Golden Globes 2025 Nominations Predictions

Written By Rendy Jones
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We're in the thick of the award season. Oh goodie. And everyone's favorite awards show to get drunk at, the Golden Globes, is about to get started. You have to recognize, and I say this lightly, that the HFPA is dumb. They are notoriously known for making dumb awards picks. However, last year they were sort of based. After that Los Angeles Times investigation in 2021, they must have been trying to fix things so badly that I can't understand them anymore. But given how this year is full of weird movies, I'm not sure what to expect. I think I got the ones that would make most sense to them.

But I'm onto them! Because this year has been unusual for comedies and dramas, I wouldn't put it past them if they revert to their weird ol' ways, despite adding a bunch of new members within they were "found out" in 2021. Like. I can still see them predict Ryan Reynolds for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical or some insane stuff like that. Oh well, let's get this over with, shall we?

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Here are my predictions

 

BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

  • Wicked

  • Emilia Pérez

  • The Substance

  • A Real Pain

  • Anora

  • Challengers

BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA

  • A Complete Unknown (they love that bio-drama shit)

  • Dune: Part Two (duh)

  • Conclave (cemented its place)

  • Sing Sing (cemented its place)

  • The Brutalist (cemented its place)

  • Nickel Boys (the most I’m unsure about because I doubt they will GET Nickel Boys)

 
 

CINEMATIC AND BOX OFFICE ACHIEVEMENT

  • Wicked

  • Inside Out 2

  • Deadpool & Wolverine

  • Twisters

  • Dune: Part Two

  • Moana 2

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE

  • Jon M. Chu - Wicked

  • RaMell Moss - Nickel Boys

  • Sean Baker - Anora

  • Brady Corbet - The Brutalist

  • Coralie Fargeat - The Substance

  • Denis Villeneuve - Dune: Part Two

 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

  • Tilda Swinton - The Room Next Door

  • Nicole Kidman - Babygirl

  • Angelina Jolie - Maria

  • Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Hard Truths

  • Pamela Anderson - The Last Showgirl

  • Saoirse Ronan - The Outrun

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

  • Cynthia Erivo - Wicked

  • Amy Adams - Nightbitch

  • Demi Moore - The Substance

  • Mikey Madison - Anora

  • Karla Sofia Gascon - Emilia Perez

 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE

  • Clarence Maclin - Sing Sing

  • Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain

  • Edward Norton - A Complete Unknown

  • Guy Pearce - The Brutalist

  • Denzel Washington - Gladiator II

  • Yura Borisov - Anora

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE

  • Ariana Grande - Wicked

  • Zoe Saldana - Emilia Perez

  • Danielle Deadwyler - The Piano Lesson

  • Felicity Jones - The Brutalist

  • Isabella Rossellini - Conclave

  • Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor - Nickel Boys

 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

  • Timothée Chalamet - A Complete Unknown

  • Ralph Fiennes - Conclave

  • Adrien Brody - The Brutalist

  • Colman Domingo - Sing Sing

  • Daniel Craig - Queer

  • Paul Mescal - Gladiator II

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

  • Ryan Reynolds - Deadpool & Wolverine (thank Variety for that one)

  • Jesse Eisenberg - A Real Pain

  • Glen Powell - Hit Man

  • Sebastian Stan - A Different Man

  • Hugh Grant - Heretic

  • Jesse Plemons - Kinds of Kindness

 
 

BEST MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED

  • Flow

  • Inside Out 2

  • The Wild Robot

  • Moana 2 (they love Disney)

  • Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

  • Memoir of a Snail

BEST MOTION PICTURE – NONENGLISH LANGUAGE

  • The Seed of the Sacred Fig

  • All We Imagine as Light

  • I’m Still Here

  • Emilia Pérez

  • Vermiglio 

  • Kneecap

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE

  • Wild Robot

  • Dune Part Two

  • The Brutalist

  • Challengers

  • Wicked

  • Emilia Perez

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE

  • Emilia Perez - El Mal

  • The Wild Robot - Kiss the Sky

  • Emilia Perez - Mi Camino

  • Piece by Piece - Piece by Piece

  • She’s Beautiful That Way - The Last Showgirl

  • Forbidden Road - Robbie Williams 

 

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE

  • Anora

  • Conclave

  • A Real Pain

  • The Brutalist

  • Sing Sing

  • The Substance

 
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