The 2025 Golden Globe Awards, held on January 5 (early January 6 in India), honored the best in film and television, celebrating standout performances and major achievements across 27 categories. Some of the night’s big winners included Emilia Perez, The Brutalist, Shogun, Hack, and Baby Reindeer, with notable performances from Zoe Saldana, Fernanda Torres, Adrien Brody, Kieran Culkin, Jean Smart, and Jeremy Allen White.
Emilia Perez took home two major awards in the film categories, winning Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Non-English Language Film. Zoe Saldana won Best Supporting Actress for her role, while Emilia Perez’s track “El Mal” claimed the award for Best Original Song. Meanwhile, The Brutalist was named Best Motion Picture – Drama, with Brady Corbet awarded Best Director and Adrien Brody recognized as Best Actor in a Drama.
On the animated front, Flow won Best Motion Picture – Animated, while Wicked received the Cinematic and Box Office Achievement award.
In television, Shogun dominated the Drama Series category, with stars Anna Sawai, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Tadanobu Asano winning individual acting awards. Hack was named Best TV Series – Musical or Comedy, with Jean Smart receiving the Best Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Series – Musical or Comedy.
Baby Reindeer was awarded Best Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television, with Jessica Gunning winning Best Performance by a Female Actor in this category. Ali Wong also took home an award for Best Stand-Up Performance on Television for her special Ali Wong: Single Lady.
Other notable acting honors included Fernanda Torres, who won Best Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for I’m Still Here, and Sebastian Stan, who earned Best Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for A Different Man.
On the TV side, Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada received acting awards for their roles in Shogun, while Jean Smart and Jeremy Allen White won Best Female and Male Actors in a TV Series – Musical or Comedy, respectively. Jodie Foster and Colin Farrell were honored in the limited series categories for True Detective: Night Country and The Penguin, respectively.
The ceremony also saw Viola Davis being awarded the prestigious Cecil B. DeMille Award, while Ted Danson was presented with the Carol Burnett Award during a special Golden Gala event.
The awards show, hosted by Nikki Glaser, marked the second year under the revamped Hollywood Foreign Press Association, now composed of a more diverse group of voters from around the world.
Here’s the full list of winners:
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Emilia Perez (Netflix) (WINNER)
Anora (Neon)
Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios)
A Real Pain (Searchlight Pictures)
The Substance (Mubi)
Wicked (Universal Pictures)
Best Motion Picture – Drama
The Brutalist (A24) (WINNER)
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 – Animated
Flow (Sideshow/Janus Films) (WINNER)
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
Wicked (Universal Pictures) (WINNER)
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)
The Wild Robot (Universal Pictures)
Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
Emilia Perez (Netflix) – France (WINNER)
All We Imagine as Light (Sideshow/Janus Films) – France/India/Luxembourg/Netherlands
The Girl With the Needle (Mubi) – Poland/Sweden/Denmark
I’m Still Here (Sony Pictures Classics) – Brazil
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Neon) – Germany/France/Iran
Vermiglio (Sideshow/Janus Films) – Italy
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here) (WINNER)
Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl)
Angelina Jolie (Maria)
Nicole Kidman (Babygirl)
Tilda Swinton (The Room Next Door)
Kate Winslet (Lee)
Best Performance by a Male 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 Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Demi Moore (The Substance) (WINNER)
Amy Adams (Nightbitch)
Cynthia Erivo (Wicked)
Karla Sofia Gascon (Emilia Perez)
Mikey Madison (Anora)
Zendaya (Challengers)
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Sebastian Stan (A Different Man) (WINNER)
Jesse Eisenberg (A Real Pain)
Hugh Grant (Heretic)
Gabriel LaBelle (Saturday Night)
Jesse Plemons (Kinds of Kindness)
Glen Powell (Hit Man)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Zoe Saldana (Emilia Perez) (WINNER)
Selena Gomez (Emilia Perez)
Ariana Grande (Wicked)
Felicity Jones (The Brutalist)
Margaret Qualley (The Substance)
Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain) (WINNER)
Yura Borisov (Anora)
Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown)
Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)
Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice)
Denzel Washington (Gladiator II)
Best Director – Motion Picture
Brady Corbet (The Brutalist) (WINNER)
Jacques Audiard (Emilia Perez)
Sean Baker (Anora)
Edward Berger (Conclave)
Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)
Payal Kapadia (All We Imagine as Light)
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Peter Straughan (Conclave) (WINNER)
Jacques Audiard (Emilia Perez)
Sean Baker (Anora)
Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold (The Brutalist)
Jesse Eisenberg (A Real Pain)
Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross (Challengers) (WINNER)
Volker Bertelmann (Conclave)
Daniel Blumberg (The Brutalist)
Kris Bowers (The Wild Robot)
Clement Ducol, Camille (Emilia Perez)
Hans Zimmer (Dune: Part Two)
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“El Mal” – Emilia Perez; Music and Lyrics By: Clement Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard (WINNER)
“Beautiful That Way” – The Last Showgirl; Music and Lyrics By: Andrew Wyatt, Miley Cyrus, Lykke Zachrisson
“Compress / Repress” – Challengers; Music and Lyrics By: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Luca Guadagnino
“Forbidden Road” – Better Man; Music and Lyrics By: Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler, Sacha Skarbek
“Kiss the Sky” – The Wild Robot; Music and Lyrics By: Delacey, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack, Ali Tamposi
“Mi Camino” – Emilia Perez; Music and Lyrics By: Clement Ducol, Camille
Best Television Series – Drama
Shogun (FX/Hulu) (WINNER)
The Day of the Jackal (Peacock)
The Diplomat (Netflix)
Mr and Mrs Smith (Prime Video)
Slow Horses (Apple TV+)
Squid Game (Netflix)
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Hacks (HBO/Max) (WINNER)
*Abbott