12/01/2026 - The three European co-productions received more than one statuette each, while Sentimental Value's Stellan Skarsgård won Best Supporting Actor

On one of the first stops of the year's awards race, last night's Golden Globes, a few European co-productions cemented their status as frontrunners of the season. After shining bright among the list of nominees for the 83rd edition of the awards handed out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) (read news), two non-English-language films have hogged the spotlight at Hollywood's The Beverly Hilton: Kleber Mendonça Filho’s The Secret Agent [+see also:
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Brazilian-European co-production The Secret Agent, winner of the Best Director award in Cannes in May and the Critics' Choice award for Best International Film a week ago, ended up winning two of the three categories it was nominated for: Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language and Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, for Wagner Moura's role. Also nominated for Best Motion Picture – Drama, the film surprised in both categories, with Filho saying "this is a very important time in history to be making films, here in the US, in Brazil... Young American filmmakers, make films!" and Moura dedicating his win "to the ones sticking with their values in difficult moments" and to everyone in Brazil on their onstage acceptance speeches. The film has become Brazil’s second win in the former category after Walter Salles' Central Station in 1999, and Moura has become the first Brazilian to win in his category.

On the other hand, Sentimental Value, winner of Cannes Grand Prix in May and the second-most-nominated film of the awards' edition, settled for an only win, in the Best Supporting Actor category, for Stellan Skarsgård's work. After his biggest award win to date, the veteran Swedish actor expressed being very happy because "this is a small Norwegian film without a lot of money for advertising, which got to see this world in this way, and hopefully you'll see it in a cinema, because they are an extinguished species now. In a cinema, where the lights go down and eventually you share the pulse with other people, that is magic. Cinema should be seen in cinemas."

Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident [+see also:
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As for the English-language titles, Chloe Zhao's US-UK co-production Hamnet [+see also:
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Lastly, Stephen Graham and Jack Thorne’s miniseries Adolescence [+see also:
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The list of winners:

Films

Best Motion Picture – Drama
Hamnet [+see also:
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Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson (USA)

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
The Secret Agent [+see also:
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Best Motion Picture – Animated
KPOP Demon Hunters - Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang (USA)

Best Director – Motion Picture
Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Jessie Buckley - Hamnet

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Wagner Moura - The Secret Agent

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (USA)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Timothée Chalamet - Marty Supreme (USA)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Stellan Skarsgård - Sentimental Value [+see also:
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Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Ludwig Göransson - Sinners

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Golden” – KPOP Demon Hunters

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
Sinners – Ryan Coogler

Series

Best Television Series – Drama
The Pitt (USA)

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
The Studio (USA)

Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Adolescence [+see also:
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Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Rhea Seehorn – Pluribus (USA)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Noah Wyle – The Pitt

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Jean Smart – Hacks (USA)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Seth Rogen – The Studio

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Michelle Williams - Dying for Sex (USA)

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

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television
Erin Doherty - Adolescence

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television
Owen Cooper - Adolescence

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television
Ricky Gervais (Ricky Gervais: Mortality)

Best Podcast
Good Hang with Amy Poehler