The Golden Globes are going down in Los Angeles on Sunday, setting the desk for the 2026 award season as a few of the finest TV reveals and movies from roughly the previous 12 months earn their kudos.
But what are the main storylines at play as Hollywood’s high creatives begin their annual fancy outfit parade over the subsequent few months? Let’s dig into it:
Back in the late Sixties and ’70s, horror had a second in the solar when it got here to award recognition – like Ruth Gordon successful a finest supporting actress Golden Globe and Oscar for 1968’s “Rosemary’s Baby,” or movies like “The Exorcist” and “Jaws” receiving main acclaim. While there have been some recognition of movies in the style in the time since – “The Silence of the Lambs,” “The Sixth Sense,” “Black Swan,” “Get Out” and, most not too long ago, final 12 months’s “The Substance” – horror has had a troublesome time breaking by means of at main award reveals.
That is wanting to change with this 12 months’s solid awards contender “Sinners.”
Despite popping out in the summer season months, a time usually lengthy forgotten come award season, Ryan Coogler’s interval hybrid horror hit has loved overwhelmingly constructive and constant phrase of mouth buzz. The film, which follows Black twin brothers (each performed by Michael B. Jordan) who open a juke joint in rural Mississippi throughout the Great Depression, has scored seven Globe nods, together with one for finest movement image – drama, one for star Jordan and two for Coogler.
It additionally earned a nomination in the comparatively new (and still polarizing) field workplace achievement class, no shock given its gross and that much has already been said about the horror style’s continued and demonstrated bankability. The query is whether or not a win for “Sinners” in that class will play out prefer it did for earlier honorees “Barbie” and “Wicked,” each of which misplaced out in the arguably extra vital finest movement image – musical or comedy class.
Another performer with robust momentum from the horror style this 12 months is Amy Madigan, who performs the terrifying but fascinating Aunt Gladys in “Weapons” and is nominated in the finest supporting actress class. The film, directed by “Barbarian” filmmaker Zach Cregger, has earned pointed reward for Madigan’s featured efficiency as the central villain, dominating social media algorithms final 12 months with make-up tutorials and ubiquitous Halloween costume tributes.
Madigan, a veteran actress beforehand identified for late ’80s films “Field of Dreams” and “Uncle Buck,” has already received a number of movie critics circle awards for the function, and can be nominated for an Actor Award (beforehand often known as a SAG Award).
Just a few horror honorees at the Globes, at the very least, may find yourself being scary enjoyable to see.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s newest opus “One Battle After Another” has earned a formidable critic rating of 95% on each Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic, which has been mirrored in its (to this point) juggernaut momentum by way of nominations for Globes, Actor Awards and different gong races.
The movie comes from 11-time Academy Award-nominee (and 3-time Golden Globe nominee) Paul Thomas Anderson, director of awards darlings corresponding to “There Will Be Blood,” in addition to acclaimed ’90s titles “Boogie Nights” and “Magnolia.”
A longtime fixture on the award circuit, Anderson is basically anticipated to dominate on Sunday night time and past with “One Battle,” which options Leonardo DiCaprio as a washed up revolutionary who finds himself dealing with off towards nefarious entities led by a daunting colonel (Sean Penn).
In addition to acclaimed turns from earlier Globe winners DiCaprio and Penn, “One Battle” options head-turning performances from actors comparatively new on the awards scene, together with Globe nominees Teyana Taylor and Chase Infiniti, together with an uproarious Benicio del Toro in the function of a well-connected karate trainer.
One fascinating query that the Globes outcomes would possibly reply: Will there be any stunning outcomes that trace at which – if any movie – may presumably upset “One Battle’s” momentum?
With heavy-hitters together with “The Pitt,” “Severance,” “The White Lotus,” “Hacks” and “The Studio” all up for awards this 12 months, the TV classes could err on the extra predictable aspect. If the TV portion of the Globes is something like the Emmys this previous September, the aforementioned reveals, together with this 12 months’s searing and oft-discussed restricted sequence “Adolescence,” will dominate of their respective classes.
There could, nevertheless, be at least one breakthrough second.
Rhea Seehorn earned a Globe nomination in the finest feminine actor in a tv drama class for “Pluribus,” the mysterious Apple TV sci-fi present from “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul” creator Vince Gilligan. The sequence marks Seehorn’s first main starring function and her first-ever Golden Globe nod.
In a class crammed with award present darlings together with Kathy Bates (“Matlock”), Britt Lower (“Severance”), Helen Mirren (“ModLand”), Bella Ramsey (“The Last of Us”) and Keri Russell (“The Diplomat”), Seehorn has robust competitors. But she additionally could have the edge, having simply received a Critics Choice award.
At least this award present isn’t doubtless have an acceptance speech countdown clock, so new and returning winners alike can savor their second.
This 12 months’s Globes telecast will function a new best podcast category, recognizing high producers in the podcast house. Shows together with “Armchair Expert,” “Call Her Daddy,” “Good Hang,” “The Mel Robbins Podcast,” “Smartless,” and NPR’s “Up First” all earned inaugural nominations.
While these podcasts boast video parts and plenty of led by Hollywood expertise – like Dax Shepard (“Armchair Expert”), Amy Poehler (“Good Hang”) and actors Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes (“Smartless”) – the addition of this class could seem a bit out of left subject for an awards present that acknowledges achievements in movie and tv, particularly for common viewers.
In a information launch saying the award, the Globes stated the intention was to give a platform to “the full spectrum of entertainment, while reflecting today’s audiences and consumption behavior around the world.”
Let’s see if viewers hear that reasoning.
For those that want a refresher of the massive image of all classes, right here’s an inventory of all the nominees:
Best movement image, musical or comedy
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“Blue Moon”
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“Bugonia”
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“Marty Supreme”
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“No Other Choice”
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“Nouvelle Vague”
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“One Battle After Another”
Best movement image, drama
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“Frankenstein”
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“Hamnet”
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“It Was Just an Accident”
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“The Secret Agent”
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“Sentimental Value”
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“Sinners”
Best director — movement image
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Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”
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Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another”
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Guillermo del Toro, “Frankenstein”
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Jafar Panahi, “It Was Just An Accident”
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Joachim Trier, “Sentimental Value”
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Chloe Zhao, “Hamnet”
Best male actor — movement image, musical/comedy
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Timothee Chalomet, “Marty Supreme”
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George Clooney, “Jay Kelly”
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Leonardo DiCaprio, “One Battle After Another”
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Ethan Hawke, “Blue Moon”
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Lee Byung-hun, “No Other Choice”
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Jesse Plemons, “Bugonia”
Best efficiency by a male actor in a movement image — drama
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Dwayne Johnson, “The Smashing Machine”
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Jeremy Allen White, “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere”
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Joel Edgerton, “Train Dreams”
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Michael B. Jordan, “Sinners”
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Oscar Isaac, “Frankenstein”
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Wagner Moura, “The Secret Agent”
Best efficiency by a feminine actor in a movement image — musical or comedy
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Amanda Seyfried, “The Testament of Ann Lee”
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Chase Infiniti, “One Battle After Another”
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Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked: For Good”
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Emma Stone, “Bugonia”
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Kate Hudson, “Song Sung Blue”
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Rose Byrne, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
Best efficiency by a feminine actor in a movement image – drama
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Eva Victor, “Sorry Baby”
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Jennifer Lawrence, “Die My Love”
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Jessie Buckley, “Hamnet”
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Julia Roberts, “After The Hunt”
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Renate Reinsve, “Sentimental Value”
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Tessa Thompson, “Hedda”
Best supporting male actor in a movement image
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Benicio del Toro, “One Battle After Another”
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Jacob Elordi, “Frankenstein”
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Paul Mescal, “Hamnet”
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Sean Penn, “One Battle After Another”
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Adam Sandler, “Jay Kelly”
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Stellan Skarsgard, “Sentimental Value”
Best supporting feminine actor in a movement image
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Emily Blunt, “The Smashing Machine”
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Elle Fanning, “Sentimental Value”
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Ariana Grande, “Wicked: For Good”
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Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, “Sentimental Value”
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Amy Madigan, “Weapons”
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Teyana Taylor, “One Battle After Another”
Best screenplay — movement image
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Chloe Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell — “Hamnet”
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Jafar Panahi — “It was Just An Accident”
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Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt — “Sentimental Value”
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Paul Thomas Anderson — “One Battle After Another”
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Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie — “Marty Supreme”
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Ryan Coogler — “Sinners”
Best movement image — animated
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“Arco”
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“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle”
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“Elio”
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“KPop Demon Hunters”
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“Little Amelie or the Character of the Rain”
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“Zootopia 2”
Best movement image – non-English language
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“It Was Just An Accident”
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“No Other Choice”
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“Sentimental Value”
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“Sirat”
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“The Secret Agent”
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“The Voice of Hind Rajab”
Best authentic rating — movement image
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Alexandre Desplat, “Frankenstein”
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Hans Zimmer, “F1”
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Jonny Greenwood, “One Battle After Another”
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Kangding Ray, “Sirat”
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Ludwig Göransson, “Sinners”
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Max Richter, “Hamnet”
Best authentic track — movement image
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“Dream as One,” Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen, “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
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“Golden,” Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun, Kim Eun-jae (EJAE), Mark Sonnenblick, “KPop Demon Hunters”
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“I Lied to You,” Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson, “Sinners”
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“No Place Like Home,” Stephen Schwartz, “Wicked: For Good”
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“The Girl in the Bubble,” Stephen Schwartz, “Wicked: For Good”
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“Train Dreams,” Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner, “Train Dreams”
Cinematic and field workplace achievement
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“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
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“F1”
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“KPop Demon Hunters”
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“Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning”
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“Sinners”
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“Weapons”
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“Wicked: For Good”
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“Zootopia 2”
Best tv sequence — drama
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“The Diplomat”
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“Pluribus”
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“Severance”
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“Slow Horses”
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“The Pitt”
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“The White Lotus”
Best tv sequence — musical or comedy
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“Abbott Elementary”
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“The Bear”
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“Hacks”
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“Nobody Wants This”
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“Only Murders in the Building”
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“The Studio”
Best restricted sequence, anthology sequence, or a movement image made for tv
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“Adolescence”
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“All Her Fault”
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“The Beast in Me”
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“Black Mirror”
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“Dying for Sex”
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“The Girlfriend”
Best efficiency by a feminine actor in a tv sequence – drama
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Kathy Bates, “Matlock”
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Britt Lower, “Severance”
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Helen Mirren, “MobLand”
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Bella Ramsey, “The Last of Us”
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Keri Russell, “The Diplomat”
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Rhea Seehorn, “Pluribus”
Best efficiency by a male actor in a tv sequence – drama
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Sterling Ok. Brown, “Paradise”
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Diego Luna, “Andor”
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Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses”
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Mark Ruffalo, “Task”
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Adam Scott, “Severance”
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Noah Wylie, “The Pitt”
Best efficiency by a feminine actor in a tv sequence – musical or comedy
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Kristen Bell, “Nobody Wants This”
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Ayo Edebiri, “The Bear”
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Selena Gomez, “Only Murders in the Building”
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Natasha Lyonne, “Poker Face”
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Jenna Ortega, “Wednesday”
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Jean Smart, “Hacks”
Best efficiency by a feminine actor in a restricted sequence, anthology sequence, or a movement image made for tv
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Amanda Seyfried, “Long Bright River”
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Claire Danes, “The Beast in Me”
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Michelle Williams, “Dying for Sex”
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Rashida Jones, “Black Mirror”
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Robin Wright, “The Girlfriend”
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Sarah Snook, “All Her Fault”
Best efficiency by a male actor in a tv sequence – musical or comedy
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Adam Brody, “Nobody Wants This”
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Glen Powell, “Chad Powers”
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Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear”
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Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building”
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Seth Rogen, “The Studio”
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Steve Martin, “Only Murders in the Building”
Best efficiency by a feminine actor in a supporting function on tv
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Aimee Lou Wood, “The White Lotus”
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Carrie Coon, “The White Lotus”
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Catherine O’Hara, “The Studio”
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Erin Doherty, “Adolescence”
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Hanna Einbinder, “Hacks”
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Parker Posey, “The White Lotus”
Best efficiency by a male actor in a restricted sequence, anthology sequence, or a movement image made for tv
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Charlie Hunnam, “Monster: The Ed Gein Story”
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Jacob Elordi, “The Narrow Road to the Deep North”
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Jude Law, Black Rabbit
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Matthew Rhys, “The Beast in Me”
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Paul Giamatti, “Black Mirror”
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Stephen Graham, “Adolescence”
Best efficiency by a male actor in a supporting function on tv
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Owen Cooper, “Adolescence”
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Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show”
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Walton Goggins, “The White Lotus”
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Jason Isaacs, “The White Lotus”
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Tramell Tillman, “Severance”
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Ashley Walters, “Adolescence”
Best podcast
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Armchair Expert with Dax Shepherd
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Call Her Daddy
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Good Hang with Amy Poehler
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The Mel Robbins Podcast
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Smartless
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Up First
Best efficiency in stand-up comedy on tv
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Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This?
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Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life
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Kevin Hart: Acting My Age
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Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts
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Ricky Gervais: Mortality
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Sarah Silverman: Postmortem
The Golden Globes, hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser, will air dwell on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ on Sunday, January 11, 2026, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
Several movies (together with “Sinners,” “Weapons” and “One Battle After Another”) and TV sequence (like “The Pitt,” “The White Lotus” and “Hacks”) talked about on this story come from entities that, like NCS, are owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.