Golden Globe Nominations Reaction

In the past few years, the Golden Globes have not held as much merit in Oscar predictions as in the past and recently having success at the Globes almost meant the opposite. This year feels different as Oppenheimer is a solid front runner in both awards bodies, but there is still plenty of time for the popularity of prospective candidates to shift. The nominations will be listed below for reference. 

This year there are also six nominees for each category and so while it's great that more artists are going to be honored, this muddles the possibilities in running parallel to the Oscars. However, the nominations do help the narrative of several films that might have previously been on the bubble.

The Zone of Interest getting a Best Picture nomination was not terribly surprising but was not entirely expected either. This helps confirm that it has a better possibility of getting nominated for Best Picture. Anatomy of a Fall is another film that was near the bottom ten at the Oscars, but getting a nomination for Best Picture also helps its chances. It also is getting a bit of help with a Screenplay and much expected Best Actress nomination. Interestingly enough, neither directors were nominated from these films; theystill means they could be nominated at the Oscars but this does slightly hurt their chances.

The largest surprise is Celine Song getting nominated for Best Director with Past Lives as this film has received worry over being too small to get enough buzz for the Best Picture nomination at the Oscars. With this nomination, Greta Lee getting Best Actress, and the film receiving Picture and Screenplay nominations, Past Lives has a secure slot in many different Oscar categories. 

The other director that definitely needed a nomination here to help confirm her spot is Greta Gerwig which is there to show that Barbie is being considered seriously, including her spot in the Screenplay nomination; this film is not going anywhere any time soon.

The Color Purple missing out on Best Picture (Musical or Comedy) was the most tremendous surprise as this film is perfect for the Globes and especially the category. This doesn’t necessarily mean that it will not receive a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars as it did very well in the performance categories (for Fantasia Barrino and Danielle Brooks). It also could still build momentum after its release.

Air is a film that has been waiting in the wings for a possible Best Picture nomination as there is a great amount of goodwill backing it. This nomination does help put it on the map, but it only getting one other nomination for Matt Damon in Best Actor does not bode well for it as he will not even come close to that category at the Oscars. It’s likely that Air will most likely still be on the outside looking in come Oscars nomination time. 

May December performed very well in the performance nominations as well as a picture, but not making either screenplay or director does not bode well for it . However, it's not that far away from a potential Best Picture Nomination at the Oscars. 

In terms of the Performance categories, there are some fun and surprising inclusions, but those are just typical of the Globes and pretty much every actor that is a possible nominee for the Oscars is accounted for here.

Best Picture Non-English is always one of the most difficult Globes categories to help predict the International Film Oscar as the rules are so different that there is very little overlap. It seems like that Society of Snow and The Zone of Interest are going to be the two largest heavy hitters with Fallen Leaves getting a lot of help with a nomination here and in Best Actress in Comedy.

There are no true surprises or snubs in the animation category but there are definitely some notable absences including Netflix films Namona and Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget and it's difficult to imagine Netflix missing out on at least one nomination.

The Golden Globes have a tradition of being laughed at and they have deserved that with a great deal of frequency, but their selections this year are actually much more interesting and not typical of their ridiculous past. Once again, the nominations will be listed below for reference. 

Best Motion Picture, Drama

“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
“Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple Original Films/Paramount Pictures)
“Maestro” (Netflix)
“Past Lives” (A24)
“The Zone of Interest” (A24)
“Anatomy of a Fall” (Neon)

Best Picture, Musical or Comedy

“Barbie” (Warner Bros.)
“Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)
“American Fiction” (MGM)
“The Holdovers” (Focus Features)
“May December” (Netflix)
“Air” (Amazon MGM Studios)

Best Director, Motion Picture

Bradley Cooper — “Maestro”
Greta Gerwig — “Barbie”
Yorgos Lanthimos — “Poor Things”
Christopher Nolan — “Oppenheimer”
Martin Scorsese — “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Celine Song — “Past Lives”

Best Screenplay, Motion Picture 

“Barbie” — Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach
“Poor Things” — Tony McNamara
“Oppenheimer” — Christopher Nolan
“Killers of the Flower Moon” — Eric Roth, Martin Scorsese
“Past Lives” — Celine Song
“Anatomy of a Fall” — Justine Triet, Arthur Harari

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama 

Bradley Cooper — “Maestro”
Cillian Murphy — “Oppenheimer”
Leonardo DiCaprio — “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Colman Domingo — “Rustin”
Andrew Scott — “All of Us Strangers”
Barry Keoghan — “Saltburn”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama 

Lily Gladstone — “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Carey Mulligan – “Maestro”
Sandra Hüller – “Anatomy of a Fall”
Annette Bening — “Nyad”
Greta Lee — “Past Lives”
Cailee Spaeny — “Priscilla”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy 

Fantasia Barrino – “The Color Purple”
Jennifer Lawrence – “No Hard Feelings”
Natalie Portman – “May December”
Alma Pöysti – “Fallen Leaves”
Margot Robbie – “Barbie”
Emma Stone – “Poor Things”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Nicolas Cage — “Dream Scenario”
Timothée Chalamet — “Wonka”
Matt Damon — “Air”
Paul Giamatti — “The Holdovers”
Joaquin Phoenix — “Beau Is Afraid”
Jeffrey Wright — “American Fiction”

Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture 

Willem Dafoe — “Poor Things”
Robert DeNiro — “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Robert Downey Jr. — “Oppenheimer”
Ryan Gosling — “Barbie”
Charles Melton — “May December”
Mark Ruffalo — “Poor Things”

Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture 

Emily Blunt — “Oppenheimer”
Danielle Brooks — “The Color Purple”
Jodie Foster — “Nyad”
Julianne Moore — “May December”
Rosamund Pike — “Saltburn”
Da’Vine Joy Randolph — “The Holdovers”

Best Original Score, Motion Picture 

Ludwig Göransson — “Oppenheimer”
Jerskin Fendrix — “Poor Things”
Robbie Robertson — “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Mica Levi — “The Zone of Interest”
Daniel Pemberton — “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
Joe Hisaishi — “The Boy and the Heron”

Best Picture, Non-English Language 

“Anatomy of a Fall” (Neon) — France
“Fallen Leaves” (Mubi) — Finland
“Io Capitano” (01 Distribution) — Italy
“Past Lives” (A24) — United States
“Society of the Snow” (Netflix) — Spain
“The Zone of Interest” (A24) — United Kingdom

Best Original Song, Motion Picture 

“Barbie” — “What Was I Made For?” by Billie Eilish and Finneas
“Barbie” — “Dance the Night” by Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
“She Came to Me” — “Addicted to Romance” by Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa
“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” — “Peaches” by Jack Black, Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Eric Osmond, and John Spiker
“Barbie” — “I’m Just Ken” by Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt
“Rustin” — “Road to Freedom” by Lenny Kravitz

Best Motion Picture, Animated 

“The Boy and the Heron” (GKids)
“Elemental” (Disney)
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures)
“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” (Universal Pictures)
“Suzume” (Toho Co.)
“Wish” (Disney)

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