“One Battle After Another ”Earns Fourth Golden Globe with Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) Win
- - “One Battle After Another ”Earns Fourth Golden Globe with Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) Win
Tommy McArdle, Kayla GrantJanuary 12, 2026 at 4:42 AM
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One Battle after Another won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical on Sunday, Jan. 11
The cast and crew of One Battle After Another went on stage to accept the award
Blue Moon, Bugonia, Marty Supreme, No Other Choice, Nouvelle Vague and One Battle After Another were each nominated in this category
One Battle After Another won big at the 2026 Golden Globes.
On Sunday, Jan. 11, the Paul Thomas Anderson film was named the Best Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical) at the 2026 Golden Globes, beating out Blue Moon, Bugonia, Marty Supreme, No Other Choice and Nouvelle Vague for the prize.
It was Once Battle After Another's fourth prize of the night. The movie, which satires radical politics, also earned Anderson two trophies: one for his direction and another for his screenplay. Actress Teyana Taylor's supporting performance got her the win, as well.
Comedian Nikki Glaser hosted the 2026 Golden Globe Awards, which aired live on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+ in the U.S.
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Benicio Del Toro as Sensei St. Carlos in One Battle After Another.
One Battle After Another, which is streaming now on HBO Max, is Leonardo DiCaprio's latest movie and Anderson's first film since 2021's Licorice Pizza. The movie is a sprawling tale of political revolution and father-daughter bonding starring DiCaprio, Taylor, Regina Hall, Sean Penn and Chase Infiniti.
The movie led all nominated films at the Golden Globe Awards with nine total nominations. It previously won three Critics Choice Awards — including Best Picture and Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Anderson — on Jan. 4.
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Ethan Hawke in Blue Moon
Blue Moon is Ethan Hawke's latest collaboration with frequent filmmaking partner Richard Linklater. The movie, which also stars Margaret Qualley, Andrew Scott and Bobby Cannavale, sees Hawke portray 20th century lyricist and songwriter Lorenz Hart. It details his relationship with former songwriting partner Richard Rodgers as Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II debut the musical Oklahoma! In 1943.
Hawke was also nominated for Blue Moon in the Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at the Golden Globes alongside Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme), George Clooney (Jay Kelly) Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another), Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon), Lee Byung-Hun (No Other Choice) and Jesse Plemons (Bugonia).
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Emma Stone, Aidan Delbis and Jesse Plemons in Bugonia
Bugonia, Emma Stone's latest collaboration with filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos, sees the two-time Oscar winner play a pharmaceutical company CEO named Michelle who is abducted by a man named Teddy (Jesse Plemons) and his cousin Don (Aidan Delbis), who have grown convinced she is an alien conspiring to take over life on Earth.
Aside from the movie's Best Motion Picture nomination, Stone and Plemons were nominated for their leading roles in the film at the Golden Globe Awards.
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Timothée Chalamet in Marty Supreme
Marty Supreme sees Timothée Chalamet portray a man named Marty Mauser, a pro table tennis player who dreams of winning the world championships in 1952. Much of the movie's story revolves around Marty's chaotic efforts to make enough money to travel to Japan and compete in a tournament there. Kevin O'Leary, Odessa A'zion, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tyler Okonma, Abel Ferrara and Fran Drescher costar among a large ensemble cast.
The movie received three total nominations at the Golden Globes, including a nod for Chalamet in the Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) category and a nomination for Best Screenplay. Chalamet won Best Actor for his performance in the movie at the Critics Choice Awards on Jan. 4.
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Lee Byung-hun in No Other Choice
No Other Choice is the latest movie from South Korean director Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, Decision to Leave). The movie follows Lee Byung-hun (Squid Game) as Yoo Man-su, a man who is fired from his job at a paper manufacturing company after an American company buys out his company and downsizes. As Man-su struggles with the elongated unemployment that ensues after his firing, he decides to kill off his competition for the jobs he applies for.
No Other Choice was also nominated for Best Motion Picture (Non-English Language) at the Golden Globes. Lee was nominated for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture in the Musical or Comedy category as well.
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Zoey Deutch in Nouvelle Vague
Nouvelle Vague is filmmaker Linklater's second movie nominated in the Musical or Comedy category at this year's Golden Globe Awards. The movie is a love letter to the 1960 French New Wave classic Breathless and tracks its filming. Zoey Deutch stars in the film as the actress Jean Seberg opposite a largely French cast, including Guillaume Marbeck as Breathless filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard.
See PEOPLE's coverage of the 83rd annual Golden Globe Awards, taking place at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on Sunday, Jan. 11 at 8 p.m. EST, airing on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.
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