Oppenheimer won in the major award categories, including Best Director and Best Film(Picture: AP)

Oppenheimer and Succession have led the winners at the Golden Globes 2024, dominating the major categories.

The Christopher Nolan film about the man behind the atomic bomb was awarded one of the top prizes, Best Motion Picture Drama, while the filmmaker himself took home Best Director for the first time after six nominations.

Cillian Murphy was also recognised for his performance as J Robert Oppenheimer, taking home the Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture Drama, and Robert Downey Jr won Best Supporting Actor.

Its cultural counterpoint Barbie, which led to the summer of Barbenheimer, was not forgotten by the Golden Globes, and was given the Cinematic and Box Office Achievement award.

The other major film awards went to Emma Stone and Lily Gladstone who were awarded Best Actress gongs for their roles in the upcoming Poor Things and Killers of the Flower Moon respectively.

French thriller, Anatomy of a Fall, meanwhile, was deemed the Best Non-English movie and as having the Best Screenplay.

Emma’s upcoming performance in Poor Things earned her an award (Picture: AP)

Barbie won just one award, recognising its cultural and commerical impact (Picture: AP)

Lily won in one of the Best Actress categories, while Leonardo took home no awards (Picture: AP)

Over in TV, Succession won the Best Drama, while its actors including Sarah Snook and Matthew Macfayden, as well as Kieran Culkin, who defeated co-stars Brian Cox and Jeremy Strong, won major acting gongs.

Accepting the award, Kieran said: ‘I was nominated for a Golden Globe like 20 years ago and when that moment passed, I sort of remember thinking I’m never going to be back in this room again.

‘But thanks to Succession I’ve been in here a couple of times, I accepted I would never be on the stage so this is a nice moment. Suck it Pedro [Pascal], sorry, mine.’

Succession swept up most of the major TV awards (Picture: HBO)

Followed by Beef, which won a number of the major awards (Picture: Netflix)

Beef also cleaned up on the night, winning Best Limited Series as well as acting awards for its leading cast, Ali Wong and Steven Yeun.

Elsewhere, both Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri won acting awards for their performances in the restaurant drama The Bear.

Despite causing controversy for ‘offensive’ jokes, even leading to the creation of a petition to axe certain routines, Ricky Gervais won Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television for Armaggedon.

Golden Globes 2024 – the winners in full

Best Motion Picture Drama – Oppenheimer

Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy – Poor Things

Best Motion Picture Animated – The Boy and the Heron

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement – Barbie

Best Motion Picture Non-English Language – Anatomy of a Fall

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture Drama – Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture Drama – Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy – Emma Stone, Poor Things

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy – Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture – Robert Downey Jr, Oppenheimer

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture – Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

Best Director Motion Picture – Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

Best Screenplay Motion Picture – Anatomy of a Fall

Best Original Song Motion Picture – What Was I Made For? from Barbie by Billie Eilish O’Connell, Finneas O’Connell

Best Original Score – Oppenheimer

Best Television Series Drama – Succession

Best Television Series Musical or Comedy – The Bear

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

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series Drama – Sarah Snook, Succession

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series Drama – Kieran Culkin, Succession

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy – Ayo Edebiri, The Bear

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy – Jeremy Allen White, The Bear

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television – Ali Wong, Beef

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television – Steven Yeun, Beef

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television -Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television – Matthew Macfadyen, Succession

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television – Ricky Gervais, Ricky Gervais: Armageddon

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