The Golden Globe 2026 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

  • Black Bear’s Christy (starring Sydney Sweeney)

  • Netflix’s A House of Dynamite

  • Stranger Things Season 5

  • Universal’s Wicked: For Good (0 noms for Best Picture, but 5 total noms)

  • Netflix’s Wake Up: Dead Man

  • Emmy-winner Katherine LaNasa (The Pitt)

  • Roadside’s Kiss of the Spider Woman

  • FX’s Alien: Earth

  • Universal’s Jon M. Chu

  • Searchlight’s Is This Thing On?

  • Gwyneth Paltrow (Marty Supreme)

• 1 nomination

  • Michael B. Jordan

    • Sinners - Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

  • Teyana Taylor

    • OBAA - Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Wagner Moura

    • 1st Brazilian Male Actor in Lead Drama

  • Eva Victor

    • Best Performance by a Female Actor (Sorry, Baby)

  • Charlie Hunnam

    • Monster- Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television

  • Focus Features’ Song Sung Blue - Kate Hudson

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

  • Charlie Brooker - Black Mirror

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

• 2 nominations

  • Stephen Schwartz - 2x Best Original Songs for Wicked

  • Ariana Grande - 1x for Wicked Pt 2, 1x for Wicked Pt 1

  • Cynthia Erivo - 1x for Wicked Pt 2, 1x for Wicked Pt 1

  • Richard Linklater’s films in the Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy category (Blue Moon and Nouvelle Vague)

    • First director to have 2 films since 1963

• 3 nominations

  • Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters

• 8th career nomination Emily Blunt

  • 1 today for A24’s The Smashing Machine

• 9 nominations for One Battle After Another, including:

  • Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

  • Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Leonardo DiCaprio)

  • Best Director

  • Best Screenplay

  • Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture (Benicio del Toro, Sean Penn)

  • Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

  • Best Original Score - Motion Picture

  • Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Chase Infiniti)

• 20 nominations for Disney

• 21 nominations for Neon

  • 5 noms for Best Motion Picture (non-English) - that’s out of 6 total slots

• 33 nominations: Warner Bros.

• 35 nominations: Netflix

Combined Netflix and WB have 40% of the nominations.

Nomination highlights:

Best Motion Picture – Drama

• Netflix’s Frankenstein

• Focus Features’ Hamnet

• Neon’s It Was Just an Accident

• Neon’s Sentimental Value

• Warner Bros.’ Sinners

• Neon’s The Secret Agent

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

• Sony Pictures Classics’ Blue Moon

• Focus Features’ Bugonia

• A24’s Marty Supreme

• Neon’s No Other Choice

• Netflix’s Nouvelle Vague

• Warner Bros. One Battle After Another

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

• Neon’s It Was Just an Accident

• Neon’s No Other Choice

• Neon’s Sentimental Value

• Neon’s The Secret Agent

• Neon’s Sirāt

• Willa’s The Voice of Hind Rajab

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

• Dwayne Johnson, A24’s The Smashing Machine

• Jeremy Allen White, 20th Century Studios’ Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

• Joel Edgerton, Netflix’s Train Dreams

• Michael B. Jordan, Warner Bros.’ Sinners

• Oscar Isaac, Netflix’s Frankenstein

• Wagner Moura, Neon’s The Secret Agent

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

• Eva Victor, A24’s Sorry, Baby

• Jennifer Lawrence, Mubi’s Die My Love

• Jessie Buckley, Hamnet

• Julia Roberts, Amazon’s After the Hunt

• Renate Reinsve, Neon’s Sentimental Value

• Tessa Thompson, Amazon’s Hedda

Best Director — Motion Picture

• Chloé Zhao, Focus Features’ Hamnet

• Guillermo del Toro, Netflix’s Frankenstein

• Jafar Panahi, Neon’s It Was Just an Accident

• Joachim Trier, Neon’s Sentimental Value

• Paul Thomas Anderson, Warner Bros.’ One Battle After Another

• Ryan Coogler, Warner Bros.’ Sinners

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

• Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell, Focus Features’ Hamnet

• Jafar Panahi, Neon’s It Was Just an Accident

• Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt, Neon’s Sentimental Value

• Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, A24’s Marty Supreme

• Paul Thomas Anderson, Warner Bros.’ One Battle After Another

• Ryan Coogler, Warner Bros.’ Sinners

The 82nd Golden Globes will be airing on January 11th on CBS and Paramount+.

Full list of nominations here.