'Oppenheimer' and 'Succession,' the big winners of the 81st edition of the Golden Globes

After a year of controversy, the Golden Globes returned in style and with the presence of practically all of its nominees, kicking off the awards season and with two clear winners: "Oppenheimer" in the cinematographic field and "Succession" in the television area.

The feature film directed by Christopher Nolan finished the night with five awards, including Best Director, Best Drama and Best Original Score. Cillian Murphy won the award for Best Actor for his role as Dr. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, while Robert Downey Junior took the statuette for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Lewis Strauss in the same film.

Greta Gerwig's film, "Barbie," another great favorite, ended the evening with a bittersweet taste. It is true that the feature film managed to win the awards for Best Song and Best Box Office Performance, an award that was already known in advance that it would go to the Mattel doll film based on the performance in theaters in 2023 of this film.

However, Margot Robbie was left without the statuette for Best Comedy Actress, an award that Emma Stone took from her for her role in "Poor Things," by director Yorgos Lanthimos. This same feature film also won the award for Best Comedy, taking a new victory from Greta Gerwig's film as well as "Air,"" American Fiction," "The Holdovers" and "May December."

Cinema: complete list of winners

The winners (highlighted in bold) of the 81st Golden Globe Awards in the film categories are as follows:

Best Film (Drama)

• "Oppenheimer"
• "Killers of the Flower Moon"
• "Teacher"
• "Past Lives"
• "The Zone of Interest"
• "Anatomy of a Fall"

Best Film (Comedy or Musical)

• "Barbie"
• "Poor Things"
• "American Fiction"
• "The Holdovers"
• "May December"
• "Air"

Best Director

• Bradley Cooper — "Teacher"
• Greta Gerwig— "Barbie"
• Yorgos Lanthimos — "Poor Things"
• Christopher Nolan— "Oppenheimer"
• Martin Scorsese — "Killers of the Flower Moon"
• Celine Song — "Past Lives"

Best Screenplay

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

Best Actor (Drama)

• Bradley Cooper — "Teacher"
• Cillian Murphy— "Oppenheimer"
• Leonardo DiCaprio — "Killers of the Flower Moon"
• Colman Domingo — "Rustin"
• Andrew Scott – "All of Us Strangers"
• Barry Keoghan— "Saltburn"

Best Actress (Drama)

• Lily Gladstone — "Killers of the Flower Moon"
• Carey Mulligan – "Teacher"
• Sandra Hüller – "Anatomy of a Fall"
• Annette Bening— "Nyad"
• Greta Lee — "Past Lives"
• Cailee Spaeny — "Priscilla"

Best Actor (Comedy or Musical)

• Nicolas Cage — "Dream Scenario"
• Timothée Chalamet — "Wonka"
• Matt Damon — "Air"
• Paul Giamatti – "The Holdovers"
• Joaquin Phoenix — "Beau Is Afraid"
• Jeffrey Wright— "American Fiction"

Best Actress (Comedy or Musical)

• 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"

Best Supporting Actor

• Willem Dafoe — "Poor Things"
• Robert De Niro — "Killers of the Flower Moon"
• Robert Downey Jr. — "Oppenheimer"
• Ryan Gosling – "Barbie"
• Charles Melton — "May December"
• Mark Ruffalo – "Poor Things"

Best Supporting Actress

• Emily Blunt— "Oppenheimer"
• Danielle Brooks — "The Color Purple"
• Jodie Foster— "Nyad"
• Julianne Moore — "May December"
• Rosamund Pike— "Saltburn"
• Da'Vine Joy Randolph — "The Holdovers"

Best Original Score

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

Best Foreign Language Film

• "Anatomy of a Fall" — France
• "Fallen Leaves" — Finland
• "Io Capitano" —Italy
• "Past Lives" — United States
• "Society of the Snow" —Spain
• "The Zone of Interest" — United Kingdom

Best Original Song

• "Barbie" — "What Was I Made For?" by Billie Eilish and Finneas
• "Barbie" — "Dance the Night" by Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
• "She Came to Me" — "Addicted to Romance" by Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa
• "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" — "Peaches" by Jack Black, Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Eric Osmond and John Spiker
• "Barbie" — "I'm Just Ken" by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
• "Rustin" — "Road to Freedom" by Lenny Kravitz

Best Animated Film

• "The Boy and the Heron"
• "Elemental"
• "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse"
• "The Super Mario Bros. Movie"
• "Suzume"
• "Wish"

Best Box Office Performance

• "Barbie"
• "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3"
• "John Wick: Chapter 4"
• "Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One"
• "Oppenheimer"
• "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse"
• "The Super Mario Bros. Movie"
• "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour"

The Golden Globes crown 'Succession' during its final season

For its part, the HBO series that ended this year with its fourth season, "Succession" won four statuettes at the Golden Globes, including Best Drama Series and the awards for Best Actor and Actress in a Television Drama, which went, respectively, to Kieran Culkin and Sarah Snook.

"The Crown," HBO's fiction competitor, ended the night with only one award. Nominated for four Golden Globes, the Netflix series that chronicled the life of Queen Elizabeth II only managed to win the statuette for Best Supporting Actress, a prize that was won by Elizabeth Debicki for her interpretation of Princess Diana in the last two seasons of fiction.

Better luck was the comedy starring Jeremy Allen White, "The Bear." The FX series ended the night with three awards, Best Television Comedy as well as two statuettes for Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri, who won, respectively, the awards for Best Actor and Actress in a Television Comedy.

"Beef" also won three awards. The miniseries was the other big winner, managing to end the evening with the awards for Best Miniseries or Television Movie as well as Best Actor and Actress in a Miniseries or Television Movie, statuettes that went, respectively, to Steven Yeun and Ali Wong.

Television: complete list of winners

The winners (highlighted in bold) of the 81st Golden Globe Awards in the television categories are the following:

Best Television Series (Drama)

• "1923" (Paramount+)
• "The Crown" (Netflix)
• "The Diplomat" (Netflix)
• "The Last of Us" (HBO)
• "The Morning Show" (Apple TV+)
• "Succession" (HBO)

Best Television Series (Comedy or Musical)

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

Best Actor (Drama)

• Pedro Pascal – "The Last of Us"
• Kieran Culkin — "Succession"
• Jeremy Strong — "Succession"
• Brian Cox— "Succession"
• Gary Oldman — "Slow Horses"
• Dominic West— "The Crown"

Best Actress (Drama)

• Helen Mirren— "1923"
• Bella Ramsey – "The Last of Us"
• Keri Russell — "The Diplomat"
• Sarah Snook — "Succession"
• Imelda Staunton — "The Crown"
• Emma Stone – "The Curse"

Best Actor (Comedy or Musical)

• Bill Hader— "Barry"
• Steve Martin – "Only Murders in the Building"
• Martin Short — "Only Murders in the Building"
• Jason Segel — "Shrinking"
• Jason Sudeikis — "Ted Lasso"
• Jeremy Allen White — "The Bear"

Best Actress (Comedy or Musical)

• Ayo Edebiri — "The Bear"
• Natasha Lyonne — "Poker Face"
• Quinta Brunson— "Abbott Elementary"
• Rachel Brosnahan "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
• Selena Gomez — "Only Murders in the Building"
• Elle Fanning – "The Great"

Best Supporting Actor

• Billy Crudup — "The Morning Show"
• Matthew Macfadyen — "Succession"
• James Marsden – "Jury Duty"
• Ebon Moss-Bachrach— "The Bear"
• Alan Ruck — "Succession"
• Alexander Skarsgård — "Succession"

Best Supporting Actress

• Elizabeth Debicki — "The Crown"
• Abby Elliott – "The Bear"
• Christina Ricci — "Yellowjackets"
• J. Smith-Cameron— "Succession"
• Meryl Streep — "Only Murders in the Building"
• Hannah Waddingham – "Ted Lasso"

Best Miniseries or Television Movie

• "Beef"
• "Lessons in Chemistry"
• "Daisy Jones & the Six"
• "All the Light We Cannot See"
• "Fellow Travelers"
• "Fargo"

Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie

• 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"

Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Movie

• Riley Keough – "Daisy Jones & the Six"
• Brie Larson — "Lessons in Chemistry"
• Elizabeth Olsen – "Love and Death"
• Juno Temple— "Fargo"
• Rachel Weisz – "Dead Ringers"
• Ali Wong — "Beef"

Best Stand-Up Comedy Performance

• Ricky Gervais — "Ricky Gervais: Armageddon"
• 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"