'The Brutalist', 'Shogun', 'Emilia Pérez', 'Baby Reindeer', 'Wicked': They All Picked Up Awards at 2025's Golden Globes

A drug kingpin disappearing into a new life, clashing cousins, voting popes, a veteran actor trying to reclaim her career with the help of a mysterious liquid, Adrien Brody surviving history's horrors again, fierce tennis competitors: films about all of the above have earned Golden Globes in 2025. Stressed-out chefs, stand-up comedy greats, Japanese warriors, Gotham villains, determined detectives: TV shows about them are all also in the same category. And, they each have a heap of company.

Held on Monday, January 6 Australian and New Zealand time, this year's Golden Globes ceremony started with host Nikki Glaser cracking gags about everything from Dune: Part Two's running time to Nicole Kidman making awards-nominated work to get away from Keith Urban's strumming and Adam Sandler pronouncing Timothée Chalamet's name. It then threw in excited shouts and enthusiastic speeches aplenty among the winners. Picking up the first award of the night — but not the only award for Emilia Pérez — Zoe Saldaña (Special Ops: Lioness) delivered both alone.

Other highlights from the hijinks: Catherine O'Hara (The Wild Robot) and Seth Rogen (Mufasa: The Lion King), co-stars in upcoming streaming series The Studio, making up a whole lot of accolades for fake Canadian projects; The White Lotus favourite Jennifer Coolidge being Jennifer Coolidge; Emilia Pérez songwriter Camille calling the whole shebang "such an American experience"; and Vin Diesel (Fast X) starting his presenting stint with "hey Dwayne".

And more standouts among the awards: gorgeous Latvian independent animation Flow taking out its category, in the first time that a movie from the nation has been at the Golden Globes; Kieran Culkin winning the supporting actor Succession battle for A Real Pain over Jeremy Strong for The Apprentice; Shogun's well-deserved swag of gongs; Demi Moore's touching sentiments about believing in your own value; A Different Man winner Sebastian Stan demanding that tough films still get made; and also Feranda Torres emerging victorious for I'm Still Here over Nicole Kidman (Babygirl), Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl), Angelina Jolie (Maria), Tilda Swinton (The Room Next Door) and Kate Winslet (Lee).

Not every ace nominee could snag a statuette, of course. Not every worthy movie and TV series even made the roster of contenders. They're truths that everyone should remember at every awards ceremony. Still, the rundown of newly minted 2025 Golden Globe winners spans an array of deserving folks and projects — and comes in less than a fortnight before the Oscars joins in, announcing its nominees on Saturday, January 17 Down Under time.

Will the Academy Awards follow in these footsteps? And the Emmys later in the year, too? What else received some love? Here's the full list of 2025's Golden Globe winners and nominees (and you can also check out our rundown of victorious films and TV shows to watch right now):

2025 Golden Globe Winners and Nominees

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 Motion Picture — Animated

Flow — WINNER
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail 
Moana 2 
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

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

Best Motion Picture — Non-English Language

All We Imagine as Light 
Emilia Pérez — WINNER
The Girl with the Needle 
I'm Still Here 
The Seed of the Sacred Fig 
Vermiglio 

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
Fernanda Torres, I'm Still Here — WINNER
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

Amy Adams, Nightbitch
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance — WINNER
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
Sebastian Stan, A Different Man — WINNER

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
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez — WINNER

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role 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, Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Peter Straughan, Conclave — WINNER

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', Andrew Wyatt, Miley Cyrus, Lykke Zachrisson, The Last Showgirl
'Compress / Repress', Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Luca Guadagnino, Challengers
'El Mal', Clément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez — WINNER
'Forbidden Road', Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler, Sacha Skarbek, Better Man
'Kiss The Sky', Delacey, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack, Ali Tamposi, The Wild Robot
'Mi Camino', Clément Ducol, Camille, Emilia Pérez

Best Television Series — Drama

The Day of the Jackal 
The Diplomat
Mr & Mrs Smith
Shogun — WINNER
Slow Horses
Squid Game 

Best Television Series — Musical or Comedy

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

Best Television 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 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
Anna Sawai, Shogun — WINNER

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
Hiroyuki Sanada, Shogun — WINNER
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
Jean Smart, Hacks — WINNER

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
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear — WINNER

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a 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 Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a 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 Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television

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 Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television

Tadanobu Asano, Shogun — 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 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
Ali Wong, Ali Wong: Single Lady — WINNER
Ramy Youssef, Ramy Youssef: More Feelings

The 2025 Golden Globes were announced on Monday, January 6, Australian and New Zealand time. For further details, head to the awards' website.