The Golden Globe 2025 Nominees

Golden Globe Nominations.

It’s easy to be cynical about this awards show, and for good reason. Their ownership is dubious; they have a history of making questionable decisions, and it’s really just a cash cow.

But it’s, for better or worse, considered a precursor to The Oscars. So, let’s get into the highlights of yesterday’s nominations:

• 0 nominations

  • Marianne Jean-Baptiste, the remarkable lead in Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths

  • Danielle Deadwyler, the co-star in Netflix’s The Piano Lesson

  • Apple TV+’s Blitz (dir: Steve McQueen)

• 1 nomination

  • Kate Winslet for Lee, a film largely ignored this year

  • Squid Game Season 2 (it has yet to be publicly released)

  • Coralie Fargeat, Best Director, The Substance

• 2 nominations for Sebastian Stan for Best Actor in:

  • The Apprentice (Drama)

  • A Different Man (Musical/Comedy)

• 5 nominations, The Bear

  • Most nominated TV series

• 7 nominations for The Brutalist, including:

  • Best Drama

  • Best Director

  • Best Screenplay

  • Best Actor/actress/supporting actor

• 9 nominations, Apple TV+

• 10 nominations for Emilia Pérez, including:

  • Best Comedy or Musical

  • Best Non-English Language

  • Best Director

  • Best Screenplay

• 12 nominations: A24

• 14 nominations: Disney + Searchlight

• 19 career nominations for Nicole Kidman. This year 1 for:

  • Best Actress, Babygirl

• 36 nominations: Netflix

  • 23 TV

  • 13 film

Nomination highlights:

Best Motion Picture – Drama

• The Brutalist (A24)

• A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures)

• Conclave (Focus Features)

• Dune: Part 2 (Warner Bros. Pictures)

• Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/ Amazon MGM Studios)

• September 5 (Paramount Pictures)

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

• Anora (Neon)

• Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios)

• Emilia Pérez (Netflix)

• A Real Pain (Searchlight Pictures)

• The Substance (Mubi)

• Wicked (Universal Pictures)

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

• All We Imagine As Light, USA/France/India (Slideshow/Janus Films)

• Emilia Pérez, France (Netflix)

• Vermiglio, Italy (Slideshow/Janus Films)

• The Seed of the Sacred Fig, USA/Germany (Neon)

• I’m Still Here, Brazil (Sony Pictures Classics)

• The Girl With the Needle, Poland/Sweden/Denmark (Mubi)

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

• Adrien Brody, The Brutalist

• Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown

• Daniel Craig, Queer

• Colman Domingo, Sing Sing

• Ralph Fiennes, Conclave

• Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

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

• Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl

• Angelina Jolie, Maria

• Nicole Kidman, Babygirl

• Tilda Swinton, The Room Next Door

• Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here

• Kate Winslet, Lee

Best Director — Motion Picture

• Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez

• Sean Baker, Anora

• Edward Berger, Conclave

• Brady Corbet, The Brutalist

• Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

• Payal Kapadia, All We Imagine As Light

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

• Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez

• Sean Baker, Anora

• Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist

• Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain

• Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

• Peter Straughan, Conclave

The 82nd Golden Globes will be airing on January 5 on CBS and Paramount+.