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“The Brutalist,” Brady Corbet‘s mammoth three-hour epic about a Holocaust survivor and architect chasing a distorted American dream, is erecting itself a pathway to Oscar glory. The film triumphed at the 2025 Golden Globes on Sunday, January 5, winning the award for Best Picture, Drama. The award, which traditionally sets the stage for the frontrunners of the Academy Awards‘ main category, closed out the ceremony.
“The Brutalist” was the widely predicted winner for the trophy, coming into the night with seven nominations, the second most of the night behind musical “Emilia Pérez.” “The Brutalist” previously won Best Director for Brady Corbet and Best Actor for Adrien Brody.
The other films up for the award were “A Complete Unknown,” “Conclave,” “Dune: Part Two,” “Nickel Boys,” and “September 5.”
In addition to the main prize, the film also received nominations in Best Director, which it won, where Corbet was nominated, Best Screenplay, where Corbet shared the nomination with his partner and co-writer Mona Fastvold, Best Original Score for Daniel Blumberg’s musical score, and three acting nominations: Adrien Brody in Best Actor, Drama (who won) and Guy Pearce and Felicity Jones in the Supporting actor categories.
Starring Brody as László Tóth, a (fictional) architect who immigrates from Hungary to America in the 1940s in the wake of the Holocaust and attempts to chase the American dream by building a community center for a wealthy businessman, “The Brutalist” premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, where Corbet won the Silver Lion for Best Direction. The film has since been named one of the 10 best films of 2024 by the American Film Institute and won best film at the New York Film Critics Circle.
In his review of “The Brutalist” for IndieWire, David Ehrlich gave the film a B-, writing that “László Tóth is “The Brutalist,” and “The Brutalist” is László Tóth. And so it stands to reason that both of them are similarly brilliant and immense, just as both of them struggle to realize the full genius of their vision.” IndieWire later named the film one of the 25 best films of 2024.
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