"Slumdog Millionaire" took home top film honours at the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards Sunday night, including a win for Best Dramatic Picture and Best Director for Danny Boyle, while "30 Rock" and "John Adams" were the big winners in television.

Kate Winslet swept the acting awards -- winning Best Dramatic Actress for "Revolutionary Road" and Best Supporting Actress for "The Reader."

"This is absolutely extraordinary," said a visibly shocked Winslet, who fought back tears after winning her second award.

The movie about a Mumbai teenager who is accused of cheating on a Hindi version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," "Slumdog Millionaire" beat out "Frost/Nixon," "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "Revolutionary Road," "The Reader" and "The Visitor."

"It's an enormous honour for me to be collecting this on behalf of everyone involved in making this film," said producer Christian Colson.

The movie also won for Best Screenplay and Original Score.

Heath Ledger posthumously picked up the Best Supporting Actor award for his portrayal of The Joker in "The Dark Knight." The movie's director, Chris Nolan, accepted on his behalf.

"All of us who worked with Heath on 'The Dark Knight' accept this with an awful mixture of sadness but incredible pride ... He will be eternally missed but he will never be forgotten," said Nolan.

The Golden Globes, presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, returned in all its glory this year, after it was cancelled last year due to the writer's strike and a threat by the stars to picket if the show went ahead. The awards were instead announced in a scaled-back press conference.

Mickey Rourke won Best Dramatic Actor for his role in "The Wrestler," marking a major comeback for the actor.

"It's been a very long road back for me," said Rourke, as he took the stage.

He thanked everyone from director Darren Aronofsky to Bruce Springsteen to his dogs.

"Sometimes when a man's alone that's all you've got is your dog."

"The Wrestler" also took home the award for Best Original Song that went to Bruce Springsteen for his composition of the same name.

"This is the only time I'm going to be in competition with Clint Eastwood. It felt pretty good, too," he joked, referring to how he beat out Eastwood's song "Gran Torino."

Woody Allen's flick "Vicky Christina Barcelona" was named the Best Comedy or Musical Motion Picture, while Sally Hawkins won Best Actress for her role in "Happy-Go-Lucky."

Colin Farrell picked up the Best Actor award in a Comedy or Musical for his role as a guilt-stricken hit man in "In Bruges," beating out co-star Brendan Gleeson and Dustin Hoffman.

"They must've done the counting in Florida. An absolute shock, truly, to even get the nomination, to be here and to be part of such a piece," said Farrell.

"WALL-E" picked up the award for Outstanding Animated Feature and "Waltz With Bashir" won for Best Foreign Language Picture.

"30 Rock" was the big winner in television, with three top awards, including the Golden Globe for Best TV Series, Musical or Comedy.

"Tina Fey and I had an agreement that if Barack Obama won I would speak for the show from now on," said the show's star Tracy Morgan. "Welcome to post-racial America. I am the face of post-racial America. Deal with it Cate Blanchett!"

The show's executive producer and writer Tina Fey won the award for Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy.

"I really know how very lucky I am to have the year that I've had this year and if you ever start to feel too good about yourself they have this thing called the Internet and you can find a lot of people there who don't like you," said Fey, who went on to name a few of those people.

Alec Baldwin also won for Best Actor.

"Oh God I feel so old. I remember when I used to bring Rumer Willis a juice box on the set of the movie," said Baldwin, alluding to the daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, who had the honour of handing out the night's awards.

The Tom Hanks-produced "John Adams" was also a big winner, taking home four awards, including Best Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television, Best Actor for Paul Giamatti, Best Actress for Laura Linney and Best Supporting Actor for Tom Wilkinson.

"Mad Men" picked up the award for Best Dramatic TV Series while the award for Best Actor in a TV Drama went to Gabriel Byrne for "In Treatment." Anna Paquin took home the trophy for Best Actress in a TV Drama for vampire series "True Blood."

Laura Dern won for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture for "Recount."

Steven Spielberg was honoured with the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement, which was presented by Martin Scorsese.

The Golden Globes are the first major awards of the season and offer early indications of who may take home the top prizes at the Academy Awards.

Complete List of Golden Globe Winners:

MOTION PICTURES:

  • Picture, Drama: "Slumdog Millionaire."
  • Picture, Musical or Comedy: "Vicky Christina Barcelona."
  • Actor, Drama: Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler."
  • Actress, Drama: Kate Winslet, "Revolutionary Road."
  • Director: Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire."
  • Actor, Musical or Comedy: Colin Farrell, "In Bruges."
  • Actress, Musical or Comedy: Sally Hawkins, "Happy-Go-Lucky."
  • Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight."
  • Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet, "The Reader."
  • Foreign Language Film: "Waltz With Bashir."
  • Animated Film: "WALL-E."
  • Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, "Slumdog Millionaire."
  • Original Score: A.R. Rahman, "Slumdog Millionaire."
  • Original Song: "The Wrestler" (performed by Bruce Springsteen, written by Bruce Springsteen), "The Wrestler."
  • Cecil B. DeMille Award: Steven Spielberg.

TELEVISION:

  • Series, Drama: "Mad Men."
  • Actor, Drama: Gabriel Byrne, "In Treatment."
  • Actress, Drama: Anna Paquin, "True Blood."
  • Series, Musical or Comedy: "30 Rock."
  • Actor, Musical or Comedy: Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock."
  • Actress, Musical or Comedy: Tina Fey, "30 Rock."
  • Miniseries or Movie: "John Adams."
  • Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Laura Linney, "John Adams."
  • Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Paul Giamatti, "John Adams."
  • Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Laura Dern, "Recount."
  • Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Tom Wilkinson, "John Adams."