Saturday, October 12, 2024

The 79th Golden Globe Award Nominations

By Matt Neglia 

In a year where they won’t have a televised awards show, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association have announced their nominees for the 79th annual Golden Globe Awards. The winners will be announced on January 9th 2022.

Click below to see this year’s nominees.

​Best Motion Picture, Drama
Belfast” (Focus Features) 
CODA” (Apple) 
Dune” (Warner Bros.) 
King Richard” (Warner Bros.) 
The Power of the Dog” (Netflix)

Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
​“Cyrano
Don’t Look Up” (Netflix) 
Licorice Pizza” (MGM/United Artists Releasing) 
Tick, Tick … Boom!” (Netflix) 
West Side Story” (20th Century Studios)

Best Director, Motion Picture
Kenneth Branagh (“Belfast”) 
Jane Campion (“The Power of the Dog”)
Maggie Gyllenhaal (“The Lost Daughter”)
Steven Spielberg (“West Side Story”) 
Denis Villeneuve (“Dune”)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Jessica Chastain (“The Eyes of Tammy Faye”)
Olivia Colman (“The Lost Daughter”) 
Nicole Kidman (“Being the Ricardos”)
Lady Gaga (“House of Gucci”) 
Kristen Stewart (“Spencer”)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Marion Cotillard (“Annette”)
Alana Haim (“Licorice Pizza”) 
Jennifer Lawrence (“Don’t Look Up”) 
Emma Stone (“Cruella”)
Rachel Zegler (“West Side Story”)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Caitríona Balfe (“Belfast”) 
Ariana DeBose (“West Side Story”) 
Kirsten Dunst (“The Power of the Dog”) 
Aunjanue Ellis (“King Richard”) 
Ruth Negga (“Passing”)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Mahershala Ali (“Swan Song”)
Javier Bardem (“Being the Ricardos”)
Benedict Cumberbatch (“The Power of the Dog”)
Will Smith (“King Richard”) 
Denzel Washington (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Leonardo DiCaprio (“Don’t Look Up”) 
Peter Dinklage (“Cyrano”) 
Andrew Garfield (“Tick, Tick … Boom!”) 
Cooper Hoffman (“Licorice Pizza”)
Anthony Ramos (“In the Heights”)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Ben Affleck (“The Tender Bar”) 
Jamie Dornan (“Belfast”) 
Ciarán Hinds (“Belfast”) 
Troy Kotsur (“CODA”) 
Kodi Smit-McPhee (“The Power of the Dog”)

Best Screenplay, Motion Picture
Paul Thomas Anderson — “Licorice Pizza” (MGM/United Artists Releasing) 
Kenneth Branagh — “Belfast” (Focus Features) 
Jane Campion — “The Power of the Dog” (Netflix) 
Adam McKay — “Don’t Look Up” (Netflix)
Aaron Sorkin — “Being the Ricardos

Best Original Score, Motion Picture
The French Dispatch” (Searchlight Pictures) — Alexandre Desplat 
Encanto” (Walt Disney Pictures) — Germaine Franco
The Power of the Dog” (Netflix) — Jonny Greenwood 
Parallel Mothers” (Sony Pictures Classic) — Alberto Iglesias 
Dune” (Warner Bros.) — Hans Zimmer 

Best Original Song, Motion Picture
“Be Alive” from “King Richard” (Warner Bros.) — Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Dixson 
“Dos Orugitas” from “Encanto” (Walt Disney Pictures) — Lin-Manuel Miranda 
“Down to Joy” from “Belfast” (Focus Features) — Van Morrison 
“Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” from “Respect” (MGM/United Artists Releasing) — Jamie Alexander Hartman, Jennifer Hudson, Carole King 
“No Time to Die” from “No Time to Die” (MGM/United Artists Releasing) — Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell

Best Motion Picture, Animated
Encanto” (Walt Disney Pictures) 
Flee” (Neon) 
Luca” (Pixar) 
“My Sunny Maad”
Raya and the Last Dragon

Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language
“Compartment No. 6” 
Drive My Car” 
The Hand of God” 
A Hero” 
Parallel Mothers

Best Television Series, Drama
“Lupin”
“The Morning Show”
“Post”
“Squid Game”
“Succession”

Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy
“The Great” (Hulu) 
“Hacks” (HBO Max)
“Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)
“Reservation Dogs” (FX on Hulu) 
“Ted Lasso” (Apple TV Plus)

Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture made for Television
​“Dopesick”
“Impeachment: American Crime Story”
“Maid” (Netflix) 
“Mare of Easttown” (HBO)
“The Underground Railroad” (Amazon Prime Video)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Drama
Uzo Aduba (“In Treatment”)
Jennifer Aniston (“The Morning Show”)
Christine Baranski (“The Good Fight)
Elisabeth Moss (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)
Mj Rodriguez (“Pose”)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy
Hannah Einbinder (“Hacks”)
Elle Fanning (“The Great”)
Issa Rae (“Insecure”)
Tracee Ellis Ross (“Black-ish”)
Jean Smart (“Hacks”)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Jessica Chastain (“Scenes From a Marriage”)
Cynthia Erivo (“Genius: Aretha”) 
Elizabeth Olsen (“WandaVision“) 
Margaret Qualley (“Maid”) 
Kate Winslet (“Mare of Easttown”)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Supporting Role
​Jennifer Coolidge (“White Lotus”)
Kaitlyn Dever (“Dopesick”)
Andie MacDowell (“Maid”)
Sarah Snook (“Succession”)
Hannah Waddingham (“Ted Lasso”)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama
Brian Cox (“Succession”)
Lee Jung-jae (“Squid Game”)
Billy Porter (“Pose”)
Jeremy Strong (“Succession”)
Omar Sy (“Lupin”)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy
​Anthony Anderson (“Black-ish”)
Nicholas Hoult (“The Great”)
Steve Martin (“Only Murders in the Building”)
Martin Short (“Only Murders in the Building”)
Jason Sudeikis (“Ted Lasso”)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Paul Bettany (“WandaVision”)
Oscar Isaac (“Scenes From a Marriage”)
Michael Keaton (“Dopesick”)
Ewan McGregor (“Halston”)
Tahar Rahim (“The Serpent”)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Supporting Role
Billy Crudup (“The Morning Show”)
Kieran Culkin (“Succession”)
Mark Duplass (“The Morning Show”)
Brett Goldstein (“Ted Lasso”)
Oh Yeong-su (“Squid Game”)

So what do you all think? What are you most shocked by? What are you happiest about? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below or on our Twitter account.

You can follow Matt and hear more of his thoughts on the Oscars and Film on Twitter at @NextBestPicture

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Matt Neglia
Matt Negliahttps://nextbestpicture.com/
Obsessed about the Oscars, Criterion Collection and all things film 24/7. Critics Choice Member.

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