Golden Globes 2026: One Battle After Another Wins Best Picture Battle

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It was one battle after another for Best Picture this year.

And One Battle After Another came out on top, picking up the award for Best Picture, Musical or Comedy at the 2026 Golden Globes held at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles Jan. 11, hosted once again by Nikki Glaser. (See all the Golden Globes winners here.)

The comedy beat out fellow nominees Blue Moon, Bugonia, Marty Supreme, No Other Choice and Nouvelle Vague, with presenter Julia Roberts evening commenting, “Jee whiz, that is a tough category.”

It was the fourth award the film picked up during the ceremony—the most of any nominated movie. Earlier in the night it won the awards for Best Supporting Female Actor, Motion Picture for Teyana Taylor, and Best Director and Best Screenplay, Motion Picture for Paul Thomas Anderson

While accepting the award for best picture, producer Sara Murphy thanked the film’s director as well as stars Teyana, Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio Del Toro, Sean Penn, Chase Infiniti and Regina Hall, calling their wins tonight “an embarrassment of riches.”

She also shared a heartfelt thank you to the film’s assistant director Adam Somner, who died from thyroid cancer on Nov. 27, 2024 at the age of 57.

“I wanna agree with Paul that this has been one of the most incredible filmmaking experiences,” she shared. “Once in a lifetime, due largely in part to the person that we share this award with, the late Adam Somner, who we miss everyday.”

Paul also gave a shoutout to Adam during his speech for Best Director, calling him “the best” assistant director one could ever have. 

It’s underselling it what he did for me and for us and for this film,” Paul said. “He’s why I’m standing here. He’s what made making this so much fun. I think it made you all seem to enjoy it the way you have.”

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Going into the ceremony, many fans were surprised that Wicked: For Good was left off the list of Best Picture, Musical or Comedy nominees, although it still picked up five nominations including ones for stars Cynthia Erivo for Best Actress and Ariana Grande for Best Supporting Actress.

Meanwhile, One Battle After Another was the most nominated film of the evening, also scoring nominations for Best Original Score, as well as Best Actor and Actress noms for Leonardo and Chase.

The movie also marked the first time Leo and PTA worked together, with the Oscar winner explaining the writer-director was the reason behind his desire to join the cast.

“Ultimately, wanting to do this movie was pretty simple,” Leonardo shared with the Phantom Thread filmmaker during a joint Esquire interview in August, “I’ve been wanting to work with you—Paul—for something like twenty years now, and I loved this idea of the washed-up revolutionary trying to erase his past and disappear and try and live some sort of normal life raising his daughter.”

For a look at all the big winners from the 2026 Golden Globes, keep reading.

Best Male Actor – Television – Musical/Comedy

Adam Brody—Nobody Wants This

Steve Martin—Only Murders in the Building

Glen Powell—Chad Powers

WINNER: Seth Rogen—The Studio

Martin Short—Only Murders in the Building

Jeremy Allen White—The Bear

Best Male Actor – Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy

WINNER: Timothee Chalamet—Marty Supreme

George Clooney—Jay Kelly

Leonardo DiCaprio—One Battle After Another

Ethan Hawke—Blue Moon

Lee Byung-Hun—No Other Choice

Jesse Plemons—Bugonia

Best Female Actor – Television – Drama

Kathy Bates—Matlock 

Britt Lower—Severance

Helen Mirran—Mobland

Bella Ramsey—The Last of Us

Keri Russell—The Diplomat

WINNER: Rhea Seehorn—Pluribus

Best Male Actor – Motion Picture – Drama

Joel Edgerton—Train Dreams

Oscar Isaac—Frankenstein

Dwayne Johnson—The Smashing Machine

Michael B. Jordan—Sinners

WINNER: Wagner Moura—The Secret Agent

Jeremy Allen White—Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere

Best Female Actor – Motion Picture – Drama

WINNER: Jessie Buckley—Hamnet

Jennifer Lawrence—Die My Love

Renate Reinsve—Sentimental Value

Julia Roberts—After the Hunt

Tessa Thompson—Hedda

Eva Victor—Sorry, Baby

Best Picture – Musical or Comedy

Marty Supreme

Bugonia 

Blue Moon

No Other Choice

Nouvelle Vague

WINNER: One Battle After Another

Best Female Actor – Television – Musical/Comedy

Kristen Bell—Nobody Wants This

Ayo Edebiri—The Bear

Natasha Lyonne—Poker Face

Selena Gomez—Only Murders in the Building

Jenna Ortega—Wednesday

WINNER: Jean Smart—Hacks

Best Picture—Drama

Sentimental Value

WINNER: Hamnet

Frankenstein

It Was Just an Accident

The Secret Agent

Sentimental Value

Sinners

Best Drama Series—Television

The Diplomat

WINNER: The Pitt

Pluribus

Severance

Slow Horses

The White Lotus

Best Male Actor – Television – Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture

Jacob Elordi—The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Paul Giamatti—Black Mirror

WINNER: Stephen Graham—Adolescence

Charlie Hunnam—Monster: The Ed Gein Story

Jude Law—Black Rabbit

Matthew Rhys—The Beast in Me

Best Supporting Female Actor – Television

WINNER: Erin Doherty—Adolescence

Carrie Coon—The White Lotus

Hannah Einbender—Hacks

Catherine O'Hara—The Studio

Parker Posey—The White Lotus

Aimee Lou Wood—The White Lotus

Best Supporting Male Actor—Motion Picture

Benecio del Toro—One Battle After Another

Jacob Elordi—Frankenstein

Paul Mescal—Hamnet

Sean Penn—One Battle After Another

Adam Sandler—Jay Kelly

WINNER: Stellan Skarsgard—Sentimental Value

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama

Sterling K. Brown—Paradise 

Diego Luna—Andor

Gary Oldman—Slow Horses 

Mark Ruffalo—Task

Adam Scott—Severance

WINNER: Noah Wyle—The Pitt

Best Supporting Male Actor – Television

WINNER: Owen Cooper—Adolescence

Billy Crudup—The Morning Show

Walton Goggins—The White Lotus

Jason Isaacs—The White Lotus

Tramell Tillman—Severance

Ashley Waters—Adolescence

Best Original Song—Motion Picture

"Dream as One"—Avatar: Fire and Ash; Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen

WINNER: "Golden"—K:Pop Demon Hunters; Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun, Kim Eun-jae (EJAE), Mark Sonnenblick

"I Lied to You"—Sinners; Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson

"No Place Like Home"—Wicked: For Good; Stephen Schwartz 

"The Girl in the Bubble"—Wicked: For Good; Stephen Scwartz 

"Train Dreams"—Train Dreams; Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner

Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture

WINNER: Adolescence

All Her Fault

The Beast in Me

Black Mirror

Dying for Sex

The Girlfriend

Best Female Actor – Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy

WINNER: Rose Byrne—If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You

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 Female Actor – Television – Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture

Claire Danes—The Beast in Me

Rashida Jones—Black Mirror

Amanda Seyfried—Long Bright River

Sarah Snook—All Her Fault

WINNER: Michelle Williams—Dying for Sex

Robin Wright—The Girlfriend

Best Supporting Female Actor – Motion Picture

Emily Blunt—The Smashing Machine

Elle Fanning—Sentimental Value

Ariana Grande—Wicked: For Good

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas—Sentimental Value

Amy Madigan—Weapons

WINNER: Teyana Taylor—One Battle After Another

Best Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

Avatar: Fire and Ash

F1

KPop Demon Hunters

Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning

WINNER: Sinners

Weapons 

Wicked: For Good

Zootopia 2

Best Animated Motion Picture

Arco

WINNER: Demon Slayer: Kimestu No Yaiba Infinity Castle

Elio 

Little Amelie or The Character of the Rain

KPop Demon Hunters

Zootopia 2

Best Musical or Comedy Series—Television

Abbott Elementary

The Bear

Hacks

Nobody Wants This

Only Murders in the Building

WINNER: The Studio

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Best Director - Motion Picture

WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson—One Battle After Another

Ryan Coogler—Sinners

Guillermo del Toro—Frankenstein

Jafar Panahi—It Was an Accident

Joachim Trier—Sentimental Value

Chloe Zhao—Hamnet

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Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

WINNER: One Battle After Another—Paul Thomas Anderson

Marty Supreme—Josh Safdie, Ronald Bronstein 

Sinners—Ryan Coogler

It Was Just an Accident—Jafar Panahi 

Sentimental Value—Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier

Hamnet—Chloe Zhao, Maggie O' Farrell

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Best Podcast 

  • Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard
  • Call Her Daddy
  • WINNER: Good Hang With Amy Poehler
  • The Mel Robbins Podcast
  • SmartLess
  • Up First

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Best Score - Motion Picture

Alexandre Desplat—Frankenstein 

WINNER: Ludwig Göransson—Sinners

Jonny Greenwood—One Battle After Another

Kangding Ray—Sirat

Max Richter—Hamnet

Hans Simmer—F1

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Best Non-English Language Motion Picture 

It Was Just an Accident

No Other Choice

Sentimental Value

WINNER: The Secret Agent

Sirat

The Voice of Hind Rajab

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Best Stand-Up Comedy Performance 

  • Bill Maher, "Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This?"
  • Brett Goldstein, "Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life"
  • Kevin Hart, "Kevin Hart: Acting My Age"
  • Kumail Nanjiani, "Kumail Nanjiani, Night Thoughts"
  • WINNER: Ricky Gervais, "Ricky Gervais: Mortality"
  • Sarah Silverman, "Sarah Silverman: Postmortem"

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Carol Burnett Award

Sarah Jessica Parker 

Photo by Matthew Taplinger/CBS via Getty Images

Cecil B. DeMille Award

Helen Mirren 

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