The One Battle After Another awards juggernaut was kicked fully into gear by a ceremony that produced few surprises and simply ratified Leonardo DiCaprio’s epic comedy thriller as an incontestable Oscar frontrunner (Kevin Maher writes). The minor twist, of course, was that DiCaprio was beaten to the best actor, musical or comedy trophy by Timothée Chalamet from Marty Supreme.

Both of them delivered enormous and, alas, slightly cartoonish performances in their respective movies and, in fact, fellow nominee George Clooney actually deserved the gong for his sweetly nuanced turn in Jay Kelly. But awards season voters just love to laud a loud performance, and otherwise a muscular One Battle After Another sweep of best supporting actress, best director, best screenplay and best motion picture musical or comedy added a certain inevitability to the film’s status as the most serious contender come Oscar night (on March 15).

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The only other eyebrow raiser was a win in the best actor drama category for the Brazilian actor Wagner Moura, from the movie The Secret Agent, an era-spanning account of life under the Brazilian military dictatorship. Moura, rightfully celebrated for a grounded turn therein, beat much admired performances from Joel Edgerton (in Train Dreams) and Dwayne Johnson (The Smashing Machine), a feat that is unlikely to be repeated elsewhere.

Last year, for instance, the Golden Globes similarly gave the best actress drama trophy to the Brazilian veteran Fernanda Torres for her movie I’m Still Here, also an era-spanning account of life under the Brazilian dictatorship. The Baftas and the Oscars opted instead for Mikey Madison from Anora.

Kylie Jenner, Timothée Chalamet, Odessa A'zion, and Josh Safdie at the 83rd Annual Golden Globes.

Kylie Jenner with Chalamet, Odessa A’zion and Josh Safdie

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Leonardo DiCaprio and Timothée Chalamet posing together at the 83rd Annual Golden Globes.

DiCaprio and Chalamet at the ceremony in Beverly Hills

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Hamnet, meanwhile, upheld its modest standing as a potential challenger to One Battle After Another. The grief-themed Shakespeare tale snagged the best picture drama award and is undoubtedly a more impactful, thoughtful and, frankly, better film than DiCaprio’s shaggy dog caper. But it’s going to need a miracle, or some sort of scandalous upheaval on the campaign trail, to convince Bafta and Oscar voters that One Battle After Another is not the second coming of cinema.

Hamnet’s Jessie Buckley, however, has continued her much deserved advance towards the Oscar podium, picking up the best actress drama Golden Globe and proving that she is the closest thing that this, or any other, awards season has ever come to a done deal. Her closest rival, Rose Byrne, who is exceptional in the indie drama If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (out in the UK next month), won the parallel best actress musical or comedy category. It is likely to remain Byrne’s only major trophy.

Actress Rose Byrne holds her Golden Globe award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.

Rose Byrne with her award for best performance by a female actor in a musical or comedy

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Jessie Buckley accepting an award at the Golden Globes.

Jessie Buckley won for her performance in Hamnet

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Hamnet’s Paul Mescal, nonetheless, was robbed in the best supporting actor category. That went, inexplicably, to Stellan Skarsgard for his one-note turn in the smug Norwegian dirge Sentimental Value. The Skarsgard shocker also meant nothing for his fellow nominees Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn, both from One Battle After Another. Expect a conspicuous correction, leaning towards del Toro, for the rest of the One Battle-dominated season.

Here’s the full list of winners…

Jessie Buckley as Agnes and Paul Mescal as William Shakespeare in Hamnet.

Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal in Hamnet

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Best motion picture — drama

Winner
Hamnet

Nominees
Frankenstein
It Was Just an Accident
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners

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Leonardo DiCaprio as an armed man in a plaid jacket, standing on a desert road with an open car door behind him.

Leonardo DiCaprio in One Battle After Another

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Best motion picture — musical or comedy

Winner
One Battle After Another

Nominees
Blue Moon
Bugonia
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
Nouvelle Vague

Best performance by a male actor in a motion picture — drama

Winner
Wagner Moura — The Secret Agent

Nominees
Joel Edgerton — Train Dreams
Oscar Isaac — Frankenstein
Dwayne Johnson — The Smashing Machine
Michael B Jordan — Sinners
Jeremy Allen White — Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

Timothée Chalamet, as Marty Supreme, holds a red ping pong paddle.

Timothée Chalamet in Marty Supreme

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Best performance by a male actor in a motion picture — musical or comedy

Winner
Timothée Chalamet — Marty Supreme

Nominees
George Clooney — Jay Kelly
Leonardo DiCaprio — One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke — Blue Moon
Lee Byung-hun — No Other Choice
Jesse Plemons — Bugonia

Best performance by a female actor in a motion picture — drama

Winner
Jessie Buckley — Hamnet

Nominees
Jennifer Lawrence — Die My Love
Renate Reinsve — Sentimental Value
Julia Roberts — After the Hunt
Tessa Thompson — Hedda
Eva Victor — Sorry, Baby

Best performance by a female actor in a motion picture — musical or comedy

Winner
Rose Byrne — If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Nominees
Cynthia Erivo — Wicked: For Good
Kate Hudson — Song Sung Blue
Chase Infiniti — One Battle After Another
Amanda Seyfried — The Testament of Ann Lee
Emma Stone — Bugonia

Best performance by a supporting female actor in any motion picture

Winner
Teyana Taylor — One Battle After Another

Nominees
Emily Blunt — The Smashing Machine
Elle Fanning — Sentimental Value
Ariana Grande — Wicked: For Good
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas — Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan — Weapons

Stellan Skarsgård holding his award and speaking at the 83rd Annual Golden Globes.

Stellan Skarsgard with his award

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Best performance by a supporting male actor in any motion picture

Winner
Stellan Skarsgard — Sentimental Value

Nominees
Benicio del Toro — One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi — Frankenstein
Paul Mescal — Hamnet
Sean Penn — One Battle After Another
Adam Sandler — Jay Kelly

Best director — motion picture

Winner
Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After Another

Nominees
Ryan Coogler — Sinners
Guillermo del Toro — Frankenstein
Jafar Panahi — It Was Just an Accident
Joachim Trier — Sentimental Value
Chloé Zhao — Hamnet

Best screenplay — motion picture

Winner
Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After Another

Nominees
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie — Marty Supreme
Ryan Coogler — Sinners
Jafar Panahi — It Was Just an Accident
Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier — Sentimental Value
Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell — Hamnet

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Best motion picture — animated

Winner
KPop Demon Hunters

Nominees
Arco
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle
Elio
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

Best motion picture — non-English language

Winner
The Secret Agent (Brazil)

Nominees
It Was Just an Accident (France)
No Other Choice (South Korea)
Sentimental Value (Norway)
Sirat (Spain)
The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)

Best original score

Winner
Ludwig Göransson (Sinners)

Nominees
Alexandre Desplat (Frankenstein)
Jonny Greenwood (One Battle After Another)
Kangding Ray (Sirat)
Max Richter (Hamnet)
Hans Zimmer (F1)

Film still of Michael B. Jordan and Miles Caton in *Sinners*.

Michael B Jordan and Miles Caton in Sinners

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Cinematic and box office achievement

Winner
Sinners

Nominees
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
KPop Demon Hunters
Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning
Weapons
Wicked: For Good
Zootopia 2

Best original song

Winner
Golden from KPop Demon Hunters (Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24 and Teddy)

Nominees
Dream As One from Avatar: Fire and Ash (Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen)
I Lied to You from Sinners (Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson)
No Place Like Home from Wicked: For Good (Stephen Schwartz)
The Girl in the Bubble from Wicked: For Good (Stephen Schwartz)
Train Dreams from Train Dreams (Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner)