2025 Golden Globes Awards Predictions
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2025 Golden Globes Predictions:
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Weekly Commentary (Updated Nov. 4, 2024): November is here, which means awards season is heating up with the approach of crucial precursors and guild awards nominations. Among the most anticipated is the Golden Globes, which will celebrate its 82nd ceremony this January.
The submission deadline for film and TV entries is Monday, Nov. 4, and the race is wide open. This year’s field promises a mix of beloved and breakout movies and programs, attracting Hollywood’s biggest stars to the competition.
On the film side, the comedy and musical categories are shaping up to be exceptionally competitive. Netflix’s “Emilia Pérez,” Neon’s “Anora” and Universal’s “Wicked” are expected to vie for the top prize, with stars like Karla Sofía Gascón, Mikey Madison, and Cynthia Erivo in contention. Interestingly, the lead comedy actor category seems less crowded. Jesse Plemons, who won Cannes’ best actor award for his role in “Kinds of Kindness,” leads the charge and could bolster his Oscar prospects with a win.
That differs in the drama categories. The lead actor race is packed with talent, including Adrien Brody (“The Brutalist”), Ralph Fiennes (“Conclave”), Colman Domingo (“Sing Sing”), and Timothée Chalamet (“A Complete Unknown”). For lead actress, names like Angelina Jolie (“Maria”), Tilda Swinton (“The Room Next Door”), and Nicole Kidman (“Babygirl”) are likely to have their nominations locked and loaded. With the expansion to six slots in every category, there’s room for surprises.
Supporting actress is another field to watch, with potential nods for Selena Gomez (“Emilia Pérez”), Ariana Grande (“Wicked”), and Jennifer Lopez (“Unstoppable”), possibly occupying an entire category. And despite disappointing reviews and box office numbers for “Joker 2,” Lady Gaga could still snag a nomination for her acting or the original song “Folie à Deux.” Imagine the ratings with these four powerhouses.
The supporting actor category also boasts strong contenders, such as Kieran Culkin (“A Real Pain”) and Denzel Washington (“Gladiator II”), who could be battling it out all season long. Known for their occasional “outside-the-box” picks, Globe voters could go with someone like Josh O’Connor from “Challengers,” possibly alongside co-star Zendaya in lead actress and the film in best picture (comedy).
Turning to TV, recent Emmy winners like FX’s “Shogun,” HBO/Max’s “Hacks” and Netflix’s “Baby Reindeer” look solid for noms. However, the Globes’ voters have a soft spot for new releases. Netflix’s miniseries “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” NBC’s upcoming mockumentary “St. Denis Medical,” and Apple’s summer hit “Presumed Innocent” may also emerge in various categories. Returning favorites and familiar IP like Netflix’s “Squid Game,” Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building,” and HBO/Max’s “The Penguin,” featuring Colin Farrell, are sure to make an impact.
Variety also exclusively broke the news that Disney+’s “Agatha All Along” with Kathryn Hahn will be submitted in the comedy categories for the awards season.
And we have the second year for the cinematic box office achievement and stand-up comedy categories to consider, likely to have movies like “Inside Out 2,” now the highest-grossing animated film of all time, and comedians like Adam Sandler, and even Globes host Nikki Glaser, hoping for mentions.
The new membership of the Golden Globes has improved the quality and diversity of choices.
In 2020, the Globes faced scrutiny over diversity, transparency, and ethical practices within the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). Since then, the organization has implemented a comprehensive reform process to enhance inclusivity, accountability, and transparency. Last year’s ceremony attracted roughly 10 million viewers across all platforms with seven days of delayed viewing, marking the largest audience since 2020, per Nielsen.
Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner of White Cherry Entertainment are returning as executive producers and showrunners for the 2025 awards telecast. Dick Clark Productions will produce the event. The 82nd Golden Globe Awards will be held on Sunday, Jan. 5, and will be hosted by Nikki Glaser.
Variety parent company PMC owns Golden Globes producer Dick Clark Prods. in a joint venture with Eldridge.
FILM CATEGORIES
Motion Picture (Drama)
And the Predicted Nominees Are
Rank | |
1 | “Conclave” (Focus Features) |
2 | “Gladiator II” (Paramount Pictures) |
3 | “The Brutalist” (A24) |
4 | “Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.) |
5 | “A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight Pictures) |
6 | “Blitz” (Apple Original Films) |
Next in Line | |
7 | “The Room Next Door” |
8 | “Babygirl” |
9 | “I’m Still Here” |
10 | “The Piano Lesson” |
Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)
And the Predicted Nominees Are
Rank | |
1 | “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix) |
2 | “Anora” (Neon) |
3 | “A Real Pain” (Searchlight Pictures) |
4 | “Wicked” (Universal Pictures) |
5 | “Saturday Night” (Sony Pictures) |
6 | “Challengers” (Amazon MGM) |
Next in Line | |
7 | “The Substance” |
8 | “Deadpool & Wolverine” |
9 | “The Wild Robot” |
10 | “Inside Out 2” |
Actor (Drama)
And the Predicted Nominees Are
Rank | |
1 | Adrien Brody |
2 | Ralph Fiennes |
3 | Colman Domingo |
4 | Timothée Chalamet |
5 | Daniel Craig |
6 | Paul Mescal |
Next in Line | |
7 | Sebastian Stan, “The Apprentice” |
8 | John David Washington, “The Piano Lesson” |
9 | Andrew Garfield, “We Live in Time” |
10 | Jude Law, “The Order” |
Actor (Comedy or Musical)
And the Predicted Nominees Are
Rank | |
1 | Jesse Plemons |
2 | Glen Powell |
3 | Sebastian Stan |
4 | Jesse Eisenberg |
5 | Ryan Reynolds |
6 | Gabriel LaBelle |
Next in Line | |
7 | Joaquin Phoenix, “Joker: Folie à Deux” |
8 | Michael Keaton, “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” |
9 | Hugh Grant, “Heretic” |
10 | Ryan Gosling, “The Fall Guy” |
Actress (Drama)
And the Predicted Nominees Are
Rank | |
1 | Angelina Jolie |
2 | Nicole Kidman |
3 | Tilda Swinton |
4 | Saoirse Ronan |
5 | Marianne Jean-Baptiste |
6 | Fernanda Torres |
Next in Line | |
7 | Pamela Anderson, “The Last Showgirl” |
8 | Florence Pugh, “We Live in Time” |
9 | Kate Winslet, “Lee” |
10 | Jodie Comer, “The Bikeriders” |
Actress (Comedy or Musical)
And the Predicted Nominees Are
Rank | |
1 | Mikey Madison |
2 | Karla Sofía Gascón |
3 | Cynthia Erivo |
4 | Demi Moore |
5 | Zendaya |
6 | June Squibb |
Next in Line | |
7 | Amy Adams, “Nightbitch” |
8 | Emma Stone, “Kinds of Kindness” |
9 | Emily Blunt, “The Fall Guy” |
10 | Olivia Colman, “Wicked Little Letters” |
Supporting Actor (Motion Picture)
And the Predicted Nominees Are
Rank | |
1 | Denzel Washington |
2 | Kieran Culkin |
3 | Guy Pearce |
4 | Stanley Tucci |
5 | Josh O’Connor |
6 | Jeremy Strong |
Next in Line | |
7 | Yura Borisov, “Anora” |
8 | Clarence Maclin, “Sing Sing” |
9 | John Turturro, “The Room Next Door” |
10 | Drew Starkey, “Queer” |
Supporting Actress (Motion Picture)
And the Predicted Nominees Are
Rank | |
1 | Zoe Saldaña |
2 | Saoirse Ronan |
3 | Danielle Deadwyler |
4 | Ariana Grande |
5 | Selena Gomez |
6 | Jennifer Lopez |
Next in Line | |
7 | Margaret Qualley, “The Substance” |
8 | Isabella Rossellini, “Conclave” |
9 | Monica Barbaro, “A Complete Unknown” |
10 | Leonie Benesch, “September 5” |
Director (Motion Picture)
And the Predicted Nominees Are
Rank | |
1 | Ridley Scott |
2 | Jacques Audiard |
3 | Sean Baker |
4 | Brady Corbet |
5 | Edward Berger |
6 | Denis Villeneuve |
Next in Line | |
7 | Steve McQueen, “Blitz” |
8 | Walter Salles, “I’m Still Here” |
9 | Pedro Almodóvar, “The Room Next Door” |
10 | Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance” |
Screenplay (Motion Picture)
And the Predicted Nominees Are
Rank | |
1 | “Anora” (Neon) |
2 | “Conclave” (Focus Features) |
3 | “The Brutalist” (A24) |
4 | “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix) |
5 | “A Real Pain” (Searchlight Pictures) |
6 | “The Substance” (Mubi) |
Next in Line | |
7 | “Saturday Night” |
8 | “Blitz” |
9 | “A Complete Unknown” |
10 | “Challengers” |
Score
And the Predicted Nominees Are
Rank | |
1 | “The Room Next Door” (Sony Pictures Classics) |
2 | “The Brutalist” (A24) |
3 | “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix) |
4 | “Conclave” (Focus Features) |
5 | “Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.) |
6 | “Saturday Night” (Sony Pictures) |
Next in Line | |
7 | “Blitz” |
8 | “Challengers” |
9 | “Gladiator II” |
10 | “September 5” |
Song
And the Predicted Nominees Are
Rank | |
1 | “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix) |
2 | “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix) |
3 | “Piece by Piece” (Focus Features) |
4 | “Better Man” (Paramount Pictures) — “Forbidden Road” by Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler & Sacha Skarbek |
5 | “Joker: Folie à Deux” (Warner Bros.) |
6 | “The Last Showgirl” (Roadside Attractions) |
Next in Line | |
7 | “Winter Coat” from “Blitz” |
8 | “Sick in the Head” from “Kneecap” |
9 | “Under the Tree” from “That Christmas” |
10 | “Compress/Regress” from “Challengers” |
Animated Feature
And the Predicted Nominees Are
Rank | |
1 | “The Wild Robot” (DreamWorks Animation) |
2 | “Inside Out 2” (Pixar) |
3 | “Memoir of a Snail” (IFC Films) |
4 | “Flow” (Janus Films/Sideshow) |
5 | “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” (Netflix) |
6 | “That Christmas” (Netflix) |
Next in Line | |
7 | “Piece by Piece” |
8 | “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” |
9 | “Transformers One” |
10 | “The Colors Within” |
Non-English Language Film
And the Predicted Nominees Are
Rank | |
1 | “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix) |
2 | “I’m Still Here” (Sony Pictures Classics) |
3 | “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” (Neon) |
4 | “All We Imagine as Light” (Janus Films/Sideshow) |
5 | “Kneecap” (Sony Pictures Classics) |
6 | “Armand” (IFC Films) |
Next in Line | |
7 | “Flow” |
8 | “The Girl with the Needle” |
9 | “Grand Tour” |
10 | “The Devil’s Bath” |
Cinematic Box Office Achievement
And the Predicted Nominees Are
Rank | |
1 | “Deadpool & Wolverine” (Marvel Studios) |
2 | “Inside Out 2” (Pixar) |
3 | “Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.) |
4 | “Gladiator 2” (Paramount Pictures) |
5 | “Wicked” (Universal Pictures) |
6 | “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” (Warner Bros.) |
7 | “A Quiet Place: Day One” (Paramount Pictures) |
8 | “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” (20th Century Studios) |
Next in Line | |
9 | “The Wild Robot” |
10 | “Alien: Romulus” |
TELEVISION CATEGORIES
TV Series (Drama)
And the Predicted Nominees Are
Rank | |
1 | “Shōgun” (FX) |
2 | “Squid Game” (Netflix) |
3 | “House of the Dragon” (HBO | Max) |
4 | “Presumed Innocent” (Apple TV+) |
5 | “Fallout” (Prime Video) |
6 | “The Diplomat” (Netflix) |
Next in Line | |
7 | “Slow Horses” |
8 | “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” |
9 | “Black Doves” |
10 | “Bridgerton” |
TV Series (Comedy or Musical)
And the Predicted Nominees Are
Rank | |
1 | “Hacks” (HBO/Max) |
2 | “Abbott Elementary” (ABC) |
3 | “Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu) |
4 | “Nobody Wants This” (Netflix) |
5 | “The Bear” ‘(FX) |
6 | “Agatha All Along” (Disney+) |
Next in Line | |
7 | “St. Denis Medical” |
8 | “Palm Royale” |
9 | “Bad Monkey” |
10 | “The Franchise” |
TV Series (Limited or TV Movie)
And the Predicted Nominees Are
Rank | |
1 | “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” (Netflix) |
2 | “Baby Reindeer” (Netflix) |
3 | “Disclaimer” (Apple TV+) |
4 | “The Penguin” (HBO/Max) |
5 | “True Detective: Night Country” (HBO/Max) |
6 | “American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez” (FX) |
Next in Line | |
7 | “Ripley” |
8 | “Before” |
9 | “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans” |
10 | “A Very Royal Scandal” |
TV Actor (Drama)
And the Predicted Nominees Are
Rank | |
1 | Hiroyuki Sanada |
2 | Jake Gyllenhaal |
3 | Gary Oldman |
4 | Lee Jung-jae |
5 | Colin Farrell |
6 | Billy Bob Thornton |
Next in Line | |
7 | Eddie Redmayne, “The Day of the Jackal” |
8 | Rufus Sewell, “The Diplomat” |
9 | Ben Whishaw, “Black Doves” |
10 | Zachary Quinto, “Brilliant Minds” |
TV Actor (Comedy)
And the Predicted Nominees Are
Rank | |
1 | Jeremy Allen White |
2 | Steve Martin |
3 | Martin Short |
4 | Vince Vaughn |
5 | Ray Romano |
6 | Theo James |
Next in Line | |
7 | Jason Segel, “Shrinking” |
8 | Brian Jordan Alvarez, “English Teacher” |
9 | Adam Brody, “Nobody Wants This” |
10 | Larry David, “Curb Your Enthusiasm” |
TV Actor (Limited Series or Movie)
And the Predicted Nominees Are
Rank | |
1 | Richard Gadd |
2 | Colin Farrell |
3 | Andrew Scott |
4 | Kevin Kline |
5 | Josh Andres Rivera |
6 | Tom Hollander |
Next in Line | |
7 | Michael Sheen, “A Very Royal Scandal” |
8 | Nicholas Alexander Chavez, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” |
9 | Cooper Koch, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” |
10 | Ed O’Neill, “Clipped” |
TV Actress (Drama)
And the Predicted Nominees Are
Rank | |
1 | Anna Sawai |
2 | Keri Russell |
3 | Kathy Bates |
4 | Keira Knightley |
5 | Marisa Abela |
6 | Myha’la Herrold |
Next in Line | |
7 | Emily Watson, “Dune: Prophecy” |
8 | Maya Erskine, “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” |
9 | Nicola Coughlan, “Bridgerton” |
10 | Emma D’Arcy, “House of the Dragon” |
TV Actress (Comedy)
And the Predicted Nominees Are
Rank | |
1 | Kathryn Hahn |
2 | Jean Smart |
3 | Quinta Brunson |
4 | Selena Gomez |
5 | Ayo Edebiri |
6 | Kristen Bell |
Next in Line | |
7 | Lisa Kudrow, “No Good Deed” |
8 | Maya Rudolph, “Loot” |
9 | Wendi McLendon-Covey, “St. Denis Medical” |
10 | Kristen Wiig, “Palm Royale” |
TV Actress (Limited Series or Movie)
And the Predicted Nominees Are
Rank | |
1 | Jodie Foster |
2 | Cate Blanchett |
3 | Sofía Vergara |
4 | Natalie Portman |
5 | Cristin Milioti |
6 | Kate Winslet |
Next in Line | |
7 | Nicole Kidman, “The Perfect Couple” |
8 | Ruth Wilson, “A Very Royal Scandal” |
9 | Betty Gilpin, “Three Women” |
10 | Billie Piper, “Scoop” |
Supporting Actor (Television)
And the Predicted Nominees Are
Rank | |
1 | Javier Bardem |
2 | Peter Sarsgaard |
3 | Harrison Ford |
4 | Ebon Moss-Bachrach |
5 | Robert Downey Jr. |
6 | Jack Lowden |
Next in Line | |
7 | Sacha Baron Cohen, “Disclaimer” |
8 | Paul W. Downs, “Hacks” |
9 | Tyler James Williams, “Abbott Elementary” |
10 | Tadanobu Asano, “Shōgun“ |
Supporting Actress (Television)
And the Predicted Nominees Are
Rank | |
1 | Jessica Gunning |
2 | Liza Colón-Zayas |
3 | Hannah Einbinder |
4 | Kali Reis |
5 | Meryl Streep |
6 | Nava Mau |
Next in Line | |
7 | Ruth Negga, “Presumed Innocent” |
8 | Carol Burnett, “Palm Royale” |
9 | Patti LuPone, “Agatha All Along” |
10 | Chloë Sevigny, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” |
Stand Up Comedy Performance
And the Predicted Nominees Are
Rank | |
1 | Adam Sandler |
2 | Nikki Glaser |
3 | Ali Wong |
4 | Alex Edelman |
5 | Ramy Youssef |
6 | Ellen Degeneres |
Next in Line | |
7 | Katt Williams, “Woke Foke” |
8 | Jacqueline Novak, “Get On Your Knees” |
9 | Colin Jost & Michael Che, “New York After Dark” |
10 | Joe Rogan, “Burn the Boats” |
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