Hamnet, Sinners and One Battle After Another are seen as top contenders, alongside films from Norway, France and South Korea.

The Hollywood award season in the United States is hitting high gear, with nominations unveiled for one of the biggest contests of 2026: the 83rd annual Golden Globes.

Often seen as a bellwether for the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes honour achievements in both television and filmmaking — a distinction that, with the advent of streaming over the last two decades, has become all the murkier.

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Limping post-pandemic box office numbers and high-stakes mergers have also complicated the future of the motion picture industry, with streaming giants like Netflix making a play for the century-old studio Warner Bros.

Still, several big-name blockbusters and critical darlings topped this year’s Golden Globe nominations.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s political thriller One Battle After Another was a standout, making good on its star-studded cast to sweep up five acting nods, plus nominations for Best Comedy, Best Director and Best Screenplay. It leads the field with nine nominations overall.

Anderson was not the only cinematic “auteur” to receive laurels from the Golden Globe Foundation.

Chloe Zhao’s historical tear-jerker Hamnet — based on the relationship between playwright William Shakespeare and his wife Agnes — nabbed six nominations in various drama categories.

And Ryan Coogler’s springtime crowd-pleaser Sinners — a vampire film and cultural commentary, wrapped in one — scored seven nods, including Best Drama, Best Director and Best Cinematic Achievement.

While the Golden Globes are often seen as a cozy, champagne-clacking affair for Hollywood titans, this year’s nominations also suggest an ever-more international scope for its honourees.

The meditative Norwegian drama Sentimental Value scooped up eight nominations, and the French nominee It Was Just an Accident, by Iranian director Jafar Panahi, earned four.

South Korea and Brazil also broke free from the Non-English Language Film category, scoring nominations in the acting, songwriting and animation competitions for films like KPop Demon Hunters, No Other Choice and The Secret Agent.

Some pieces of award bait, meanwhile, failed to deliver on their potential. Director Luca Guadagnino’s slippery, post-MeToo drama After the Hunt, for example, only scored a single nomination for star Julia Roberts.

Likewise, the musical film Wicked: For Good — the sequel to last year’s award-season juggernaut — disappointed its expectations. While it scored nods in acting and song categories, it failed to land in contention for some of the biggest prizes, including Best Motion Picture: Comedy or Musical.

The 83rd annual Golden Globes are scheduled to air on January 11, 2026. Here is the full list of nominees:

Best Motion Picture: Drama
Frankenstein
Hamnet
It Was Just an Accident
Sentimental Value
Sinners
The Secret Agent
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 Amelie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2
Best Motion Picture: Non-English Language
It Was Just an Accident, France
No Other Choice, South Korea
Sentimental Value, Norway
Sirat, Spain
The Secret Agent, Brazil
The Voice of Hind Rajab, Tunisia
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture: Drama
Eva Victor for Sorry, Baby
Jennifer Lawrence for Die My Love
Jessie Buckley for Hamnet
Julia Roberts for After the Hunt
Renate Reinsve for Sentimental Value
Tessa Thompson for Hedda
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture: Drama
Dwayne Johnson for The Smashing Machine
Jeremy Allen White for Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
Joel Edgerton for Train Dreams
Michael B Jordan for Sinners
Oscar Isaac for Frankenstein
Wagner Moura for The Secret Agent
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy
Amanda Seyfried for The Testament of Anne Lee
Chase Infiniti for One Battle After Another
Cynthia Erivo for Wicked: For Good
Emma Stone for Bugonia
Kate Hudson for Song Sung Blue
Rose Byrne for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy
Ethan Hawke for Blue Moon
George Clooney for Jay Kelly
Jesse Plemons for Bugonia
Lee Byung-hun for No Other Choice
Leonardo DiCaprio for One Battle After Another
Timothee Chalamet for Marty Supreme
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Amy Madigan for Weapons
Ariana Grande for Wicked: For Good
Elle Fanning for Sentimental Value
Emily Blunt for The Smashing Machine
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas for Sentimental Value
Teyana Taylor for One Battle After Another
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Adam Sandler for Jay Kelly
Benicio del Toro for One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi for Frankenstein
Paul Mescal for Hamnet
Sean Penn for One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgard for Sentimental Value
Best Director for a Motion Picture
Chloe Zhao for Hamnet
Guillermo del Toro for Frankenstein
Jafar Panahi for It Was Just an Accident
Joachim Trier for Sentimental Value
Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler for Sinners
Best Screenplay for a Motion Picture
Chloe Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell for Hamnet
Jafar Panahi for It Was Just an Accident
Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt for Sentimental Value
Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie for Marty Supreme
Ryan Coogler for Sinners
Best Original Score for a Motion Picture
Alexandre Desplat for Frankenstein
Hans Zimmer for F1
Jonny Greenwood for One Battle After Another
Kangding Ray for Sirat
Ludwig Goransson for Sinners
Max Richter for Hamnet
Best Original Song for a Motion Picture
Dream As One for Avatar: Fire and Ash

By Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson and Simon Franglen

Golden for KPop Demon Hunters

By Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun, Kim Eun-jae (EJAE) and Mark Sonnenblick

I Lied to You for Sinners

By Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson

No Place Like Home for Wicked: For Good

The Girl in the Bubble for Wicked: For Good

Train Dreams for Train Dreams

By Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner

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 Television Series: Drama
The Diplomat
Pluribus
Severance
Slow Horses
The Pitt
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 Limited Series, Anthology or TV Movie
Adolescence
All Her Fault
Black Mirror
Dying for Sex
The Beast in Me
The Girlfriend
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series: Drama
Bella Ramsey for The Last of Us
Britt Lower for Severance
Helen Mirren for MobLand
Kathy Bates for Matlock
Keri Russell for The Diplomat
Rhea Seehorn for Pluribus
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series: Drama
Adam Scott for Severance
Diego Luna for Andor
Gary Oldman for Slow Horses
Mark Ruffalo for Task
Noah Wyle for The Pitt
Sterling K Brown for Paradise
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series: Musical or Comedy
Ayo Edebiri for The Bear
Jean Smart for Hacks
Jenna Ortega for Wednesday
Kristen Bell for Nobody Wants This
Natasha Lyonne for Poker Face
Selena Gomez for Only Murders in the Building
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology or TV Movie
Amanda Seyfried for Long Bright River
Claire Danes for The Beast in Me
Michelle Williams for Dying for Sex
Rashida Jones for Black Mirror
Robin Wright for The Girlfriend
Sarah Snook for All Her Fault
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series: Musical or Comedy
Adam Brody for Nobody Wants This
Glen Powell for Chad Powers
Jeremy Allen White for The Bear
Martin Short for Only Murders in the Building
Seth Rogen for The Studio
Steve Martin for Only Murders in the Building
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television
Aimee Lou Wood for The White Lotus
Carrie Coon for The White Lotus
Catherine O’Hara for The Studio
Erin Doherty for Adolescence
Hannah Einbinder for Hacks
Parker Posey for The White Lotus
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology or TV Movie
Charlie Hunnam for Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Jacob Elordi for The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Jude Law for Black Rabbit
Matthew Rhys for The Beast in Me
Paul Giamatti for Black Mirror
Stephen Graham for Adolescence
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television
Ashley Walters for Adolescence
Billy Crudup for The Morning Show
Jason Isaacs for The White Lotus
Owen Cooper for Adolescence
Tramell Tillman for Severance
Walton Goggins for The White Lotus
Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television
Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This?
Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life
Kevin Hart: Acting My Age
Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts
Ricky Gervais: Mortality
Sarah Silverman: Postmortem
Best Podcast
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Call Her Daddy with Alex Cooper
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
SmartLess with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett
The Mel Robbins Podcast
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