From Frankenstein to One Battle After Another: these are all the 2026 Golden Globe nominations
With four Australians nominated, and the heated bidding war for Warner Bros intensifying, these are all of the nominees for the first stop on the awards race
To quote Moira Rose, the delusional matriarch in Schitt’s Creek, her favourite season is upon us: awards. First up is the 83rd Golden Globe Awards on 11 January, 2026, where comedian Nikki Glaser will return as the night’s host.
With the full list of nominees, spanning film and television, announced overnight, think of the Golden Globes as the early ballots cast for who will perhaps take the ultimate prize: the Academy Awards. But don’t think of it as just a warm-up—categories at the Globes are much more diverse (separating Best Motion Picture by genre, for instance), so indicators are spread thick here.
Breaking down the Golden Globe 2026 nominations
Nevertheless, it’s just the start of the awards race, and like every year, there are dominations, surprises, and snubs. Top performers in the Motion Picture categories, One Battle After Another received the most nods with nine, followed by Sentimental Value with eight and Sinners with seven. In television, season three of The White Lotus brought in six nominations (three of which for Aimee Lou Wood, Carrie Coon and Parker Posey in the Actress in a Supporting Role category), meanwhile, Adolescencecame in with five.
In saying that, the Golden Globes reaffirm the allure of Warner Bros Discovery, the studio that produced One Battle After Another, Sinners and The White Lotus (HBO). And with Paramount now in talks of acquiring Warner Bros for USD108 billion, the awards race may only intensify the bidding war.
Aside from the major studio empires, independent studio Neon is hot competition with 21 nominations across film and television categories, the most of any studio. Its heavy hitters in this race include Sentimental Value, It Was Just An Accident, The Secret Agent, and No Other Choice, which are all international feature films.
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It will also be a big night for the Australians in the crowd. First, there’s Jacob Elordi for Frankenstein, as well as his role in The Narrow Road for the Deep North, which was snubbed at the Emmys. In the main acting roles in a Motion Picture, Joel Edgerton for Train Dreams and Rose Byrne in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You are flying the Southern Cross flag. And in her return to television, Sarah Snook has shed Shiv Roy with her heart-wrenching performance in All Her Fault.
Below, see all of the 2026 Golden Globe nominations.
Every film and television nomination for the 2026 Golden Globes
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Frankenstein
Hamnet
It Was Just An Accident
Sentimental Value
Sinners
The Secret Agent
Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal in Hamnet, directed by Chloé Zhao. Amblin
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Blue Moon
Bugonia
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
Nouvelle Vague
One Battle After Another
Leonardo DiCaprio in One Battle After Another. Warner Bros
Best Motion Picture – Animated
Arco
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2
KPop Demon Hunters. Netflix
Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
It Was Just An Accident (France)
No Other Choice (South Korea)
Sentimental Value (Norway)
Sirāt (Spain)
The Secret Agent (Brazil)
The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby
Jennifer Lawrence, Die, My Love
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
Julia Roberts, After The Hunt
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
Tessa Thompson, Hedda
Julia Roberts in After The Hunt. MGM
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock), The Smashing Machine
Jeremy Allent White, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Oscar Isaac, Frankenstein
Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in The Smashing Machine. A24
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
