This Thursday, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is set to announce its Golden Globe nominations for the best in film and TV of 2018. As the first big televised award of the season, this will be a major indicator of what we might expect from the Oscars, and will indeed be helpful in such an unpredictable year.
Below I have listed my full nomination predictions in every Golden Globes category. See how wrong I am this Thursday bright and early at 8:05 a.m. ET / 5:05 a.m. PT!
Best Motion Picture – Drama
- BlacKkKlansman
- Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- First Man
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- A Star Is Born
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- Crazy Rich Asians
- The Favourite
- Green Book
- Mary Poppins Returns
- Vice
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
- Glenn Close – The Wife
- Viola Davis – Widows
- Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born
- Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- Natalie Portman – Vox Lux
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
- Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
- Ryan Gosling – First Man
- Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
- Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody
- John David Washington – BlacKkKlansman
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- Emily Blunt – Mary Poppins Returns
- Olivia Colman – The Favourite
- Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade
- Kathryn Hahn – Private Life
- Constance Wu – Crazy Rich Asians
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- Christian Bale – Vice
- Lin-Manuel Miranda – Mary Poppins Returns
- Viggo Mortensen – Green Book
- Robert Redford – The Old Man & the Gun
- John C. Reilly – Stan & Ollie
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
- Amy Adams – Vice
- Nicole Kidman – Boy Erased
- Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
- Emma Stone – The Favourite
- Rachel Weisz – The Favourite
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
- Mahershala Ali – Green Book
- Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman
- Sam Elliott – A Star Is Born
- Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther
Best Director
- Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
- Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
- Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite
- Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman
- Rob Marshall – Mary Poppins Returns
Best Screenplay
- BlacKkKlansman – Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee
- The Favourite – Deborah Davis & Tony McNamara
- Green Book – Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie & Peter Farrelly
- If Beale Street Could Talk – Barry Jenkins
- A Star Is Born – Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper & Will Fetters
Best Motion Picture – Animated
- Incredibles 2
- Isle of Dogs
- Ralph Breaks the Internet
- Smallfoot
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
- Capernaum
- Cold War
- Happy as Lazzaro
- Roma
- Shoplifters
Best Original Score
- First Man – Justin Hurwitz
- If Beale Street Could Talk – Nicholas Britell
- Isle of Dogs – Alexandre Desplat
- Mary Poppins Returns – Marc Shaiman
- Mary Queen of Scots – Max Richter
Best Original Song
- “All the Stars” from Black Panther (Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Sounwave & Al Shux)
- “Girl in the Movies” from Dumplin’ (Dolly Parton & Linda Perry)
- “Revelation” from Boy Erased (Leland, Troye Sivan & Jónsi)
- “Shallow” from A Star Is Born (Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt)
- “Trip a Little Light Fantastic” from Mary Poppins Returns (Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman)
Best Television Series – Drama
- The Handmaid’s Tale
- Homecoming
- Killing Eve
- Pose
- This Is Us
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
- Atlanta
- Barry
- The Kominsky Method
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Who Is America?
Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
- The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
- Escape at Dannemora
- Maniac
- Sharp Objects
- A Very English Scandal
Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
- Amy Adams – Sharp Objects
- Patricia Arquette – Escape at Dannemora
- Laura Dern – The Tale
- Florence Pugh – The Little Drummer Girl
- Emma Stone – Maniac
Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
- Darren Criss – The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
- Benedict Cumberbatch – Patrick Melrose
- Benicio del Toro – Escape at Dannemora
- Hugh Grant – A Very English Scandal
- Jonah Hill – Maniac
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
- Jodie Comer – Killing Eve
- Elisabeth Moss – The Handmaid’s Tale
- Sandra Oh – Killing Eve
- Julia Roberts – Homecoming
- Jodie Whittaker – Doctor Who
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
- Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us
- John Krasinski – Jack Ryan
- Richard Madden – Bodyguard
- Matthew Rhys – The Americans
- J.K. Simmons – Counterpart
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
- Alison Brie – GLOW
- Rachel Brosnahan – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Jennifer Garner – Camping
- Issa Rae – Insecure
- Maya Rudolph – Forever
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
- Sacha Baron Cohen – Who Is America?
- Jim Carrey – Kidding
- Michael Douglas – The Kominsky Method
- Donald Glover – Atlanta
- Bill Hader – Barry
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
- Alex Borstein – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Patricia Clarkson – Sharp Objects
- Penélope Cruz – The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Srory
- Thandie Newton – Westworld
- Yvonne Strahovski – The Handmaid’s Tale
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
- Alan Arkin – The Kominsky Method
- Édgar Ramírez – The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
- Tony Shalhoub – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Ben Whishaw – A Very English Scandal
- Henry Winkler – Barry