Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and Apple TV Originals were among the highly acclaimed winners and nominees at the 2020 Golden Globes.

Ben Roberts, Content Director

January 6, 2020

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The Hollywood and television spectacle that is The Golden Globes welcomed new challengers to the broadcast and motion picture scene yesterday, as streaming giants Netflix, Hulu, Apple TV and Amazon walked away with coveted awards and high acclaim.

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Nominated titles from the world of streaming, understandably, dominated the Television category, with Netflix titles “The Kominsky Method,” “Unbelievable,” “Russian Doll” and “Living With Yourself,” Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and Apple TV’s “The Morning Show” being just a few of the titles to appear in the nominees list.

With these originals gathering acclaim, it was the star power in each series that generated most of the buzz. Ramy Youssef of Hulu’s "Ramy" took won Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, and Olivia Coleman of Netflix’s “The Crown” won Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series. Hulu also bagged an award for Best Supporting Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television thanks to Patricia Arquette’s performance in “The Act.”

One of 2019’s newest streaming platform’s, Apple TV+, was shut out for the night. Only taking on nominations from its prestige-driven series “The Morning Show,” the Apple original failed to win any awards for the show. It’s still the streaming platform’s early days though, as much of Apple’s original content was released too late in the year to be considered for the Golden Globes. Potential future winners for Apple include the series “Servant, “For All Mankind” and “Dickinson.”

Still Breaking into the Silver Screen

The world of streaming did not, however, have such sway in the movie category. While Netflix’s “The Two Popes,” “Dolemite is My Name” and “The Irishman” (the latter nominated in three categories) were heavily mentioned, it was “Marriage Story” that claimed the evening’s only streaming award for movies. Nominated for Best Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Actor (Adam Driver) and Best Actress (Scarlett Johansson), it was Laura Dern’s performance that claimed the Best Actress in a Supporting Role award.

With major motion pictures like “1917,” “The Farewell,” “Judy,” “Joker,” “Rocketman” and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” taking home the remaining movie awards, The 77th Golden Globes still gave a nod toward streaming unlike any other year as consumers and critics continue to place subscription content among the greats.

Streaming platforms’ ample resources and push to create original content have led many filmmaking titans to work with top-tier talent in recent years including Martin Scorsese, Noah Baumbach and Ava Duvernay. As streaming continues to become the new normal with more resources being put into the space via Disney and WarnerMedia, the world of digital-first content looks to continue to lead the pack into the future.

The 2020 Golden Globes Full List of Winners:

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

  • Winner: Russell Crowe (The Loudest Voice)

  • Christopher Abbott (Catch-22)

  • Sacha Baron Cohen (The Spy)

  • Jared Harris (Chernobyl)

  • Sam Rockwell (Fosse/Verdon)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

  1. Winner: Michelle Williams (Fosse/Verdon)

  2. Kaitlyn Dever (Unbelievable)

  3. Joey King (The Act)

  4. Helen Mirren (Catherine the Great)

  5. Merritt Wever (Unbelievable)

Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

  • Winner: Chernobyl (HBO)

  • Catch-22″ (Hulu)

  • Fosse/Verdon (FX)

  • The Loudest Voice (Showtime)

  • Unbelievable (Netflix)

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language

  • Winner: Parasite (CJ Entertainment)

  • The Farewell (A24)

  • Pain and Glory (Sony)

  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Pyramide Films)

  • Les Misérables (BAC Films, Amazon)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

  • Winner: Stellan Skarsgård (Chernobyl)

  • Alan Arkin

  • Kieran Culkin (Succession)

  • Andrew Scott (Fleabag)

  • Henry Winkler (Barry)

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

  • Winner: Fleabag

  • Barry (HBO)

  • The Kominsky Method (Netflix)

  • The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)

  • The Politician (Netflix)

Best Original Score – Motion Picture

  • Winner: Hildur Guðnadóttir (Joker)

  • Daniel Pemberton (Motherless Brooklyn)

  • Alexandre Desplat (Little Women)

  • Thomas Newman (1917)

  • Randy Newman (Marriage Story)

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

  • Winner: Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)

  • Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story)

  • Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won (Parasite)

  • Anthony McCarten (The Two Popes)

  • Steven Zaillian (The Irishman)

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

  • Winner: (I’m Gonna) Love Me Again (Rocketman)

  • Beautiful Ghosts (Cats)

  • Into the Unknown (Frozen II)

  • Spirit (The Lion King)

  • Stand Up (Harriet)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

  • Winner: Patricia Arquette (The Act)

  • Helena Bonham Carter (The Crown)

  • Toni Collette

  • Meryl Streep (Big Little Lies)

  • Emily Watson (Chernobyl)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

  • Winner: Ramy Youssef (Ramy)

  • Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method)

  • Bill Hader (Barry)

  • Ben Platt (The Politician)

  • Paul Rudd (Living with Yourself)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

  • Winner: Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag)

  • Christina Applegate (Dead to Me)

  • Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

  • Kirsten Dunst (On Becoming a God in Central Florida)

  • Natasha Lyonne (Russian Doll)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama

  • Winner: Brian Cox (Succession)

  • Kit Harington (Game of Thrones)

  • Rami Malek (Mr. Robot)

  • Tobias Menzies (The Crown)

  • Billy Porter (Pose)

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

  • Winner: Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)

  • Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story)

  • Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won (Parasite)

  • Anthony McCarten (The Two Popes)

  • Steven Zaillian (The Irishman)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama

  • Winner: Olivia Colman (The Crown)

  • Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show)

  • Jodie Comer (Killing Eve)

  • Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies)

  • Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

  • Winner: Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)

  • Tom Hanks (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood)

  • Anthony Hopkins (The Two Popes)

  • Al Pacino (The Irishman)

  • Joe Pesci (The Irishman)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

  • Winner: Laura Dern (Marriage Story)

  • Kathy Bates (Richard Jewell)

  • Annette Bening (The Report)

  • Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers)

  • Margot Robbie (Bombshell)

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

  • Winner: Taron Egerton (Rocketman)

  • Daniel Craig (Knives Out)

  • Roman Griffin Davis (Jojo Rabbit)

  • Leonardo DiCaprio (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)

  • Eddie Murphy (Dolemite Is My Name)

Best Motion Picture – Animated

  • Winner: Missing Link (United Artists Releasing)

  • Frozen II (Disney)

  • How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (Universal)

  • Toy Story 4 (Disney)

  • The Lion King (Disney)

Best Director – Motion Picture

  • Winner: Sam Mendes (1917)

  • Bong Joon-ho (Parasite)

  • Todd Phillips (Joker)

  • Martin Scorsese (The Irishman)

  • Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

  • Winner: Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)

  • Christian Bale (Ford v Ferrari)

  • Antonio Banderas (Pain and Glory)

  • Adam Driver (Marriage Story)

  • Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes)

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

  • Winner: Awkwafina (The Farewell)

  • Ana de Armas (Knives Out)

  • Cate Blanchett (Where’d You Go, Bernadette)

  • Beanie Feldstein (Booksmart)

  • Emma Thompson (Late Night)

Best Television Series – Drama

  • Winner: Succession (HBO)

  • Big Little Lies (HBO)

  • The Crown (Netflix)

  • Killing Eve (BBC America)

  • The Morning Show (Apple TV Plus)

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

  • Winner: Renée Zellweger (Judy)

  • Cynthia Erivo (Harriet)

  • Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story)

  • Saoirse Ronan (Little Women)

  • Charlize Theron (Bombshell)

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

  • Winner: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Sony)

  • Jojo Rabbit (Fox Searchlight)

  • Knives Out (Lionsgate)

  • Rocketman (Paramount)

  • Dolemite Is My Name (Netflix)

Best Motion Picture – Drama

  • Winner: 1917 (Universal)

  • The Irishman (Netflix)

  • Marriage Story (Netflix)

  • Joker (Warner Bros.)

  • The Two Popes (Netflix)

About the Author(s)

Ben Roberts

Content Director, License Global

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