Dark drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and mother-daughter comedy Lady Bird were the top winners at the Golden Globe awards on Sunday night on a night marked by barbed comments about sexual harassment in Hollywood and passionate odes to those breaking their silence on the issue.
Gary Oldman was named best drama movie actor for his role as British wartime leader in Focus Features Darkest Hour and Frances McDormand took home the award for drama actress for her role as an angry mother in Fox Searchlight's Three Billboards.
In comedies, the Golden Globes went to Indie studio A24's Lady Bird actress Saoirse Ronan and James Franco for his cult movie homage The Disaster Artist, also from A24.
Mexican director Guillermo del Toro won best director for magical fantasy The Shape of Water.
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"Happy New Year Hollywood! It's 2018. Marijuana is finally allowed and sexual harassment finally isn't," quipped Globes host Seth Meyers in his opening remarks, bringing wild applause from the A-list audience in Beverly Hills.
Multiple allegations against actors, filmmakers and Hollywood agents since October 2017 have led to many of the accused being fired, forced to step down, or dropped from creative projects.
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Referring to the male nominees gathered in Beverly Hills for the top television and movie awards, Meyers said: "This is the first time in three months it won't be terrifying to hear your name read out loud."
The evening began with the normally colorful red carpet transformed into a sea of black gowns as every actress showed solidarity with victims of sexual harassment inside and outside the entertainment industry. Many have given their own harrowing accounts.
Women kept up the theme inside the Beverly Hilton ballroom.
"This year, we became the story," Oprah Winfrey said in a rousing speech while accepting the annual lifetime achievement award.
McDormand said she was proud to be a woman in the industry. "It's great to be here and be part of the tectonic shift in our industry's power structure," she said.
Laura Dern, a supporting actress winner for Big Little Lies, said: "May we teach our children that speaking out without retribution is our culture's new north star."
The HBO TV series was one of several female-driven winners on Sunday.
The Golden Globes ceremony, the first of the major awards shows in the run-up to the Oscars in March, marked the first big test for how Hollywood would handle the scandal.
Meyers joked that, as the first of the hosts, he felt like "the first dog they shot into outer space."
He appeared to have found the right balance, getting cheers in the room and warm early reviews. Industry website Deadline.com said Meyers "deftly executed a seemingly impossible task," while E! News said he "made lemonade out of lemons."
Dystopian tale The Handmaid's Tale won best TV drama series and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Amazon's new series about a 1950s housewife who become a stand-up comedian, took best TV comedy or musical series.
Fox Searchlight and parent company Twentieth Century Fox were the big winners in terms of studios, with their films winning seven awards. Indie movie studio A24 had three.
FACTBOX-Key winners of the 2018 Golden Globes
Following is a list of film and television winners in key categories:
BEST DRAMA
"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
BEST COMEDY OR MUSICAL
"Lady Bird"
BEST ACTOR, DRAMA
Gary Oldman - "Darkest Hour"
BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA
Frances McDormand - "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
BEST ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
James Franco - "The Disaster Artist"
BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Saoirse Ronan - "Lady Bird"
BEST DIRECTOR
Guillermo del Toro - "The Shape of Water"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Sam Rockwell - "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Allison Janney - "I, Tonya"
BEST ANIMATED FILM
"Coco"
BEST FOREIGN FILM
"In the Fade" - Germany/France
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"This Is Me" - "The Greatest Showman"
BEST TV DRAMA SERIES
"The Handmaid's Tale"
BEST TV COMEDY/MUSICAL SERIES
"The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
BEST ACTOR, TV DRAMA
Sterling K. Brown - "This Is Us"
BEST ACTRESS, TV DRAMA
Elisabeth Moss - "The Handmaid's Tale"
BEST ACTOR, TV COMEDY/MUSICAL
Aziz Ansari - "Master of None"
BEST ACTRESS, TV COMEDY/MUSICAL
Rachel Brosnahan - "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
BEST TV MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES
"Big Little Lies" - HBO