So the Golden Globe 2026 winners have been announced with some not unsurprising names taking the gongs. What it does make clear is it that the battle for the Best Film Oscar may well be between ‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘Hamnet’. Winners are marked and those in blue are links to reviews and interviews
BEST FILM – drama
Frankenstein
Hamnet – WINNER
It Was Just an Accident
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
BEST FILM – musical or comedy
Blue Moon
Bugonia
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
Nouvelle Vague
One Battle After Another – WINNER
BEST ACTOR – drama
Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams
Oscar Isaac, Frankenstein
Dwayne Johnson, The Smashing Machine
Michael B Jordan, Sinners
Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent – WINNER
Jeremy Allen White, Springsteen Deliver me From Nowhere
BEST ACTRESS – drama
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet – WINNER
Jennifer Lawrence, – Die My Love
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
Julia Roberts, – After the Hunt
Tessa Thompson,- Hedda
Eva Victor, Sorry baby
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Arco
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters – WINNER
Little Amélie
Zootopia 2
BEST DIRECTOR – film
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another – WINNER
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
Cinematic and box office achievement
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
KPop Demon Hunters
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Sinners – WINNER
Weapons
Wicked: For Good
Zootopia 2
BEST ACTOR – musical or comedy
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme – WINNER
George Clooney, Jay Kelly
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Lee Byung-hun, No Other Choice
Jesse Plemons, Bugonia
BEST ACTRESS – musical or comedy
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You – WINNER
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked: For Good
Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue
Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another
Amanda Seyfried, The Testament of Ann Lee
Emma Stone, Bugonia
BEST SCREENPLAY – film
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another – WINNER
Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident
Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell, Hamnet
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – film
Ludwig Göransson, Sinners – WINNER
Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another
Max Richter, Hamnet
Hans Zimmer, F1
BEST ORIGINAL SONG – film
Dream as One, Avatar: Fire and Ash
Golden, KPop Demon Hunters – WINNER
I Lied to You, Sinners
No Place Like Home, Wicked: For Good
The Girl in the Bubble, Wicked: For Good
Train Dreams, Train Dreams
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Paul Mescal, Hamnet
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Adam Sandler, Jay Kelly
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value – WINNER
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Emily Blunt, The Smashing Machine
Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
Ariana Grande, Wicked: For Good
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan, Weapons
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another – WINNER
……and those are the Golden Globe 2026 winners!
