The 2026 Golden Globe Awards nominations arrived, where the finest in the entertainment industry receive awards. HBO’s The White Lotus is leading with six nominations. The luxe Thailand-set season secured multiple acting nominations and a best drama series nomination, continuing its run as one of TV’s most talked-about anthologies.
Netflix’s Adolescence followed with five, while Only Murders in the Building and Severance each landed four nominations. This year’s nominations reflect the Globes’ ongoing evolution. Alongside the traditional categories, the HFPA has expanded its scope to include stand-up comedy specials and podcasts. This acknowledges the shift in audience habits.
Meanwhile, the industry itself continues to navigate streaming contractions, cost-cutting studio strategies, and an unpredictable box office, even as Hollywood prepares once again for its most free-spirited awards night. Netflix, fresh off its landmark acquisition of Warner Bros. and HBO, led all distributors with 35 nominations, while its soon-to-be-absorbed counterparts collectively scored 31.
On the film side, One Battle After Another surged ahead of the pack with nine nominations, emerging as the year’s most recognised motion picture. The sharp sociopolitical satire earned nods for best motion picture – musical or comedy. Paul Thomas Anderson’s direction and screenplay, Jonny Greenwood’s score, and a powerhouse slate of performances from Leonardo DiCaprio, Chase Infiniti, Benicio Del Toro, Sean Penn, and Teyana Taylor.
Sentimental Value and Sinners also showed up strong with eight and seven nominations, respectively, competing across drama, acting, and craft categories.
The nominations were announced by Marlon Wayans and Skye P. Marshall. The night will see Nikki Glaser as the host once again.
FULL NOMINATIONS LIST:
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
The Diplomat (Netflix)
The Pitt (HBO Max)
Pluribus (Apple TV)
Severance (Apple TV)
Slow Horses (Apple TV)
The White Lotus (HBO Max)
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
The Bear (FX on Hulu)
Hacks (HBO Max)
Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
The Studio (Apple TV)
BEST TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Adolescence (Netflix)
All Her Fault (Peacock)
The Beast in Me (Netflix)
Black Mirror (Netflix)
Dying for Sex (FX on Hulu)
The Girlfriend (Prime Video)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR – DRAMA
Kathy Bates (Matlock)
Britt Lower (Severance)
Helen Mirren (Mobland)
Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us)
Keri Russell (The Diplomat)
Rhea Seehorn (Pluribus)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR – DRAMA
Sterling K. Brown (Paradise)
Diego Luna (Andor)
Gary Oldman (Slow Horses)
Mark Ruffalo (Task)
Adam Scott (Severance)
Noah Wyle (The Pitt)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This)
Ayo Edebiri (The Bear)
Selena Gomez (Only Murders in the Building)
Natasha Lyonne (Poker Face)
Jenna Ortega (Wednesday)
Jean Smart (Hacks)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This)
Steve Martin (Only Murders in the Building)
Glen Powell (Chad Powers)
Seth Rogen (The Studio)
Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)
Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR – LIMITED SERIES/ANTHOLOGY/TV MOVIE
Claire Danes (The Beast in Me)
Rashida Jones (Black Mirror)
Amanda Seyfried (Long Bright River)
Sarah Snook (All Her Fault)
Michelle Williams (Dying for Sex)
Robin Wright (The Girlfriend)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR – LIMITED SERIES/ANTHOLOGY/TV MOVIE
Jacob Elordi (The Narrow Road to the Deep North)
Paul Giamatti (Black Mirror)
Stephen Graham (Adolescence)
Charlie Hunnam (Monster: The Ed Gein Story)
Jude Law (Black Rabbit)
Matthew Rhys (The Beast in Me)
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE ACTOR – TELEVISION
Carrie Coon (The White Lotus)
Erin Doherty (Adolescence)
Hannah Einbinder (Hacks)
Catherine O’Hara (The Studio)
Parker Posey (The White Lotus)
Aimee Lou Wood (The White Lotus)
BEST SUPPORTING MALE ACTOR – TELEVISION
Owen Cooper (Adolescence)
Billy Crudup (The Morning Show)
Walton Goggins (The White Lotus)
Jason Isaacs (The White Lotus)
Tramell Tillman (Severance)
Ashley Walters (Adolescence)
BEST PERFORMANCE IN STAND-UP COMEDY ON TELEVISION
Bill Maher
Brett Goldstein
Kevin Hart
Kumail Nanjiani
Ricky Gervais
Sarah Silverman
BEST PODCAST
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard (Wondery)
Call Her Daddy (SiriusXM)
Good Hang with Amy Poehler (Spotify)
The Mel Robbins Podcast (SiriusXM)
SmartLess (SiriusXM)
Up First (NPR)
MOTION PICTURE NOMINATIONS
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Hamnet (Focus Features)
It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
The Secret Agent (Neon)
Sentimental Value (Neon)
Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)
BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
Bugonia (Focus Features)
Marty Supreme (A24)
No Other Choice (Neon)
Nouvelle Vague (Netflix)
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures)
BEST MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED
Arco (Neon)
Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle
Elio
Kpop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2
CINEMATIC AND BOX OFFICE ACHIEVEMENT
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Kpop Demon Hunters
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Sinners
Weapons
Wicked: For Good
Zootopia 2
BEST MOTION PICTURE – NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE
It Was Just an Accident – France
No Other Choice – South Korea
The Secret Agent – Brazil
Sentimental Value – Norway
Sirāt – Spain
The Voice of Hind Rajab – Tunisia
BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA
Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)
Jennifer Lawrence (Die My Love)
Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value)
Julia Roberts (After the Hunt)
Tessa Thompson (Hedda)
Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby)
BEST ACTOR – DRAMA
Joel Edgerton (Train Dreams)
Oscar Isaac (Frankenstein)
Dwayne Johnson (The Smashing Machine)
Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)
Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)
Jeremy Allen White (Springsteen)
BEST ACTRESS – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)
Cynthia Erivo (Wicked: For Good)
Kate Hudson (Song SUng Blue)
Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another)
Amanda Seyfried (The Testament of Ann Lee)
Emma Stone (Bugonia)
BEST ACTOR – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)
George Clooney (Jay Kelly)
Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)
Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)
Lee Byung-hun (No Other Choice)
Jesse Plemons (Bugonia)
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE ACTOR – FILM
Emily Blunt (The Smashing Machine)
Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value)
Ariana Grande (Wicked: For Good)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value)
Amy Madigan (Weapons)
Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)
BEST SUPPORTING MALE ACTOR – FILM
Benicio del Toro (One Battle After Another)
Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)
Paul Mescal (Hamnet)
Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)
Adam Sandler (Jay Kelly)
Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value)
BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
Guillermo del Toro (Frankenstein)
Jafar Panahi (It Was Just An Accident)
Joachim Trier(Sentimental Value)
Chloé Zhao (Hamnet)
BEST SCREENPLAY
Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)
Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
Jafar Panahi (It Was Just An Accident)
Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell (Hamnet)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Alexandre Desplat (Frankenstein)
Ludwig Göransson (Sinners)
Jonny Greenwood (One Battle After Another)
Kangding Ray (Sirāt)
Max Richter (Hamnet)
Hans Zimmer (F1)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Dream as One (Avatar: Fire and Ash)
Music and Lyrics by: Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen
Golden (KPOP Demon Hunters)
Music by: Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun
Lyrics by: Kim Eun-jae (EJAE), Mark Sonnenblick
I Lied to You (Sinners)
Music and Lyrics by: Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson
No Place Like Home (Wicked: For Good)
Music and Lyrics by: Stephen Schwartz
The Girl in the Bubble (Wicked: For Good)
Music and Lyrics by: Stephen Schwartz
Train Dreams (Train Dreams)
Music by: Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner
Lyrics by: Nick Cave
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