2025 Golden Globes Recap – Full Winners List

by Jacob Jones

​Ladies, gentlemen, those who identify otherwise, we have arrived. The industry’s kick-off to awards season, a.k.a. the Golden Globes, took place last night, and what a whirlwind of a night it was. Following stand-up comic and show host Nikki Glaser’s stellar opening monologue in which she thankfully avoided the tired cliché of joking that a movie was too long, the new Globes leadership got right to work reminding everyone that this is not the same voting body of years past – the kind that would have nominated The Tourist for multiple awards without ever having seen the film, or boosted Emily in Paris’ profile following a string of bribes from the production. Instead, the night begat a healthy mix of both expected winners and surprise victors in multiple categories, largely on the film side (though television did have at least one upset). Emilia Pérez was the big winner of the night, taking home four statues, including one for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy), and Best Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldaña. In second place came Brady Corbet’s mid-century epic The Brutalist, which took home the other Best Picture award in the Drama category, as well as Best Director, and Best Actor in a Drama for Adrien Brody, who now shoots to the front of the line for an Oscar win (it would be his second, following his work in 2002’s The Pianist). Beyond these wins, however, things start to look a little more spread out on the film side. 

​Conclave bested Anora in the combined screenplay category, Demi Moore won her first ever acting award in Best Actress (Musical or Comedy) for her performance in The Substance in a stunning blow to Mikey Madison’s awards campaign (also for Anora), and Sebastian Stan managed an upset in the Best Actor (Musical or Comedy) category as well for his incredible work in A Different Man, boosting his profile for the Academy Awards and shouting out The Apprentice – for which he was also nominated – in his acceptance speech. The animated film Flow bested DreamWorks’ The Wild Robot in Best Motion Picture (Animated), effectively shutting the latter out of an Oscar win if it doesn’t pick up some serious momentum soon, and even Fernanda Torres proved that awards pundits have been underestimating her as a serious contender with a win in Best Lead Actress (Drama) for I’m Still Here, which is Brazil’s official submission in the International Feature category at the Oscars. Beyond all of that, Challengers proved that its club dance-esque score by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross is far from dead in the water despite having missed the BAFTA longlists, and Wicked’s only win came in the form of the Cinematic and Box Office Achievement Award. Apart from those wins, the big story of the night was the complete and total shut-out of Anora, which raked in exactly zero wins despite front-runner status in multiple categories. If these new Globes are meant to now be a significant indicator of where the Oscar race is heading, those who have Anora at the top of their winner predictions may want to ease off the gas a bit.

​On the television side (which I won’t spend too much time covering), Hulu and FX’s Shōgun cleaned house in the Drama Series categories, picking up wins for Best Series (Drama), Best Actor (Drama) for Hiroyuki Sanada, Best Actress (Drama) for Anna Sawai, and Best Supporting Actor in Any Series for Tadanobu Asano. The Comedy or Musical and Limited Series awards were a bit more spread out, as Max Original Series Hacks took home the awards for Best Series (Comedy or Musical), as well as Best Actress in a Comedy Series for Jean Smart. Over on the Limited Series side, Netflix’s Baby Reindeer racked up two wins for Limited Series and Supporting Actress in Any Series, which went to Jessica Gunning. The big surprise of the night for television was Richard Gadd’s loss to Colin Farrell in the Best Actor (Limited Series) category, the latter of the two winning for his work in HBO’s The Penguin. Jodie Foster and Jeremy Allen White also won their respective categories, Best Actress in a Limited Series and Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for their work in True Detective: Night Country and The Bear, respectively.

​Overall, it was a solid show this year. Emilia Pérez’s Best Picture win notwithstanding, almost all the winnings were richly deserved, and the shake-ups to the Oscar race make this one of the most unpredictable and interesting races we’ve had in quite some time. We’ll have to see which direction all the guild awards such as SAG-AFTRA, the DGA, the WGA, and the PGA go, but for the time being at least, the starting lineup is tremendously exciting. A full list of all the 2025 Golden Globe nominees and winners is below.

FILM
Best Motion Picture (Drama):

• The Brutalist – WINNER
• A Complete Unknown
• Conclave
• Dune: Part Two
• Nickel Boys
• September 5

 
Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy):

• Anora
• Challengers
• Emilia Pérez – WINNER
• A Real Pain
• The Substance
• Wicked

 
Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama):

• Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl
• Angelina Jolie, Maria
• Nicole Kidman, Babygirl
• Tilda Swinton, The Room Next Door
• Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here – WINNER
• Kate Winslet, Lee

 
Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama):

• Adrien Brody, The Brutalist – WINNER
• Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
• Daniel Craig, Queer
• Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
• Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
• Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

 
Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy):

• Amy Adams, Nightbitch
• Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
• Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
• Mikey Madison, Anora
• Demi Moore, The Substance – WINNER
• Zendaya, Challengers

 
Best 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
• Sebastian Stan, A Different Man – WINNER

 
Best Supporting Actress in Any Motion Picture:

• Selena Gomez, Emilia Pérez
• Ariana Grande, Wicked
• Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
• Margaret Qualley, The Substance
• Isabelle Rossellini, Conclave
• Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez – WINNER

 
Best Supporting Actor in Any Motion Picture:

• Yura Borisov, Anora
• Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain – WINNER
• 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
• Brady Corbet, The Brutalist – WINNER
• Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
• Payal Kapadia, All We Imagine as Light

 
Best Screenplay (Motion Picture):

• Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
• Sean Baker, Anora
• Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist
• Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
• Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
• Peter Straughan, Conclave – WINNER

 
Best Motion Picture (Animated):

• Flow – WINNER
• Inside Out 2
• Memoir of a Snail
• Moana 2
• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Foul
• The Wild Robot

 
Best Motion Picture (Non-English Language):

• All We Imagine as Light (USA/France/India)
• Emilia Pérez (France) – WINNER
• The Girl with the Needle (Poland/Sweden/Denmark)
• I’m Still Here (Brazil)
• The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)
• Vermiglio (Italy)

 
Best Original Score (Motion Picture):

• Volker Bertelmann, Conclave
• Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist
• Kris Bowers, The Wild Robot
• Clément Ducol & Camille, Emilia Pérez
• Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Challengers – WINNER
• Hans Zimmer, Dune: Part Two

 
Best Original Song (Motion Picture):

• “Beautiful That Way,” The Last Showgirl
• “Compress/Repress,” Challengers
• “El Mal,” Emilia Pérez – WINNER
• “Forbidden Road,” Better Man
• “Kiss the Sky,” The Wild Robot
• “Mi Camino,” Emilia Pérez

 
Cinematic and Box Office Achievement:

• Alien: Romulus
• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
• Deadpool & Wolverine
• Gladiator II
• Inside Out 2
• Twisters
• Wicked – WINNER
• The Wild Robot

 
TELEVISION
Best Series (Drama):

• The Day of the Jackal
• The Diplomat
• Mr. and Mrs. Smith
• Shōgun – WINNER
• Slow Horses
• Squid Game

 
Best Series (Musical or Comedy):

• Abbott Elementary
• The Bear
• The Gentlemen
• Hacks – WINNER
• Nobody Wants This
• Only Murders in the Building

 
Best Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television:

• Baby Reindeer – WINNER
• Disclaimer
• Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
• The Penguin
• Ripley
• True Detective: Night Country

 
Best Actress in a Television Series (Drama):

• Kathy Bates, Matlock
• Emma D’Arcy, House of the Dragon
• Maya Erskine, Mr. and Mrs. Smith
• Kiera Knightly, Black Doves
• Keri Russell, The Diplomat
• Anna Sawai, Shōgun – WINNER

 
Best Actor in a Television Series (Drama):

• Donald Glover, Mr. and Mrs. Smith
• Jake Gyllenhaal, Presumed Innocent
• Gary Oldman, Slow Horses
• Eddie Redmayne, The Day of the Jackal
• Hiroyuki Sanada, Shōgun – WINNER
• Billy Bob Thornton, Landman

 
Best Actress 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
• Jean Smart, Hacks – WINNER

 
Best 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
• Jeremy Allen White, The Bear – WINNER

 
Best Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television:

• Cate Blanchett, Disclaimer
• Jodie Foster, True Detective: Night Country – WINNER
• Cristin Milioti, The Penguin
• Sofía Vergara, Griselda
• Naomi Watts, Feud: Capote vs. the Swans
• Kate Winslet, The Regime

 
Best Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television:

• Colin Farrell, The Penguin – WINNER
• 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 Supporting Actress in Any Television Series:

• Liza Colón-Zayas, The Bear
• Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
• Dakota Fanning, Ripley
• Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer – WINNER
• Allison Janney, The Diplomat
• Kali Reis, True Detective: Night Country

 
Best Supporting Actor in Any Television Series:

• Tadanobu Asano, Shōgun – WINNER
• 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 Stand-Up Comedy Performance:

• 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
• Ali Wong, Ali Wong: Single Lady – WINNER
• Ramy Youssef, Ramy Youssef: More Feelings

What did you think of the Golden Globes this year? Did they live up to your expectations? Surpass them? Which surprise win was you favorite? Let us know in the comments section below, and thanks for reading!
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 - The Friendly Film Fan