Golden Globe Nods Highlight a Strong Year for Film and TV

Golden Globes Nominations: A Mix of Surprises and Predictions

The Golden Globes nominations brought a few unexpected twists, including the omission of “Wicked: For Good” from the best picture category. However, there were also heartening nods, such as Amy Madigan’s recognition for her role as the villain in “Weapons.” Overall, most of the nominations aligned closely with industry predictions.

As is customary each year, the Globes categories continue to face challenges in classifying movies and television shows strictly as either drama or musical/comedy. This categorization often leads to confusion regarding which actors qualify as supporting versus lead performers.

The Golden Globes ceremony is set for January 11, 2026, and will be hosted by Nikki Glaser. Here’s a look at the major categories and nominees:

Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

– “Blue Moon”
– “Bugonia”
– “Marty Supreme”
– “No Other Choice”
– “Nouvelle Vague”
– “One Battle After Another”

Best Motion Picture, Drama

– “Frankenstein”
– “Hamnet”
– “It Was Just an Accident”
– “The Secret Agent”
– “Sentimental Value”
– “Sinners”

Best Director — Motion Picture

– Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”
– Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another”
– Guillermo del Toro, “Frankenstein”
– Jafar Panahi, “It Was Just An Accident”
– Joachim Trier, “Sentimental Value”
– Chloe Zhao, “Hamnet”

Best Male Actor — Motion Picture, Musical/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”

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

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

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

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

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

– Eva Victor, “Sorry Baby”
– Jennifer Lawrence, “Die My Love”
– Jessie Buckley, “Hamnet”
– Julia Roberts, “After The Hunt”
– Renate Reinsve, “Sentimental Value”
– Tessa Thompson, “Hedda”

Best Supporting Male Actor in a 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 Skarsgard, “Sentimental Value”

Best Supporting Female Actor in a 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”

Best Screenplay — Motion Picture

– Chloe Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell — “Hamnet”
– Jafar Panahi — “It was Just An Accident”
– Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt — “Sentimental Value”
– Paul Thomas Anderson — “One Battle After Another”
– Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie — “Marty Supreme”
– Ryan Coogler — “Sinners”

Best Motion Picture — Animated

– “Arco”
– “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle”
– “Elio”
– “KPop Demon Hunters”
– “Little Amelie or the Character of the Rain”
– “Zootopia 2”

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

– “It Was Just An Accident”
– “No Other Choice”
– “Sentimental Value”
– “Sirat”
– “The Secret Agent”
– “The Voice of Hind Rajab”

Best Original Score — Motion Picture

– Alexandre Desplat, “Frankenstein”
– Hans Zimmer, “F1”
– Jonny Greenwood, “One Battle After Another”
– Kangding Ray, “Sirat”
– Ludwig Göransson, “Sinners”
– Max Richter, “Hamnet”

Best Original Song — Motion Picture

– “Dream as One,” Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen, “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
– “Golden,” Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun, Kim Eun-jae (EJAE), Mark Sonnenblick, “KPop Demon Hunters”
– “I Lied to You,” Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson, “Sinners”
– “No Place Like Home,” Stephen Schwartz, “Wicked: For Good”
– “The Girl in the Bubble,” Stephen Schwartz, “Wicked: For Good”
– “Train Dreams,” Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner, “Train Dreams”

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

– “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
– “F1”
– “KPop Demon Hunters”
– “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning”
– “Sinners”
– “Weapons”
– “Wicked: For Good”
– “Zootopia 2”

Best Television Series — Drama

– “The Diplomat”
– “Pluribus”
– “Severance”
– “Slow Horses”
– “The Pitt”
– “The White Lotus”

Best Television Series — Musical or Comedy

– “Abbott Elementary”
– “The Bear”
– “Hacks”
– “Nobody Wants This”
– “Only Murders in the Building”
– “The Studio”

Best Television Limited Series

– “Adolescence”
– “All Her Fault”
– “The Beast in Me”
– “Black Mirror”
– “Dying for Sex”
– “The Girlfriend”

Best Female Actor – Television – Drama

– Kathy Bates, “Matlock”
– Britt Lower, “Severance”
– Helen Mirren, “MobLand”
– Bella Ramsey, “The Last of Us”
– Keri Russell, “The Diplomat”
– Rhea Seehorn, “Pluribus”

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”

Best Female Actor — Television, 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”

Best Female Actor in a Limited Series

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

Best Male Actor — Television, Musical or Comedy

– Adam Brody, “Nobody Wants This”
– Glen Powell, “Chad Powers”
– Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear”
– Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building”
– Seth Rogen, “The Studio”
– Steve Martin, “Only Murders in the Building”

Best Supporting Female Actor — Television

– Aimee Lou Wood, “The White Lotus”
– Carrie Coon, “The White Lotus”
– Catherine O’Hara, “The Studio”
– Erin Doherty, “Adolescence”
– Hanna Einbinder, “Hacks”
– Parker Posey, “The White Lotus”

Best Male Actor in a Limited Series

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

Best Supporting Male Actor – 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”

Best Podcast

• Armchair Expert with Dax Shepherd
• Call Her Daddy
• Good Hang with Amy Poehler
• The Mel Robbins Podcast
• Smartless
• Up First

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 Nanjiani: Night Thoughts
• Ricky Gervais: Mortality
• Sarah Silverman: Postmortem

“One Battle After Another” was widely considered a top contender for awards and it lived up to expectations. The film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio in a standout performance as a hapless revolutionary entangled in political chaos, is currently available for streaming at movie-theater ticket prices. It will return to select IMAX theaters on December 11th for a week; few tickets remain.

The visually stunning film “Sentimental Value,” which received multiple nominations, follows the relationship between a troubled actress and her callous director father, along with the life of their family home. Renate Reinsve delivers an exceptional performance in the lead role, while Elle Fanning shines as an American actress pushed to her limits.

“Sinners,” released in April, was recognized for its cultural impact and box office success. Directed by Ryan Coogler, the film blends the horrors of the supernatural with the brutal realities of human history.

“Hamnet” and “Wicked: For Good,” representing two extremes of the cinematic year, also had strong showings.

Parents were not surprised by the nominations for “KPop Demon Hunters,” a Netflix hit that has been a staple since its release in June.

A significant nomination went to the terrifying clown-witch character of Aunt Gladys in “Weapons.”

(“One Battle,” “Weapons,” and “Sinners” are produced, co-produced, and/or distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, which shares a parent company with .)

Both “Severance,” a chilling exploration of the workplace, and “Adolescence,” a Netflix smash about a teenager accused of murder, were well-represented.

“Pluribus,” “The Last of Us,” and “The Pitt” — all highly stressful shows that highlight the dire state of the American healthcare system — performed well too.

The Golden Globes ceremony, hosted by Nikki Glaser, will take place on Sunday, January 11, 2026. The nominations will be announced beginning at 8 a.m. ET on Monday, December 8, 2025.