Nomadland Wins Big at the 78th Golden Globe Awards

Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland was the big winner at the 78th Golden Globe Awards. The film took home Best Motion Picture – Drama, while Zhao cemented her place as the Oscar frontrunner with her win for Best Director.

Many of the categories went according to plan including Aaron Sorkin collecting his third win for Best Screenplay, Soul taking out both Best Motion Picture – Animated and Best Score, and the late Chadwick Boseman collecting Best Actor – Drama for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.

Elsewhere, the HFPA threw plenty of shocks our way with upset wins for Andra Day in Best Actress – Drama for The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Jodie Foster in Best Supporting Actress for The Mauritanian, and Rosamund Pike in Best Actress – Comedy for I Care a Lot.

Winners in bold below.

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
The Father
Mank
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST ACTOR – DRAMA
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Gary Oldman – Mank
Tahar Rahim – The Mauritanian

BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL/COMEDY
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Hamilton
Music
Palm Springs
The Prom

BEST ACTOR – MUSICAL/COMEDY
Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
James Corden – The Prom
Lin-Manuel Miranda – Hamilton
Dev Patel – The Personal History of David Copperfield
Andy Samberg – Palm Springs

BEST ACTRESS – MUSICAL/COMEDY
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Kate Hudson – Music
Michelle Pfeiffer – French Exit
Rosamund Pike – I Care a Lot
Anya Taylor-Joy – Emma.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah
Jared Leto – The Little Things
Bill Murray – On the Rocks
Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman – The Father
Jodie Foster – The Mauritanian
Amanda Seyfried – Mank
Helena Zengel – News of the World

BEST DIRECTOR
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
David Fincher – Mank
Regina King – One Night in Miami
Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of Chicago 7
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

BEST SCREENPLAY
The Father
Mank
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
The Trial of Chicago 7

BEST SCORE
Mank
The Midnight Sky
News of the World
Soul
Tenet

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Fight For You” – Judas and the Black Messiah
“Hear My Voice” – The Trial of the Chicago 7
“Io Sì (Seen)” – The Life Ahead
“Speak Now” – One Night in Miami
“Tigress & Tweed” – The United States vs. Billie Holiday

BEST MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED
The Croods: A New Age
Onward
Over the Moon
Soul
Wolfwalkers

BEST MOTION PICTURE – FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Another Round
La Llorona
The Life Ahead
Minari
Two of Us