Golden Globes 2016 Winners, Recap & Highlights - Everything You Missed!

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The film "Revenant" from director Alejandro González Iñárritu was clearly the runaway winner at the recently concluded Golden Globes 2016. It took home three of the major awards including Best Picture Drama, Best Actor in Motion Picture Drama and Best Director in Motion Picture Drama, The Telegraph reported.

Leonardo DiCaprio was grateful for his third Golden Globe for Best Actor in Motion Picture Drama award as he tells the audience what the film really was for him.

"Wow! Thank you. What an incredible honor," he said. "This film was about survival, the triumph of the human spirit, but more than anything about trust. I have never had an experience like this in my entire life."

"The Revenant" was inspired by true events and tells the story of explorer Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) during one of his expedition adventures in the wilderness where he was badly wounded by a wild bear and deserted by his own comrades. The film features another one of those epic survival stories that highlight the incredible human resolve and strength of character.

Other winners for the night include Ridley Scott's hit sci-fi film "The Martian," which took home the Best Motion Picture, Comedy award with its lead star Matt Damon winning the Best Actor in a musical or comedy. The Best Actress in a motion picture, drama went to Brie Larson for her role in the "Room," while Jennifer Lawrence got the Best Motion Picture Actress, Comedy for "Joy."

Sylvester Stallone, on the one hand, won the best supporting actor for "Creed," while Kate Winslet bagged the best supporting actress for "Steve Jobs." Aaron Sorkin won best screenplay for "Steve Jobs."

For the television, the Best Series, Drama went to "Mr. Robot" beating out the more popular series "Game of Thrones." "Mozart in the Jungle," meanwhile, took the Best Series for Musical or Comedy.

Rachel Bloom won Best Actress, Musical or Comedy for "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend," while the Best Actor award went to "Mozart in the Jungle's" Gael García Bernal. For drama, the Best Actress was Taraji P. Henson for "Empire" and the Best Actor was Jon Hamm for "Mad Men." Lady Gaga of "American Horror Story: Hotel" and Oscar Isaac of "Show Me a Hero" won the Best Actress and Actor awards in Miniseries or Television Film.

The prestigious event was hosted by English comedian and actor Ricky Gervais who quipped a lot of crude jokes. Another highlight include "at least five different people got censored on stage over the course of the night. All in all, a lot of what you would expect from Hollywood's booziest award show," wrote The Washington Post.