Golden Globes 2025 Predictions

 

The Golden Globes are this Sunday. I’m not a fan of Nikki Glaser who is hosting and up for an award, but whatever. I haven’t watched a bunch of the winning films but I’ll make predictions anyway. I have watched most of the television shows but I’m hoping that Baby Reindeer doesn’t get a bunch more awards. Here’s who I think will win and want to win.

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
The Brutalist | A Complete Unknown | Conclave | Dune: Part Two | Nickel Boys | September 5
Will Win: The Brutalist
Want to Win: Conclave

BEST ACTOR – DRAMA
Adrien Brody [The Brutalist] | Timothee Chalamet [A Complete Unknown] | Daniel Craig [Queer] | Colman Domingo [Sing Sing] | Ralph Fiennes [Conclave] | Sebastian Stan [The Apprentice]
Will Win: Adrien Brody [The Brutalist]
Want to Win: Timothee Chalamet [A Complete Unknown]

BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA
Pamela Anderson [The Last Showgirl] | Angelina Jolie [Maria] | Nicole Kidman [Babygirl] | Tilda Swinton [The Room Next Door] | Fernanda Torres [I’m Still Here] | Kate Winslet [Lee]
Will Win: Angelina Jolie [Maria]
Want to Win: Pamela Anderson [The Last Showgirl]

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY
Anora | Challengers | Emilia Perez | A Real Pain | The Substance | Wicked
Will Win: Anora
Want to Win: Wicked

BEST ACTOR – COMEDY
Jesse Eisenberg [A Real Pain] | Hugh Grant [Heretic] | Gabriel Labelle [Saturday Night] | Jesse Plemons [Kinds of Kindness] | Glen Powell [Hit Man] | Sebastian Stan [A Different Man]
Will Win: Jesse Eisenberg [A Real Pain]
Want to Win: Gabriel LaBelle [Saturday Night]

BEST ACTRESS – COMEDY
Amy Adams [Nightbitch] | Cynthia Erivo [Wicked] | Karla Sofia Gascon [Emilia Perez] | Mikey Madison [Anora] | Demi Moore [The Substance] | Zendaya [Challengers]
Will Win: Mikey Madison [Anora]
Want to Win: Cynthia Erivo [Wicked]

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - FILM
Yura Borisov [Anora] | Kieran Culkin [A Real Pain] | Edward Norton [A Complete Unknown] | Guy Pearce [The Brutalist] | Jeremy Strong [The Apprentice] | Denzel Washington [Gladiator II]
Will Win: Kieran Culkin [A Real Pain]
Want to Win: Kieran Culkin [A Real Pain]

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - FILM
Selena Gomez [Emilia Perez] | Ariana Grande [Wicked] | Felicity Jones [The Brutalist] | Margaret Qualley [The Substance] | Isabella Rossellini  [Conclave] | Zoe Saldana  [Emilia Perez]
Will Win: Zoe Saldana [Emilia Perez]
Want to Win: Ariana Grande [Wicked]

BEST DIRECTOR
Jacques Audiard [Emilia Perez] | Sean Baker [Anora] | Edward Berger [Conclave] | Brady Corbet [The Brutalist] | Coralie Fargeat [The Substance] | Payal Kapadia [All We Imagine as Light]
Will Win: Brady Corbet [The Brutalist]
Want to Win: Edward Berger [Conclave]

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Flow | Inside Out 2 | Memoir of a Snail | Moana 2 | Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl | The Wild Robot
Will Win: The Wild Robot
Want to Win: Inside Out 2

CINEMATIC AND BOX OFFICE ACHIEVEMENT
Alien: Romulus | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | Deadpool & Wolverine | Gladiator II | Inside Out 2 | Twisters | Wicked | The Wild Robot
Will Win: Wicked
Want to Win: Wicked

BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM
All We Imagine as Light [France] | Emilia Perez [France] | The Girl with the Needle [Poland] | I’m Still Here [Brazil] | The Seed of the Sacred Fig [Germany] | Vermiglio [Italy]
Will Win: Emilia Perez
Want to Win: Emilia Perez

BEST SCREENPLAY
Jacques Audiard [Emilia Perez] | Sean Baker [Anora] | Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold [The Brutalist] | Jesse Eisenberg [A Real Pain] | Coralie Fargeat [The Substance] | Peter Straughan [Conclave]
Will Win: Sean Baker [Anora]
Want to Win: Peter Straughan [Conclave]

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Volker Bertelmann [Conclave] | Daniel Blumberg [The Brutalist] | Kris Bowers [The Wild Robot] | Clement Ducol & Camille [Emilia Perez] | Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross [Challengers] | Hanz Zimmer [Dune: Part Two]
Will Win: Volker Bertelmann [Conclave]
Want to Win: Volker Bertelmann [Conclave]

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Beautiful That Way” [The Last Showgirl] | “Compress/Repress” [Challengers] | “El Mal” [Emilia Perez] | “Forbidden Road” [Better Man] | “Kiss the Sky” [The Wild Robot] | “Mi Camino” [Emilia Perez]
Will Win: “Kiss the Sky” [The Wild Robot]
Want to Win: “Kiss the Sky” [The Wild Robot]

BEST TV SERIES – DRAMA
Day of the Jackal | The Diplomat | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Shogun | Slow Horses | Squid Game
Will Win: Shogun
Want to Win: Slow Horses

BEST ACTOR – DRAMA
Donald Glover [Mr. & Mrs. Smith] | Jake Gyllenhaal [Presumed Innocent] | Gary Oldman [Slow Horses] | Eddie Redmayne [Day of the Jackal] | Hiroyuki Sanada [Shogun] | Billy Bob Thorton [Landman]
Will Win: Hiroyuki Sanada [Shogun]
Want to Win: Gary Oldman [Slow Horses]

BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA
Kathy Bates [Matlock] | Emma D’Arcy [House of the Dragon] | Maya Erskine [Mr. & Mrs. Smith] | Keira Knightley [Black Doves] | Keri Russell [The Diplomat] | Anna Sawai [Shogun]
Will Win: Anna Sawai [Shogun]
Want to Win: Keri Russell [The Diplomat]

BEST TV SERIES – COMEDY
Abbott Elementary | The Bear | The Gentlemen | Hacks | Nobody Wants This | Only Murders in the Building 
Will Win: Hacks
Want to Win: Nobody Wants This

BEST ACTOR – COMEDY
Adam Brody [Nobody Wants This] | Ted Danson [A Man on the Inside] | Steve Martin [Only Murders in the Building] | Jason Segel [Shrinking] | Martin Short [Only Murders in the Building] | Jeremy Allen White [The Bear]
Will Win: Jeremy Allen White [The Bear]
Want to Win: Adam Brody [Nobody Wants This]

BEST ACTRESS – COMEDY
Kristen Bell [Nobody Wants This] | Quinta Brunson [Abbott Elementary] | Ayo Edebiri [The Bear] | Selena Gomez [Only Murders in the Building] | Kathryn Hahn [Agatha All Along] | Jean Smart [Hacks]
Will Win: Jean Smart [Hacks]
Want to Win: Kristen Bell [Nobody Wants This]

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – DRAMA OR COMEDY
Tadanobu Asano [Shogun] | Javier Bardem [Lyle & Erik Menendez] | Harrison Ford [Shrinking] | Jack Lowden [Slow Horses] | Diego Luna [La Maquina] | Ebon Moss-Bachrach [The Bear]
Will Win: Tadanobu Asano [Shogun]
Want to Win: Harrison Ford [Shrinking]

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – DRAMA OR COMEDY
Liza Colon-Zayas [The Bear] | Hannah Einbinder [Hacks] | Dakota Fanning [Ripley] | Jessica Gunning [Baby Reindeer] | Allison Janney [The Diplomat] | Kali Reis [True Detective]
Will Win: Liza Colon-Zayas [The Bear]
Want to Win: Hannah Einbinder [Hacks]

BEST LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE
Baby Reindeer | Disclaimer | Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Melendez Story | The Penguin | Ripley | True Detective: Night Country
Will Win: Baby Reindeer
Want to Win: Ripley

BEST ACTOR – LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE
Colin Farrell [The Penguin] | Richard Gadd [Baby Reindeer] | Kevin Kline [Disclaimer] | Cooper Koch [Lyle & Erik Menedez] | Ewan McGregor [A Gentleman in Moscow] | Andrew Scott [Ripley]
Will Win: Richard Gadd [Baby Reindeer]
Want to Win: Andrew Scott [Ripley]

BEST ACTRESS – LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE
Cate Blanchett [Disclaimer] | Jodie Foster [True Detective] | Cristin Milioti [The Penguin] | Sofia Vergara [Griselda] | Naomi Watts [Capote vs. The Swans] | Kate Winslet [The Regime]
Will Win: Jodi Foster [True Detective]
Want to Win: Cristin Milloti [The Penguin]

BEST PERFORMANCE IN STAND-UP COMEDY ON TELEVISION
Jamie Foxx [What Had Happened Was] | Nikki Glaser [Someday You’ll Die] | Seth Meyers [Dad Man Walking] | Adam Sandler [Love You] | Ali Wong [Single Lady] | Rami Youssef [More Feelings]
Will Win: Nikki Glaser [Someday You’ll Die]
Want to Win: Seth Meyers [Dad Man Walking]

Let’s see how I do this year.