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.
A 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.
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
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
Sirāt – 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 – Sirāt
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)