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Christopher Nolan Wins Best Director

'Oppenheimer' led all Globes winners with five trophies.
Lily Gladstone Opens Golden Globe Victory Speech in Blackfeet Language: ‘This Is a Historic Win’

Lily Gladstone won lead actress in a drama film for 'Killers of the Flower Moon.'

Critics Pick
‘The Color Purple’

Blitz Bazawule's fresh-eyed remake synthesizes elements from the Broadway show and Steven Spielberg's 1985 film.
‘Night Swim’

Blumhouse's new horror film is too familiar and derivative — and too PG-13. It's as tepid and unscary as a proper early-in-January movie should be.
‘The Boys in the Boat’

Callum Turner exudes star power in a true-life '30s rowing saga that's now too square for the Oscars.
Critics Pick
‘The Iron Claw’

Zac Efron stars in Sean Durkin's absorbing drama about the Von Erichs, a dysfunctional dynasty of wrestlers in the late '70s and '80s.

‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’

The Disney+ adaptation of the popular Greek mythology series is riveting and stunning.
‘My Life With the Walter Boys’

Netflix's disappointing teen drama forces a lackluster YA love triangle.
‘The Crown’

If it hasn't always succeeded, Netflix's "The Crown" at least concludes as the truest version of itself.
'Dr. Death'

Mandy Moore and Edgar Ramirez paint a disturbing portrait of deceit, romance and complicity in Season 2.

‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’

Taylor Swift's new vault tracks bridge the gap between 2014 and the "Midnights" era.
‘For All the Dogs’

Drake's latest launches with an uncharacteristically weak batch of songs and buries its clearest highlights in the second half.
‘Scarlet’

Doja Cat, always underestimated, has the last laugh on this fiery album.
‘Guts’

Olivia Rodrigo sends teendom off with a bang in a sophomore album that is just as much brash fun as 'Sour.'

‘Purlie Victorious’

This revival of the Ossie Davis satire is a delightful romp centering Black joy and the absurdity of racism.
‘Rebecca’

The musical's English-language debut is a remarkable debacle.
‘Peter Pan Goes Wrong’

If pratfalls piling up is wrong, this Ahmanson production doesn't want to be right.
‘Back to the Future’

The car is the star in this underwhelming screen-to-stage duplication.