The 2026 Golden Globes are on Sunday, January 11. From the initial reactions to the nominations on December 8, One Battle After Another led the pack with nine nominations, followed by Sentimental Value at eight, and Sinners at seven. A week after the 31st Critics’ Choice Awards have wrapped, One Battle hopes to continue its victory path of winning the Best Comedy/Musical category. Sinners will prove its bona fides as a strong challenger in the Drama category by competing against Hamnet and Sentimental Value. 

Last year’s respective winners, The Brutalist and Emilia Pérez, would not prevail at the Oscars for Best Picture, even though both films would repeat their Globe wins at the Oscars in Best Actor for Adrien Brody and Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldaña, respectively. Anora went home empty-handed that Globes night, yet would go on to win five Oscars, including Best Picture. 

It will be a unique set of events, as Oscar nominations will be announced on Monday. Any winners who can make a persuasive acceptance speech the night before will only fortify their position within the awards race. While the Globes can’t be bellwethers of what will win on Oscar night, they can be a platform boost for viable contenders in securing nominations, and their taste can portend to the International voters of the Academy. It’s what catapulted Fernanda Torres not only to a Best Actress nomination, but her film, I’m Still Here (2024), to a surprise Best Picture nomination. 

Another Brazilian contender, Wagner Moura, in The Secret Agent, hopes to follow a similar path, as his win for Best Actor in a Drama can raise the profile of his film. Already, Secret Agent is in a better position than I’m Still Here, as it has a Drama Film nomination, something I’m Still Here failed to do. 

Best Actor in a Comedy will reveal whether Timothée Chalamet can continue his Best Actor contender streak, despite Marty Supreme having fewer overall nominations than One Battle After Another. Yet, Ethan Hawke can pose a serious threat, as Blue Moon pulled off a surprise Best Comedy Film nomination. 

It’s difficult to gauge the Supporting Acting categories. After Jacob Elordi surprised everyone and won Supporting Actor at the Critics’ Choice, it opened a Pandora’s box of possibilities. Can Elordi usurp the leading champion of regional critics’ awards inBenicio Del Toro? In an awards season that is toying with the notion of Amy Madigan’s villain witch performance being in the winning conversation for Weapons, it’s not outside the realm of possibility. Yet, Sinners and One Battle After Another are poised to have phenomenal nights, as their dominance this awards season will extend to winning a handful of trophies. 

Together with my Rolling Tape colleagues, Adam Patla and Owen Wilczek, here are our predicted winners for the 2026 Golden Globes. 

Best Motion Picture – Drama

  1.  Hament (Adam)
  2.  Sinners (Paul, Owen)
  3.  Sentimental Value
  4.  Frankenstein
  5.  It Was Just an Accident 
  6.  The Secret Agent 

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

      1. Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent  (Adam, Owen, Paul)

      2. Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
      3. Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams

      4. Dwayne Johnson – The Smashing Machine

      5. Jeremy Allen White – Deliver Me From Nowhere

      6. Oscar Isaac – Frankenstein

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

  1. Jessie Buckley – Hamnet  (Adam, Owen, Paul)
  2. Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
  3. Jennifer Lawrence – Die My Love
  4. Tessa Thompson – Hedda
  5. Julia Roberts – After the Hunt 
  6. Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby 

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

  1. One Battle After Another  (Adam, Owen, Paul)
  2. Marty Supreme 
  3. Bugonia
  4. Blue Moon
  5. No Other Choice
  6. Nouvelle Vague 

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

  1. Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme (Adam, Owen)
  2. Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another 
  3. George Clooney – Jay Kelly 
  4. Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon (Paul)
  5. Jesse Plemons – Bugonia
  6. Lee Byung-hun – No Other Choice

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

  1. Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee 
  2. Cynthia Erivo – Wicked: For Good
  3. Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You  (Adam, Owen, Paul)
  4. Emma Stone – Bugonia
  5. Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
  6. Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

  1. Sean Penn – One Battle After Another 
  2. Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value (Owen)
  3. Paul Mescal – Hamnet 
  4. Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein (Paul)
  5. Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another (Adam)
  6. Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly 

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

  1. Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good  
  2. Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another (Adam, Owen)
  3. Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value 
  4. Inga Ibsdotter Lileaas – Sentimental Value 
  5. Emily Blunt – The Smashing Machine
  6. Amy Madigan – Weapons (Paul)

Best Director

  1. Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (Adam, Owen, Paul)
  2. Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
  3. Ryan Coogler – Sinners 
  4. Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value 
  5. Jafar Panahi – It Was Just An Accident 
  6. Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein 

Best Screenplay

  1. One Battle After Another (Adam)
  2. Hamnet 
  3. Sentimental Value 
  4. It Was Just an Accident 
  5. Sinners (Owen, Paul)
  6. Marty Supreme 

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

  1. It Was Just an Accident (Adam, Owen, Paul)
  2. The Secret Agent 
  3. Sentimental Value 
  4. No Other Choice 
  5. The Voice of Hind Rajab
  6. Sirat 

Best Motion Picture – Animated

  1. KPop Demon Hunters (Adam, Owen, Paul)
  2. Zootopia 2
  3. Arco 
  4. Little Amélie or The Character of Rain 
  5. Elio
  6. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle


Best Original Score

  1. Ludwig Göransson – Sinners (Adam, Owen, Paul)
  2. Max Richter – Hamnet 
  3. Johnny Greenwood – One Battle After Another 
  4. Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein  
  5. Kangding Ray – Sirāt 
  6. Hans Zimmer – F1: The Movie

Best Original Song

  1. Golden – Kpop Demon Hunters (Adam, Owen, Paul)
  2. I Lied to You – Sinners  
  3. The Girl in the Bubble – Wicked: For Good  
  4. No Place Like Home – Wicked: For Good  
  5. Train Dreams – Train Dreams 
  6. Dream As One – Avatar: Fire and Ash 

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

  1. Wicked: For Good 
  2. F1: The Movie 
  3. Zootopia 2  
  4. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
  5. KPop Demon Hunters
  6. Avatar: Fire and Ash 
  7. Sinners (Adam, Owen, Paul)
  8. Weapons 

Courtesy of Amritpal Rai, Adam Patla, and Owen Wilczek

Feature Image Still from ‘Sinners’ via Warner Bros