The prelude to the Oscars, as the Golden Globes have always been known, took place last night. Smiling faces, red carpets, lots of press, and a bunch of awards. 2023 begins to receive the well-deserved awards for a brilliant year on the small and big screen.
To start, Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan’s epic about the nuclear era and its unlikely worldwide success, won the latest award at the 2024 Golden Globes, taking home the prize for Best Drama Film, as well as awards for Nolan, composer Ludwig Goransson, and stars Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr.
This puts the film in an even stronger position as the Oscar voting begins this week, but it’s not the only film with a lot to celebrate.
Poor Things won two important awards, including Best Cinematic Comedy and Best Actress for its protagonist, Emma Stone. The Holdovers received two acting awards for its protagonists Paul Giamatti and Da’Vine Joy Randolph.
And perhaps the most surprising double winner of the night was Anatomy of a Fall, the French film that won the award for Best Foreign Language Film, as well as Best Screenplay for director Justine Triet and her screenwriter and husband, Arthur Harrari.
In television, three series dominated: The Bear in comedy, Succession in drama, and Beef in limited series. The only exception was Elizabeth Debicki, who won a supporting actress trophy for The Crown.
To review the best and worst moments of the night, here you can check the complete list of winners in the film section, the series will be in another article because they don’t fit, there are too many:
Golden Globe Awards
Best Drama Movie
- WINNER: Oppenheimer
- Anatomy of a Fall
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Maestro
- Past Lives
- The Zone of Interest
Best Picture – Musical or Comedy
- WINNER: Poor Things
- Air
- American Fiction
- Barbie
- The Holdovers
- May December
Best Animated Film
- WINNER: The Boy and the Heron
- Elemental
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- Super Mario Bros. The Movie
- Suzume
- Wish
Cinematic and box office achievement
- WINNER: Barbie
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
- John Wick: Chapter 4
- Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
- Oppenheimer
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- Super Mario Bros. The Movie
- Taylor Swift The Eras Tour
Best Foreign Language Film
- WINNER: Anatomy of a Fall
- Fallen Leaves
- Me Captain
- Past Lives
- Society of the Snow
- The Zone of Interest
Best Female Performance in a Drama Film
- WINNER: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
- Annette Bening, Nyad
- Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
- Greta Lee, Past Lives
- Carey Mulligan, Maestro
- Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla
Best Male Performance in a Drama Film
- WINNER: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
- Bradley Cooper, Maestro
- Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon
- Colman Domingo, Rustin
- Barry Keoghan, Saltburn
- Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers
Best Female Performance in a Musical or Comedy Film
- WINNER: Emma Stone, Poor Things
- Fantasia Barrino, The Color Purple
- Jennifer Lawrence, No Hard Feelings
- Natalie Portman, May December
- Alma Pöysti, Fallen Leaves
- Margot Robbie, Barbie
Best Male Performance in a Musical or Comedy Film
- WINNER: Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
- Nicolas Cage, Escenario de ensueño
- Timothée Chalamet, Wonka
- Matt Damon, Air
- Joaquin Phoenix, Beau is Afraid
- Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
Best Supporting Actress in any film
- WINNER: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
- Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
- Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
- Jodie Foster, Nyad
- Julianne Moore, May December
- Rosamund Pike, Saltburn
Best Male Supporting Actor in any Film
- WINNER: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
- Willem Dafoe, Poor Things
- Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
- Ryan Gosling, Barbie
- Charles Melton, May December
- Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things
Best Director
- WINNER: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
- Bradley Cooper, Maestro
- Greta Gerwig, Barbie
- Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
- Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
- Celine Song, Past Lives
Best Movie Script
- WINNER: Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall
- Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, Barbie
- Tony McNamara, Poor Things
- Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
- Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
- Celine Song, Past Lives
Best Original Soundtrack
- WINNER: Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer
- Jerskin Fendrix, Poor Things
- Joe Hisaishi, The Boy and the Heron
- Mica Levi, The Zone of Interest
- Daniel Pemberton, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Original Song
- WINNER: “What Was I Made For?”, Barbie
- “Addicted to Romance”, She Came to Me
- “Dance the Night Away”, Barbie
- “I’m Just Ken”, Barbie
- “Peaches”, The Super Mario Bros. Movie
- “Journey to Freedom”, Rustin
As we were saying, Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy can be happy, as they were the big winners of the night and the box office of 2023, although in that regard, Barbie and Super Mario Bros. The Movie managed to raise a little more than them.
