Golden Globes nominations 2026: One Battle After Another, Sentimental Value lead with top nods

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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association released its Golden Globes nominations for 2026, and the field is stacked with major auteurs, blockbuster franchises, and buzzy TV dramas. Paul Thomas Anderson’s sprawling epic tops the film race, while prestige TV and breakout comedies split attention. The ceremony airs live on CBS and streams on Paramount+ on Jan. 11 at 8 p.m. ET.

Leading films and notable frontrunners in the Golden Globes 2026 race

Several films dominated the ballots this year. Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another earned the most nominations with nine. Close behind, Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value secured eight nods. Ryan Coogler’s Sinners collected seven, and Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet appears with six nominations. These titles are the ones to watch as awards season intensifies.

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Film categories and full nominee lists

Best Motion Picture — Drama (Golden Globe nominees)

  • Frankenstein

  • Hamnet

  • It Was Just an Accident

  • The Secret Agent

  • Sentimental Value

  • Sinners

Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy (contenders)

  • 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

Box office & cinematic achievement (special category)

  • 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

  • Sirāt — Spain

  • The Voice of Hind Rajab — Tunisia

Best Actress 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 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 Actress 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 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 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

Directing, writing and the craft categories

  • Best 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 Screenplay

    • 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 nominees: series, limited shows and standout performances

Series competing in the drama category

  • The Diplomat

  • The Pitt

  • Pluribus

  • Severance

  • Slow Horses

  • The White Lotus

Series competing in musical or comedy

  • Abbott Elementary

  • The Bear

  • Hacks

  • Nobody Wants This

  • Only Murders in the Building

  • The Studio

Limited series, anthologies and TV movies up for awards

  • Adolescence

  • All Her Fault

  • The Beast In Me

  • Black Mirror

  • Dying for Sex

  • The Girlfriend

Top television acting nominations — drama performances

  • Best Actress — Drama

    • Kathy Bates — Matlock

    • Britt Lower — Severance

    • Helen Mirren — Mobland

    • Bella Ramsey — The Last of Us

    • Keri Russell — The Diplomat

    • Rhea Seehorn — Pluribus

  • Best Actor — Drama

    • Sterling K. Brown — Paradise

    • Diego Luna — Andor

    • Gary Oldman — Slow Horses

    • Mark Ruffalo — Task

    • Adam Scott — Severance

    • Noah Wyle — The Pitt

Television comedy and musical acting nods

  • Best Actress — 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 Actor — 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

Limited series acting categories

  • Best Actress — Limited Series or TV Movie

    • 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 Actor — Limited Series or TV Movie

    • 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

Supporting television performances and comedy

  • Best Supporting Actress — 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 Supporting Actor — 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 Stand-Up Comedy Performance — 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

Podcasts and other categories highlighted by the HFPA

  • Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard

  • Call Her Daddy

  • Good Hang With Amy Poehler

  • The Mel Robbins Podcast

  • Smartless

  • Up First

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