2021 Golden Globes: Winners and Nominees

65 films were recognised at the 2021 Golden Globe Awards, across 25 categories. 17 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was The Crown, with 4 awards, ahead of Nomadland with 2. The categories below run from Best Director - Motion Picture, Best Motion Picture - Animated and Best Motion Picture - Drama to the smaller prizes, and in every one the winner is listed first, followed by the other nominees.

Each title links to the film's full award history at all four awards, and the links at the bottom step to the previous and next ceremony.

Last updated August 12, 2026

Best Director - Motion Picture

Nomadland(2021)
Chloé Zhao
Winner
Mank(2020)
David Fincher
One Night in Miami...(2020)
Regina King
Promising Young Woman(2020)
Emerald Fennell
The Trial of the Chicago 7(2020)

Best Motion Picture - Animated

Soul(2020)
Winner
Onward(2020)
Over the Moon(2020)
The Croods: A New Age(2020)
Croods: A New Age, The
Wolfwalkers(2020)

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan(2020)
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Winner
Hamilton(2020)
Music(2020)
Palm Springs(2020)
The Prom(2020)
Prom, The

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

Minari(2021)
Winner
Another Round(2020)
La Llorona(2020)
The Life Ahead (The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se))(2020)
Life Ahead, The
Two of Us(2020)

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Soul(2020)
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste
Winner
Mank(2020)
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
News of the World(2020)
James Newton Howard
Tenet(2020)
Ludwig Göransson
The Midnight Sky(2020)

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

The Life Ahead (The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se))(2020)
Io Sì (Seen)
Winner
Judas and the Black Messiah(2021)
Fight For You
One Night in Miami...(2020)
Speak Now
The Trial of the Chicago 7(2020)
The United States vs. Billie Holiday(2021)

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

I Know This Much Is True(2020)
Mark Ruffalo
Winner
The Comey Rule(2020)
Jeff Daniels
The Good Lord Bird(2020)
Ethan Hawke
The Undoing(2020)
Hugh Grant
Your Honor(2020)
Bryan Cranston

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom(2020)
Chadwick Boseman
Winner
Mank(2020)
Gary Oldman
Sound of Metal(2020)
Riz Ahmed
The Father(2020)
The Mauritanian(2020)
Tahar Rahim

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan(2020)
Sacha Baron Cohen
Winner
Hamilton(2020)
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Palm Springs(2020)
Andy Samberg
The Personal History of David Copperfield(2020)
Dev Patel
The Prom(2020)
James Corden

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Small Axe(2020)
John Boyega
Winner
Hollywood(2020)
Jim Parsons
Schitt's Creek(2015)
Daniel Levy
The Comey Rule(2020)
Brendan Gleeson
The Undoing(2020)
Donald Sutherland

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

Judas and the Black Messiah(2021)
Daniel Kaluuya
Winner
On the Rocks(2020)
Bill Murray
One Night in Miami...(2020)
Leslie Odom Jr.
The Little Things(2020)
Jared Leto
The Trial of the Chicago 7(2020)

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama

The Crown(2016)
Josh O’Connor
Winner
Better Call Saul(2015)
Bob Odenkirk
Hunters(2020)
Al Pacino
Ozark(2017)
Jason Bateman
Perry Mason(2020)
Matthew Rhys

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Ted Lasso(2020)
Jason Sudeikis
Winner
Black Monday(2019)
Don Cheadle
Ramy(2019)
Ramy Youssef
Schitt's Creek(2015)
Eugene Levy
The Great(2020)
Nicholas Hoult

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television

The Queen's Gambit(2020)
Anya Taylor-Joy
Winner
Mrs. America(2020)
Cate Blanchett
Normal People(2020)
Daisy Edgar-Jones
The Undoing(2020)
Nicole Kidman
Unorthodox(2020)
Shira Haas

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

The United States vs. Billie Holiday(2021)
Winner
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom(2020)
Viola Davis
Nomadland(2021)
Frances McDormand
Pieces of a Woman(2020)
Vanessa Kirby
Promising Young Woman(2020)
Carey Mulligan

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

I Care a Lot(2020)
Rosamund Pike
Winner
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan(2020)
Maria Bakalova
Emma.(2020)
Anya Taylor-Joy
French Exit(2020)
Michelle Pfeiffer
Music(2020)
Kate Hudson

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

The Crown(2016)
Gillian Anderson
Winner
Ozark(2017)
Julia Garner
Ratched(2020)
Cynthia Nixon
Schitt's Creek(2015)
Annie Murphy
The Crown(2016)
Helena Bonham Carter

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

The Mauritanian(2020)
Jodie Foster
Winner
Hillbilly Elegy(2020)
Glenn Close
Mank(2020)
Amanda Seyfried
News of the World(2020)
Helena Zengel
The Father(2020)

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama

The Crown(2016)
Emma Corrin
Winner
Killing Eve(2018)
Jodie Comer
Ozark(2017)
Laura Linney
Ratched(2020)
Sarah Paulson
The Crown(2016)
Olivia Colman

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Schitt's Creek(2015)
Catherine O’Hara
Winner
Emily in Paris(2020)
Lily Collins
The Flight Attendant(2020)
Kaley Cuoco
The Great(2020)
Elle Fanning
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist(2020)
Jane Levy

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

The Trial of the Chicago 7(2020)
Winner
Mank(2020)
Jack Fincher
Nomadland(2021)
Chloé Zhao
Promising Young Woman(2020)
Emerald Fennell
The Father(2020)

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

The Queen's Gambit(2020)
Winner
Normal People(2020)
Small Axe(2020)
The Undoing(2020)
Undoing, The
Unorthodox(2020)

Best Television Series - Drama

The Crown(2016)
Crown, The
Winner
Lovecraft Country(2020)
Ozark(2017)
Ratched(2020)
The Mandalorian(2019)
Mandalorian, The

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Schitt's Creek(2015)
Winner
Emily in Paris(2020)
Ted Lasso(2020)
The Flight Attendant(2020)
Flight Attendant, The
The Great(2020)
Great, The

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