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Golden Globes 2026: The Winners and Nominations Breakdown

  • Jan 12
  • 3 min read

Updated: Jan 22

Those About to Die

January 12, 2026
Film - TV - Feature

The 83rd Golden Globe Awards took place January 11, 2026, celebrating the best in film and television from the past year. Here is a breakdown of the key categories, highlighting winners alongside their fellow nominees.


Golden Globes 2026: Winners and Nominations List


Film

Best Motion Picture – Drama

Winner: Hamnet

Nominees:

  • Frankenstein

  • It Was Just An Accident

  • The Secret Agent

  • Sentimental Value

  • Sinners


Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Winner: One Battle After Another

Nominees:

  • Blue Moon

  • Bugonia

  • Marty Supreme

  • No Other Choice

  • Nouvelle Vague


Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

Winner: The Secret Agent

Nominees:

  • It Was Just An Accident

  • No Other Choice

  • Sentimental Value

  • Sirāt

  • The Voice of Hind Rajab


Best Motion Picture – Animated

Winner: KPop Demon Hunters

Nominees:

  • Arco

  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle

  • Elio

  • Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

  • Zootopia 2


Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

Winner: Sinners

Nominees:

  • Avatar: Fire and Ash

  • F1

  • KPop Demon Hunters

  • Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

  • Weapons

  • Wicked: For Good

  • Zootopia 2


Best Director – Motion Picture

Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another

Nominees:

  • Ryan Coogler – Sinners

  • Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein

  • Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident

  • Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value

  • Chloé Zhao – Hamnet


Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another

Nominees:

  • Josh Safdie & Ronald Bronstein – Marty Supreme

  • Ryan Coogler – Sinners

  • Chloé Zhao & Maggie O'Farrell – Hamnet

  • Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident

  • Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt – Sentimental Value


Best Actress – Drama

Winner: Jessie Buckley – Hamnet

Nominees:

  • Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

  • Jennifer Lawrence – Die My Love

  • Julia Roberts – After the Hunt

  • Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value

  • Tessa Thompson – Hedda


Best Actor – Drama

Winner: Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent

Nominees:

  • Dwayne Johnson – The Smashing Machine

  • Jeremy Allen White – Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

  • Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams

  • Michael B. Jordan – Sinners

  • Oscar Isaac – Frankenstein


Best Actress – Musical or Comedy

Winner: Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Nominees:

  • Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee

  • Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another

  • Cynthia Erivo – Wicked: For Good

  • Emma Stone – Bugonia

  • Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue


Best Actor – Musical or Comedy

Winner: Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme

Nominees:

  • George Clooney – Jay Kelly

  • Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another

  • Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon

  • Lee Byung-Hun – No Other Choice

  • Jesse Plemons – Bugonia


Supporting and Creative Awards (Film)

  • Best Supporting Actress: Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

  • Best Supporting Actor: Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value

  • Best Original Score: Ludwig Göransson – Sinners

  • Best Original Song: “Golden” – KPop Demon Hunters


Television

Best Television Series – Drama

Winner: The Pitt

Nominees:

  • The Diplomat

  • Pluribus

  • Severance

  • Slow Horses

  • The White Lotus


Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Winner: The Studio

Nominees:

  • Abbott Elementary

  • The Bear

  • Hacks

  • Nobody Wants This

  • Only Murders in the Building


Best Limited Series, Anthology Series, or TV Movie

Winner: Adolescence

Nominees:

  • All Her Fault

  • The Beast in Me

  • Black Mirror

  • Dying for Sex

  • The Girlfriend


Television Acting Winners

  • Best Actor – Drama Series: Noah Wyle – The Pitt

  • Best Actress – Drama Series: Rhea Seehorn – Pluribus

  • Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series: Seth Rogen – The Studio

  • Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series: Jean Smart – Hacks

  • Best Supporting Actor – Television: Owen Cooper – Adolescence

  • Best Supporting Actress – Television: Erin Doherty – Adolescence

  • Best Actor – Limited Series or TV Movie: Stephen Graham – Adolescence

  • Best Actress – Limited Series or TV Movie: Michelle Williams – Dying for Sex


With the Golden Globes once again setting the tone for awards season, this year’s winners and nominees highlight a strong mix of prestige filmmaking, bold performances and audience-driven successes across both film and television. As the conversation now turns toward the BAFTAs and the Academy Awards, many of these titles are firmly positioned as frontrunners — and we’ll be tracking how the race continues to unfold here at Film Focus Online.


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