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Our Winner Predictions For The 2026 Golden Globe Awards

The 83rd annual Golden Globe Awards will announce their winners on Sunday, January 11th, to be broadcast on CBS and Paramount+. Comedian Nikki Glaser will host. Please take a look at some members of Next Best Picture’s predictions and stay tuned for the show this Sunday!

Predictions are provided by: Alyssa Christian, Sara Clements, Cody Dericks, Dan Bayer, Daniel Howat, Lauren LaMagna, Will Mavity, Ema Sasic, Josh Parham, Matt Neglia, Nadia Dalimonte & Tom O’Brien 

BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
Frankenstein
Hamnet (Will)
It Was Just an Accident
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners (Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Josh, Lauren, Matt, Nadia, Sara & Tom)

BEST MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Blue Moon
Bugonia
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
Nouvelle Vague
One Battle After Another (ALL)

BEST DIRECTOR, MOTION PICTURE
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (ALL)
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
Chloe Zhao – Hamnet

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet (ALL)
Jennifer Lawrence – Die, My Love
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Julia Roberts – After the Hunt
Tessa Thompson – Hedda
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL, OR COMEDY
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (ALL)
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 AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
Emily Blunt – The Smashing Machine
Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan – Weapons (Ema, Nadia, Sara & Will)
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another (Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Josh, Lauren, Matt & Tom)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
Oscar Isaac – Frankenstein
Dwayne Johnson – The Smashing Machine
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners (Alyssa & Lauren)
Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent (Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Josh, Matt, Nadia, Sara, Tom & Will)
Jeremy Allen White – Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL, OR COMEDY
Lee Byung-hun – No Other Choice
Timothee Chalamet – Marty Supreme (Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Ema, Josh, Lauren, Matt, Tom & Will)
George Clooney – Jay Kelly
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another (Daniel, Nadia & Sara)
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Jesse Plemons – Bugonia

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another (Cody & Lauren)
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein (Nadia)
Paul Mescal – Hamnet
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value (Alyssa, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Josh, Matt, Sara, Tom & Will)

BEST SCREENPLAY, MOTION PICTURE
Hamnet
It Was Just an Accident (Josh, Matt & Will)
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another (Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Lauren & Tom)
Sentimental Value
Sinners (Alyssa, Nadia & Sara)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE, MOTION PICTURE
F1: The Movie
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners (ALL)
Sirat

BEST ORIGINAL SONG, MOTION PICTURE
Avatar: Fire and Ash – “Dream as One”
KPop Demon Hunters – “Golden” (Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Josh, Lauren, Matt, Nadia, Sara, Tom & Will)
Sinners – “I Lied to You” (Alyssa)
Train Dreams – “Train Dreams”
Wicked: For Good – “No Place Life Home”
Wicked: For Good – “The Girl in the Bubble”

BEST MOTION PICTURE, ANIMATED
Arco
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba The Movie
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters (ALL)
Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

BEST MOTION PICTURE, FOREIGN LANGUAGE
It Was Just an Accident (Ema, Lauren & Sara)
No Other Choice
The Secret Agent (Alyssa, Dan, Josh, Matt, Nadia & Tom)
Sentimental Value (Cody, Daniel & Will)
Sirat
The Voice of Hind Rajab

GOLDEN GLOBE FOR CINEMATIC & BOX OFFICE ACHIEVEMENT
Avatar: Fire and Ash (Cody, Dan & Matt)
F1: The Movie
KPop Demon Hunters (Alyssa)
Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning
Sinners (Daniel, Ema, Josh, Lauren, Nadia, Sara, Tom & Will)
Weapons
Wicked: For Good
Zootopia 2

BEST TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA
The Diplomat
The Pitt (ALL)
Pluribus
Severance
Slow Horses
The White Lotus

BEST TELEVISION SERIES, MUSICAL, OR COMEDY
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Hacks
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
The Studio (ALL)

BEST LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES, OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Adolescence (ALL)
All Her Fault
The Beast in Me
Black Mirror
Dying for Sex
The Girlfriend

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA
Kathy Bates – Matlock
Britt Lower – Severance
Helen Mirren – Mob Land
Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us
Kerri Russell – The Diplomat
Rhea Seehorn – Pluribus (ALL)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Kristen Bell – Nobody Wants This
Ayo Edebiri – The Bear
Selena Gomez – Only Murders in the Building
Natasha Leone – Poker Face
Jenna Ortega – Wednesday
Jean Smart – Hacks (ALL)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES, OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Claire Danes – The Beast in Me
Rashida Jones – Black Mirror
Amanda Seyfried – Long Bright River
Sarah Snook – All Her Fault (Alyssa, Cody, Daniel, Ema, Josh, Lauren, Matt, Nadia & Sara)
Michelle Williams – Dying for Sex (Dan, Tom & Will)
Robin Wright – The Girlfriend

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A TELEVISION SERIES, MUSICAL/COMEDY, OR DRAMA
Carrie Coon – The White Lotus
Erin Doherty – Adolescence (Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Lauren, Matt, Nadia, Sara, Tom & Will)
Hanna Einbinder – Hacks (Daniel & Ema)
Catherine O’Hara – The Studio
Parker Posey – The White Lotus (Josh)
Amy Lou Wood – The White Lotus

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA
Sterling K. Brown – Paradise
Diego Luna – Andor
Gary Oldman – Slow Horses
Mark Ruffalo – Task
Adam Scott – Severance
Noah Wyle – The Pitt (ALL)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This
Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building
Glen Powell – Chad Powers
Seth Rogen – The Studio (ALL)
Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building
Jeremy Allen White – The Bear

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES, OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Jacob Elordi – The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Paul Giamatti – Black Mirror
Stephen Graham – Adolescence (ALL)
Charlie Hunnam – Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Jude Law – Black Rabbit
Matthew Rhys – The Beast in Me

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A TELEVISION SERIES, MUSICAL/COMEDY, OR DRAMA
Owen Cooper – Adolescence (Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Josh, Lauren, Matt, Nadia, Sara & Tom)
Billy Crudup – The Morning Show
Walton Goggins – The White Lotus
Jason Isaac – The White Lotus
Tramell Tillman – Severance (Will)
Ashley Walters – Adolescence

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A STAND-UP COMEDY ON TELEVISION
Bill Mahr – Is Anyone Else Seeing This? (Lauren)
Brett Goldstein – The Second Best Night of Your Life (Sara)
Kevin Hart – Acting My Age
Kumail Nanjiani – Night Thoughts (Daniel & Will)
Ricky Gervais – Mortality (Alyssa, Cody, Ema, Josh, Matt, Nadia & Tom)
Sarah Silverman – PostMortem (Dan)

BEST PODCAST
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Call Her Daddy
Good Hang with Amy Poehler (Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Josh, Lauren, Matt, Nadia, Sara, Tom & Will)
The Mel Robbins Podcast
SmartLess (Alyssa)
Up First

What are your predictions for this year’s winners? Do you have any “No Guts, No Glory” predictions? Please let us know your thoughts on our X account. Click here for more upcoming awards season dates, here for the most recent tally of awards season winners, here for our precursor tracker, and here for our current Oscar predictions.

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