Award season is upon us, and the 2026 Golden Globes began the Winter accolade parade on Sunday, January 11th, with host Nikki Glaser. Opening with a monologue including some jabs at current events, Glaser brought a light mood to the annual ceremony with even a joke about CBS News being the place to see B.S. news. She made a joke about Leonardo DiCaprio’s notorious dating habits, then acknowledged it as a “cheap joke” that segued into a joke regarding a question in a 1990’s Teen Beat magazine interview about pasta. Following that was something about Sean Penn looking like a hot handbag, Hamnet being another name for Spanx, “Wicked: For Money” as a potential sequel name, and a Chalamet Protein Whey joke.

Here are the winners of the night:

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

Ariana Grande, Wicked: For Good
Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
Emily Blunt, The Smashing Machine
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan, Weapons
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another (WINNER)

Presented by Jennifer Garner and Amanda Seyfried, Teyana showed off the back of her dress and its sparkly silver bow, then she playfully scolded her children by saying they’d better be off of their phones and watching her win as she thanked family in her acceptance speech. Next, was: 

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

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 (WINNER)

Presented by power couple, Kevin Bacon & Kyra Sedgwick. Skarsgard joked about being too old and thanked his wife, spoke on being proud of the project having Norwegian roots, and stated that watching cinema in theaters is like “sharing the pulse with other people”.

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

Presented by Joe Keery and Charli XCX. One of the contributors shared a vulnerable story about dreaming of being a K-pop artist but being rejected, finding happiness in motivating others to achieve similar dreams with her creation, then thanked her family, co-writers, Netflix & Sony. Ended speech by saying “Rejection is redirection to shine as you were born to be”.

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident
Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt, Sentimental Value
Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell, Hamnet

Presented by Macaulay Caulkin. Anderson excitedly said he “got a double-G”, recalled working with Adam Sandler after spotting him in the audience, and then thanked the cast and crew for all being great collaborators. Ended speech with a statement about writers being like magpies in the sense that they steal bits and pieces, then shared a quote by Nina Simone about “no fear”.

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

Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (WINNER)
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

Presenters Pamela Anderson & Miley Cyrus gushed that they love her as they announced Rose’s name. Byrne said thank you profusely for everyone believing in her and the indie film with a small budget, then showed gratitude by thanking her family in Australia and husband, Bobby Cannavale.

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

Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme (WINNER)
George Clooney, Jay Kelly
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Lee Byung-Hun, No Other Choice
Jesse Plemons, Bugonia

Presented by Jennifer Lopez. Chalamet hugged Kylie Jenner before accepting the award, gracefully thanked his team and other nominees, shared a lesson about the spirit of gratitude from his father, and thanked his partner before ending his speech. The couple was later seen smooching during a mid-show commercial break.

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

Avatar: Fire and Ash
KPop Demon Hunters
F1
MI: The Final Reckoning
Sinners (WINNER)
Weapons
Wicked: For Good
Zootopia 2

A contributor to this project thanked everyone for showing up to watch the film because of how hard they worked and expressed that it meant the world to them.

Best Director – Motion Picture

Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet

Presented by Judd Apatow, who joked about Nikki Glaser being his babysitter, then ending her services after listening to her comedy set, and about quietly boycotting The Globes after Trainwreck losing an award to The Martian. Anderson walked onstage and thanked everyone for the love the film’s getting and is happy to receive it, then thanked Mike DeLuca for creative freedom and paid tribute to the best assistant director with an underselling title, Adam Somner.

Best Motion Picture – Animated

Arco
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters (WINNER)
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

Keegan Michael Keye & Mila Kunis presented the nominees as he used his Toad voice from Super Mario and she demonstrated her Meg voice from Family Guy. The winners thanked The Golden Globes and stated they are grateful that Korean culture has resonated with a global audience. They spoke on the important power that music has to connect us before they thanked fans, Netflix, Sony, crew, cast, and families.

Best Original Score – Motion Picture

This win was announced offscreen.

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

It Was Just an Accident, France
No Other Choice, South Korea
The Secret Agent, Brazil (WINNER)
Sentimental Value, Norway
Sirāt, Spain
The Voice of Hind Rajab, Tunisia

As the winning team made their way to the stage, the show’s announcers stated Brazil would surely be celebrating tonight because they love Hollywood wins like these. The team thanked the Cannes Film Festival, cast & crew, and dedicated the win to young filmmakers because they believe it is such an important time to be making films.

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

Jessie Buckley, Hamnet (WINNER)
Jennifer Lawrence, Die My Love
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
Julia Roberts, After the Hunt
Tessa Thompson, Hedda (2025)
Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby

The winner showed adoration for extras, expressed gratitude for the experience, and even thanked a crew member for bringing a soup pot to set while fawning over Julia Roberts. Buckley ended her speech by telling fellow nominees in this career, “You blow my mind,” and exclaimed that she loves doing this and being a part of this industry.

Best Performance by a Male 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 (WINNER)
Jeremy Allen White, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

Presented by Diane Lane and Colman Domingo. Announcers mentioned that the winner’s last Golden Globe nomination was in 2016 for a role in Narcos, and this is his second. Moura’s speech began with him sharing his win with fellow nominees, thanks to the team, Neon, and friendship with creators. He spoke on how generational trauma and the journey to overcoming it with values is what motivated the making of this film before ending the speech in Portuguese.

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Blue Moon
Bugonia
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
Nouvelle Vague
One Battle After Another (WINNER)

Presented by Julia Roberts after she received a standing ovation, made a joke about Kevin Hart, consoled Eva Victor, then recommended her film, Sorry, Baby, and then announced the winner in a blend of words. Before the winning film’s cast & crew gathered onstage for the win and expressed gratitude, the show’s announcers shared a story where Leo was asked in a recent interview if he went method to prepare for this film by becoming a pothead, but said he did not.

Best Motion Picture – Drama

Frankenstein
Hamnet (WINNER)
It Was Just an Accident
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Presented by George Clooney, where he began by speaking some French as Don Cheadle snuck onstage behind him and began a back-and-forth banter about whether he won tonight before beginning the nominee reel. Creator of Hamnet, Chloé Zhao, was stunned upon hearing her name called and was nudged by Steven Spielberg as he joined her on the trek to accept the award onstage. Spielberg helped begin the acceptance speech by praising both Zao and Maggie O’Farrell’s novel that inspired the project. Zao then spoke about the people who lost people while making this film and shared that what is important about being an artist is learning to be vulnerable to allow ourselves to be seen and aiding people in accepting themselves. She also praised fellow nominees for being so strong and tender at the same time (especially male nominees), for they help us keep our hearts open and allow us to be seen.

The evening transpired to be a joyous and triumphant night for all in attendance, and especially for the winners and nominees. Congratulations to all recipients of tonight’s Golden Globes.