With Covid-19 delaying numerous films out of 2020, and with most major awards season darlings releasing now, most of the major awards circuits are only now just getting around to announcing nominees and the Golden Globes are no exception. Usually as an indicator for the Oscars, the Golden Globes are our first real look at what some of the major nominees actually are and what some of the competition for the season are going to revolve around.
In the case of 2020, it looks like in the film department it’s going to be a battle between Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman and Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland earning nominations for Best Drama, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actress in a Drama. Both films are excellent in their own ways and it’ll be interesting to see how they compare against one another. On an unrelated note, I find it weird that Hamilton received two nominations, one for Best Comedy/Musical and for Best Actor in a Comedy not because it isn’t good, but because the film is just a recording of a Broadway show. I don’t know, I’m not the one who decides on Golden Globe nominees, but that seems like an odd choice.
On the TV side of things, The Crown leads with six nominations followed closely by Schitt’s Creek with five. Small Axe earned only two nominations, but I would assume a lot of people didn’t really know how to classify Steve McQueen’s five-part series. But if all of that sounds too posh and high brow for you, The Mandalorian scored a nomination for Best TV Drama, so there’s that!
Really, there’s a lot to dissect with this year’s Golden Globe nominees and trying to see how they react to nominees for previous awards shows last year. The Oscars last year got particularly nasty with the immediate backlash to its list of nominees, but this doesn’t seem like the Golden Globes over correcting due to the Academy’s mistakes. It just seems like they’re nominating the best in each category, as it should be.
Here is the complete list of nominees for the Golden Globes:
Best Motion Picture, Drama
The Father
Mank
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Hamilton
Music
Palm Springs
The Prom
Best TV Series, Comedy
Emily in Paris
The Flight Attendant
The Great
Schitt’s Creek
Ted Lasso
Best TV Series, Drama
The Crown
Lovecraft Country
The Mandalorian
Ozark
Ratched
Best Limited Series or TV Movie
Normal People
Small Axe
The Queen’s Gambit
The Undoing
Unorthodox
Best Actor, Motion Picture, Drama
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Gary Oldman, Mank
Tahar Rahim, The Mauritanian
Best Actress, Motion Picture, Drama
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Best Actor, Motion Picture, Comedy
Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
James Corden, The Prom
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
Dev Patel, The Personal History of David Copperfield
Andy Samberg, Palm Springs
Best Actress, Motion Picture, Comedy
Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Kate Hudson, Music
Michelle Pfeiffer, French Exit
Rosamund Pike, I Care a Lot
Anya Taylor-Joy, Emma
Best Supporting Actor, Motion Picture
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Jared Leto, The Little Things
Bill Murray, On the Rocks
Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami
Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture
Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman, The Father
Jodie Foster, The Mauritanian
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Helena Zengel, News of the World
Best Director, Motion Picture
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
David Fincher, Mank
Regina King, One Night in Miami…
Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Best Screenplay, Motion Picture
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Jack Fincher, Mank
Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Florian Zeller, Christopher Hampton, The Father
Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
Best Actress, TV Series, Drama
Olivia Colman, The Crown
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Emma Corrin, The Crown
Laura Linney, Ozark
Sarah Paulson, Ratched
Best Actor, TV Series, Drama
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Josh O’Connor, The Crown
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Al Pacino, Hunters
Matthew Rhys, Perry Mason
Best Actor, Limited Series or TV Movie
Bryan Cranston, Your Honor
Jeff Daniels, The Comey Rule
Hugh Grant, The Undoing
Ethan Hawke, The Good Lord Bird
Mark Ruffalo, I Know This Much Is True
Best Actress, Limited Series or TV Movie
Cate Blanchett, Mrs. America
Daisy Edgar-Jones, Normal People
Shira Haas, Unorthodox
Nicole Kidman, The Undoing
Anya Taylor-Joy, The Queen’s Gambit
Best Actor, TV Series, Comedy
Don Cheadle, Black Monday
Nicholas Hoult, The Great
Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso
Ramy Youssef, Ramy
Best Actress, TV Series, Comedy
Lily Collins, Emily in Paris
Kaley Cuoco, The Flight Attendant
Elle Fanning, The Great
Jane Levy, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek
Best Supporting Actor, TV
John Boyega, Small Axe
Brendan Gleeson, The Comey Rule
Dan Levy, Schitt’s Creek
Jim Parsons, Hollywood
Donald Sutherland, The Undoing
Best Supporting Actress, TV
Gillian Anderson, The Crown
Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown
Julia Garner, Ozark
Annie Murphy, Schitt’s Creek
Cynthia Nixon, Ratched
Best Original Score, Motion Picture
Mank
The Midnight Sky
News of the World
Soul
Tenet
Best Original Song, Motion Picture
“Fight for You,” Judas and the Black Messiah
“Hear My Voice,” The Trial of the Chicago 7
“Io Si (Seen),” The Life Ahead
“Speak Now,” One Night in Miami…
“Tigress & Tweed,” The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Best Motion Picture, Animated
The Croods: A New Age
Onward
Over the Moon
Soul
Wolfwalkers
Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language
Another Round
La Llorona
The Life Ahead
Minari
Two of Us
“Golden Globe Nominations 2021” – [Vanity Fair]
