81st Golden Globe Nominations

Now that the Golden Globes is no longer run by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, they can now attempt to be as populist as possible. They’ve expanded all categories to six and have a far higher recognition rate for non-American features. That said, A lot of their selections are already Oscar contenders and with now 12 lead contenders, they are trying to improve their predictive quality. While there are some interesting surprises (the performance of Fallen Leaves for example), it’s not clear that these will have any measurable impact.

Nominations Tallies

(9) Barbie
(8) Oppenheimer
(7) Killers of the Flower Moon, Poor Things
(5) Past Lives
(4) Anatomy of a Fall, Maestro, May December
(3) The Holdovers, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, The Zone of Interest
(2) Air, American Fiction, The Boy and the Heron, The Color Purple, Fallen Leaves, Nyad, Rustin, Saltburn
(1) All of Us Strangers, Beau Is Afraid, Dream Scenario, Elemental, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, Io Capitano, John Wick: Chapter 4, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, No Hard Feelings, Priscilla, She Came to Me, Society of the Snow, Suzume, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, Wish, Wonka

The Nominations

Best Picture, Drama

Anatomy of a Fall
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
The Zone of Interest

Best Picture, Comedy/Musical

Air
American Fiction
Barbie
The Holdovers
May December
Poor Things

Best Picture, Animated

The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Suzume
Wish

Best Director

Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Celine Song – Past Lives

Best Actor, Drama

Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon
Colman Domingo – Rustin
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
Barry Keoghan – Saltburn

Best Actor, Comedy/Musical

Nicolas Cage – Dream Scenario
Timothée Chalamet – Wonka
Matt Damon – Air
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Joaquin Phoenix – Beau Is Afraid
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

Best Actress, Drama

Annette Bening – Nyad
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Cailee Spaeny – Priscilla

Best Actress, Comedy/Musical

Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple
Jennifer Lawrence – No Hard Feelings
Natalie Portman – May December
Alma Pöysti – Fallen Leaves
Margot Robbie – Barbie
Emma Stone – Poor Things

Best Supporting Actor

Willem Dafoe – Poor Things
Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Charles Melton – May December
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things

Best Supporting Actress

Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
Jodie Foster – Nyad
Julianne Moore – May December
Rosamund Pike – Saltburn
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers

Best Screenplay

Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things

Best Song

Addicted to Romance – She Came to Me
Dance the Night – Barbie
I’m Just Ken – Barbie
Peaches – The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Road to Freedom – Rustin
What Was I Made For? – Barbie

Best Original Score

The Boy and the Heron
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Zone of Interest

Best Non-English Language Film

Anatomy of a Fall
Fallen Leaves
Io Capitano
Past Lives
Society of the Snow
The Zone of Interest

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

Barbie
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3
John Wick: Chapter 4
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour