Golden Globes 2024 recap: Biggest moments from the 81st annual awards show

Cillian Murphy won the Golden Globe for best performance by a male actor in a motion picture (drama) for "Oppenheimer."

"I knew the first time I walked on a Christopher Nolan set that it was different. I could tell by the level of rigor, the level of focus, the level of dedication, the complete lack of any seating options for actors that I was in the hands of a visionary director and master," Murphy, who played the titular J. Robert Oppenheimer in the biopic, said in his acceptance speech.

He added, "One of the most beautiful and vulnerable things about being an actor is that you can't do it on your own, really. We had the most incredible ensemble cast in this movie. It was magic."

Other nominees in the category included Bradley Cooper for "Maestro," Leonardo DiCaprio for "Killers of the Flower Moon," Colman Domingo for "Rustin," Barry Keoghan for "Saltburn" and Andrew Scott for "All of Us Strangers."

Emma Stone won the Golden Globe for best performance by a female actor in a motion picture (musical or comedy) for "Poor Things."

"This is amazing," Stone said before thanking her fellow "Poor Things" cast members and crew, as well as director Yorgos Lanthimos.

"I see this as a rom-com," said Stone, who portrays the character Bella Baxter in the film, "but in the sense that Bella falls in love with life itself, rather than a person, and she accepts the good and the bad in equal measure -- and that really made me look at life differently."

Other nominees in the category included Fantasia Barrino for "The Color Purple," Jennifer Lawrence for "No Hard Feelings," Natalie Portman for "May December," Alma Pöysti for "Fallen Leaves" and Margot Robbie for "Barbie."

Christopher Nolan won the Golden Globe for best director for "Oppenheimer."

"The only time I've ever been on the stage before was accepting one of these on behalf of our dear friend, Heath Ledger, and that was complicated and challenging for me," the filmmaker said, referencing Ledger's posthumous Golden Globes win in 2008 for his role as the Joker in Nolan's "The Dark Knight."

Nolan noted that he received "a look of love and support" from Robert Downey Jr. during that moment as well as during his speech Sunday night.

"I thought it'd be simpler accepting for myself, but as a director … I stand here and realize I can only accept this on behalf of people," he continued. "As directors, we bring people together and we try to get them to give their best."

He shouted out the "Oppenheimer" cast as well as his wife and producing partner Emma Thomas, calling her "my partner in life and in art."

This is Nolan's sixth nomination and first win.

Other nominees in the category included Bradley Cooper for "Maestro," Greta Gerwig for "Barbie," Yorgos Lanthimos for "Poor Things," Martin Scorsese for "Killers of the Flower Moon" and Celine Song for "Past Lives."

"The Boy and the Heron" won the Golden Globe for best motion picture (animated).

Other nominees in the category included "Elemental," "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse," "The Super Mario Bros. Movie," "Suzume" and "Wish."