The Golden Globe Nominations are here!
Monday, December 8, 2025 at 11:00AM
EricB in Blue Moon, Bugonia, Golden Globes, Hamnet, It Was Just an Accident, No Other Choice, One Battle After Another, Punditry, Sentimental Value, Sinners, The Secret Agent, The Voice of Hind Rajab

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

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

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

No big surprises here.

 

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement 

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

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 

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

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  

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 

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

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 

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

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 

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 

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

 

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

 

Best Television Series – Drama  

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

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 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  

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 

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 

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  

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

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

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

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

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

 

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television

 

Best Podcast

 

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

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