‘One Battle After Another’ tops Golden Globe 2026 nods; ‘White Lotus’ rules TV

Hollywood fired the opening salvo of awards season as the 2026 Golden Globe nominations dropped, led by Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another,” which stormed ahead with nine nods.

The political satire delivering a witty and incisive look at a society cracking under repression and political unrest dominated despite its shaky box-office run. The film earned just over $200 million but cost well above $130 million to produce and market, positioning it to lose tens of millions. Still, its awards momentum proved undeniable, securing nominations for best motion picture, musical or comedy, best director and best screenplay, with standout acting nods for Leonardo DiCaprio, Chase Infiniti, Benicio Del Toro, Sean Penn and Teyana Taylor.

Close contenders followed: Sentimental Value, a drama about a filmmaker’s dysfunctional family, earned eight nominations, while the Southern gothic vampire tale Sinners scored seven.

Because the Globes separate dramas from comedies, One Battle After Another competes for best motion picture in the comedy or musical category, a packed lineup including Blue Moon, Bugonia, Marty Supreme, No Other Choice and Nouvelle Vague. Meanwhile, Sentimental Value and Sinners will battle for best drama alongside Frankenstein, Hamnet, It Was Just an Accident and The Secret Agent.

Television delivered its own frontrunners. HBO’s The White Lotus, set this season in Thailand, led with six nominations, including acting nods for Carrie Coon, Parker Posey, Walton Goggins, Aimee Lou Wood and Jason Isaacs. Netflix’s experimental one-shot crime series Adolescence followed with five. Streaming platforms dominated overall: Netflix topped the race with 35 nominations, followed closely by Warner Bros. and HBO with 31 combined.

Globes president Helen Hoehne leaned into the show’s signature irreverence, calling it “Hollywood’s party of the year.” But this year’s celebration lands amid an industry grappling with layoffs, rising production costs, and an exhausted streaming market.

The awards also welcome two new categories. Stand-up comedy makes its debut with a stacked lineup, Bill Maher, Ricky Gervais, Sarah Silverman, Kumail Nanjiani, Kevin Hart and Brett Goldstein. The Globes are also recognizing podcasts for the first time, with nominees including Armchair Expert, Call Her Daddy, Smartless and NPR’s Up First.

The 2026 Golden Globe Awards air 11 January on CBS, with comedian Nikki Glaser returning as host.

Frankenstein — Netflix

Hamnet — Focus Features

It Was Just an Accident — NEON

The Secret Agent — NEON

Sentimental Value — NEON

Sinners — Warner Bros. Pictures

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

Arco — NEON

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle — Aniplex, Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures Entertainment

Elio — Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Kpop Demon Hunters — Netflix

Little Amélie or The Character of Rain — GKIDS

Zootopia 2 — Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Avatar: Fire and Ash — Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

F1 — Apple Original Films

Kpop Demon Hunters — Netflix

Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning — Paramount Pictures

Sinners — Warner Bros. Pictures

Weapons — Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema

Wicked: For Good — Universal Pictures

Zootopia 2 — Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

It Was Just an Accident — France, NEON

No Other Choice — South Korea, NEON

The Secret Agent — Brazil, NEON

Sentimental Value — Norway, NEON

Sirat — Spain, NEON

The Voice of Hind Rajab — Tunisia, WILLA

Jessie Buckley — Hamnet

Jennifer Lawrence — Die My Love

Renate Reinsve — Sentimental Value

Julia Roberts — After the Hunt

Tessa Thompson — Hedda

Eva Victor — Sorry, Baby

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alexandre Desplat — Frankenstein

Ludwig Göransson — Sinners

Jonny Greenwood — One Battle After Another

Kangding Ray — Sirat

Max Richter — Hamnet

Hans Zimmer — F1

“Dream as One” — Avatar: Fire and Ash (Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen)

“Golden” — Kpop Demon Hunters (Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun; Lyrics: Kim Eun-jae, Mark Sonnenblick)

“I Lied to You” — Sinners (Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson)

“No Place Like Home” — Wicked: For Good (Stephen Schwartz)

“The Girl in the Bubble” — Wicked: For Good (Stephen Schwartz)

“Train Dreams” — Train Dreams (Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner)