GOLDEN GLOBES 2024 Winners: OPPENHEIMER Reigns Supreme But BARBIE Is Named Last Year's Best Blockbuster

GOLDEN GLOBES 2024 Winners: OPPENHEIMER Reigns Supreme But BARBIE Is Named Last Year's Best Blockbuster

The full list of winners for the Golden Globes has been revealed, and while Oppenheimer and Barbie dominated, it was a bad night for superhero movies after Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse fell short.

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By JoshWilding - Jan 08, 2024 05:01 AM EST
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The 2024 Golden Globes took place last night and when it came to deciding the final victor in last year's "Barbenheimer" battle, it seems Oppenheimer should be considered the clear victor in terms of awards. 

When the night was over, Christopher Nolan's historical drama reigned supreme. The filmmaker walked away with "Best Director" and Oppenheimer nabbed "Best Motion Picture - Drama". Barbie, meanwhile, had a good night but missed out on being named "Best Motion Picture" in the Musical or Comedy list. 

However, it did emerge triumphant in the newly created "Cinematic and Box Office Achievement" category. That's essentially "Best Blockbuster," and the critically acclaimed female-led hit managed to hold off competition from the likes of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and even Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. 

Talking of the latter, it proved to be a disappointing night for the Sony sequel as The Boy and the Heron defeated it to be named "Best Motion Picture - Animated."

Following a hit-and-miss 2023 for the genre, we'd expected Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse to have a clean sweep of award wins. The Golden Globes tend to be very much their own thing, though, and aren't necessarily indicative of what we'll see at the Oscars in March.

Here's a full list of winners from the Golden Globes:

Best Motion Picture – Drama

Anatomy of a Fall (Neon)
Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
Maestro (Netflix)
Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures) (WINNER)
Past Lives (A24)
The Zone of Interest (A24)

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Air (Amazon MGM Studios)
American Fiction (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)
The Holdovers (Focus Features)
May December (Netflix)
Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures) (WINNER)

Best Motion Picture – Animated

The Boy and the Heron (GKids) (WINNER)
Elemental (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures Releasing)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Universal Pictures)
Suzume (Crunchyroll / Sony Pictures Entertainment)
Wish (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures) (WINNER)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
John Wick: Chapter 4 (Lionsgate)
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (Paramount Pictures)
Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures Releasing)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Universal Pictures)
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (AMC Theatres Distribution)

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

Anatomy of a Fall, France (Neon) (WINNER)
Fallen Leaves, Finland (Mubi)
Io Capitano, Italy (Pathe Distribution)
Past Lives, United States (A24)
Society of the Snow, Spain (Netflix)
The Zone of Interest, United Kingdom/USA (A24)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon
Colman Domingo, Rustin
Barry Keoghan, Saltburn
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer (WINNER)
Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Annette Bening, Nyad
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon (WINNER)
Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
Greta Lee, Past Lives
Carey Mulligan, Maestro
Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Fantasia Barrino, The Color Purple
Jennifer Lawrence, No Hard Feelings
Natalie Portman, May December
Alma Pöysti, Fallen Leaves
Margot Robbie, Barbie
Emma Stone, Poor Things (WINNER)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Nicolas Cage, Dream Scenario
Timothée Chalamet, Wonka
Matt Damon, Air
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers (WINNER)
Joaquin Phoenix, Beau Is Afraid
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

Willem Dafoe, Poor Things
Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer (WINNER)
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Charles Melton, May December
Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
Jodie Foster, Nyad
Julianne Moore, May December
Rosamund Pike, Saltburn
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers (WINNER)

Best Director — Motion Picture

Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Greta Gerwig, Barbie
Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer (WINNER)
Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Celine Song, Past Lives

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, Barbie
Tony McNamara, Poor Things
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Eric Roth, Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Celine Song, Past Lives
Justine Triet, Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall (WINNER)

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

"Addicted to Romance," She Came to Me, Music and lyrics by Bruce Springsteen
"Dance the Night," Barbie, Music and lyrics by Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, Dua Lipa, Caroline Ailin
"I’m Just Ken," Barbie, Music and lyrics by Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt
"Peaches," The Super Mario Bros. Move, Music and lyrics by Jack Black, Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Eric Osmond, John Spiker
"Road to Freedom," Rustin, Music and lyrics by Lenny Kravitz
"What Was I Made For?" Barbie, Music and lyrics by Billie Eilish O’Connell, Finneas O’Connell (WINNER)

Best Original Score – Motion Picture

Jerskin Fendrix, Poor Things
Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer (WINNER)
Joe Hisaishi, The Boy and the Heron
Mica Levi, The Zone of Interest
Daniel Pemberton, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Television Series – Drama

1923 (Paramount+)
The Crown (Netflix)
The Diplomat (Netflix)
The Last of Us (HBO/Max)
The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
Succession (HBO/Max) (WINNER)

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Barry (HBO/Max)
The Bear (FX) (WINNER)
Jury Duty (Amazon Freevee)
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

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

All the Light We Cannot See (Netflix)
Beef (Netflix) (WINNER)
Daisy Jones & the Six (Prime Video)
Fargo (FX)
Fellow Travelers (Showtime)
Lessons in Chemistry (Apple TV+)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Drama

Helen Mirren, 1923
Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
Sarah Snook, Succession (WINNER)
Imelda Staunton, The Crown
Emma Stone, The Curse

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Drama

Brian Cox, Succession
Kieran Culkin, Succession (WINNER)
Gary Oldman, Slow Horses
Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us
Jeremy Strong, Succession
Dominic West, The Crown

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear (WINNER)
Elle Fanning, The Great
Selena Gomez, Only Murders in the Building
Natasha Lyonne, Poker Face

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Bill Hader, Barry
Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building
Jason Segel, Shrinking
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear (WINNER)

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

Riley Keough, Daisy Jones & the Six
Brie Larson, Lessons in Chemistry
Elizabeth Olsen, Love & Death
Juno Temple, Fargo
Rachel Weisz, Dead Ringers
Ali Wong, Beef (WINNER)

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

Matt Bomer, Fellow Travelers
Sam Claflin, Daisy Jones & the Six
Jon Hamm, Fargo
Woody Harrelson, White House Plumbers
David Oyelowo, Lawmen: Bass Reeves
Steven Yeun, Beef (WINNER)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television

Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown (WINNER)
Abby Elliott, The Bear
Christina Ricci, Yellowjackets
J. Smith-Cameron, Succession
Meryl Streep, Only Murders in the Building
Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television

Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
Matthew Macfadyen, Succession (WINNER)
James Marsden, Jury Duty
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear
Alan Ruck, Succession
Alexander Skarsgard, Succession

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television

Ricky Gervais, Ricky Gervais: Armageddon (WINNER)
Trevor Noah, Trevor Noah: Where Was I
Chris Rock, Chris Rock: Selective Outrage
Amy Schumer, Amy Schumer: Emergency Contact
Sarah Silverman, Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love
Wanda Sykes, Wanda Sykes: I’m an Entertainer

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Conquistador
Conquistador - 1/8/2024, 5:11 AM
Did they need an award to know they did the best at the box office last year? Strange. Suppose WB needs all the wins they can muster
Arthorious
Arthorious - 1/8/2024, 8:29 AM
@UniqNo - WB needs as many pats on the back as they can get. WB has been in state of fumble over the past few years.
OleBobbyTiger
OleBobbyTiger - 1/8/2024, 8:36 AM
@UniqNo - People complained when Avengers didn’t get an award for their box office performance. So apparently… yes.
Cap1
Cap1 - 1/8/2024, 5:15 AM
Any awards show that nominates Hard Feelings in the same category as Poor Things/May December is entirely unserious. And as much as I love The Bear, which is a lot, it being nominated under comedy is a joke. Takes away the awards from comedic actors. Delighted for Culkin, he was easily the MVP of season 4. Bradley Cooper's Joker origins start here
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 1/8/2024, 5:24 AM
Spider-verse was robbed. In many categories. Not even nominated for Best Picture? lol, I laugh at you Hollywood and how you don't see things that are right in front of your face.

Spider-verse shows me that cinema is not just still around, but still alive.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 1/8/2024, 6:10 AM
@ObserverIO - Robbed is a strong word, I was hoping Spider-verse would win as it was my favorite movie from last year... but I still need to watch The Boy and the Heron, can't judge this award without watching the one that did win. It's Studio Ghibli we're talking about here, one of the best animation studios ever, I highly doubt it's undeserved. I know some people here hate RT, but it does have a better score than Spider-verse for example. Plus, it was Hayao Miyazaki's last movie so probably that also added some weight to it.
tmp3
tmp3 - 1/8/2024, 7:21 AM
@ObserverIO - I love Spider-Verse, but Boy & Heron is a stronger movie imo
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 1/8/2024, 7:28 AM
@Urubrodi @tmp3 - There are masters of cinema in history and Hayao Miyazaki was one of them. But I doubt it was his best movie. I'm not even sure I would say that Oppenheimer is Chris Nolan's best movie. And was Killers of the Flower Moon Scorsese's best movie? Of course not, the very notion is laughable.

It's good to have masters still making good films. But it's a been long time since classic like Taxi Driver or Memento. It's even been a long time since Goodfellas, The Aviator, The Dark Knight or Inception.

Masters merely maintain.

But they are not the Avante Garde right now. The Spider-verse films are. Even if they don't support the directorial auteur theory.

That's just my opinion. And I do love Hayao Miyazaki. He made some real classics, way back in history.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 1/8/2024, 7:55 AM
@ObserverIO - I respect what you're saying but by the sounds of it you haven't watched The Boy and the Heron yet? What if he managed to finish his career on a high note and delivered a final classic? Cause based on reviews and people's reactions it does sound like that was the case. And Miyazaki at his best is very hard to beat.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 1/8/2024, 8:01 AM
@Urubrodi - He probably did. But we've already seen him at his best. For it to do anything other than maintain, it would have to be better than his best. It would have to push our ideas of what cinema could be further than he has ever encouraged before.

I'm sure it's great. But it probably won't be his best and it certainly won't be better than his best.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 1/8/2024, 8:05 AM
@ObserverIO - But he doesn't need to be necessarily at his best to win the award. The main question is which movie is better? Which one deserves the award more due to story, animation quality, voice acting and so on? Miyazaki's worst work is still gonna be better than a bunch of stuff out there. The only point that matters is: in 2023 what was the best animated movie?
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 1/8/2024, 8:07 AM
@ObserverIO - And don't get me wrong I love Across the Spider-Verse, one of my favourite Marvel movies ever. But it seems Studio Ghibli also delivered.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 1/8/2024, 8:29 AM
@Urubrodi - No of course, he doesn't need to be at his best to win the award. In my opinion he does need to be better than Spider-verse though. I haven't seen his latest, but I have seen all his classics and to really compete with Across the Spider-verse in a relevant sense, he would need to be better than his best.

In my opinion. Obviously this opinion was not shared by the majority of Golden Globes voters. Or by you.

But, much like the two of us, their opinions are probably not based on having even seen the film in question, but the fact that it is Miyazaki. I'm sure some of them saw the screeners, lol. You and I have both never seen the film.
We are both using reasoning though. You are seeing which movie has won the award or has a higher RT score and are basing you're opinion on that. I'm basing mine on the probability that Miyazaki has discovered a new type of cinema, like I purport that Across the Spider-verse has, and I see that probability as being low.

But neither one of us has seen it (but then neither have most of the voters, probably, lol).
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 1/8/2024, 8:59 AM
@ObserverIO - Didn't realize you meant that you think Across the Spider-Verse is better than all his classics. As much as I love Spider-Verse, yeah... I can't agree with that part.

As for the voters not watching the movies, that I don't know. Would invalidate this award if true.

Btw I'm not basing my opinion on the RT score alone. As I said I can only judge after watching the movie. My point is that I can't say if the award is deserved or not without watching all the movies in contention and the signs indicate that The Boy and the Heron is really good (like the RT score and word of mouth), but can't be sure of that until seeing it myself.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 1/8/2024, 9:16 AM
@Urubrodi - I'm not actually saying that Across the Spider-verse is necessarily better than all of his classics. None of those classics are up for this award. If this year gave us Taxi Driver, Nausicaa, Memento, etc. and it was the 1970s, then I would have to re-evaluate.

Ah, who'm I kiddin, I'd probably still give it to ATSV. It just pushes the medium to a place it's never been before. Much like all those previous works did too.

Try to look at cinema as a living breathing thing. It's growing, evolving. If Battleship Potemkin came out today, would anyone give a shit? No. It might even get on some of the worst film of the year awards. But at the time it was doing new things. Pushing things forward.

And yet even at the time it wasn't regarded. It came out in 1925, you know what the most lauded film in 1925 was? The Big Parade. If the internet existed back then I might be having the same debate but with these two films. People would say 'But The Big Parade was a really great film!" and I'd be like "Yeah, but Potemkin's really doing something".

Casablanca's one of my favorite movies ever, but that same year Meshes of the Afternoon came out. Casablanca is still a great film. We'd be lucky if anyone did a film that good today, but Meshes of the Afternoon is still ahead of where we are now, artistically. I see ASTV as somewhere in between the two. Commercial avante garde.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 1/8/2024, 9:21 AM
@ObserverIO - I was focusing only at Miyasaki's past work, if we compare ASTV against cinema classics in general then it becomes a much more complicated conversation XD These are the types of conversations that are fun to have in CBM.com though. Refreshing not having to be fighting negativity all the time.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 1/8/2024, 9:30 AM
@Urubrodi - You know what I've just noticed? Neither one of us has spoken negatively about any of these films. You're right that is refreshing.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 1/8/2024, 9:32 AM
It wasn't so long ago that this website was debating which was the worse movie, The Marvels or Aquaman 2, lol.

Aquaman 2 won at least in terms of box office.

I think that might have been the lowest low we've ever reached in terms of Marvel Vs DC wars. hopefully the next one can be about which film is better, or more successful again.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 1/8/2024, 5:24 AM
Man , TMNT Mutant Mayhem should have atleast been nominated…

It wasn’t my favorite version of the Turtles but still good imo.
Forthas
Forthas - 1/8/2024, 6:22 AM
Can't argue with most of these award winners What did surprise me was a hookup I did not see coming. I did not realize Timothee Chalemet was dating Kyle Jenner. There is something not right with that picture.
Thing94
Thing94 - 1/8/2024, 6:29 AM
Barbie was absolutely trash
Conquistador
Conquistador - 1/8/2024, 6:45 AM
@Thing94 - I was kind of appreciating some of it until that last line/joke....
tmp3
tmp3 - 1/8/2024, 7:22 AM
Oppenheimer’s gonna sweep. Loved Poor Things too. Rare Golden Globes where no win felt strange. Need an RDJ Oscar win now
DocSpock
DocSpock - 1/8/2024, 7:30 AM

Oppenheimer was Nolan at his finest after that crappy Tenet movie.
MaxPaint
MaxPaint - 1/8/2024, 7:46 AM
@DocSpock - Indeed, I think it's one of his best movies, at least in the top 3 I'll say.
mountainman
mountainman - 1/8/2024, 7:49 AM
@DocSpock - it takes a talented director to make a movie where most of the runtime is science, meetings, and a trial and make it as riveting as it was. I never felt it was long watching it and was riveted the entire time.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 1/8/2024, 8:37 AM
@MaxPaint -

I very much agree.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 1/8/2024, 8:39 AM
@mountainman -

To make great movies out of such different material like Inception, Dark Knight, & Oppenheimer shows how great he is.
mountainman
mountainman - 1/8/2024, 8:46 AM
@DocSpock - I don’t think I’m as harsh on Tenet as a lot of people are. It’s certainly one of his worst movies, but it’s still better than a lot of junk Hollywood puts out.

I remember not liking Dunkirk the first time I saw it, but I’ve appreciated it more on rewatches.

I also didn’t like Interstellar as much the first time I saw it but rewatched with my wife a few months ago and loved it. Maybe because I’m a father now and can resonate with the movie’s themes much better but geez that has to be one of my favorite Nolan movies now.

Still think DKR isn’t his best work, but it’s better than many super hero movies coming out today.

The man is a genius. Just take three of his most original works - Memento, The Prestige and Inception. No other director in the last 20 years can touch what Nolan has produced.

Oppenheimer on paper is not a movie I would typically be interested in. But it was absolutely fantastic.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 1/8/2024, 11:27 AM
@mountainman -

I agree on all counts.

He only has 2 movies I have problems with. I didn't like Tenet at all. Tried too hard for an Inception level mind bender & failed.

I loved Interstellar until the last 20-30 minutes. I thought the ending was predictable & just sucked.

DKR was the least of his Batman movies, but still very good in many ways.

I pretty much love all of his other stuff and the fact that he has mastered so many very different types of movies.

I consider him the very best director in Hollywood today, and in my opinion, it's not close.
mountainman
mountainman - 1/8/2024, 11:38 AM
@DocSpock - Oppenheimer cemented his status for sure. He has such an amazing style, brings out great performances from his actors, and partners with amazing crew to get top notch visuals and score.
URCOMMENTSUCKS
URCOMMENTSUCKS - 1/8/2024, 2:42 PM
@DocSpock - Tenet was fine, but should've been probably 3 hours long like Oppenheimer, since most of the movie is exposition and action scenes, and another half an hour of just normal character stuff could've improved it.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 1/8/2024, 4:17 PM
@URCOMMENTSUCKS -

It should have been zero hours long. It tried to be cool, edgy, & mind-bending, plus Washington looked like he mailed the whole thing in.

It failed on all counts.
MaxPaint
MaxPaint - 1/8/2024, 7:50 AM
Oppenheimer is just gonna get the majority of awards this year, the difference with its competidors is far too big.
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