The Golden Globes 2026 winners

Paul Thomas Anderson’s ragtag revolutionary saga “One Battle After Another” took top honors at Sunday’s 83rd Golden Globes in the comedy category, while Chloe Zhao’s Shakespeare drama “Hamnet” upset “Sinners” to win best film, drama.

“One Battle After Another” won best film, comedy, supporting female actor for Teyana Taylor and best director and best screenplay for Anderson. The director became just the second filmmaker to sweep director, screenplay and film at the Globes. Only Oliver Stone, for “Born on the Fourth of July,” managed the same feat.

Though “Hamnet” won the top award, “Sinners” won for best score and the prize for cinematic and box-office achievement. The win for box office and cinematic achievement, over franchise films like “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” was notable for “Sinners,” a movie that some reports labeled a qualified success on its release.

But “Sinners” ultimately grossed $278 million domestically and $368 million worldwide, making it highest grossing original film in 15 years.

“I just want to thank the audience for showing up,” said Coogler. “It’s means the world.”

Coming off years of scandal and subsequent rehabilitation, the Globes and host Nikki Glaser put on a star-studded ceremony that saw wins for the streaming sensation “KPop Demon Hunters” (best animated film, song), a meta triumph for Seth Rogen’s “The Studio” and an inaugural award for podcasting that went to Amy Poehler’s “Good Hang.”

Many of the Oscar favorites won. Timothee Chalamet won his first Golden Globe, for “Marty Supreme,” after four previous nominations. The 30-year-old is poised to win his first Oscar. Fellow nominees like Leonardo DiCaprio and George Clooney stood to applaud his win.

“My dad instilled in me a spirit of gratitude growing up: Always be grateful for what you have,” said Chalamet. “It’s allowed me to leave this ceremony in the past empty handed, my head held high, grateful just to be here. I’d be lying if I didn’t say those moments didn’t make this moment that much sweeter.”

Here’s a look at Sunday night’s winners:

2026 Winners

• Teyana Taylor: Best performance by a female actor in a supporting role in any motion picture.
• Stellan Skarsgard: Best performance by a male actor in a supporting role in any motion pictures.
• Noah Wyle: Best performance by a male actor in a television series – drama. Speaking to press after winning his Golden Globe, Wyle praised the community of Pittsburg.
• Jean Smart: Best performance by a female actor in a television series – musical or comedy.
• Owen Cooper won the Golden Globe for best performance by a male actor in a supporting role on television. At 16 years-old, Cooper is the youngest actor to win this category and now the second youngest Golden Globe winner.
• Seth Rogen took the Golden Globe for best performance by a male actor in a television series – musical or comedy.
• “Good Hang with Amy Poehler” won the Golden Globe for best podcast.
• “KPop Demon Hunters” took the Golden Globe for best original song – motion picture.
• “Sinners” won the Golden Globe for best original score – motion picture.
• Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” won the Golden Globe for best screenplay – motion picture.
• Rose Byrne took the Golden Globe for best performance by a female actor in a motion picture – musical or comedy.
• Timothee Chalamet won the Golden Globe for best performance by a male actor in a motion picture – musical or comedy.
• Stephen Graham won for best performance by a male actor in limited series, anthology series, or a motion picture made for television.
• Michelle Williams won the Golden Globe for best performance by a female actor in a limited series, anthology series, or motion picture made for television for “Dying for Sex.”
• “Sinners” won the Golden Globe for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement.
• The Golden Globe for best director – motion picture went to Paul Thomas Anderson for “One Battle After Another.” 
• “KPop Demon Hunters” won the Golden Globe for best animated film.
• The Golden Globe for best motion picture – non-English language was won by “The Secret Agent.”
  
• Erin Doherty won the Golden Globe for best performance by a female actor in a supporting role on television.
• The Golden Globe for best performance in stand-up comedy on television went to “Ricky Gervais: Mortality.”
• Rhea Seehorn won the Golden Globe for best performance by a female actor in a television series – drama for “Pluribus,” which is now Apple TV+’s most watched show.
• The Golden Globe for best television series – drama went to “The Pitt.”
• “Adolescence” won the Golden Globe for limited series, anthology series, made for TV movie.
• The Golden Globe for best television series – musical or comedy was won by “The Studio.”
• The Golden Globe for female actor in a motion picture – drama was won by Jessie Buckley for “Hamnet.”
• Wagner Moura won the Golden Globe for male actor in a motion picture – drama for “The Secret Agent.”
• The Golden Globe for motion picture – musical or comedy was won by “One Battle After Another.”
• “Hamnet” won the Golden Globe for best motion picture – drama.

A podcasting first

At the 83rd Golden Globes, Poehler won the inaugural award for podcasting, “KPop Demons Hunters” triumphed in the best song and animated categories and Seth Rogen won a comically poignant award for his Hollywood satire “The Studio.”

For the first year, the Globes handed out a best podcast trophy. It went to “Good Hang,” the recently launched podcast by Poehler, who for years hosted the Globes with Tina Fey. Snoop Dogg presented the award.

“This is exactly how I pictured it: Snoop Dogg giving me the award,” said Poehler.

It was a fittingly odd moment for a Golden Globes that featured a very meta moment with Rogen winning best actor in a comedy series. “The Studio” memorably included an episode devoted to drama around a night at the Globes. (Sample line: “I remember when the red carpet of the Golden Globes actually stood for something.”)

“This is so weird,” Rogen said, chuckling. “We just pretended to do this. And now it’s happening.”

Glaser comes out swinging

The Globes, held at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, got underway with a pointedly political opening from host Nikki Glaser and an early award for the night’s favorite, “One Battle After Another.” Emceeing the show for the second straight year, Glaser kicked off the show with self-aware satire.

“Yes, the Golden Globes, without a doubt the most important thing happening in the world right now,” she said.

In a winning, rapid-fire opening monologue that landed some punch lines on the usual subjects — the age of Leonardo DiCaprio’s dates, Kevin Hart’s height — Glaser also dove right into some of her most topical material.

For the on-the-block Warner Bros., Glaser started the bidding at $5. Referencing the Epstein files, she suggested best editing should go to the Justice Dept. The “most editing,” however, she suggested deserved to go to Bari Weiss’ new CBS News — a dig at the Paramount Skydance-owned network airing the Globes.

The night’s first award went to Teyana Taylor for her explosive supporting performance in “One Battle After Another.” A teary-eyed Taylor took the stage and accepted what could be the first of many awards for Paul Thomas Anderson’s film.

“To my brown sisters and little brown girls watching tonight, our softness is not a liability. Our depth is not too much. Our light does not need permission to shine. We belong in every room we walk into. Our voices matter and our dreams deserve space.”

Globes mix glitz and gloom

Political tension and industrywide uncertainty were the prevailing moods heading into Sunday’s awards. Hollywood is coming off a disappointing box-office year and now anxiously awaits the fate of one of its most storied studios, Warner Bros. Following the fatal shooting of Megan Good in Minneapolis by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, several attendees wore pins reading “Be Good” and “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Out.”

The overwhelming Oscar favorite “One Battle After Another” — a movie where immigrant detention centers play a central role — came in with a leading nine nominations.

If “One Battle After Another” and “Sinners” take home the two biggest prizes, it will be a banner night for Warner Bros. even as its future hangs in the balance. The studio has agreed to be acquired by Netflix is a deal worth $82.7 billion. Paramount Skydance is still trying to convince Warner shareholders to accept its rival offer.

The Globes aren’t the Oscars, but they can matter

The Globes, formerly presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, have no overlap or direct correlation with the Academy Awards. After being sold in 2023 to Todd Boehly’s Eldridge Industries and Dick Clark Productions, a part of Penske Media, the Globes are voted on by around 400 people. The Oscars are voted on by more than 10,500 professionals.

But in the fluctuating undulations of awards season, a good speech at the Globes can really boost an Oscar campaign. Last year, that seemed to be the case for Demi Moore, who won for “The Substance” and gave the night’s most emotional speech. Mikey Madison (“Anora”), however, scored the upset win at the Oscars.

A few potentially good moments this year went instead in a Golden Eve ceremony earlier this week. There, the Cecil B. DeMille and Carol Burnett honorees, Helen Mirren and Sarah Jessica Parker, accepted their awards.

One to watch, if he wins, will be the Iranian director Jafar Panahi. His revenge drama “It Was Just an Accident” is up for four awards. Panahi has spent most of his career making films clandestinely, without approval of authorities, and was until recently banned from leaving the country. Last month, he was sentenced to a year in prison, which would be only his latest stint behind bars if Panahi returns home to serve it. This week, protests over Iran’s ailing economy have spread throughout the country in a new test to Iran’s leaders.