Golden Globes: ‘The Brutalist,' ‘Emilia Perez' and Demi Moore the Big Winners

For month now, we were led to believe that the main frontrunners for the best picture Oscar were “Anora” and “Conclave,” but that narrative was turned over its head last night.

The big winners at the Golden Globes were “The Brutalist” and “Emilia Perez,” both won the main film prizes and now have the momentum leading up to what will be a fascinating next few weeks of precursors, including the PGA winner.

Brady Corbet (“The Brutalist”) also won Best Director, and the narrative that he made his near 4-hour epic movie for under $10M is a contagious one. He might also very well win the Oscar. Ditto his star Adrien Brody who won lead actor (Drama) and is now very well positioned to win the Oscar.

Demi Moore, whom many brushed off as a potential Oscar nominee for her work in “The Substance,” surprised skeptics by winning the lead acting award. What a great narrative this is turning out to be — despite more than 40 years in acting, Moore has never won such an important award, and she even admitted last night (“It’s the first time I’ve ever won anything for acting”).

Another surprise. Sebastian Stan (“A Different Man”) won lead actor in a motion picture comedy/musical. Truth be told, his competition wasn’t filled with any Oscar contenders, and many were hoping that Hugh Grant (“Heretic”) could pull off the upset, but Stan is a rising star, and his turn in “A Different Man” wasn’t even the best work he did last year (“The Apprentice”).

Kieran Culkin (“A Real Pain”) won another supporting actor trophy. He’s basically swept awards season, and is now bound to win the Oscar. Does he even have any other competition at this point? Maybe the long overdue Guy Pearce (“The Brutalist”), but that’s still a longshot.

The same can’t be said about Supporting Actress — Zoe Saldana (“Emilia Perez”) beat out Ariana Grande (“Wicked”) last night, and the Oscar will very likely come down to these two actresses. It’s still a toss up and ‘Emilia’ seems to be more well-liked by international voters, for which the Globes is vastly composed of, while Grande is gaining the hearts of American voters.

One of the biggest surprises of the night was Fernanda Torres winning lead actress (Drama). The Brazilian actress beat out some stiff competition which included Nicole Kidman (“Babygirl”), and Angelina Jolie (“Maria”). Vying for one of the final five Oscar slots are Mikey Madison, Karla Sofia Gascon, Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Demi Moore, Cynthia Erivo, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Torres.

Best Director – Motion Picture

Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Pérez”
Sean Baker, “Anora”
Edward Berger, “Conclave”
Brady Corbet, “The Brutalist” (WINNER)
Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance” 
Payal Kapadia, “All We Imagine as Light”

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist” (WINNER)
Timothee Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown”
Daniel Craig, “Queer”
Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”
Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave”
Sebastian Stan, “The Apprentice”

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Pamela Anderson, “The Last Showgirl”
Angelina Jolie, “Maria”
Nicole Kidman, “Babygirl”
Tilda Swinton, “The Room Next Door”
Fernanda Torres, “I’m Still Here” (WINNER)
Kate Winslet, “Lee”

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

“Anora”
“Challengers”
“Emilia Perez” (WINNER)
“A Real Pain”
“The Substance”
“Wicked”

Best Motion Picture – Drama

“The Brutalist” (WINNER)
“A Complete Unknown”
“Conclave”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Nickel Boys”
“September 5”

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

Yuri Borisov, “Anora”
Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain” (WINNER)
Edward Norton, “A Complete Unknown”
Guy Pearce, “The Brutalist”
Jeremy Strong, “The Apprentice”
Denzel Washington, “Gladiator II”

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Amy Adams, “Nightbitch”
Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked”
Karla Sofia Gascon, “Emilia Perez”
Mikey Madison, “Anora”
Demi Moore, “The Substance” (WINNER)
Zendaya, “Challengers”

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Jesse Eisenberg, “A Real Pain”
Hugh Grant, “Heretic” 
Gabriel LaBelle, “Saturday Night”
Jesse Plemons, “Kinds of Kindness”
Glen Powell, “Hit Man”
Sebastian Stan, “A Different Man” (WINNER)

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

“All We Imagine as Light”
“Emilia Perez” (WINNER)
“The Girl with y he Needle”
“I’m Still Here”
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
“Vermiglio”

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

“Alien: Romulus”
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”
“Deadpool & Wolverine”
“Gladiator II”
“Inside Out 2”
“Twisters”
“Wicked” (WINNER)
“The Wild Robot”

Best Motion Picture – Animated

“Flow” (WINNER)
“Inside Out 2”
“Memoir of a Snail”
“Moana 2”
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
“The Wild Robot”

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

Selena Gomez, “Emilia Pérez”
Ariana Grande, “Wicked”
Felicity Jones, “The Brutalist”
Margaret Qualley, “The Substance” 
Isabella Rossellini, “Conclave” 
Zoe Saldaña, “Emilia Pérez” (WINNER)

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

“Emilia Pérez,” Jacques Audiard 
“Anora,” Sean Baker 
“The Brutalist,” Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold 
“A Real Pain,” Jesse Eisenberg 
“The Substance,” Coralie Fargeat 
“Conclave,” Peter Straughan (WINNER)

Best Original Score – Motion Picture

“Conclave”
“The Brutalist”
“The Wild Robot”
“Emilia Perez”
“Challengers” (WINNER)
“Dune: Part Two”