A Big Awards-Season Shake-Up Begins

Awards season arrived with full force on Monday morning as the Golden Globes announced their 2026 nominations — and Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another instantly took the spotlight. With nine nominations, the film swept across major categories including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay, cementing itself as the front-runner heading into the January ceremony.

Neon dominated overall with 21 film nominations, while Netflix topped the television side with 22 nods, marking another year where streamers shape the awards conversation.

Sentimental Value followed closely with eight nominations, Sinners impressed with seven, and films like Hamnet, Frankenstein, and Wicked: For Good secured strong positions across multiple categories.

Television Returns With a Strong Slate

In TV, The White Lotus made a major comeback with six nominations, Adolescence delivered a strong showing with five, while Only Murders in the Building and Severance both grabbed four nods each — signalling a tight race for January.

This year also marks a turning point, with the Globes officially adding podcast awards to their ceremony lineup — part of a broader push to embrace new entertainment formats.

Golden Globe hosts Nikki Glaser returns for the 2026 telecast, airing live on Sunday, Jan. 11, exclusively on CBS and Paramount+.

Honorary awards this year go to Helen Mirren, receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and Sarah Jessica Parker, honoured with the Carol Burnett Award during the Golden Eve special on January 8.

⭐ FULL LIST OF NOMINEES — GOLDEN GLOBES 2026

Below is the complete nomination list, rewritten cleanly for your readers.

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 (Aniplex / Crunchyroll / Sony)
Elio (Disney)
Kpop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (GKIDS)
Zootopia 2 (Disney)

Cinematic & Box Office Achievement

Avatar: Fire and Ash (Disney)
F1 (Apple Original Films)
Kpop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount)
Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Weapons (Warner Bros. / New Line)
Wicked: For Good (Universal)
Zootopia 2 (Disney)

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

It Was Just an Accident — France (Neon)
No Other Choice — South Korea (Neon)
The Secret Agent — Brazil (Neon)
Sentimental Value — Norway (Neon)
Sirāt — Spain (Neon)
The Voice of Hind Rajab — Tunisia (Willa)

Best Performance by a Female Actor — 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 — 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 — Musical/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 — Musical/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 Actress — 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 Supporting Actor — 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 Skarsgård (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

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
“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

TELEVISION CATEGORIES

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
The Bear
Hacks
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
The Studio

Best Limited or Anthology Series

Adolescence
All Her Fault
The Beast in Me
Black Mirror
Dying for Sex
The Girlfriend

(And so on — full TV acting and supporting acting lists preserved below.)

Full Supporting & Acting Categories (TV)

Drama Actress

Kathy Bates, Britt Lower, Helen Mirren, Bella Ramsey, Keri Russell, Rhea Seehorn

Drama Actor

Sterling K. Brown, Diego Luna, Gary Oldman, Mark Ruffalo, Adam Scott, Noah Wyle

Comedy Actress

Kristen Bell, Ayo Edebiri, Selena Gomez, Natasha Lyonne, Jenna Ortega, Jean Smart

Comedy Actor

Adam Brody, Steve Martin, Glen Powell, Seth Rogen, Martin Short, Jeremy Allen White

Limited Series Actress

Claire Danes, Rashida Jones, Amanda Seyfried, Sarah Snook, Michelle Williams, Robin Wright

Limited Series Actor

Jacob Elordi, Paul Giamatti, Stephen Graham, Charlie Hunnam, Jude Law, Matthew Rhys

Best Supporting Actress – TV

Carrie Coon, Erin Doherty, Hannah Einbinder, Catherine O’Hara, Parker Posey, Aimee Lou Wood

Best Supporting Actor – TV

Owen Cooper, Billy Crudup, Walton Goggins, Jason Isaacs, Tramell Tillman, Ashley Walters

Best Stand-up Comedy Performance

Bill Maher, Brett Goldstein, Kevin Hart, Kumail Nanjiani, Ricky Gervais, Sarah Silverman

Best Podcast

Armchair Expert, Call Her Daddy, Good Hang, The Mel Robbins Podcast, SmartLess, Up First

Final Words

This year’s Golden Globes offer one of the most diverse lineups in years — with studios, streamers, global films, and new podcast nominees shaping a refreshed, more inclusive awards race. With heavyweights like PTA, Coogler and Del Toro in the mix, the 2026 ceremony promises fireworks.