“One Battle After Another” and “Hamnet” won best picture awards in their respective categories at the 83rd annual Golden Globe Awards held Sunday in Beverly Hills.
The Warner Bros. Discovery release “One Battle After Another” was the leading contender going into the evening with nine total nominations and won the most awards of any film. The action satire won best motion picture in the musical or comedy category, along with supporting actress for Teyana Taylor and trophies for both screenplay and director for filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.
During the event, stars of all kinds were sporting pins in support of Renee Nicolette Good, a 37-year-old American woman, who was shot and killed by a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent named Jonathan Ross last week.
In his director acceptance speech, Anderson shouted out Warner Bros. Discovery’s film division co-chair Mike De Luca, who produced the director’s breakout feature “Boogie Nights” in 1997. Anderson credited De Luca’s leadership approach with enabling creative freedom for directors.
“He wanted to be my champion and he single-handedly supported me and the movies I wanted to make,” Anderson said. “He said he had a dream of running a studio one day and he was going to let directors do whatever the hell they wanted. That’s how you get a ‘Sinners.’ That’s how you get a ‘Weapons.’ That’s how you get ‘One Battle After Another.’ Thank you to him for that.”
Read our review of ‘One Battle After Another’
Focus Features’ “Hamnet” won the best motion picture drama award, along with a female actor prize for the film’s star, Jessie Buckley. Filmmaker Chloe Zhao, who previously won for “Nomadland,” was nominated in both director and screenplay categories.
Zhao appeared onstage joined by her cast and producer Steven Spielberg. She spoke about vulnerability and artistic expression during her acceptance remarks.
Both “One Battle After Another” and “Hamnet” are defined by the love between a parent and their child. “One Battle” stars Leonardo DiCaprio as an ex-revolutionary couch potato, kicked into a mad dash to rescue his daughter (Chase Infiniti) after the police state puts the two of them in its crosshairs. Meanwhile, “Hamnet” adapts Maggie O’Farrell’s novel of the same name, which dramatizes the lives of William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) and his wife Agnes Hathaway (Buckley) after they endure the death of their teenage son.
In the television categories, HBO’s medical drama “The Pitt,” Apple TV Plus’s showbiz satire “The Studio” and Netflix’s psychological thriller series “Adolescence” dominated the evening. “Adolescence” led with four total awards, while “The Pitt” and “The Studio” took home best series prizes and acting awards for stars Noah Wyle and Seth Rogen, respectively.
Other big winners included Ryan Coogler’s vampire blues musical “Sinners,” which scored prizes in the best original score and cinematic and box office achievement categories. Netflix’s streaming sensation “KPop Demon Hunters,” the most-viewed film in the platform’s history, won for animated motion picture and original song, for the breakout earworm “Golden.” Neon’s “The Secret Agent,” a historical thriller set in Brazil’s mid-20th-century dictatorship, also won two prizes: best non-English language motion picture and best actor in a motion picture drama, for star Wagner Moura.
Timothee Chalamet won best actor in a musical or comedy for “Marty Supreme,” while Rose Byrne won best actress in a musical or comedy for “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.” Stellan Skarsgard won best supporting actor for “Sentimental Value.”
In television categories, Rhea Seehorn won best actress in a drama for “Pluribus” and Jean Smart won best actress in a musical or comedy series for “Hacks.” “Adolescence” actors Stephen Graham, Owen Cooper and Erin Doherty all won awards for the Netflix limited series. Cooper, at 16 years old, became the youngest ever winner in the supporting actor category.
Michelle Williams won best actress in a limited series for “Dying for Sex.” Ricky Gervais won best performance in standup comedy for “Ricky Gervais: Mortality,” marking his second consecutive win in the category.
A separate Globes event was held prior to the ceremony, honoring two actresses for their achievements in film and television. Helen Mirren, whose recent credits include “Goodbye June” and “The Thursday Murder Club,” received the Cecil B. DeMille Award. She previously won three Golden Globes among 18 total nominations across film and television. Sarah Jessica Parker received the Carol Burnett Award following the conclusion of HBO Max’s “And Just Like That,” a sequel series to “Sex and the City.” She was a six-time winner for “Sex and the City,” for both best series and best actress in a comedy.
The Golden Globes recognized podcasts for the first time, with “Good Hang With Amy Poehler” winning the inaugural award.
Hosted by Nikki Glaser, the 83rd annual Golden Globes ceremony was televised on CBS and streamed on Paramount Plus from the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Complete Winners List – 83rd Golden Globe Awards
Film Categories
- Best Motion Picture – Drama
“Hamnet” (Focus Features) - Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
“One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros. Pictures) - Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson (“One Battle After Another”) - Best Screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson (“One Battle After Another”) - Best Male Actor – Drama
Wagner Moura (“The Secret Agent”) - Best Female Actor – Drama
Jessie Buckley (“Hamnet”) - Best Male Actor – Musical or Comedy
Timothee Chalamet (“Marty Supreme”) - Best Female Actor – Musical or Comedy
Rose Byrne (“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”) - Best Supporting Male Actor
Stellan Skarsgard (“Sentimental Value”) - Best Supporting Female Actor
Teyana Taylor (“One Battle After Another”) - Best Non-English Language Motion Picture
“The Secret Agent” (Brazil) - Best Animated Motion Picture
“KPop Demon Hunters” (Netflix) - Best Original Score
“Sinners” - Best Original Song
“Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters” - Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
“Sinners” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Television Categories
- Best Television Series – Drama
“The Pitt” (HBO Max) - Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
“The Studio” (Apple TV Plus) - Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Film
“Adolescence” (Netflix) - Best Male Actor – Drama Series
Noah Wyle (“The Pitt”) - Best Female Actor – Drama Series
Rhea Seehorn (“Pluribus”) - Best Male Actor – Musical or Comedy Series
Seth Rogen (“The Studio”) - Best Female Actor – Musical or Comedy Series
Jean Smart (“Hacks”) - Best Male Actor – Limited Series or Television Film
Stephen Graham (“Adolescence”) - Best Female Actor – Limited Series or Television Film
Michelle Williams (“Dying for Sex”) - Best Supporting Male Actor – Television
Owen Cooper (“Adolescence”) - Best Supporting Female Actor – Television
Erin Doherty (“Adolescence”) - Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television
Ricky Gervais (“Ricky Gervais: Mortality”) - Best Podcast
“Good Hang With Amy Poehler”
Honorary Awards
- Cecil B. DeMille Award: Helen Mirren
- Carol Burnett Award: Sarah Jessica Parker
