Golden Globe Awards 2024
After one of the most tumultuous years in recent Hollywood history thanks to 2023’s WGA & SAG-AFTRA writers & actors strike and an industry in general perilous flux—not to mention the controversies surrounding the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s (HFPA) in recent years—the year’s first big film & TV awards ceremony took place this Sunday as the 81st edition of the Golden Globe Awards rolled into tinseltown.
A difficult year at the box office, in boardrooms, and on the streets was defined in cinema terms by the “Barbenheimer” cultural and media phenomenon which was reflected in the nominations this year with ‘Barbie’ securing 9 and ‘Oppenheimer’ garnering 8, whilst films like Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ and Yorgos Lanthimos‘ ‘Poor Things’ also made an impact. So we recap the big film award nominees and winners this year . . . plus our personal picks.
Best Motion Picture- Drama
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‘Oppenheimer’ (Winner)
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‘Anatomy of a Fall’
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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
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‘Maestro’
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‘Past Lives’
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‘The Zone of Interest’
Our pick from the nominees: ‘Oppenheimer’
Our pick overall: ‘Oppenheimer’
Best Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy
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‘Poor Things’ (Winner)
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‘Barbie’
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‘Air’
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‘American Fiction’
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‘The Holdovers’
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‘May December’
Our pick from the nominees: ‘Poor Things’
Our pick overall: ‘Poor Things’
Best Director
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Christopher Nolan for ‘Oppenheimer’ (Winner)
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Bradley Cooper for ‘Maestro’
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Celine Song for ‘Past Lives’
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Greta Gerwig for ‘Barbie’
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Martin Scorsese for ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
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Yorgos Lanthimos for ‘Poor Things’
Our pick from the nominees: Christopher Nolan for ‘Oppenheimer’
Our pick overall: Christopher Nolan for ‘Oppenheimer’
Best Male Actor in a Motion Picture- Drama
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Cillian Murphy in ‘Oppenheimer’ (Winner)
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Andrew Scott in ‘All of Us Strangers’
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Barry Keoghan in ‘Saltburn’
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Bradley Cooper in ‘Maestro’
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Colman Domingo in ‘Rustin’
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Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
Our pick from the nominees: Cillian Murphy in ‘Oppenheimer’
Our pick overall: Cillian Murphy in ‘Oppenheimer’
Best Female Actor in a Motion Picture- Drama
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Lily Gladstone in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ (Winner)
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Annette Bening in ‘Nyad’
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Cailee Spaeny in ‘Priscilla’
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Carey Mulligan in ‘Maestro’
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Greta Lee in ‘Past Lives’
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Sandra Hüller in ‘Anatomy of a Fall’
Our pick from the nominees: Lily Gladstone in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
Our pick overall: Lily Gladstone in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
Best Actor in a Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy
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Paul Giamatti in ‘The Holdovers’ (Winner)
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Jeffrey Wright in ‘American Fiction’
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Nicolas Cage in ‘Dream Scenario’
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Timothée Chalamet in ‘Wonka’
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Matt Damon in ‘Air’
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Joaquin Phoenix in ‘Beau is Afraid’
Our pick from the nominees: Nicolas Cage in ‘Dream Scenario’
Our pick overall: Barry Keoghan in ‘Saltburn’
Best Actress in a Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy
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Emma Stone in ‘Poor Things’ (Winner)
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Fantasia Barrino in ‘The Color Purple (2023)’
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Jennifer Lawrence in ‘No Hard Feelings’
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Natalie Portman in ‘May December’
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Alma Pöysti in ‘Fallen Leaves’
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Margot Robbie in ‘Barbie’
Our pick from the nominees: Emma Stone in ‘Poor Things’
Our pick overall: Emma Stone in ‘Poor Things’
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
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Robert Downey Jr. in ‘Oppenheimer’ (Winner)
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Ryan Gosling in ‘Barbie’
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Willem Dafoe in ‘Poor Things’
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Robert De Niro in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
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Charles Melton in ‘May December’
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Mark Ruffalo in ‘Poor Things’
Our pick from the nominees: Mark Ruffalo in ‘Poor Things’
Our pick overall: Mark Ruffalo in ‘Poor Things’
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
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Da’Vine Joy Randolph in ‘The Holdovers’ (Winner)
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Emily Blunt in ‘Oppenheimer’
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Danielle Brooks in ‘The Color Purple (2023)’
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Jodie Foster in ‘Nyad’
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Julianne Moore in ‘May December’
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Rosamund Pike in ‘Saltburn’
Our pick from the nominees: Rosamund Pike in ‘Saltburn’
Our pick overall: Rosamund Pike in ‘Saltburn’
Best Screenplay- Motion Picture
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Justine Triet and Arthur Harari for ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ (Winner)
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Christopher Nolan for ‘Oppenheimer’
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Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach for ‘Barbie’
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Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese for ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
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Celine Song for ‘Past Lives’
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Tony McNamara for ‘Poor Things’
Our pick from the nominees: Tony McNamara for ‘Poor Things’
Our pick overall: Tony McNamara for ‘Poor Things’
Best Animated Feature Film
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‘The Boy and the Heron’ (Winner)
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‘Elemental’
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‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’
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‘Suzume’
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‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’
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‘Wish’
Our pick from the nominees: ‘The Boy and the Heron’
Our pick overall: ‘The Boy and the Heron’
Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
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‘Anatomy of a Fall’ (France) (Winner)
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‘Fallen Leaves’ (Finland)
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‘Io Capitano’ (Italy)
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‘Past Lives’ (South Korea, USA)
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‘Society of the Snow’ (Chile, Spain, Uruguay)
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‘The Zone of Interest’ (Poland, UK)
Our pick from the nominees: ‘The Zone of Interest’ (Poland, UK)
Our pick overall: ‘The Zone of Interest’ (Poland, UK)
Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
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‘Barbie’ (Winner)
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‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’
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‘John Wick: Chapter 4’
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‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1’
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‘Oppenheimer’
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‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’
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‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’
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‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’
Our pick from the nominees: ‘Oppenheimer’
Our pick overall: ‘Oppenheimer’
Best Original Score- Motion Picture
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‘Oppenheimer’ by Ludwig Göransson (Winner)
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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ by Robbie Robertson (Winner)
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‘The Boy and the Heron’ by Joe Hisaishi
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‘Poor Things’ by Jerskin Fendrix
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‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ by Daniel Pemberton
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‘The Zone of Interest’ by Mica Levi
Our pick from the nominees: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ by Robbie Robertson
Our pick overall: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ by Robbie Robertson
Best Original Song- Motion Picture
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“What Was I Made For?” from ‘Barbie’ (Winner)
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“I’m Just Ken” from ‘Barbie’ (Winner)
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“Dance the Night” from ‘Barbie’
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“Road to Freedom” from ‘Rustin’
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“Addicted to Romance” from ‘She Came to Me’
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“Peaches” from ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’
Our pick from the nominees: “I’m Just Ken” from ‘Barbie’
Our pick overall: “I’m Just Ken” from ‘Barbie’
Let us know what you think of this year’s nominees and winners and our alternative picks by commenting here and on social media.
As usual let’s all remember that film criticism is subjective and we all have our opinions on who should win what and why, the important thing is that the majority of the nominees at these shows deserve recognition for great work done, but no more than the many who often do not feature at all.
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