One Battle After Another, The White Lotus, and Adolescence lead Golden Globe nominees

Paul Thomas Anderson’s action thriller One Battle After Another led with nine film nominations, including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, as well as Best Director, and Best Screenplay.  

Five members of the film’s cast picked up nominations, including Leonardo DiCaprio, while Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood picked up a Best Original Score nod.

In the Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy category, One Battle is up against Bugonia, Marty Supreme, No Other Choice, and two Richard Linklater films, Blue Moon and Nouvelle Vague.

The other big film nominees this year are: Joachim Trier’s drama Sentimental Value, which got eight nods; Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, which received seven; and Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, with six nominations. All three will compete in the Best Motion Picture – Drama category against Frankenstein, It Was Just an Accident, and The Secret Agent.

In the television categories, The White Lotus led the nominees in six categories, including Best Television Series – Drama.

The White Lotus will compete against Severance, The Diplomat, The Pitt, Pluribus, and Slow Horses for Best Television Series – Drama.

Adolescence led the Limited Series categories, picking up five nominations. Stars Stephen Graham, Erin Doherty, Owen Cooper, and Ashley Walters were all nominated, while the show will compete against All Her Fault, The Beast in Me, Black Mirror, Dying for Sex, and The Girlfriend in the Best Limited Series category.

In the comedy categories, Only Murders in the Building scored four nominations.

2026 Golden Globe nominations:

Film categories

Best film – drama

    Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein

    Max Richter – Hamnet

    It Was Just an Accident

    The Secret Agent

    Sentimental Value

    Sinners

Best film – musical or comedy

    Blue Moon

    Bugonia

    Marty Supreme

    No Other Choice

    Nouvelle Vague

    One Battle After Another

Best non-English language film

    It Was Just an Accident

    No Other Choice

    The Secret Agent

    Sentimental Value

    Sirât

    The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best animated film

    Arco

    Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle

    Elio

    KPop Demon Hunters

    Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

    Zootopia 2

Best actress – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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

    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

    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

    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

    Chloe 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 song

    Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen – Avatar: Fire and Ash; Dream as One;

    Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun, Kim Eun-jae (EJAE), Mark Sonnenblick – KPop Demon Hunters; Golden

    Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson – Sinners; I Lied to You

    Stephen Schwartz – Wicked: For Good; No Place Like Home

    Stephen Schwartz – Wicked: For Good; The Girl in the Bubble

    Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner – Train Dreams; Train Dreams

Best original score

    Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein

    Ludwig Göransson – Sinners

    Jonny Greenwood – One Battle After Another

    Kanding Ray – Sirāt

    Max Richter – Hamnet

    Hans Zimmer – F1

Cinematic and box office achievement

    Avatar: Fire and Ash

    F1

    KPop Demon Hunters

    Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

    Sinners

    Weapons

    Wicked: For Good

    Zootopia 2

TV & podcast categories

Best TV series – drama

    The Diplomat

    The Pitt

    Pluribus

    Severance

    Slow Horses

    The White Lotus

Best TV series – comedy or musical

    Abbott Elementary

    The Bear

    Hacks

    Nobody Wants This

    Only Murders in the Building

    The Studio

Best limited TV series

    Adolescence

    All Her Fault

    The Beast In Me

    Black Mirror

    Dying for Sex

    The Girlfriend

Best TV 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 TV actor – drama

    Sterling K Brown – Paradise

    Diego Luna – Andor

    Gary Oldman – Slow Horses

    Mark Ruffalo – Task

    Adam Scott – Severance

    Noah Wyle – The Pitt

Best TV actress – comedy or musical

    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 TV actor – comedy or musical

    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

Best TV actress – limited series

    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 TV actor – limited series

    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

Best supporting actor – TV

    Owen Cooper – Adolescence

    Billy Crudup – The Morning Show

    Walton Goggins – The White Lotus

    Jason Isaacs – White Lotus

    Tramell Tillman – Severance

    Ashley Walters – Adolescence

Best supporting actress – TV

    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 TV stand-up comedy performance

    Bill Maher – Is Anyone Else Seeing This?

    Brett Goldstein, The Second Best Night of Your Life

    Kevin Hart – Acting My Age

    Kumail Nanjiani – Night Thoughts

    Ricky Gervais – Mortality

    Sarah Silverman – Sarah Silverman: PostMortem

Best podcast

    Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

    Call Her Daddy

    Good Hang with Amy Poehler

    The Mel Robbins Podcast

    SmartLess

    Up First from NPR

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