2026 Golden Globes Awards Predictions

Award season is full steam ahead as the 83rd annual Golden Globes announces the winners for the 2025 awards season on Sunday, January 11th. It will be broadcast on CBS and Paramount+. Beloved comedian Nikki Glaser returns as host. Below are my predictions to win the award.

Best Film Drama

• Hamnet, dir. Chloé Zhao (Focus Features)
• Sinners, dir. Ryan Coogler (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Sentimental Value, dir. Joachim Trier (Neon)
• It Was Just An Accident, dir. Jafar Panahi (Neon)
• The Secret Agent, dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho (Neon)
• Frankenstein, dir. Guillermo del Toro (Netflix)

Best Film Drama – Actor

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

Best Film Drama – Actress

• Jessie Buckley for Hamnet
• Jennifer Lawrence for Die, My Love
• Renate Reinsve for Sentimental Value
• Julia Roberts for After the Hunt
• Tessa Thompson for Hedda
• Eva Victor for Sorry, Baby

Best Film Comedy/Musical

• Blue Moon, dir. Richard Linklater (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Bugonia, dir. Yorgos Lanthimos (Focus Features)
• Marty Supreme, dir. Josh Safdie (A24)
• No Other Choice, dir. Park Chan-wook (Neon)
• One Battle After Another, dir. Paul Thomas Anderson (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Nouvelle Vague, dir. Richard Linklater (Netflix)

Best Film Comedy/Musical – Actor

• Timothée Chalamet for Marty Supreme
• Leonardo DiCaprio for One Battle After Another
• Ethan Hawke for Blue Moon
• Jesse Plemons for Bugonia
• George Clooney for Jay Kelly
• Lee Byung-hun for No Other Choice

Best Film Comedy/Musical – Actress

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

Best Film Supporting Actor

• Stellan Skarsgård for Sentimental Value
• Sean Penn for One Battle After Another
• Paul Mescal for Hamnet
• Adam Sandler for Jay Kelly
• Jacob Elordi for Frankenstein
• Benicio del Toro for One Battle After Another

Best Film Supporting Actress

• Amy Madigan for Weapons
• Teyana Taylor for One Battle After Another
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas for Sentimental Value
• Elle Fanning for Sentimental Value
• Ariana Grande for Wicked: For Good
• Emily Blunt for The Smashing Machine

Best Film Director

• Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another
• Chloé Zhao for Hamnet
• Ryan Coogler for Sinners
• Joachim Trier for Sentimental Value
• Jafar Panahi for It Was Just An Accident
• Guillermo del Toro for Frankenstein

Best Film Screenplay

• One Battle After Another, written by Paul Thomas Anderson
• Hamnet, written by Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell
• Sentimental Value, written by Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier
• Sinners, written by Ryan Coogler
• Marty Supreme, written by Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
• It Was Just An Accident, written by Jafar Panahi

Best Animated Feature

• K-Pop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
• Arco (Neon)
• Zootopia 2 (Disney)
• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (France 3 Cinéma)
• Elio (Pixar)
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle (Sony Pictures)

Best Non-English Film

• The Secret Agent, dir.  Kleber Mendonça Filho (Brazil)
• It Was Just An Accident, dir. Jafar Panahi (France)
• No Other Choice, dir. Park Chan-wook (South Korea)
• The Voice of Hind Rajab, dir. Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia)
• Sentimental Value, dir. Joachim Trier (Norway)
• Sirât, dir. Oliver Laxe (Spain)

Best Original Score

• One Battle After Another, composed by Jonny Greenwood
• Sinners, composed by Ludwig Göransson
• Hamnet, composed by Max Richter
• Frankenstein, composed by Alexandre Desplat
• Sirât, composed by Kangding Ray
• F1 The Movie, composed by Hans Zimmer

Best Original Song

• “Dream as One” by Miley Cyrus from Avatar: Fire and Ash
• “Golden” by Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami from K-Pop Demon Hunters
• “I Lied to You” by Miles Caton from Sinners
• “No Place Like Home” by Cynthia Erivo from Wicked: For Good
• “The Girl in the Bubble” by Ariana Grande from Wicked: For Good
• “Train Dreams” by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner from Train Dreams

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement in Motion Pictures

• Avatar: Fire and Ash (Disney)
• F1 The Movie (Apple TV, Warner Bros. Pictures)
• K-Pop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
• Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning (Paramount Pictures)
• Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Weapons (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
• Zootopia 2 (Disney)

Best Actor – Television Drama

• Sterling K. Brown for Paradise
• Diego Luna for Andor
• Gary Oldman for Slow Horses
• Mark Ruffalo for Task
• Adam Scott for Severance
• Noah Wyle for The Pitt

Best Limited Series, Anthology Series Or Television Motion Picture

• Adolescence
• All Her Fault
• The Beast In Me
• Black Mirror
• Dying For Sex
• The Girlfriend

Best Television Supporting Actor

• Owen Cooper for Adolescence
• Billy Crudup for The Morning Show
• Walton Goggins for The White Lotus
• Jason Isaacs for The White Lotus
• Tramell Tillman for Severance
• Ashley Walters for Adolescence

Best Supporting Television Actress

• Carrie Coon for The White Lotus
• Erin Doherty for Adolescence
• Hannah Einbinder for Hacks
• Catherine O’Hara for The Studio
• Parker Posey for The White Lotus
• Amiee Lou Wood for The White Lotus

Best Television Actor – Musical/Comedy

• Adam Brody for Nobody Wants This
• Steve Martin for Only Murders In The Building
• Glen Powell for Chad Powers
• Seth Rogen for The Studio
• Martin Short for Only Murders In The Building
• Jeremy Allen White for The Bear

Best Television Actor – Limited Series, Anthology Series Or Television Motion Picture

• Jacob Elordi for The Narrow Road To The Deep North
• Paul Giamatti for Black Mirror
• Stephen Graham for Adolescence
• Charlie Hunman for Monster: The Ed Gein Story
• Jude Law for Black Rabbit
• Matthew Rhys for The Beast In Me

Best Television Actress – Drama

• Kathy Bates for Matlock
• Britt Lower for Severance
• Helen Mirren for MobLand
• Bella Ramsey for The Last Of Us
• Keri Russell for The Diplomat
• Rhea Seehorn for Pluribus

Best Television Actress – Musical/Comedy

• Kristen Bell for Nobody Wants This
• Ayo Edebiri for The Bear
• Selena Gomez for Only Murders In The Building
• Natasha Lyonne for Poker Face
• Jenna Ortega for Wednesday
• Jean Smart for Hacks

Best Television Actress – Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture

• Claire Danes for The Beast In Me
• Rashida Jones for Black Mirror
• Amanda Seyfried for Long Bright River
• Sarah Snook for All Her Fault
• Michelle Williams for Dying For Sex
• Robin Wright for The Girlfriend

Best Drama Series

• The Diplomat
• The Pitt
• Pluribus
• Severance
• Slow Horses
• The White Lotus

Best Musical/Comedy Series

• Abbott Elementary
• The Bear
• Hacks
• Nobody Wants This
• Only Murders In The Building
• The Studio

Best Podcast

• Armchair Expert With Dax Sheperd
• 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 for Is Anyone Else Seeing This?
• Brett Goldstein for The Second Best Night Of Your Life
• Kevin Hart for Acting My Age
• Kumail Nanjiani for Night Thoughts
• Ricky Gervais for Mortality
• Sarah Silverman for Postmortem

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