Golden Globe Awards 2025
After a recent history of HFPA controversy, boycotts and takeovers, and last year’s successful return after one of the most tumultuous years in recent Hollywood history thanks to 2023’s WGA & SAG-AFTRA writers & actors strike, not to mention an industry in general perilous flux, the year’s first big film & TV awards ceremony took place this Sunday as the 82nd edition of the Golden Globe Awards rolled into tinseltown.
Despite another difficult year for the industry at the box office, in boardrooms, and on the streets, cinema as well as television were once again celebrated in Beverly Hills as an eclectic selection of films were nominated for the big prizes with the field being led by Jacques Audiard’s unconventional crime musical ‘Emilia Pérez’ with 10 nominations, Brady Corbet’s post-war American dream epic ‘The Brutalist’ with 7, and Edward Berger’s Vatican political papal thriller ‘Conclave’ with 6. So we recap the big film award nominees and winners this year . . . plus our personal picks.
Best Motion Picture- Drama
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‘The Brutalist’ (Winner)
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‘A Complete Unknown’
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‘Conclave’
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‘Dune: Part Two’
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‘Nickel Boys’
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‘September 5’
Our pick from the nominees: ‘The Brutalist’
Our pick overall: ‘The Brutalist’
Best Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy
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‘Emilia Pérez’ (Winner)
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‘Anora’
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‘Challengers’
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‘A Real Pain’
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‘The Substance’
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‘Wicked’
Our pick from the nominees: ‘Anora’
Our pick overall: ‘Anora’
Best Director
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Brady Corbet for ‘The Brutalist’ (Winner)
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Jacques Audiard for ‘Emilia Pérez’
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Sean Baker for ‘Anora’
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Edward Berger for ‘Conclave’
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Coralie Fargeat for ‘The Substance’
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Payal Kapadia for ‘All We Imagine as Light’
Our pick from the nominees: Brady Corbet for ‘The Brutalist’
Our pick overall: Brady Corbet for ‘The Brutalist’
Best Male Actor in a Motion Picture- Drama
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Adrien Brody in ‘The Brutalist’ (Winner)
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Timothée Chalamet in ‘A Complete Unknown’
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Daniel Craig in ‘Queer’
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Colman Domingo in ‘Sing Sing’
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Ralph Fiennes in ‘Conclave’
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Sebastian Stan in ‘The Apprentice’
Our pick from the nominees: Adrien Brody in ‘The Brutalist’
Our pick overall: Adrien Brody in ‘The Brutalist’
Best Female Actor in a Motion Picture- Drama
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Fernanda Torres in ‘I’m Still Here’ (Winner)
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Angelina Jolie in ‘Maria’
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Pamela Anderson in ‘The Last Showgirl’
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Nicole Kidman in ‘Babygirl’
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Tilda Swinton in ‘The Room Next Door’
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Kate Winslet in ‘Lee’
Our pick from the nominees: Angelina Jolie in ‘Maria’
Our pick overall: Angelina Jolie in ‘Maria’
Best Actor in a Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy
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Sebastian Stan in ‘A Different Man’ (Winner)
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Jesse Eisenberg in ‘A Real Pain’
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Hugh Grant in ‘Heretic’
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Gabriel LaBelle in ‘Saturday Night’
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Jesse Plemons in ‘Kinds of Kindness’
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Glen Powell in ‘Hit Man’
Our pick from the nominees: Glen Powell in ‘Hit Man’
Our pick overall: Glen Powell in ‘Hit Man’
Best Actress in a Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy
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Demi Moore in ‘The Substance’ (Winner)
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Mikey Madison in ‘Anora’
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Amy Adams in ‘Nightbitch’
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Cynthia Erivo in ‘Wicked’
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Karla Sofía Gascón in ‘Emilia Pérez’
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Zendaya in ‘Challengers’
Our pick from the nominees: Mikey Madison in ‘Anora’
Our pick overall: Mikey Madison in ‘Anora’
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
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Kieran Culkin in ‘A Real Pain’ (Winner)
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Yura Borisov in ‘Anora’
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Edward Norton in ‘A Complete Unknown’
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Guy Pearce in ‘The Brutalist’
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Jeremy Strong in ‘The Apprentice’
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Denzel Washington in ‘Gladiator II’
Our pick from the nominees: Jeremy Strong in ‘The Apprentice’
Our pick overall: Jeremy Strong in ‘The Apprentice’
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
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Zoe Saldaña in ‘Emilia Pérez’ (Winner)
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Selena Gomez in ‘Emilia Pérez’
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Ariana Grande in ‘Wicked’
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Felicity Jones in ‘The Brutalist’
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Margaret Qualley in ‘The Substance’
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Isabella Rossellini in ‘Conclave’
Our pick from the nominees: Margaret Qualley in ‘The Substance’
Our pick overall: Cailee Spaeny in ‘Civil War’
Best Screenplay- Motion Picture
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‘Conclave’ by Peter Straughan (Winner)
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‘The Brutalist’ by Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold
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‘Emilia Pérez’ by Jacques Audiard
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‘Anora’ by Sean Baker
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‘A Real Pain’ by Jesse Eisenberg
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‘The Substance’ by Coralie Fargeat
Our pick from the nominees: ‘The Brutalist’ by Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold
Our pick overall: ‘The Brutalist’ by Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold
Best Animated Feature Film
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‘Flow’ (Winner)
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‘Inside Out 2’
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‘Memoir of a Snail’
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‘Moana 2’
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‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’
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‘The Wild Robot’
Our pick from the nominees: ‘The Wild Robot’
Our pick overall: ‘The Wild Robot’
Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
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‘Emilia Pérez’ (France) (Winner)
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‘All We Imagine as Light’ (India)
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‘The Girl with the Needle’ (Denmark, Sweden)
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‘I’m Still Here’ (Brazil)
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‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ (France, Germany, Iran)
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‘Vermiglio’ (Italy)
Our pick from the nominees: ‘I’m Still Here’ (Brazil)
Our pick overall: ‘I’m Still Here’ (Brazil)
Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
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‘Wicked’ (Winner)
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‘Inside Out 2’
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‘Alien: Romulus’
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‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’
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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’
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‘Gladiator II’
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‘Twisters’
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‘The Wild Robot’
Our pick from the nominees: ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’
Our pick overall: ‘Dune: Part Two’
Best Original Score- Motion Picture
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‘Challengers’ by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (Winner)
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‘Conclave’ by Volker Bertelmann
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‘The Brutalist’ by Daniel Blumberg
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‘The Wild Robot’ by Kris Bowers
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‘Emilia Pérez’ by Clément Ducol and Camille
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‘Dune: Part Two’ by Hans Zimmer
Our pick from the nominees: ‘Conclave’ by Volker Bertelmann
Our pick overall: ‘Conclave’ by Volker Bertelmann
Best Original Song- Motion Picture
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“El Mal” from ‘Emilia Pérez’ (Winner)
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“Beautiful That Way” from ‘The Last Showgirl’
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“Compress / Repress” from ‘Challengers’
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“Forbidden Road” from ‘Better Man’
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“Kiss the Sky” from ‘The Wild Robot’
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“Mi Camino” from ‘Emilia Pérez’
Our pick from the nominees: “Kiss the Sky” from ‘The Wild Robot’
Our pick overall: “Kiss the Sky” from ‘The Wild Robot’
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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