Golden Globes 2024/25: Predictions

Happy Sunday folks! Today we have something different for you. With awards season on the horizon, our in house critic Robbie gives an analysis and prediction of the Golden Globes nominees and potential winners. Enjoy!

You know it's the start of Award season when they announce the nominees for the 82nd Golden Globes. Now they have been announced, here are my predictions for the upcoming event. 

Acting

Best Actor (Drama) 

The Nominees:

Adrien Brody as László Tóth in The Brutalist

Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown 

Daniel Craig as William Lee in Queer 

Colman Domingo as John "Divine G." Whitfield in Sing Sing 

Ralph Fiennes as Thomas Cardinal Lawrence in Conclave 

Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump in The Apprentice 

Who I want to Win: Timothee Chalamet - A Complete Unknown

Who I think will Win: Adrien Brody - The Brutalist 

Best Actress (Drama) 

The Nominees:

• Pamela Anderson as Shelly in The Last Showgirl

• Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas in  Maria 

• Nicole Kidman as Romy Mathis in  Babygirl 

• Fernanda Torres as Eunice Paiva in I'm Still Here 

• Tilda Swinton as Martha Hunt in The Room Next Door 

• Kate Winslet as Lee Miller in Lee 

Who I want to Win: Angelina Jolie - Maria

Who I think will Win: Angelina Jolie - Maria

Best Supporting Actress

The Nominees: 

• Selena Gomez as Jessi Del Monte in Emilia Pérez 

• Ariana Grande as Galinda Upland in Wicked 

• Felicity Jones as Erzsébet Tóth in The Brutalist 

• Margaret Qualley as Sue in The Substance 

• Isabella Rossellini as Sister Agnes in Conclave 

• Zoe Saldaña as Rita Mora Castro in Emilia Pérez 

Who I want to Win: Ariana Grande - Wicked

Who I think will Win: Zoe Saldana - Emilia Perez 

Best Supporting Actor 

The Nominees: 

• Yura Borisov as Igor in Anora 

• Kieran Culkin as Benji Kaplan in  A Real Pain 

• Edward Norton as Pete Seeger in A Complete Unknown

• Guy Pearce as Harrison Lee Van Buren in The Brutalist 

• Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn in The Apprentice 

• Denzel Washington as Macrinus in Gladiator II 

Who I want to Win: Denzel Washington - Gladiator II

Who I think will Win: Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain 

Best Actress (Musical or Comedy) 

The Nominees: 

• Amy Adams as Mother in Nightbitch 

• Cynthia Erivo  as Elphaba Thropp in Wicked 

• Karla Sofía Gascón Emilia Pérez / Juan "Manitas" Del Monte in Emilia Pérez 

• Mikey Madison as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva in Anora 

• Demi Moore as Elisabeth Sparkle in The Substance 

• Zendaya as Tashi Duncan in Challengers 

Who I want to Win: Demi Moore - The Substance

Who I think will Win: Cynthia Erivo - Wicked

Best Actor (Musical or Comedy)

The Nominees: 

• Jesse Eisenberg as David Kaplan in A Real Pain 

• Hugh Grant as Mr. Reed in Heretic 

• Gabriel LaBelle as Lorne Michaels in Saturday Night 

• Jesse Plemons as Robert, Daniel, and Andrew in Kinds of Kindness 

• Glen Powell as Gary Johnson in Hit Man 

• Sebastian Stan as Edward Lemuel / Guy Moratz in A Different Man 

Who I want to Win: Sebastian Stan - A Different Man

Who I think will Win: Jesse Eisenberg - A Real Pain 

Film/Animated Motion Picture

Best Motion Picture - Non-English Language Film 

The Nominees:

• All We Imagine as Light (USA/France/India)

• Emilia Pérez (France)

• The Girl with the Needle (Poland/Sweden/Denmark)

• I'm Still Here (Brazil)

• The Seed of the Sacred Fig (USA/Germany)

• Vermiglio (Italy)

Who I want to win: Emilia Perez

Who I think will win: Emilia Perez 

Best Animated Motion Picture

The Nominees:

• Flow

• Inside Out 2

• Memoir of a Snail

• Moana 2

• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

• The Wild Robot

Who I want to win: The Wild Robot 

Who I think will win: The Wild Robot 

Best Screenplay 

The Nominees:

• Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez

• Sean Baker – Anora

• Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold – The Brutalist

• Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain

• Coralie Fargeat – The Substance

• Peter Straughan – Conclave

Who I want to Win: Coralie Fargeat - The Substance

Who I think will Win: Sean Baker - Anora

Best Director

The Nominees

• Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez

• Sean Baker – Anora

• Edward Berger – Conclave

• Brady Corbet – The Brutalist

• Coralie Fargeat – The Substance

• Payal Kapadia – All We Imagine as Light

Who I want to Win: Edward Berger - Conclave

Who I think will Win: Brady Corbet - The Brutalist 

Music

Best Original Song

The Nominees:

• "Beautiful That Way" (Andrew Wyatt, Miley Cyrus, and Lykke Li) – The Last Showgirl

• "Compress / Repress" (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Luca Guadagnino) – Challengers

• "El Mal" (Clément Ducol, Camille, and Jacques Audiard) – Emilia Pérez

• "Forbidden Road" (Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler, and Sacha Skarbek) – Better Man

• "Kiss the Sky" (Delacey, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack, and Ali Tamposi) – The Wild Robot

• "Mi Camino" (Clément Ducol and Camille) – Emilia Pérez

Who I want to Win: Kiss the Sky - The Wild Robot 

Who I think will Win: El Mal - Emilia Perez 

Best Original Score

The Nominees:

• Volker Bertelmann – Conclave

• Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist

• Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot

• Clément Ducol and Camille – Emilia Pérez

• Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Challengers

• Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two

Who I want to Win: Kris Bowers - The Wild Robot

Who I think will Win: Volker Bertelmann - Conclave

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The 82nd Golden Globe awards will be broadcast on the 6th January 2025.