Chloé Zhao's Hamnet takes Best Motion Picture — Drama at 2026 Golden Globes

Collider reports Hamnet has won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture — Drama at the 2026 Golden Globes, taking one of the night’s biggest awards after a season where the category never fully settled around a single frontrunner.

The nominees represented six very different approaches to serious filmmaking. Hamnet was described as intimate and restrained, built around grief, absence, and emotional quiet; other films included Frankenstein, which carried a classic story through a distinctive auteur vision; It Was Just an Accident, which brought political tension into focus; Sentimental Value, examining family and memory; Sinners, which leaned into intensity and scale; and The Secret Agent, relying on atmosphere and moral unease.

The win does not guarantee later awards but changes how the film is talked about and can shift momentum heading into guild awards and subsequent ceremonies, where perception often matters alongside merit. Hamnet was released November 26, 2025, has a runtime of 126 minutes, and is directed by Chloé Zhao; writing credits list Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell, and producer credits include Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Sam Mendes, Steven Spielberg, Nicolas Gonda, Caroline Reynolds, Maggie O’Farrell and Agnes Will.

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