The 83rd Golden Globe Awards nominations dropped on December 8, 2025, and the race is officially on. Marlon Wayans and Skye P. Marshall unveiled the contenders live from the Beverly Hilton, with Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another leading the film side with nine nods and HBO’s The White Lotus dominating television with six. Nikki Glaser returns as host for the January 11, 2026, ceremony airing live on CBS and Paramount+.
Here are the major categories:
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Frankenstein, Hamnet, It Was Just an Accident, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value, Sinners
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
One Battle After Another, Bugonia, K-Pop Demon Hunters, Marty Supreme, No Other Choice, Zootopia 2
Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Chloé Zhao, Jafar Panahi, Denis Villeneuve, Bong Joon-ho, Garth Davis
Best Actress – Drama
Cynthia Erivo, Demi Moore, Anna Sawai, Robin Wright, Saoirse Ronan, Lady Gaga
Best Actor – Drama
Adrien Brody, Leonardo DiCaprio, Cillian Murphy, Andrew Scott, Colman Domingo, Barry Keoghan
Best Actress – Musical or Comedy
Margot Robbie, Emma Stone, Fantasia Barrino, Ariana Grande, Greta Lee, Stephanie Hsu
Best Actor – Musical or Comedy
Ryan Gosling, Timothée Chalamet, Paul Mescal, Jacob Elordi, Adam Brody, Sebastian Stan
Best Supporting Actress
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Danielle Brooks, Emily Blunt, America Ferrera, Julianne Moore, Rosamund Pike
Best Supporting Actor
Robert Downey Jr., Ryan Gosling, Charles Melton, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Paul Dano
Best Screenplay
One Battle After Another, Sentimental Value, Sinners, It Was Just an Accident, Past Lives, Anatomy of a Fall
Best Television Series – Drama
The White Lotus, Succession, The Bear, Shōgun, The Crown, Yellowjackets
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Only Murders in the Building, Abbott Elementary, The Righteous Gemstones, Hacks, Ted Lasso, What We Do in the Shadows
Best Limited or Anthology Series
Fellow Travelers, Daisy Jones & the Six, Beef, A Murder at the End of the World, The Sympathizer, Ripley
The full list spans 28 categories, including the new Best Podcast award. With One Battle After Another and The White Lotus leading their respective fields, the January 11 showdown promises to be one of the most competitive in years.
-By Manoj H