single award winners included “The Substance,” “Conclave,” “Challengers,” “A Different Man,” “A Real Pain,” “Wicked,” “Flow” and “I’m Still Here”.

Shut out entirely were “Anora,” “The Apprentice,” “Babygirl,” “A Complete Unknown,” “Dune: Part Two,” “Gladiator II,” “Inside Out 2,” “The Last Showgirl,” “Maria,” “Queer,” “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” “Sing Sing,” and “The Wild Robot”.

On the TV front, “Shogun” and “Hacks” were the big winners in the respective drama and comedy categories. Both shows took best series and best actress in their categories.

“Shogun” also won for best actor in a drama series, whereas “The Bear” snagged the best actor in comedy, and the FX Japan-set drama also scored for Best Supporting Actor on TV.

On the limited series release front, “Baby Reinder” scored best limited series and best supporting actress on TV honors while Colin Farrell’s “The Penguin” and Jodie Foster’s “True Detective” turns scored acting wins in that category.

Shut out entirely were “Abbott Elementary,” “The Diplomat,” “Disclaimer,” “House of the Dragon,” “A Man on the Inside,” “Monsters,” “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” “Nobody Wants This,” “Only Murders in the Building,” “Presumed Innocent,” “Ripley,” “Shrinking,” “Slow Horses”. Here’s the full list of winners and nominees:

Best Motion Picture – Drama

WINNER: “The Brutalist” (A24)
“A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight Pictures)
“Conclave” (Focus Features)
“Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
“Nickel Boys” (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
“September 5” (Paramount Pictures)

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

WINNER: “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix)
“Anora” (Neon)
“Challengers” (Amazon MGM Studios)
“A Real Pain” (Searchlight Pictures)
“The Substance” (MUBI)
“Wicked” (Universal Pictures)

Best Motion Picture – Animated

WINNER: “Flow” (Sideshow/Janus Films)
“Inside Out 2” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
“Memoir of a Snail” (IFC Films)
“Moana 2” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” (Netflix)
“The Wild Robot” (Universal Pictures)

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

WINNER: “Wicked” (Universal Pictures)
“Alien: Romulus” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
“Deadpool & Wolverine” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
“Gladiator II” (Paramount Pictures)
“Inside Out 2” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
“Twisters” (Universal Pictures)
“The Wild Robot” (Universal Pictures)

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

WINNER: “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix) – France
“All We Imagine as Light” (Sideshow / Janus Films) – USA / France / India
“The Girl With the Needle” (MUBI) – Poland / Sweden / Denmark
“I’m Still Here” (Sony Pictures Classics) – Brazil
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” (Neon) – Usa / Germany
“Vermiglio” (Sideshow / Janus Films) – Italy

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

WINNER: Fernanda Torres (“I’m Still Here”)
Pamela Anderson (“The Last Showgirl”)
Angelina Jolie (“Maria”)
Nicole Kidman (“Babygirl”)
Tilda Swinton (“The Room Next Door”)
Kate Winslet (“Lee”)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

WINNER: Adrien Brody (“The Brutalist”)
Timothée Chalamet (“A Complete Unknown”)
Daniel Craig (“Queer”)
Colman Domingo (“Sing Sing”)
Ralph Fiennes (“Conclave”)
Sebastian Stan (“The Apprentice”)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

WINNER: Demi Moore (“The Substance”)
Amy Adams (“Nightbitch”)
Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked”)
Karla Sofía Gascón (“Emilia Pérez”)
Mikey Madison (“Anora”)
Zendaya (“Challengers”)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

WINNER: Sebastian Stan (“A Different Man”)
Jesse Eisenberg (“A Real Pain”)
Hugh Grant (“Heretic”)
Gabriel Labelle (“Saturday Night”)
Jesse Plemons (“Kinds of Kindness”)
Glen Powell (“Hit Man”)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

WINNER: Zoe Saldaña (“Emilia Pérez”)
Selena Gomez (“Emilia Pérez”)
Ariana Grande (“Wicked”)
Felicity Jones (“The Brutalist”)
Margaret Qualley (“The Substance”)
Isabella Rossellini (“Conclave”)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

WINNER: Kieran Culkin (“A Real Pain”)
Yura Borisov (“Anora”)
Edward Norton (“A Complete Unknown”)
Guy Pearce (“The Brutalist”)
Jeremy Strong (“The Apprentice”)
Denzel Washington (“Gladiator II”)

Best Director – Motion Picture

WINNER: Brady Corbet (“The Brutalist”)
Jacques Audiard (“Emilia Pérez”)
Sean Baker (“Anora”)
Edward Berger (“Conclave”)
Coralie Fargeat (“The Substance”)
Payal Kapadia (“All We Imagine as Light”)

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

WINNER: Peter Straughan (“Conclave”)
Jacques Audiard (“Emilia Pérez”)
Sean Baker (“Anora”)
Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold (“The Brutalist”)
Jesse Eisenberg (“A Real Pain”)
Coralie Fargeat (“The Substance”)

Best Original Score – Motion Picture

WINNER: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross (“Challengers”)
Volker Bertelmann (“Conclave”)
Daniel Blumberg (“The Brutalist”)
Kris Bowers (“The Wild Robot”)
Clément Ducol, Camille (“Emilia Pérez”)
Hans Zimmer (“Dune: Part Two”)

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

WINNER: “El Mal” – Emilia Pérez; Music & Lyrics By: Clément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard
“Beautiful That Way” – The Last Showgirl; Music & Lyrics By: Andrew Wyatt, Miley Cyrus, Lykke Zachrisson
“Compress / Repress” – Challengers; Music & Lyrics By: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Luca Guadagnino
“Forbidden Road” – Better Man; Music & Lyrics By: Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler, Sacha Skarbek
“Kiss The Sky” – The Wild Robot; Music & Lyrics By: Delacey, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack, Ali Tamposi
“Mi Camino” – Emilia Pérez; Music & Lyrics By: Clément Ducol, Camille

Best Television Series – Drama

WINNER: “Shogun” (FX/Hulu)
“The Day of the Jackal” (Peacock)
“The Diplomat” (Netflix)
“Mr. & Mrs. Smith” (Prime Video)
“Slow Horses” (Apple TV+)
“Squid Game” (Netflix)

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

WINNER: “Hacks” (HBO/Max)
“Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
“The Bear” (FX/Hulu)
“The Gentlemen” (Netflix)
“Nobody Wants This” (Netflix)
“Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)

Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made For Television

WINNER: “Baby Reindeer” (Netflix)
“Disclaimer” (Apple TV+)
“Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” (Netflix)
“The Penguin” (HBO/Max)
“Ripley” (Netflix)
“True Detective: Night Country” (HBO/Max)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Drama

WINNER: Anna Sawai (“Shogun”)
Kathy Bates (“Matlock”)
Emma D’arcy (“House of the Dragon”)
Maya Erskine (“Mr. & Mrs. Smith”)
Keira Knightley (“Black Doves”)
Keri Russell (“The Diplomat”)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Drama

WINNER: Hiroyuki Sanada (“Shogun”)
Donald Glover (“Mr. & Mrs. Smith”)
Jake Gyllenhaal (“Presumed Innocent”)
Gary Oldman (“Slow Horses”)
Eddie Redmayne (“The Day of the Jackal”)
Billy Bob Thornton (“Landman”)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

WINNER: Jean Smart (“Hacks”)
Kristen Bell (“Nobody Wants This”)
Quinta Brunson (“Abbott Elementary”)
Ayo Edebiri (“The Bear”)
Selena Gomez (“Only Murders in the Building”)
Kathryn Hahn (“Agatha All Along”)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

WINNER: Jeremy Allen White (“The Bear”)
Adam Brody (“Nobody Wants This”)
Ted Danson (“A Man on the Inside”)
Steve Martin (“Only Murders in the Building”)
Jason Segel (“Shrinking”)
Martin Short (“Only Murders in the Building”)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

WINNER: Jodie Foster (“True Detective: Night Country”)
Cate Blanchett (“Disclaimer”)
Cristin Milioti (“The Penguin”)
Sofía Vergara (“Griselda”)
Naomi Watts (“Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans”)
Kate Winslet (“The Regime”)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

WINNER: Colin Farrell (“The Penguin”)
Richard Gadd (“Baby Reindeer”)
Kevin Kline (“Disclaimer”)
Cooper Koch (“Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”)
Ewan McGregor (“A Gentleman in Moscow”)
Andrew Scott (“Ripley”)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television

WINNER: Jessica Gunning (“Baby Reindeer”)
Liza Colón-Zayas (“The Bear”)
Hannah Einbinder (“Hacks”)
Dakota Fanning (“Ripley”)
Allison Janney (“The Diplomat”)
Kali Reis (“True Detective: Night Country”)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television

WINNER: Tadanobu Asano (“Shogun”)
Javier Bardem (“Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”)
Harrison Ford (“Shrinking”)
Jack Lowden (“Slow Horses”)
Diego Luna (“La Máquina”)
Ebon Moss-Bachrach (“The Bear”)

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television

WINNER: Ali Wong (“Ali Wong: Single Lady”)
Jamie Foxx (“Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was”)
Nikki Glaser (“Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die”)
Seth Meyers (“Seth Meyers: Dad Man Walking”)
Adam Sandler (“Adam Sandler: Love You”)
Ramy Youssef (“Ramy Youssef: More Feelings”)