The 11 biggest Golden Globes snubs and surprises included Daniel Kaluuya, Jodie Foster, and Rosamund Pike

Jodie Foster's nomination for "The Mauritanian" was a surprise in itself, so her win here goes down as one of the night's biggest surprises.

The category was fairly open, but all four of the other nominees seemed better placed to win — Glenn Close ("Hillbilly Elegy"), Olivia Colman ("The Father"), Amanda Seyfried ("Mank"), and Helena Zengel ("News of the World").

Colman and Seyfried in particular looked like the two favorites, but Foster pulled off the win for her underseen movie "The Mauritanian," which makes sense considering the Globes also liked it enough to nominate Foster's relatively unknown costar Tahar Rahim.

This win, Foster's first since winning in best actress in a drama in 1989 for "The Accused," puts her in good stead for an Oscar nomination. The last time the winner of this category failed to land an Oscar nomination was in 1976 when Katharine Ross won for "Voyage of the Damned."

The other supporting category for motion pictures also threw up a bit of a surprise when Daniel Kaluuya won for "Judas and the Black Messiah."

The category looked to be a straight fight between Sacha Baron Cohen ("Borat Subsequent MovieFilm") and Leslie Odom Jr. ("One Night in Miami"). However, "Judas and the Black Messiah" has been growing steadily in recent weeks and is gaining more and more traction as we approach Oscar nominations.

This win is a clear sign of that, and voters were clearly taken by Kaluuya's fierce performance. Kaluuya is now the likely favorite for the Oscar, too.

Andra Day's win was one of the night's biggest shocks. Viola Davis ("Ma Rainey's Black Bottom") and Frances McDormand ("Nomadland") looked to be the favorites, while Carey Mulligan ("Promising Young Woman") was a real possibility of sneaking in and pulling off the victory.

Davis could have won alongside her costar Chadwick Boseman, who posthumously won best actor in a motion picture, drama, while McDormand's movie was a hit with voters. Day's win seemingly came from nowhere.

Davis has been critically acclaimed for her role in Netflix's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," and there has been a big awards campaign for the actress, who is looking to win her first best actress award at the Oscars after winning best supporting actress for "Fences" in 2017.

Davis has been nominated everywhere so far this awards season, and a Davis-Boseman pairing for the two lead drama categories at the Globes looked likely.

If Davis weren't to win, Frances McDormand looked like the second in contention. Her movie, "Nomadland," was clearly a hit for Globes voters, taking home both best director (Chloé Zhao) and best motion picture, drama.

The movie had the support from voters, so it's a surprise that McDormand couldn't join the party and take home the prize. Her performance has been touted as awards-worthy across the board, too.

This category seemed like one of the least competitive of the night, with the award Maria Bakalova's to lose. But Pike became another Brit to win a Golden Globe and took home the award despite little awards attention elsewhere and a movie that has largely gone under the radar.

It doesn't look like it will be enough for Pike to earn her second Oscar nomination, but the win here is a real victory considering Bakalova looked like a sure-fire win.

Pike's performance was worthy of awards, but Bakalova had everything going for her. She is one of the hottest newcomers in the industry and has landed with a huge splash for her buzzy and brave performance in one of the year's most talked about movies.

"Borat Subsequent MovieFilm" took home both best motion picture, musical or comedy, and best actor in a motion picture, musical or comedy, for Sacha Baron Cohen. It seemed a certain that Bakalova would be a third win for the movie, but she mysteriously couldn't capitalise on the film's popularity with Globes voters.

Diane Warren is famous for always being the Oscars bridesmaid — she's had 11 nominaitons but no wins. She has won a Golden Globe before — for "Burlesque" in 2011 — but she wasn't expected to win a second here.

All four of the other nominees were in stronger positions to win, particularly the songs "Tigress & Tweed" from "The United States vs. Billie Holliday," "Hear My Voice" from "The Trial of the Chicago 7," and "Speak Now" from "One Night in Miami."

This nomination was the movie's sole nomination, but it managed to turn that into a win despite fierce competition.

"Speak Now" was sung by Leslie Odom Jr, who looked in a good position to win both this award and best supporting actor for "One Night in Miami."

However, Odom Jr. couldn't take advantage of the early awards season potential he had, and he is fast losing his frontrunner status in both of his categories.

"Mank" earned six nominations at the Golden Globes, the highest tally of any movie this year. It had very good chances to win in several of the categories, too, most notably best motion picture, drama, and best supporting actress in a motion picture for Amanda Seyfried.

It actually wouldn't have been a surprise had "Mank" gone on to sweep the awards take home four or five awards.

Instead, the most-liked movie of the Globes didn't receive any love at all. "Nomadland" beat it to best motion picture, drama, while Jodie Foster's surprise win prevented a Seyfried victory.

It also lost best screenplay (to "The Trial of the Chicago 7"), best director (David Fincher lost to Chloé Zhao for "Nomadland"), and best actor in a motion picture, drama, (Gary Oldman lost to Chadwick Boseman for "Ma Rainey"). Theoretically, it could have won all of them — bar best actor, which never looked likely.

Meanwhile, the movie's composers, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, did win best original score — but for "Soul" instead of "Mank."

"Promising Young Woman" boosted its awards season hopes with a strong display at the Globes nominations, earning four in total including surprise nods for best motion picture, drama, and best director for Emerald Fennell.

This love shown by Globes voters made it seem like the movie could have been in for a stellar night, with Carey Mulligan looking a real possibility for best actress in a motion picture, drama. However, none of that potential or promise materialized into cold, hard, gold, and the movie left home with zilch to its name.