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Golden Globes 2021 Winners & Nominees

The 78th Golden Globe Awards (2021) took place on February 28, 2021. Nomadland won Best Picture – Drama and one more award. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and Soul matched it with 2 wins. Every winner and nominee in all 13 categories is below.

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Best Picture – Drama
Nomadland
Headline winners

Golden Globes 2021: The Winners

Nomadland won Best Picture – Drama against 4 other nominees. Chloé Zhao (Best Director), Chadwick Boseman (Best Actor – Drama) and Sacha Baron Cohen (Best Actor – Musical or Comedy) took the main individual prizes.

Nomadland (2020) movie poster Best Picture – Drama

Best Picture – Drama

Nomadland

2020 · Drama · Echo Score 80 · $39.5M worldwide

2 wins from 4 nominations at the 78th Golden Globe Awards (2021)

  • Best Director

After losing everything during the economic crisis, Fern embarks on a journey through the American West. She embraces a nomadic lifestyle, living and traveling in a van and encountering a community of modern-day nomads along the way. The film explores themes of loss, resilience, and finding connection in an ever-changing landscape.

About Nomadland
Scoreboard

Golden Globes 2021: Which Films Won the Most

Nomadland, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and Soul won 2 awards each. 10 films won at least once, while Mank went home empty-handed from 6 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Nomadland (2020) movie poster
    Nomadland 2 / 4
    2020 · Drama · 2 wins from 4 nominations
  2. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020) movie poster
    Borat Subsequent Moviefilm 2 / 3
    2020 · Comedy · 2 wins from 3 nominations
  3. Soul (2020) movie poster
    Soul 2 / 2
    2020 · Adventure, Sci-Fi · 2 wins from 2 nominations
  4. The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) movie poster
    The Trial of the Chicago 7 1 / 5
    2020 · Drama, History · 1 win from 5 nominations
  5. The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021) movie poster
    The United States vs. Billie Holiday 1 / 2
    2021 · Biography, Drama · 1 win from 2 nominations
  6. Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) movie poster
    Judas and the Black Messiah 1 / 2
    2021 · Biography, Drama · 1 win from 2 nominations
  7. The Mauritanian (2021) movie poster
    The Mauritanian 1 / 2
    2021 · Drama, Thriller · 1 win from 2 nominations
  8. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) movie poster
    Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 1 / 2
    2020 · Drama, Music · 1 win from 2 nominations
  9. I Care a Lot (2021) movie poster
    I Care a Lot 1 / 1
    2021 · Drama, Thriller · 1 win from 1 nomination
  10. The Life Ahead (2020) movie poster
    The Life Ahead 1 / 1
    2020 · Drama · 1 win from 1 nomination
Full results

All 13 Golden Globes 2021 Categories: Winners & Nominees

13 categories and 65 nominations. The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

13 categories · 65 nominations

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Movie marathon

The Golden Globes 2021 Best Picture – Drama Marathon

All 5 Best Picture – Drama nominees at the 78th Golden Globe Awards (2021), back to back: 7 hours 26 minutes for the 4 with a known runtime.

Total running time 7h 26m 7 hours 26 minutes Total for 4 of 5 films · 1 runtime unknown
Longest
The Trial of the Chicago 7 2h 9m
Shortest
The Father 1h 37m
By genre

The Genres Behind the Golden Globes 2021 Winners

Drama led with 53 nominations across 26 films and won 9. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 9 wins · 53 nominations · 17%
  2. Comedy 5 wins · 21 nominations · 24%
  3. Thriller 3 wins · 15 nominations · 20%
  4. Biography 2 wins · 12 nominations · 17%
  5. History 2 wins · 11 nominations · 18%
  6. Adventure 2 wins · 9 nominations · 22%
  7. Fantasy 2 wins · 9 nominations · 22%
  8. Music 4 wins · 8 nominations · 50%
  9. Animation 2 wins · 6 nominations · 33%
  10. Family 2 wins · 6 nominations · 33%
2021 season

How the Rest of the 2021 Awards Season Voted

The other 14 ceremonies of 2021, with the winner of each top prize. Nomadland also won the top prize at 5 of them.

All 2021 awards
Earlier years

Previous Golden Globes Ceremonies

The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The Golden Globes page has every year back to 1944.

Every Golden Globes ceremony

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Golden Globes 2021: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 78th Golden Globe Awards (2021), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture – Drama at the 78th Golden Globe Awards (2021)?

Nomadland (2020) won Best Picture – Drama. The other nominees were The Father, Mank, Promising Young Woman and The Trial of the Chicago 7.

About Nomadland

Which film won the most awards at the 78th Golden Globe Awards (2021)?

Nomadland, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and Soul each won 2 awards.

Which film had the most nominations at the 78th Golden Globe Awards (2021)?

Mank (2020) led with 6 nominations and won none of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 78th Golden Globe Awards (2021)?

Best Director: Chloé Zhao for Nomadland. Best Actor – Drama: Chadwick Boseman for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Best Actor – Musical or Comedy: Sacha Baron Cohen for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. Best Actress – Drama: Andra Day for The United States vs. Billie Holiday. Best Actress – Musical or Comedy: Rosamund Pike for I Care a Lot. Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture (Supporting Actor): Daniel Kaluuya for Judas and the Black Messiah. Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture (Supporting Actress): Jodie Foster for The Mauritanian.

When was the 78th Golden Globe Awards (2021)?

The 78th Golden Globe Awards (2021) took place on February 28, 2021. The database has 13 categories and 65 nominations for it.