The 2026 Golden Globes are set to reveal how this year’s awards season is shaking out, as major Oscar contenders like One Battle After Another, Sinners, Frankenstein, Hamnet, and Marty Supreme vie for the top honors voted on by international journalists. The ceremony also celebrates the best of television, with shows like The Pitt, The Diplomat, Pluribus, Severance, The Bear, and The Studio nominated for their most recent seasons.
It’ll be a long night for the crowd at the Beverly Hilton, as presenters will hand out 28 awards on Sunday night, including recently created categories like Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television, Best Podcast, and Best Cinematic and Box Office Achievement: Competitors for that latter category include Avatar: Fire and Ash, KPop Demon Hunters (Consequence’s Pop Culture Event of 2025), Weapons, Wicked: For Good, and Zootopia 2.
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In the Best Director race, Consequence Filmmaker of the Year Guillermo del Toro is up against Paul Thomas Anderson for Sinners, Ryan Coogler for Sinners, Jafar Panahi for It Was Just an Accident, Joachim Trier for Sentimental Value, and Chloé Zhao for Hamnet.
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In the original song category, KPop Demon Hunters’ “Golden” will face tough competition from Miley Cyrus’s original track for Avatar: Fire and Ash, two original songs from Wicked: For Good, Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson’s collaboration for the Sinners soundtrack, and Nick Cave’s tribute to the film Train Dreams (entitled “Train Dreams”). Composers up for original score recognition, meanwhile, include Göransson, Alexandre Desplat, Jonny Greenwood, Max Richter, Hans Zimmer, and relative newcomer Kangding Ray for his EDM-charged work on Spain’s international feature contender Sirat.
The Golden Globe Awards, hosted for the second time by Nikki Glaser (Consequence’s Comedian of the Year in 2024), will begin Sunday, January 11th at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT, airing on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Below, find the complete list of this year’s nominees, updated with the winners live over the course of the night.
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Frankenstein
Hamnet
It Was Just an Accident
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Blue Moon
Bugonia
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
Nouvelle Vague
One Battle After Another
Best Motion Picture – Animated
Arco
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba 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
Sirat — Spain
The Voice of Hind Rajab — Tunisia
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – 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 Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – 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: Deliver Me From Nowhere
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – 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 Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – 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 Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
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 Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Paul Mescal, Hamnet
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Adam Sandler, Jay Kelly
Stellan Skarsgard, Sentimental Value
Best Director – Motion Picture
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 – Motion Picture
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 – Motion Picture
Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein
Ludwig Göransson, Sinners
Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another
Kangding Ray, Sirat
Max Richter, Hamnet
Hans Zimmer, F1
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“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
Best Television Series – Drama
The Diplomat
The Pitt
Pluribus
Severance
Slow Horses
The White Lotus
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Hacks
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
The Studio
Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Adolescence
All Her Fault
The Beast in Me
Black Mirror
Dying for Sex
The Girlfriend
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – 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 in a Television Series – 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 in a Television Series – 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 in a Television Series – 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 in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
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 in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
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 Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on 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 Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on 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, Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This?
Brett Goldstein, Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life
Kevin Hart, Kevin Hart: Acting My Age
Kumail Nanjiani, Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts
Ricky Gervais, Ricky Gervais: Mortality
Sarah Silverman, Sarah Silverman: Postmortem
Best Podcast
Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard
Call Her Daddy
Good Hang With Amy Poehler
The Mel Robbins Podcast
SmartLess
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