'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.

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

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: 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

CINEMATIC AND BOX OFFICE ACHIEVEMENT

• 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

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 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 PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR – 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 PERFORMANCE – FEMALE

• 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 PERFORMANCE – MALE

• 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 – MOTION PICTURE

• Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein

• Ludwig Göransson – Sinners

• Jonny Greenwood – One Battle After Another

• Kangding Ray – Sirāt

• Max Richter – Hamnet

• Hans Zimmer – F1

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE

• “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)