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Joaquin Phoenix Takes Golden Globe for Joker Performance, 1917 Wins Best Film

Golden Globes Joaquin Phoenix best actor drama winner 1917 best picture

Awards season is in full swing, and that means we all get to watch celebrities thank a bunch of people we don’t know and tear up at how nice a guy Tom Hanks is. That was basically all the Golden Globes was last night as they announced the Hollywood Foreign Press’s favorite films, actors, and shows for the year. The two least surprising results were Joaquin Phoenix snatching the Globe for Best Actor in a Drama for his turn as Joker in Joker and Renee Zellweger picking up the award for Best Actress in a Drama for playing Judy Garland in Judy. They both seem like the easy shoe-ins from here on out, whether you agree with the choice or not.

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More unexpected was the success of 1917. The single-shot WWI film not only landed the award for Best Motion Picture – Drama during the night but also saw Sam Mendes picking up Best Director, an honor that was thought to be going to Martin Scorsese for The Irishman. Scorsese’s movie took home no awards, a blow to Netflix, who was hoping it would bring them a lot of trophies this year and spent money on it accordingly. The biggest winner of the night, however, turned out to be Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood. The movie netted three awards including Best Screenplay (Quentin Tarantino), Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical, and Best Supporting Actor (Brad Pitt).

You can read the full list (via Vanity Fair) of winners below, but another surprising win to point out was Missing Link‘s triumph over three Disney films, all of which made more money and are part of franchises that have won the honor before.

BEST PICTURE – DRAMA

1917
The Irishman
Joker
The Two Popes
Marriage Story

BEST PICTURE – COMEDY/MUSICAL

Dolemite Is My Name
Knives Out
Jojo Rabbit
ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD
Rocketman

BEST DIRECTOR

Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
SAM MENDES, 1917
Todd Phillips, Joker
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood

BEST ACTOR – DRAMA

Adam Driver, Marriage Story
JOAQUIN PHOENIX, JOKER
Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
Christian Bale, Ford v Ferrari
Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes

BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA

RENEE ZELLWEGER, JUDY
Cynthia Erivo, Harriet
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Saoirse Ronan, Little Women
Charlize Theron, Bombshell

BEST ACTOR – COMEDY/MUSICAL

Daniel Craig, Knives Out
Roman Griffin Davis, Jojo Rabbit
Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
TARON EGERTON, ROCKETMAN
Eddie Murphy, Dolemite Is My Name

BEST ACTRESS – COMEDY/MUSICAL

AWKWAFINA, THE FAREWELL
Ana de Armas, Knives Out
Cate Blanchett, Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Beanie Feldstein, Booksmart
Emma Thompson, Late Night

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Al Pacino, The Irishman
BRAD PITT, ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD
Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Kathy Bates, Richard Jewell
Annette Bening, The Report
LAURA DERN, MARRIAGE STORY
Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
Margot Robbie, Bombshell

BEST SCREENPLAY

Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
Anthony McCarten, The Two Popes
QUENTIN TARANTINO, ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD
Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won, Parasite
Steven Zaillian, The Irishman

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“Beautiful Ghosts,” Taylor Swift and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cats
“Into the Unknown,” Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, Frozen II
“Spirit,” Beyoncé, The Lion King
“(I’M GONNA) LOVE ME AGAIN,” ELTON JOHN, ROCKETMAN
“Stand Up,” Cynthia Erivo, Harriet

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Alexandre Desplat, Little Women
HILDUR GUDNAD´ÓTTIR, Joker
Randy Newman, Marriage Story
Thomas Newman, 1917
Daniel Pemberton, Motherless Brooklyn

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

PARASITE
The Farewell
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Les Misérables
Pain and Glory

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Toy Story 4
Frozen II
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
MISSING LINK
The Lion King

TELEVISION

BEST SERIES – DRAMA

Big Little Lies
The Crown
Killing Eve
The Morning Show
SUCCESSION

BEST SERIES – COMEDY/MUSICAL

Barry
FLEABAG
The Kominsky Method
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
The Politician

BEST LIMITED SERIES

Catch-22
CHERNOBYL
Fosse/Verdon
The Loudest Voice
Unbelievable

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

BRIAN COX, SUCCESSION
Kit Harington, Game of Thrones
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot
Tobias Menzies, The Crown
Billy Porter, Pose

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show
OLIVIA COLMAN, THE CROWN
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies
Reese Witherspoon, The Morning Show

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
Bill Hader, Barry
Ben Platt, The Politician
Paul Rudd, Living With Yourself
RAMY YOUSSEF, RAMY

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Christina Applegate, Dead to Me
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Kirsten Dunst, On Becoming a God in Central Florida
Natasha Lyonne, Russian Doll
PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE, FLEABAG

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TV SERIES

Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method
Kieran Culkin, Succession
Andrew Scott, Fleabag
STELLAN SKARSGÅRD, CHERNOBYL
Henry Winkler, Barry

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TV SERIES

PATRICIA ARQUETTE, THE ACT
Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown
Toni Collette, Unbelievable
Meryl Streep, Big Little Lies
Emily Watson, Chernobyl

BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TELEVISION MOTION PICTURE

Christopher Abbott, Catch-22
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Spy
RUSSELL CROWE, THE LOUDEST VOICE
Jared Harris, Chernobyl
Sam Rockwell, Fosse/Verdon

BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TELEVISION MOTION PICTURE

Kaitlyn Dever, Unbelievable
Joey King, The Act
Helen Mirren, Catherine the Great
Merritt Wever, Unbelievable
MICHELLE WILLIAMS, FOSSE/VERDON

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Matthew Razak
Matthew Razak is a News Writer and film aficionado at Escapist. He has been writing for Escapist for nearly five years and has nearly 20 years of experience reviewing and talking about movies, TV shows, and video games for both print and online outlets. He has a degree in Film from Vassar College and a degree in gaming from growing up in the '80s and '90s. He runs the website Flixist.com and has written for The Washington Post, Destructoid, MTV, and more. He will gladly talk your ear off about horror, Marvel, Stallone, James Bond movies, Doctor Who, Zelda, and Star Trek.
Matthew Razak
Matthew Razak is a News Writer and film aficionado at Escapist. He has been writing for Escapist for nearly five years and has nearly 20 years of experience reviewing and talking about movies, TV shows, and video games for both print and online outlets. He has a degree in Film from Vassar College and a degree in gaming from growing up in the '80s and '90s. He runs the website Flixist.com and has written for The Washington Post, Destructoid, MTV, and more. He will gladly talk your ear off about horror, Marvel, Stallone, James Bond movies, Doctor Who, Zelda, and Star Trek.

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