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    One Battle After Another leads the nominations for the 2026 Golden Globe Awards with nine nods in total

    Paul Thomas Anderson's black comedy thriller about a repressive society ridden with political violence received nominations in the majority of the major categories, including Best Film - Musical or Comedy, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Female Actor - Musical or Comedy for Chase Infiniti and Best Male Actor - Musical or Comedy for DiCaprio.


    It was closely followed by drama Sentimental Value and vampire film Sinners which earned eight nominations and seven nominations, respectively.

    One Battle After Another will compete against Blue Moon, Bugonia, Marty Supreme, No Other Choice and Nouvelle Vague in the Best Picture - Musical or Comedy category.

    The Best Film - Drama prize is to be contested by Frankenstein, Hamnet, It Was Just an Accident, The Secret Agent
    Sentimental Value and Sinners.

    In the TV categories, Netflix series Adolescence - which depicts the aftermath of a 13-year-old boy arrested for the murder of a teenage girl - received five nominations in total with recognition for all the drama's stars: Stephen Graham, Erin Doherty Ashley Walters and 16-year-old Owen Cooper.

    The White Lotus received the most nominations in the TV categories, earning six in total.
    For the first time the Golden Globes will also hand out a prize for Best Podcast.

    Despite being the most popular podcast on all platforms The Joe Rogan Experience did not receive a nomination with the shortlist for the inaugural prize consisting of Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, Call Her Daddy, Good Hang with Amy Poehler, The Mel Robbins Podcast, SmartLess and Up First from NPR.

    Musical blockbuster Wicked: For Good received five nominations, with Cynthia Erivo up for Best Female Actor - Musical or Comedy and Ariana Grande up for Best Supporting Female Actor.

    There are 28 categories in total and the 83rd Golden Globes ceremony will take place in Los Angeles on 11 January, and will be hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser for the second year running.

    Golden Globes 2026 full list of nominees:

    Film Categories:

    Best film - drama:
    Frankenstein
    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: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
    Elio
    KPop Demon Hunters
    Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
    Zootopia 2

    Best 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 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 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 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 female actor:
    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 male 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

    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

    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 - Sirat
    Max Richter - Hamnet
    Hans Zimmer - F1

    TV and Podcast categories:

    Best series - drama:
    The Diplomat
    The Pitt
    Pluribus
    Severance
    Slow Horses
    The White Lotus

    Best series - comedy or musical:
    Abbott Elementary
    The Bear
    Hacks
    Nobody Wants This
    Only Murders in the Building
    The Studio

    Best limited series:
    Adolescence
    All Her Fault
    The Beast In Me
    Black Mirror
    Dying for Sex
    The Girlfriend

    Best female actor - drama:
    Kathy Bates - Matlock
    Britt Lower - Severance
    Helen Mirren - Mobland
    Bella Ramsey - The Last of Us
    Keri Russell - The Diplomat
    Rhea Seehorn - Pluribus

    Best male actor – drama:
    Sterling K Brown - Paradise
    Diego Luna - Andor
    Gary Oldman - Slow Horses
    Mark Ruffalo - Task
    Adam Scott - Severance
    Noah Wyle - The Pitt

    Best female actor - 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 male 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 female actor - 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 male 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 female actor:
    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 supporting male actor:
    Owen Cooper - Adolescence
    Billy Crudup - The Morning Show
    Walton Goggins - The White Lotus
    Jason Isaacs - The White Lotus
    Tramell Tillman - Severance
    Ashley Walters - Adolescence

    Best 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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