The big winners from the 2024 Golden Globe Awards

The 2024 Golden Globe Awards were just as we expected—the big guns (Oppenheimer and Succession), with the highest number of nominations, ruled the roost, with there being one massive let-down. This year's ceremony, following a star-studded red carpet show, was hosted by comedian Jo Koy at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles and honoured the best films, TV shows, and performances of 2023.

If you didn't catch the show, we know you have questions. Like who amongst Oppenheimer and Barbie reigned supreme? And was it going to be yet another clean sweep for Succession and The Bear? Let's just say that all but one of the big names lived up to expectations.

Here’s a round-up of the big wins.

The Barbieheimer battle was a no-contest

All eyes were on Barbie and Oppenheimer, both of which received nine and eight nominations each respectively, to see which among the two bags the most number of awards. Well, it was not just a good night but rather a great night for the latter as it bagged five awards including Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama (Cillian Murphy), Best Director – Motion Picture, Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture (Robert Downey Jr.), and Best Original Score – Motion Picture (Ludwig Göransson).

With many hoping that Greta Gerwig’s Barbie would do well, the maximum it could do was bag the Best Original Song – Motion Picture (What Was I Made For?) and the Cinematic and Box Office Achievement award as Poor Things beat them to two awards taking home the Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and the Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Emma Stone).

‘Succession’, ‘The Bear’, and ‘Beef’ deliver as promised

Coming to TV, it was three television shows that dominated their respective categories—The Bear in comedy, Succession in drama, and Beef in the limited series.

The finally completed Succession won Best Television Series – Drama for the third year in a row and was the show with the most awards, winning a total of four including Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Drama (Sarah Snook), Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Drama (Kieran Culkin), and Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television (Matthew Macfadyen).

The Bear won Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy with its lead Jeremy Allen White winning Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy for the second time in a row, while his co-star Ayo Edebiri won Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy.

Beef won the Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television award, with the show’s Ali Wong and Steven Yeun taking home Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television and Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television, respectively. 

Highlights from the evening

Jennifer Lawrence’s perfect one-liner

Lawrence takes her acting and nominations very seriously. So much so, that the actor, who earned a nomination for No Hard Feelings was seen mouthing, “If I don’t win, I’m leaving,” as the cameras panned to her when her category was announced.

A joke made on Taylor Swift

Jo Koy was a last-minute addition to the event as its host and it was pretty evident that many of his jokes didn't land. One of them was a dig on Taylor Swift, who made an appearance at the Golden Globes as The Eras Tour movie was nominated for the show's new box office recognition category. “The big difference between the Golden Globes and the NFL? On the Golden Globes, we have fewer camera shots of Taylor Swift,” Koy said. Ironically, the camera then cut to Swift—who didn’t seem too thrilled about the joke and took a sip of her drink.

Gladstone scripts history

Lily Gladstone etched her name in history at the Golden Globes by becoming the first Native American woman to win an award in the Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama category for her performance in the film Killers of the Flower Moon. “I am so honoured to have been entrusted with this story that belongs to the Osage nation, and so deeply grateful to the Golden Globes for seeing me and our film, which means so much to Native American and indigenous people around the world,” she said in her speech. “This is a historic win; it doesn’t just belong to me,” she added.

Winners list

Best Motion Picture – Drama: Oppenheimer

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy: Poor Things

Best Motion Picture – Animated: The Boy and the Heron

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement: Barbie

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language: Anatomy of a Fall

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy: Emma Stone, Poor Things

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy: Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer

Best Director  – Motion Picture: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture: Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall

Best Original Score – Motion Picture: Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer

Best Original Song – Motion Picture: What Was I Made For?, from Barbie

Best Television Series – Drama: Succession

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy: The Bear

Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television: Beef

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Drama: Sarah Snook, Succession

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Drama: Kieran Culkin, Succession

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy: Ayo Edebiri, The Bear

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy: Jeremy Allen White, The Bear

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television: Ali Wong, Beef

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television: Steven Yeun, Beef

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television: Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television: Matthew Macfadyen, Succession

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television: Ricky Gervais, Ricky Gervais: Armageddon