It was a morning full of anger, outrage and general stupor on social media from critics and armchair awards analysts as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced the nominations for its 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards, which will be handed out February 28 via a telecast awards ceremony that will air on NBC.
Granted, the HFPA is made up of international journalists residing in the Hollywood region and not film critics necessarily nor anyone who actually works in the industry as far as making movies or television, but the group’s awards still hold quite a bit of weight with consumers. If nothing else, one can use the Golden Globe nominations to see what a group of roughly 90 people felt was the best of 2020. (As well as more than a few movies that will still get released before the group’s Feb. 28 movie cut-off.)
Probably the biggest takeaway is that 2020 was a good year for movies directed by women as three women were nominated in the directing category compared to the many, many years when the category was all men. Regina King, Emerald Fennell and Chloé Zhao add to the number of women Golden Globe directing nominees, which still is only eight total in the awards’ 78-year history.
In fact, Fennell’s nomination was part of a fairly big boost of support by the group for her film Promising Young Woman. In many ways you can determine the Golden Globe favorites more from the director and screenplay nominations than anything else, since four of the Best Motion Picture – Drama nominees were also nominated in both those categories. While King was nominated for her direction, One Night in Miami‘s screenwriter Kemp Powers did not receive a nomination. As in the past, the Comedy/Musical film categories were all over the map, including a little-seen IMAX release called Music, which received a Golden Globe nomination as did its star, Kate Hudson. That movie is directed by pop singer Sia.
Then there were the television awards where Netflix and HBO dominated as usual, but one can look for Pop TV’s breakout comedy Schitt’s Creek to dominate in the television musical-comedy categories, since like at the Emmys, all four main actors received Golden Globe nominations. In general, Netflix dominated the Golden Globes with a nominee in almost every single category.
You can read the full list of film and television nominees below:
Best Motion Picture – Drama:
The Father (Sony Pictures Classics)
Mank (Netflix)
Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)
Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
Best Performance by an Actress in a 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 Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama:
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Botto
Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Gary Oldman – Mank
Tahar Rahim – The Mauritanian
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Amazon Studios)
Hamilton (Walt Disney Pictures)
Music (IMAX)
Palm Springs (Neon / Hulu)
The Prom (Netflix)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subequent Moviefilm
Kate Hudson – Music
Michelle Pfeiffer – French Exit
Rosamund Pike – I Care a Lot
Anya Taylor-Joy – Emma.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or 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 Motion Picture – Animated:
The Croods: A New Age (DreamWorks Animation/Universal Pictures)
Onward (Walt Disney Pictures/ Pixar Animation Studios)
Over the Moon (Netflix)
Soul (Walt Disney Pictures/ Pixar Animation Studios)
Wolfwalkers (Apple/GKIDS)
Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language:
Another Round (Denmark) (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
La Llorona (Guatemala / France) (Shudder)
The Life Ahead (Italy) (Netflix)
Minari (USA) (A24)
Two of Us (France / USA) (Magnolia Pictures)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture:
Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman – The Father
Jodie Foster – The Mauritanian
Amanda Seyfried – Mank
Helena Zengel – News of the World
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any 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 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
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
Best Original Score – Motion Picture:
Alexandre Desplat – The Midnight Sky
Ludwig Göransson – Tenet
James Newton Howard – News of the World
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross – Mank
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste – Soul
Best Original Song – Motion Picture:
“Fight for You” — Judas and the Black Messiah
Music by: H.E.R., Dernst Emile II
Lyrics by: H.E.R., Dernst Emile II
“Hear My Voice” — The Trial of the Chicago 7
Music by: Daniel Pemberton
Lyrics by: Daniel Pemberton, Celeste Waite
“Io Sì (Seen)” — The Life Ahead
Music by: Diane Warren
Lyrics by: Diane Warren, Laura Pausini, Niccolò Agliardi
“Speak Now” — One Night in Miami…
Music by: Leslie Odom jr, Sam Ashworth
Lyrics by: Leslie Odom jr, Sam Ashworth
“Tigress & Tweed” — The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Music by: Andra Day, Raphael Saadiq
Lyrics by: Andra Day, Raphael Saadiq
Best Television Series – Drama:
The Crown – Netflix
Lovecraft Country – HBO
The Mandalorian – Disney+
Ozark – Netflix
Ratched – Netflix
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama:
Olivia Colman – The Crown
Jodie Comer – Killing Eve
Emma Corrin – The Crown
Laura Linney – Ozark
Sarah Paulson – Ratched
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama:
Jason Bateman – Ozark
Josh O’Connor – The Crown
Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul
Al Pacino – Hunters
Matthew Rhys – Perry Mason
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy:
Emily in Paris – Netflix
The Flight Attendant – HBO Max
The Great – Hulu
Schitt’s Creek – Pop TV
Ted Lasso – Apple TV+
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television series – Musical or 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 Performance by an Actor in a Television series – Musical or Comedy:
Don Cheadle – Black Monday
Nicholas Hoult – The Great
Eugene Levy – Schitt’s Creek
Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso
Ramy Youssef – Ramy
Best Television limited series, anthology series or Motion Picture made for Television:
Normal People – Hulu
The Queen’s Gambit – Netflix
Small Axe – BBC Studios/Amazon Studios
The Undoing – HBO
Unorthodox – Netflix
Best Performance by an Actress in a limited series, anthology series or a Motion Picture made for Television:
Cate Blanchett – Mrs. America
Daisy Edgar-Jones – Normal People
Shira Haas – Unorthodox
Nicole Kidman – The Undoing
Anya Taylor-Joy – The Queen’s Gambit
Best Performance by an Actor in a limited series, anthology series or a Motion Picture made for Television:
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 Performance by an Actress in a Television Supporting Role:
Gillian Anderson – The Crown
Helena Bonham Carter – The Crown
Julia Garner – Ozark
Annie Murphy – Ratched
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Supporting Role:
John Boyega – Small Axe
Brendan Gleeson – The Comey Rule
Daniel Levy – Schitt’s Creek
Jim Parsons – Hollywood
Donald Sutherland – The Undoing
