Last week's flurry of critics' picks, nominations, and awards was the warm-up act: today, the Oscar season kicked into overdrive with the 2026 Golden Globe nominations.

And there were some doozies.

Mixed in among the usual suspects in the solidifying awards race — your One Battle After Anothers, Sentimental Values, Sinners, Hamnets, and Frankensteins — were some early-morning eye-openers. Wicked: For Good was gone from the list of Best Musical/Comedy Film contenders, perhaps an indication of struggles ahead of the guild and Oscar nominations. Meanwhile, some big stars considered also-rans to this point got on the board with needed nominations, including Julia Roberts for After the Hunt and Dwayne Johnson for The Smashing Machine.

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The Globes, now in its 83rd year, are known for tossing some curveballs into awards season, but overall, as noted above, the Best Drama Film field provided little, well, drama: Frankenstein, Hamnet, It Was Just an Accident, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value, and Sinners made the final cut. All of those are considered Oscar contenders based on the Gold Derby prediction data. Notably missing, however, is James Cameron's Avatar: Fire and Ash; although the threequel doesn't arrive until later in the month, it looks to be on the bubble of Academy Award viability and today's snub won't help in the momentum department. (Like Wicked: For Good, it got a consolation nod in the catch-all Cinematic and Box Office Achievement category.)

Things got weirder in the Best Musical/Comedy Film slate. With Wicked: For Good MIA, the field was a curiosity show beyond the juggernaut One Battle After Another and the quickly ascending Marty Supreme, with Blue Moon, Bugonia, No Other Choice, Pillion, and Nouvelle Vague filling out the field.

With the films divvied up between two categories, there's some difficulty in reading tea leaves for the Oscars, which is why the Best Director category is one to watch. The Globes seemed aligned with the Gold Derby odds, with 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), and Chloé Zhao (Hamnet) all firmly in the Oscar mix.

Top Golden Globe Film Contenders

Film	Nominations
One Battle After Another	9
Sentimental Value	8
Sinners	7
Hamnet	6
Frankenstein	5
Wicked: For Good	5
It Was Just an Accident	4

On the television slate, there was the expected strong showings from recent Emmy champions Adolescence (Best Limited Series), The Studio (Best Comedy Series), and The Pitt (Best Drama Series). The White Lotus led all comers with six nominations, thanks to a slew of acting nods.

Top Golden Globe TV Contenders

TV Program	Nominations
The White Lotus	6
Adolescence	5
Only Murders in the Building	4
Severance	4
The Bear	3
The Beast in Me	3
Black Mirror	3
Hacks	3
Nobody Wants This	3
The Studio	3

This year's field will also include, for the first time, a Best Podcast category. Because the category covers all podcasts, not just entertainment-related shows, the first-ever batch of nominees ran the gamut with Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard, Call Her Daddy, Good Hang With Amy Poehler, SmartLess, The Mel Robbins Podcast, and Up First comprising the category.

The Golden Globes will be presented on Jan. 11, with Nikki Glaser returning to host.

Here is the complete list of nominees.

Film

Best Film Drama
Frankenstein
Hamnet
It Was Just an Accident
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Best Film Drama Actress
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 Film Drama Actor
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 Film Comedy/Musical
Blue Moon
Bugonia
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another
Pillion
Nouvelle Vague

Best Film Comedy/Musical Actress
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 Film Comedy/Musical Actor
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 Film Supporting Actress
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 Film Supporting Actor
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 Film 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 Film Screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Maggie O’Farrell and Chloé Zhao, Hamnet 
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident
Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt, Sentimental Value

Best Animated Feature
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

Best Non-English Language Film
It Was Just an Accident (France)
No Other Choice (South Korea) 
The Secret Agent (Brazil)
Sentimental Value (Norway)
Sound of Falling (Germany)
Sirāt (Spain)
The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)

Best Score
Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein
Ludwig Göransson, Sinners
Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another
Max Richter, Hamnet
Hans Zimmer, F1: The Movie

Best Song
“Dream as One,” Avatar: Fire and Ash 
“Golden,” KPop Demon Hunters 
“I Lied to You” Sinners
“No Place Like Home” Wicked: For Good
“The Girl in the Bubble” Wicked: For Good
“Train Dreams” Train Dreams

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1: The Movie
KPop Demon Hunters
Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning
Sinners
Weapons
Wicked: For Good
Zootopia 2

Television

Best Drama Series
The Diplomat
The Pitt 
Severance 
Slow Horses
The White Lotus

Best TV Drama Actor
Sterling K. Brown, Paradise
Diego Luna, Andor
Gary Oldman, Slow Horses
Mark Ruffalo, Task
Adam Scott, Severance
Noah Wyle, The Pitt

Best TV Drama Actress
Kathy Bates, Matlock
Britt Lower, Severance 
Helen Mirren, 1923
Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us 
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
Rhea Seehorn, Pluribus

Best Comedy Series
Abbott Elementary
The Bear 
Hacks 
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
The Studio

Best TV Comedy Actor
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 TV Comedy Actress
Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
Selena Gomez, Only Murders in the Building
Jenna Ortega, Wednesday
Jean Smart, Hacks
Natasha Lyonne, Poker Face

Best TV Limited Series/Movie
Adolescence
All Her Fault
The Beast in Me
Black Mirror
Dying for Sex
The GIrlfriend

Best TV Limited/Movie Actor
Jacob Elordi, The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Paul Giamatti, Black MirrorStephen Graham, Adolescence
Charlie Hunnam, Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Jude Law, Black Rabbit
Matthew Rhys, The Beast in Me

Best TV Limited/Movie Actress
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 TV Supporting Actor

Best TV Supporting Actress
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
Brett Goldstein, The Second Best Night of Your Life
Bill Maher, Is Anyone Else Seeing This? 
Kumail Nanjiani, Night Thoughts
Sarah Silverman, PostMortem
Kevin Hart, Acting My Age
Ricky Gervais

Podcast

Best Podcast
Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard
Call Her Daddy
Good Hang With Amy Poehler
SmartLess
The Mel Robbins Podcast
Up First

Golden Globes producer Dick Clark Productions is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a joint venture between Eldridge and Penske Media Corporation, which owns Gold Derby.