81st annual Golden Globes marked the official kickoff of the 2024 awards season, with Universal Pictures’ Oppenheimer dominating the night by securing five trophies, including Best Motion Picture Drama.
Here is the complete winners list.
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon)
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)
Best Television Series – Drama
Succession (HBO | Max)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Sarah Snook (Succession)
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
The Bear (FX)
Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made For Television
Beef (Netflix)
Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“What Was I Made For?” — Barbie
Music & Lyrics By: Billie Eilish O’Connell, Finneas O’Connell
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Ludwig Göransson (Oppenheimer)
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Emma Stone (Poor Things)
Best Director – Motion Picture
Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)
Best Motion Picture – Animated
The Boy and the Heron (Gkids)
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Kieran Culkin (Succession)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Ayo Edebiri (The Bear)
Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
Anatomy of a Fall (Neon) – France
Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy On Television
Ricky Gervais (Ricky Gervais: Armageddon)
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Justine Triet, Arthur Harari (Anatomy of a Fall)
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role On Television
Matthew Macfadyen (Succession)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role On Television
Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown)
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made For Television
Steven Yeun (Beef)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made For Television
Ali Wong (Beef)
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Da’vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)
Cillian Murphy received the award for Best Male Actor in a Motion Picture Drama for his role in the global smash period film. The three-hour epic, directed by Christopher Nolan, delves into the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project that led to the creation of the atomic bomb.
Lily Gladstone made history by winning Best Female Actor in a Motion Picture Drama for her performance in Apple Original Films’ Killers of the Flower Moon, directed by Martin Scorsese. Searchlight’s Poor Things pulled off an upset by taking home the award for Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy over other contenders, including the highly successful Barbie.
Emma Stone, star of Poor Things, clinched the Female Actor in a Motion Picture Musical award, her second Golden Globe win in eight career nominations. Paul Giamatti won Best Male Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Focus Features’ The Holdovers.
Barbie, despite not winning the Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy category, received the Cinematic and Box Office Achievement award, and its original song “What Was I Made For?” won Best Original Song. The Boy and the Heron, Hayao Miyazaki’s first feature in a decade, took home the award for Best Animated Motion Picture.
On the television front, HBO’s Succession continued its success by winning Best TV Series Drama for the third time and securing four wins overall. Netflix led in the television category with five trophies, including three for Beef and one each for The Crown and Armageddon.
Ricky Gervais won the night’s first-time category, Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television, for his Netflix special Armageddon. The ceremony, hosted by Jo Koy at the Beverly Hilton, featured turnover and changes in the Golden Globes’ structure over the past year