The Golden Globe Nominations are here!

by Eric Blume

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER leads the pack with nine Globe nominations. | © Warner Bros.

The 83rd Golden Globe nominations were announced this morning, and, despite a few clunkers, I'm going to give a HOT TAKE and say that, overall, these nominations are pretty fantastic. It'll be interesting to see how Oscar voters screw them up! But then, I'll go out on a limb with another HOT TAKE and say that, often, the Globes do better than Oscar wins for Brokeback Mountain, The Social Network, The Power of the Dog, Colin Ferrell, Kodi Smit-McPhee, etc. Let's take a look category by category...

Best Motion Picture – Drama

• Frankenstein (Netflix)
• Hamnet (Focus Features)
• It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
• The Secret Agent (Neon)
• Sentimental Value (Neon)
• Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures) 

Surely, the novel thing with this slate is that *three* international films made it into The Big Race. And whether it's a case of the "new Golden Globe voters" better representing the FOREIGN part of the foreign press, or whether it's due to the strength of these three particular films, it's welcome regardless. It would be thrilling to see all three make it all the way to the Oscar Best Picture slate. Hamnet and Sinners were expected nominees, but the Frankenhaters will despise that del Toro's film grabbed the sixth slot. I like it enormously, but consider a Picture nomination incredibly generous. Is This Thing On? blanked across the board, and no luck for potentials Train Dreams, Avatar, A House of Dynamite, and Weapons.

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

• Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Bugonia (Focus Features)
• Marty Supreme (A24)
• No Other Choice (Neon)
• Nouvelle Vague (Netflix)
• One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures) 

Richard Linklater has a very good morning, with both of his very fine films nabbing nominations… both nods were a surprise! Marty and Battle were expected, but this is a great get for Bugonia, an on-the-bubble movie that I'm hoping chugs its way to a bunch of Oscar nominations next month. Still, it looks very iffy, and the same could be said for No Other Choice, which is a fantastic and totally deserving nominee here.

Best Motion Picture – Animated

• Arco (Neon)
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle (Aniplex, Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures Entertainment)
• Elio (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
• KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (Gkids)
• Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) 

No big surprises here.

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement 

• Avatar: Fire and Ash (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
• F1 (Apple Original Films)
• KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
• Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount Pictures)
• Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Weapons (Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema)
• Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
• Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) 

This is the dumbest award ever. The money IS the reward! Not sure how KPop gets into the box office category when it's a Netflix picture with no reportable box office? Does anybody care who wins this award?

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

• It Was Just an Accident (Neon) – France
• No Other Choice (Neon) – South Korea
• The Secret Agent (Neon) – Brazil
• Sentimental Value (Neon) – Norway
• Sirāt (Neon) – Spain
• The Voice of Hind Rajab (Willa) – Tunisia 

This category consists of the four pictures up in the larger categories, plus Sirāt and The Voice of Hind Rajab, two films predicted as contenders for Oscar, too. That said, Academy voters often go their own way in surprising turns come Oscar morning, so, even though this slate looks likely (minus one), perhaps it's too on-the-nose? Regardless, this is an incredible list of films.

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama 

• Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)
• Jennifer Lawrence (Die My Love)
• Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value)
• Julia Roberts (After the Hunt)
• Tessa Thompson (Hedda)
• Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby)

Perhaps the only big misses here are Laura Dern and Jodie Foster, two actresses deeply beloved by the Golden Globes. They zagged this year with somewhat surprising nods for Thompson, Victor, Roberts, and Lawrence. All four women do exemplary work in their respective pictures, though, and it's terrific to see them get major recognition this year.

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

• Joel Edgerton (Train Dreams)
• Oscar Isaac (Frankenstein)
• Dwayne Johnson (The Smashing Machine)
• Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)
• Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)
• Jeremy Allen White (Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere)

Hopefully, Edgerton will be able to ride this train to his first Oscar nomination for a soulful, resourceful turn. Could he even be a surprise winner? It will likely go to Moura, and well-deserved for a sterling performance of depth and range. This is a good fuel for Jordan, who is an on-the-bubble Oscar contender. The other three gents are all sort of also-rans already at this point in the race.

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy  

• Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)
• Cynthia Erivo (Wicked: For Good)
• Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue)
• Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another)
• Amanda Seyfried (The Testament of Ann Lee)
• Emma Stone (Bugonia)

No huge surprises here, and Cláudio can rest easily knowing his girl Kate Hudson made the final cut! (editor's note: How dare you?!? Blasphemy!!!) This morning was good news for Infiniti and Stone, two on-the-cusp contenders giving excellent performances. But it seems like a three-way race between Byrne, Erivo, and Seyfried. The Australian actress is on a tear of wins, so she may pull ahead here to make the Oscar a battle of Buckley vs. Byrne?

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy 

• Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)
• George Clooney (Jay Kelly)
• Leonardo Dicaprio (One Battle After Another)
• Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)
• Lee Byung-Hun (No Other Choice)
• Jesse Plemons (Bugonia)

It's terrific to see Plemons, who's been overlooked by a few of the other award bodies so far, recognized for a superb performance. This is also good fuel for Clooney, Hawke, and Lee Byung-Hun, although the race probably comes down to Chalamet vs. DiCaprio. Is it the two of them vs. Moura in the Oscar race this year?

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

• Emily Blunt (The Smashing Machine)
• Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value)
• Ariana Grande (Wicked: For Good)
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value)
• Amy Madigan (Weapons)
• Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another) 

Wow, the Globes just *love* Emily Blunt. Her inclusion is a surprise only if you forget their worship of her. Thrilling that both Sentimental Value actresses made the cut. It's a very fun race because it's volatile and still could take some turns through the rest of the season. People who missed include Glenn Close, Wunmi Mosaku, Gwyneth Paltrow and Odessa A'zion, Regina Hall, Jennifer Lopez, and Nina Hoss - any of whom could show up on Oscar morning. Still, I feel the last five here would make a stellar Oscar category. And if Madigan wins here, could she take it all the way?

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture 

• Benicio Del Toro (One Battle After Another)
• Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)
• Paul Mescal (Hamnet)
• Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)
• Adam Sandler (Jay Kelly)
• Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value)

These were the expected six. I see Nathaniel (editor's note: and Cláudio) cursing at the gods for almost all of these men being co-leads, but wow, these are six outstanding performances. It will be interesting to see who Hollywood chooses to anoint as the one who ends up sweeping (as this category usually does). At the Oscars, One Battle will be looking for one acting win to go with its likely big Picture/Director victory, so will it be Leo? Teyana? Benicio? Sean? It could be any of those four at this point, or none!

Best Director – Motion Picture

• Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
• Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
• Guillermo Del Toro (Frankenstein)
• Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident)
• Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
• Chloé Zhao (Hamnet)

No huge surprises. Given their overall love for The Secret Agent, it's perhaps a bit of a surprise not to see Kleber Mendonça Filho here (it's such a director's picture, a real "world" beautifully built by him). Other omissions include Josh Safdie, Park Chan-wook, and Yorgos Lanthimos based on their films getting nominations elsewhere. But it doesn't matter. Anderson will likely coast through the season on a series of easy wins.

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture 

• Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
• Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)
• Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
• Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident)
• Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
• Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell (Hamnet) 

No big surprises here, reflective of their affection for all these films in other categories. The writing nod for It Was Just an Accident is awesome news for that picture.

Best Original Score – Motion Picture 

• Alexandre Desplat (Frankenstein)
• Ludwig Göransson (Sinners)
• Jonny Greenwood (One Battle After Another)
• Kangding Ray (Sirāt)
• Max Richter (Hamnet)
• Hans Zimmer (F1)

That Sirāt nomination comes the morning after winning the prize from the LA Film Critics.

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

• "Dream as One" Avatar: Fire and Ash
  Music By: Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen
  Lyrics By: Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen 

• "Golden" KPop Demon Hunters
  Music By: Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun
  Lyrics By: Kim Eun-Jae (EJAE), Mark Sonnenblick 

• "I Lied To You" Sinners
  Music By: Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson
  Lyrics By: Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson

• "No Place Like Home" Wicked: For Good
  Music By: Stephen Schwartz
  Lyrics By: Stephen Schwartz  

• "The Girl in the Bubble" Wicked: For Good
  Music By: Stephen Schwartz
  Lyrics By: Stephen Schwartz

• "Train Dreams" Train Dreams
  Music By: Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner
  Lyrics By: Nick Cave

Best Television Series – Drama  

• The Diplomat (Netflix)
• The Pitt (HBO Max)
• Pluribus (Apple TV)
• Severance (Apple TV)
• Slow Horses (Apple TV)
• The White Lotus (HBO Max)

No big surprises here either. Pluribus could shake up the Severance vs. The Pitt race that we saw at the Emmys?

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

• Abbott Elementary (ABC)
• The Bear (FX on Hulu)
• Hacks (HBO Max)
• Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
• Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
• The Studio (Apple TV) 

Very reflective of the Emmy race. No newly nominated comedy for the Globes this year.

Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

• Adolescence (Netflix)
• All Her Fault (Peacock)
• The Beast In Me (Netflix)
• Black Mirror (Netflix)
• Dying for Sex (FX on Hulu)
• The Girlfriend (Prime Video)

Adolescence is likely to clean up at the Globes just like it did at the Emmys.

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Drama  

• Kathy Bates (Matlock)
• Britt Lower (Severance)
• Helen Mirren (Mobland)
• Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us)
• Keri Russell (The Diplomat)
• Rhea Seehorn (Pluribus)

This award may go to Seehorn. The Globes love to be the first people to christen TV actors in their shows before an Emmy (a cool trend), so, due to lack of excitement from anyone else, that seems likely.

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Drama 

• Sterling K. Brown (Paradise)
• Diego Luna (Andor)
• Gary Oldman (Slow Horses)
• Mark Ruffalo (Task)
• Adam Scott (Severance)
• Noah Wyle (The Pitt) 

Ruffalo is the "new" addition to these Emmy gentlemen, so perhaps they'll choose him?

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy 

• Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This)
• Ayo Edebiri (The Bear)
• Selena Gomez (Only Murders In the Building)
• Natasha Lyonne (Poker Face)
• Jenna Ortega (Wednesday)
• Jean Smart (Hacks)

All ladies who have seen Emmy nominations as well. This is not an incredibly exciting race. Hacks had a very not-good season.

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy  

• Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This)
• Steve Martin (Only Murders in the Building)
• Glen Powell (Chad Powers)
• Seth Rogen (The Studio)
• Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)
• Jeremy Allen White (The Bear) 

The Globes nominated Glen Powell last year for Hit Man, and he's a major talent. Will the Globes go with Adam Brody? He feels in the Colin Farrell/Sebastian Stan vein of super-hot-and-incredibly-talented-character-actor-who-should-win-awards-but-don't category, which I heartily support.

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

• Claire Danes (The Beast in Me)
• Rashida Jones (Black Mirror)
• Amanda Seyfried (Long Bright River)
• Sarah Snook (All Her Fault)
• Michelle Williams (Dying for Sex)
• Robin Wright (The Girlfriend) 

Williams should win this in a walk.

Best Performance by a Male Actorin a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

• Jacob Elordi (The Narrow Road to the Deep North)
• Paul Giamatti (Black Mirror)
• Stephen Graham (Adolescence)
• Charlie Hunnam (Monster: The Ed Gein Story)
• Jude Law (Black Rabbit)
• Matthew Rhys (The Beast in Me)

Elordi had a very good morning! But Stephen Graham should handily win here.

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television

• Carrie Coon (The White Lotus)
• Erin Doherty (Adolescence)
• Hannah Einbinder (Hacks)
• Catherine O’hara (The Studio)
• Parker Posey (The White Lotus)
• Aimee Lou Wood (The White Lotus)

Katharine LaNasa's omission is surprising, but hopefully it opens the door for Carrie Coon, who was sublime in her role.

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television

• Owen Cooper (Adolescence)
• Billy Crudup (The Morning Show)
• Walton Goggins (The White Lotus)
• Jason Isaacs (The White Lotus)
• Tramell Tillman (Severance)
• Ashley Walters (Adolescence)

Emmy winners Cooper and Tillman are likely the top contenders here, both of them spectacularly good.

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television

• Bill Maher (Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This?)
• Brett Goldstein (Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life)
• Kevin Hart (Kevin Hart: Acting My Age)
• Kumail Nanjiani (Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts)
• Ricky Gervais (Ricky Gervais: Mortality)
• Sarah Silverman (Sarah Silverman: Postmortem) 

Best Podcast

• Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard (Wondery)
• Call Her Daddy (SiriusXM)
• Good Hang With Amy Poehler (Spotify)
• The Mel Robbins Podcast (SiriusXM)
• Smartless (SiriusXM)
• Up First (NPR)

What do you make of this year's Globe nominations? Sound off in the comments.

Comments

[DK]

The lead categories are so dumb: Everyone who got Oscar buzz this year is nominated, shoehorned into whichever genre allows them all to fit. As a result, these nominations don’t help or hurt anyone, they tell us nothing.

You need mainstream wildcards like the leads of The Roses and Black Bag, a Channing Tatum, Dakota Johnson or Julia Garner to take up space and push certain bottom tier “prestige” contenders (like Roberts or Lawrence) out of the conversation early. That's what the Globes were good at, and they've obviously given up.

I don’t think Blunt will happen (even if she gets a SAG nod) but she blocked Paltrow and Close, both of whom really needed this. I'm less worried about Wunmi.

[JDM]

I wish the Oscars would switch to a six person field for all categories like the Globes do. You'd help at least one "almost there" performance or director/writer/etc, but would cut down on the silly top 10 best picture field - at least at the Oscars and other awards that do the same. I'm always irked that they combine all television performances for the supporting categories. They separated the limited series from the comedy/dramas one year recently and it helped continuing series actors get a nod or two.