The snub of Wicked: For Good in the best picture category, for one. There was also a very gratifying nomination of Amy Madigan for her turn as the villain in Weapons. Overall, most of the nominations closely tracked awards predictions.
Also, all the popular TV shows got nominated.
As is the case every year, the Globes awards categories suffer from the insistence to categorise movies and television shows as either drama or as “musical or comedy.” (There are also always a good couple questions each year about who’s a “supporting” actor and who’s just acting.)
One Battle After Another was considered by awards-watchers to be the lead contender for awards and it did just that.
That film, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio at his most offhandedly brilliant as a hapless revolutionary bumbling into nightmarish political machinations, all while surrounded by fabulous, powerful and troubled women, is currently available for streaming at movie-theater ticket prices.
It will return to select IMAX theatres on December 11 for a week; few tickets remain.
The gorgeous Joachim Trier film Sentimental Value, which received multiple nominations, tracks the relationship between a distressed, easily panicked actress and her callous film director father – plus the life of their family’s house as well.
In addition to an unbelievable performance by Renate Reinsve in the lead role, the film also has Elle Fanning absolutely nailing the role of an American actress pushed to the levels of her comfort and talent.
It seems like a lifetime ago, but Sinners was released just back in April and voters remembered its cultural moment and box office success. The Ryan Coogler Jim-Crow-plus-vampires hit neatly mashed up the horrors of the supernatural with the horrors of the very human.
Hamnet and Wicked: For Good, representing polar opposites of the year in film, also had strong showings.
Parents were unsurprised by nominations for KPop Demon Hunters, the soundtrack of their lives since the mega-hit was released on Netflix just (can you believe it!) back in June.
There was a very important nomination for the very avatar of our age of apprehension: the terrifying clown-witch visage of Aunt Gladys in Weapons.
(One Battle, Weapons, and Sinners are produced, co-produced and/or distributed by Warner Bros Pictures, which currently shares a parent company with CNN.)
Both Severance, the eerie tribute to the awfulness of having to work, and Adolescence, the Netflix mega-smash about a teenager accused of murder, were well-recognised.
Pluribus, The Last of Us and The Pitt – all extremely stressful shows, each apocalyptic in their own way, especially about the dire state of the American health care system – performed well too.
The Golden Globes awards show, hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser, will take place on Sunday, January 11, 2026, US time.
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
- Timothee Chalomet, 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 Wylie, 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
- 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
