Golden Globe 2025 Nominations Unveiled: Who’s In and and What to Expect

The 2025 Golden Globe Nominations are in, and they have sparked a flurry of excitement and debate. The Golden Globe Awards are always a highlight of the awards season, often setting the tone for who will be the front-runners at the Oscars. From breakout performances to surprise snubs, the 2025 Golden Globe awards promises to be a nail-biting one for film and television fans alike.

Who has been nominated for the 2025 Golden Globes?

Best Motion Picture – Drama

The Brutalist

A Complete Unknown

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Nickel Boys

September 5

Best Picture – Musical or Comedy

Anora

Challengers

Emilia Pérez

A Real Pain

The Substance

Wicked

Best Motion Picture – Animated

Flow

Inside Out 2

Memoir of a Snail

Moana 2

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

The Wild Robot

Best Motion Picture (Non-English Language)

All We Imagine as Light (India)

Emilia Pérez (France)

The Girl with the Needle (Denmark)

I’m Still Here (Brazil)

The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)

Vermiglio (Italy) 

Best Performance by An Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

Pamela Anderson – The Last Showgirl

Angelina Jolie – Maria

Nicole Kidman – Babygirl

Tilda Swinton – The Room Next Door

Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here

Kate Winslet – Lee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Adrien Brody – The Brutalist

Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown

Colman Domingo – Sing Sing

Ralph Fiennes – Conclave

Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice

Best Performance by An Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Amy Adams – Nightbitch

Cynthia Erivo – Wicked

Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez

Demi Moore – The Substance

Zendaya – Challengers

Mikey Madison – Anora

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain

Hugh Grant – Heretic

Gabriel LaBelle – Saturday Night

Jesse Plemons – Kinds of Kindness

Glen Powell – Hitmen

Sebastian Stan – A Different Man

Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role In Any Motion Picture

Ariana Grande – Wicked

Selena Gomez – Emilia Pérez

Felicity Jones – The Brutalist

Margaret Qualley – The Substance

Isabella Rossellini – Conclave

Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role In Any Motion Picture

Yura Borisov – Anora

Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain

Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown

Guy Pearce – The Brutalist

Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice

Denzel Washington – Gladiator II

Best Director – Motion Picture

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

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez

Sean Baker – Anora

Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold – The Brutalist

Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain

Coralie Fargeat – The Substance

Peter Straughan – Conclave

Best Original Score – Motion Picture

Volker Bertelmann – Conclave

Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist

Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot

Clément Ducol, Camille – Emilia Pérez

Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross – Challengers

Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

Beautiful That Way – Music & Lyrics By: Andrew Wyatt, Miley Cyrus, Lykke Zachrisson – The Last Showgirl

Compress / Repress – Music & Lyrics By: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Luca Guadagnino – Challengers

El Mal -Music & Lyrics By: Clément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez

Forbidden Road – Music & Lyrics By: Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler, Sacha Skarbek – Better Man

Kiss The Sky – Music & Lyrics By: Delacey, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack, Ali Tamposi – The Wild Robot

Mi Camino – Music & Lyrics By: Clément Ducol, Camille – Emilia Pérez

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

Alien: Romulus

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Deadpool & Wolverine

Gladiator II

Inside Out 2

Twisters

Wicked

The Wild Robot 2

Best Television Series – Drama

Mr. and Mrs. Smith

The Diplomat

Shōgun

Squid Game

The Day of the Jackal

The Diplomat

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Abbott Elementary

The Bear

The Gentlemen

Hacks

Nobody Wants This

Only Murders in the Building

Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

Baby Reindeer (Netflix)

Disclaimer (Apple TV+)

Monsters: The Lyle and Eric Menendez Story (Netflix)

The Penguin (HBO)

Ripley (Netflix)

True Detective: Night Country (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama

Donald Glover – Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Jake Gyllenhaal – Presumed Innocent

Gary Oldman – Slow Horses

Eddie Redmayne – The Day of the Jackal

Hiroyuki Sanada – Shōgun

Billy Bob Thornton – Landman

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama

Kathy Bates – Matlock

Emma D’Arcy – House of the Dragon

Maya Erskine – Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Keira Knightley – Black Doves

Anna Sawai – Shōgun

Keri Russell – The Diplomat

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy

Kristen Bell – Nobody Wants This

Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary

Ayo Edebiri – The Bear

Selena Gomez – Only Murders in the Building

Kathryn Hahn – Agatha All Along

Jean Smart – Hacks

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy

Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This

Ted Danson – A Man on the Inside

Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building

Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building

Jason Segel – Shrinking

Jeremy Allen White – The Bear

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Television Series

Tadanobu Asano – Shōgun

Javier Bardem – Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

Harrison Ford – Shrinking

Jack Lowden – Slow Horses

Diego Luna – La Maquina

Ebon Moss-Bachrach – The Bear

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Television Series

Liza Colon-Zayas – The Bear

Hannah Einbinder – Hacks

Dakota Fanning – Ripley

Jessica Gunning – Baby Reindeer

Allison Janney – The Diplomat

Kali Reis – True Detective: Night Country

Best Performance by an Actor, Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Colin Farrell – The Penguin

Richard Gadd – Baby Reindeer

Kevin Kline – Disclaimer

Cooper Koch – Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

Ewan Mcgregor – A Gentleman in Moscow

Andrew Scott – Ripley

Best Performance by an Actress, Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

Cate Blanchett – Disclaimer

Jodie Foster – True Detective: Night Country

Cristin Milioti – The Penguin

Sofia Vergara – Griselda

Naomi Watts – Feud: Capote vs. The swans

Kate Winslet – The Regime

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy or Television

Jamie Foxx – What Had Happened Was

Nikki Glaser – Someday You’ll Die

Seth Meyers – Dad Man Walking

Adam Sandler – Love You

Ali Wong – Single Lady

Ramy Youssef – More Feelings 

When Are The 2025 Golden Globes?

The 82nd Golden Globes will be held at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles on Sunday 5 January next year. The ceremony starts at 5pm local time, which is 1am GMT in the UK.

Film and TV fans in the UK keen to watch the ceremony live can stream it on Paramount+. It will also be available to watch live on the US channel CBS.

Comedian and actor Nikki Glaser, famed for the reality show Welcome Home Nikki Glaser?, is hosting the event.

What to Expect at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards?

As we eagerly await the 2025 Golden Globe Awards, these nominations offer a glimpse into what could be an exciting and unpredictable night. Whether your favourite film or series made the cut, the ceremony is sure to be filled with dramatic moments, stunning performances, and, of course, a few unexpected twists.