Two musicals took home prizes at Sunday’s (Jan. 5) Golden Globes, with Emilia Pérez nabbing the top award for best motion picture – musical or comedy (as well as best original song, an acting prize for Zoe Saldaña and best motion picture – non-English language) and Wicked winning cinematic and box office achievement.
In the music categories, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won best original score for Challengers, while “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez (with music and lyrics by Clément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard) was named best original song.
And there were plenty of other big winners on Sunday night. Below, find the full winners list from the 2025 Golden Globe Awards.
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
Anora (Neon)
Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios)
WINNER: Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
A Real Pain (Searchlight Pictures)
The Substance (Mubi)
Wicked (Universal Pictures)
Best original score – motion picture
Volker Bertelmann (Conclave)
Daniel Blumberg (The Brutalist)
Kris Bowers (The Wild Robot)
Clément Ducol, Camille (Emilia Pérez)
WINNER: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross (Challengers)
Hans Zimmer (Dune: Part Two)
Best original song – motion picture
“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
WINNER: “El Mal” –– Emilia Pérez; Music & Lyrics By: Clément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard
“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 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
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)
WINNER: Wicked (Universal Pictures)
The Wild Robot (Universal Pictures)
Best motion picture – non-English language
All We Imagine as Light (Sideshow / Janus Films) – Usa / France / India
WINNER: Emilia Pérez (Netflix) – France
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
Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl)
Angelina Jolie (Maria)
Nicole Kidman (Babygirl)
Tilda Swinton (The Room Next Door)
WINNER: Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here)
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
Amy Adams (Nightbitch)
Cynthia Erivo (Wicked)
Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez)
Mikey Madison (Anora)
WINNER: Demi Moore (The Substance)
Zendaya (Challengers)
Best performance by a male actor in a motion picture – musical or comedy
Jesse Eisenberg (A Real Pain)
Hugh Grant (Heretic)
Gabriel Labelle (Saturday Night)
Jesse Plemons (Kinds of Kindness)
Glen Powell (Hit Man)
WINNER: Sebastian Stan (A Different Man)
Best performance by a female actor in a supporting role in any motion picture
Selena Gomez (Emilia Pérez)
Ariana Grande (Wicked)
Felicity Jones (The Brutalist)
Margaret Qualley (The Substance)
Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)
WINNER: Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)
Best performance by a male actor in a supporting role in any motion picture
Yura Borisov (Anora)
WINNER: Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)
Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown)
Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)
Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice)
Denzel Washington (Gladiator II)
Best director – motion picture
Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez)
Sean Baker (Anora)
Edward Berger (Conclave)
WINNER: Brady Corbet (The Brutalist)
Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)
Payal Kapadia (All We Imagine as Light)
Best screenplay – motion picture
Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez)
Sean Baker (Anora)
Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold (The Brutalist)
Jesse Eisenberg (A Real Pain)
Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)
WINNER: Peter Straughan (Conclave)
Best television series – drama
The Day of the Jackal (Peacock)
The Diplomat (Netflix)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Prime Video)
WINNER: Shōgun (FX/Hulu)
Slow Horses (Apple TV+)
Squid Game (Netflix)
Best television series – musical or comedy
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
The Bear (FX/Hulu)
The Gentlemen (Netflix)
WINNER: Hacks (HBO | Max)
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
Kathy Bates (Matlock)
Emma D’arcy (House of the Dragon)
Maya Erskine (Mr. & Mrs. Smith)
Keira Knightley (Black Doves)
Keri Russell (The Diplomat)
WINNER: Anna Sawai (Shōgun)
Best performance by a male actor in a television series – drama
Donald Glover (Mr. & Mrs. Smith)
Jake Gyllenhaal (Presumed Innocent)
Gary Oldman (Slow Horses)
Eddie Redmayne (The Day of the Jackal)
WINNER: Hiroyuki Sanada (Shōgun)
Billy Bob Thornton (Landman)
Best performance by a female actor in a television series – musical or comedy
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)
WINNER: Jean Smart (Hacks)
Best performance by a male actor in a television series – musical or comedy
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)
WINNER: Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)
Best performance by a female actor in a limited series, anthology series, or a motion picture made for television
Cate Blanchett (Disclaimer)
WINNER: Jodie Foster (True Detective: Night Country)
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
Liza Colón-Zayas (The Bear)
Hannah Einbinder (Hacks)
Dakota Fanning (Ripley)
WINNER: Jessica Gunning (Baby Reindeer)
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 (Shōgun)
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
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)
WINNER: Ali Wong (Ali Wong: Single Lady)
Ramy Youssef (Ramy Youssef: More Feelings)
Credit: Billboard
