Leonardo DiCaprio could finally be headed for Oscar glory, if his movie The Revenant‘s domination of the Golden Globes last night were any indication. Alejandro González Iñárritu took both Best Director and Best Picture – Drama for the gripping true story of frontiersman Hugh Glass, with DiCaprio winning Best Actor – Drama.
In his acceptance speech, DiCaprio gave thanks to the Native American community for inspiring The Revenant‘s tale of survival against the wilderness. “That meant a lot. Thank you so much,” DiCaprio added of the award. “To the other fantastic performances in this category, you were incredible. What a fantastic year in film.”
The star continued: “This film was about survival. It was about adaptation – but most of all it was about trust. Thank you to Alejandro González Iñárritu for taking me on this journey with you… “Thank you to my friend Tom Hardy – who I know in real life would never take me out to the woods and bury me alive like that!”
Brie Larson’s critically-lauded performance in Room earned her the Best Actress award in the Drama category, triumphing over Carol‘s Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, Brooklyn‘s Saoirse Ronan and The Danish Girl‘s Alicia Vikander.
The Martian, somewhat quizzically to director Sir Ridley Scott, found itself dominating the Comedy categories with Best Picture and Best Actor for star Matt Damon. Jennifer Lawrence chose to dedicate her own Best Comedy Actress trophy for Joy to her director and Golden Globes date David O Russell.
One of the night’s several standing ovations came when a clearly moved Sylvester Stallone accepted the Best Supporting Actor – Drama award for reprising his role as Rocky Balboa in Creed. Stallone received his first Globe nomination for portraying the Italian Stallion way back in 1976.
The full list of winners in the movie categories at the 73rd Golden Globes, hosted again by Ricky Gervais on Sunday, January 10, 2016, is as follows:
Best Motion Picture (Drama)
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant – WINNER
Room
Spotlight
Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy)
The Big Short
Joy
The Martian – WINNER
Spy
Trainwreck
Best Actor (Drama)
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant – WINNER
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Will Smith, Concussion
Best Actor (Musical or Comedy)
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Steve Carell, The Big Short
Matt Damon, The Martian – WINNER
Al Pacino, Danny Collins
Mark Ruffalo – Infinitely Polar Bear
Best Actress (Drama)
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room – WINNER
Rooney Mara, Carol
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Best Actress (Musical or Comedy)
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy – WINNER
Melissa McCarthy, Spy
Amy Schumer, Trainwreck
Maggie Smith, The Lady in the Van
Lily Tomlin, Grandma
Best Director
Todd Haynes, Carol
Alejandro G Inarritu, The Revenant – WINNER
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
Ridley Scott, The Martian
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Supporting Actor
Paul Dano, Love & Mercy
Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
Sylvester Stallone, Creed – WINNER
Best Supporting Actress
Jane Fonda, Youth
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Helen Mirren, Trumbo
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs – WINNER!
Alicia Vikander, Ex-Machina
Best Foreign Language Film
The Brand New Testament, Belgium
The Club, Chile
The Fencer, Finland/Germany/Estonia
Mustang, France
Son of Saul, Hungary – WINNER
Best Screenplay
Room
Spotlight
The Big Short
Steve Jobs – WINNER
The Hateful Eight
Best Original Score
Carol
The Danish Girl
The Hateful Eight – WINNER
Steve Jobs
The Revenant
Best Original Song
Love Me Like You Do, Fifty Shades of Grey
One Kind of Love, Love & Mercy
See You Again, Furious 7
Simple Song No 3, Youth
Writing’s On The Wall, Spectre – WINNER
Best Animated Feature Film
Anomalisa
The Good Dinosaur
Inside Out – WINNER
The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep
