Golden Globes 2026 Film Nominations — Final Predictions

With the 2026 Golden Globes film nominations tomorrow, we thought the time was more than ripe to submit our final predictions for nominations for the film categories. With so many great films and artists working this year, this list will surely leave out some talented individuals unawarded, but that’s the nature of the game.

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)
• Train Dreams, dir. Clint Bentley (Netflix)
• Frankenstein, dir. Guillermo del Toro (Netflix)

Best Film Drama – Actor

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

Best Film Drama – Actress

• Jessie Buckley for Hamnet
• Renate Reinsve for Sentimental Value
• Tessa Thompson for Hedda
• Julia Roberts for After The Hunt
• Jennifer Lawrence for Die, My Love
• Laura Dern for Is This Thing On?

Best Film Comedy/Musical

• One Battle After Another, dir. Paul Thomas Anderson (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Marty Supreme, dir. Josh Safdie (A24)
• Bugonia, dir. Yorgos Lanthimos (Focus Features)
• No Other Choice, dir. Park Chan-wook (Neon)
• Jay Kelly, dir. Noah Baumbach (Netflix)
• Wicked: For Good, dir. Jon M. Chu (Universal Pictures)

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
• Wunmi Mosaku for Sinners

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
• Josh Safdie for Marty Supreme

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)
• In Your Dreams (Netflix)

Best Non-English Film

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

Best Score

• One Battle After Another, composed by Jonny Greenwood
• Sinners, composed by Ludwig Göransson
• Hamnet, composed by Max Richter
• Frankenstein, composed by Alexandre Desplat
• Marty Supreme, composed by Daniel Lopatin
• Bugonia, composed by Jerskin Fendrix

The 83rd Golden Globes Film Nominations will be revealed at 8:15 AM ET / 5:15 AM PT on CBSNews.com.

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