Hamnet, Sinners and One Battle After Another were seen as top contenders, along with films from Norway, France and South Korea.
Often seen as a precursor to the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes honor achievements in both television and filmmaking – a distinction that, with the advent of streaming over the past two decades, has become more blurred.
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Weak box office numbers and high-risk mergers after the pandemic have also complicated the future of the motion picture industry, with streaming giants like Netflix making a play for century-old studio Warner Bros.
Still, several big-name blockbusters and critical darlings took top spots in this year’s Golden Globe nominations.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s political thriller One Battle After Another was a standout film, scoring five acting awards on the strength of its star cast, as well as nominations for Best Comedy, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. It leads the field with nine nominations overall.
Anderson was not the only cinematic “writer” to receive an award from the Golden Globe Foundation.
Chloé Zhao’s historical ‘Hamnet’, based on the relationship between author William Shakespeare and his wife Agnes, received six nominations in the drama categories.
And Ryan Coogler’s springtime crowd-pleaser Sinners – a vampire film and cultural commentary, wrapped into one – took home seven awards, including best drama, best director and best cinematic achievement.
While the Golden Globes is often seen as a cozy, champagne-clucking ceremony for Hollywood luminaries, this year’s nominations also suggest a more international scope for its honorees.
The meditative Norwegian drama Sentimental Value received eight nominations, and the French drama It Was Just an Accident, written by Iranian director Jafar Panahi, earned four nominations.
South Korea and Brazil also swept the non-English language film category, receiving nominations in the acting, songwriting and animation competitions for films such as Kpop Demon Hunters, No Other Choice and The Secret Agent.
Meanwhile, some awards pieces failed to live up to their potential, including director Luca Guadagnino’s slippery, post-MeToo drama After the Hunt, which scored a single nomination for star Julia Roberts.
Similarly, the musical film Wicked: For Good – the sequel to last year’s awards-season blockbuster – disappointed its expectations. Although it won praise in the acting and song categories, it failed to be in the running for some of the biggest awards, including Best Motion Picture: Comedy or Musical.
The 83rd annual Golden Globes is scheduled to air on January 11, 2026. Here is the full list of nominees:
Best Motion Picture: Drama
- frankenstein
- Hamnett
- it was just an accident
- sentimental value
- sinners
- secret agent
Best Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy
- blue moon
- Bugonia
- Marty Supreme
- no other choice
- Nouvelle Vague
- one fight after another
Best Motion Picture: Animated
- Arco
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle
- Ilio
- kpop demon hunter
- character of little emily or rain
- zootopia 2
Best Motion Picture: Non-English Language
- It was just an accident, France
- No other option, South Korea
- Sentimental Value, Norway
- Sirat, Spain
- Secret Agent, Brazil
- The Voice of Hind Rajab, Tunisia
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture: Drama
- Sorry Baby for Eva Victor
- Jennifer Lawrence for Die My Love
- Jessie Buckley for Hamnet
- Julia Roberts for After the Hunt
- Renate Reinsway for sentimental value
- Tessa Thompson for Hedda
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture: Drama
- Dwayne Johnson for The Smashing Machine
- Jeremy Allen White for Springsteen: Don’t Get Me Out of Nowhere
- Joel Edgerton for Train Dreams
- michael b jordan for sinners
- Oscar Isaac for Frankenstein
- Wagner Moura for Secret Agent
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy
- Amanda Seyfried for The Testament of Anne Lee
- Chase Infinity for one on one battles
- Cynthia Erivo for the wicked: for the good
- Emma Stone for Bugonia
- Kate Hudson for Song Blue
- If I Had Legs I’d Kick You for Rose Byrne
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy
- Ethan Hawke for Blue Moon
- George Clooney for Jay Kelly
- Jesse Plemons for Bugonia
- Lee Byung-hun for No Other Choice
- Leonardo DiCaprio for one on one fight
- Timothée Chalamet for Marty Supreme
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
- Amy Madigan to arms
- Ariana Grande for the wicked: for the good
- Elle Fanning for sentimental value
- Emily Blunt for The Smashing Machine
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilias for sentimental value
- Teyana Taylor for one on one fight
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
- Adam Sandler for Jay Kelly
- Benicio del Toro for one on one fight
- Jacob Elordi for Frankenstein
- Paul Mescal for Hamnet
- Sean Penn for one on one fight
- Stellan Skarsgård for sentimental value
Best Director for a Motion Picture
- Chloé Zhao for Hamnet
- Guillermo del Toro for Frankenstein
- For Zafar Panahi it was just an accident
- Joachim Trier for sentimental value
- Paul Thomas Anderson for one on one fight
- Ryan Coogler for Sinners
Best Screenplay for a Motion Picture
- Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell for Hamnet
- For Zafar Panahi it was just an accident
- Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt for sentimental value
- Paul Thomas Anderson for one on one fight
- Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie for Marty Supreme
- Ryan Coogler for Sinners
Best Original Score for a Motion Picture
- Alexandre Desplat for Frankenstein
- Hans Zimmer for F1
- Jonny Greenwood for one on one fight
- Kangding Re for Sirat
- ludvig goransson for sinners
- Max Richter for Hamnet
Best Original Song for a Motion Picture
- Dream as one for Avatar: Fire and Ashes
- By Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson and Simon Franglen
- KPop Monster Hunters Golden
- By Jong Gyu Kwak, Yoo Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Joon, Kim Eun-jae (EJAE) and Mark Sonnenblick
- i lied to you for sinners
- By Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson
- No Place Like Home for the Wicked: For the Good
- Girl in the Bubble for the Wicked: For the Good
- Train Dreams for Train Dreams
- By Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner
Cinematic and box office achievements
- Avatar: Fire and Ashes
- f1
- kpop demon hunter
- Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
- sinners
- Weapon
- Wicked: for good
- zootopia 2
Best Television Series: Drama
- Diplomat
- Pluribus
- separation
- slow horses
- the pit
- white lotus
Best Television Series: Musical or Comedy
- Abbott Elementary
- Bear
- hacks
- no one wants this
- Only murders in the building
- studio
Best Limited Series, Anthology or TV Movie
- adolescence
- it’s all his fault
- black Mirror
- dying for sex
- animal in me
- lover
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series: Drama
- Bella Ramsey for The Last of Us
- britt lower for dissection
- Helen Mirren for Mobland
- Kathy Bates for Matlock
- Keri Russell for The Diplomat
- Rhea Seehorn for Pluribus
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series: Drama
- Adam Scott for Severance
- Diego Luna for Andor
- gary oldman for slow horses
- mark ruffalo for task
- Noah Wyle for The Pit
- Sterling K Brown to Heaven
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series: Musical or Comedy
- ayo edebiri for bear
- gene smart for hacks
- Jenna Ortega for Wednesday
- Kristen Bell for Nobody Wants This
- Natasha Lyonne for Poker Face
- Selena Gomez in the Building Only for Murders
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology or TV Movie
- Amanda Seyfried for Long Bright River
- Claire Danes for The Beast in Me
- sex to die for michelle williams
- Rashida Jones for Black Mirror
- Robin Wright for Girlfriend
- Sarah Snook for all her fault
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series: Musical or Comedy
- Adam Brody for Nobody Wants This
- Glen Powell for Chad Powers
- Jeremy Allen White for Bear
- Martin Short for the only murders in the building
- Seth Rogen for the studio
- Steve Martin for the Only Murders in the Building
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television
- Amy Lou Wood for White Lotus
- Carrie Coon for White Lotus
- Catherine O’Hara for the studio
- Erin Doherty for teens
- Hannah Einbinder for Hacks
- Parker Posey for The White Lotus
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology or TV Movie
- Charlie Hunnam for Monster: The Ed Gein Story
- Jacob Elordi for The Narrow Road to the Deep North
- jude law for black rabbit
- Matthew Rhys for The Beast in Me
- Paul Giamatti for Black Mirror
- stephen graham for teens
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television
- Ashley Walters for teens
- Billy Crudup for The Morning Show
- Jason Isaacs for The White Lotus
- owen cooper for teens
- Trammell Tillman for Severance
- Walton Goggins for White Lotus
Best Performance in Stand-up Comedy on Television
- Bill Maher: Is anyone else seeing this?
- Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life
- Kevin Hart: Acting My Age
- Kumail Ali Nanjiani: Night Thoughts
- Ricky Gervais: Mortality
- Sarah Silverman: Postmortem
best podcast
- Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
- Call Her Daddy with Alex Cooper
- Good chemistry with Amy Poehler
- Smartless with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett
- mel robbins podcast
- first up
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