12 Years a Slave has won best film drama at the Golden Globes 2014, during a night that also held awards for Jennifer Lawrence, Cate Blanchett and Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston. American Hustle took the award for best film (comedy or musical).

 

12 Years a Slave, Steve McQueen’s unflinching depiction of slavery in pre-Civil War America, had been nominated for seven awards, but missed out in the acting, directing, screenplay and music categories.

The awards kick-start the Hollywood awards season, and are seen as the best annual iindicator for which films will do well at the Oscars in March.

 

American Hustle, a Seventies-set romp directed by David O Russell, collected the most awards, with success in three of its seven nominations. Amy Adams won best actress in a musical or comedy for her role as the scheming partner to a con-man played by Christian Bale in the film, while Jennifer Lawrence took best supporting actress for her turn as his wife.

 

List of winners:

Best supporting actress in a motion picture: Jennifer Lawrence

Best mini-series or TV movie: Behind the Candelabra

Best actress in a mini-series or TV movie: Elisabeth Moss

Best actor in a TV drama: Bryan Cranston

Best TV drama: Breaking Bad

Best original score: Alex Ebert, All is Lost

Best original song from a motion picture: Ordinary Love, from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Best supporting actor in a TV series, mini-series or TV movie: Jon Voight, Ray Donovan

Best supporting actress in a TV series, mini-series or TV movie: Amy Adams, American Hustle

Best actress in a TV series, drama: Robin Wright, House of Cards

Best supporting actor in a motion picture: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

Best screenplay: Spike Jonze, Her

Best actor in a TV series, comedy: Andy Samberg, Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Best foreign language film: The Great Beauty

Best actor in a mini-series or TV movie: Michael Douglas, Behind the Candelabra

Best animated feature film: Frozen

Best actress in a TV series, Comedy: Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Best director for motion picture: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity

Best TV series, comedy or musical: Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Best actor in a motion picture, comedy: Leonardo DiCaprio, Wolf of Wall Street

Best motion picture, musical or comedy: American Hustle

Best actress in a motion picture, drama: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine

Best actor in a motion picture, drama: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club

Best motion picture, drama: 12 Years A Slave

Cecil B DeMille award for outstanding contribution to entertainment: Woody Allen