The Golden Globe nominations for 2025 have been announced, revealing a numerous noms for Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez, Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, The Bear, and more.
It’s a strong list of contenders for the 82nd Golden Globes that was revealed on a live stream presentation as well as on the show's website today. Although multiple projects are heading into the show with a handful of nominations, it’s the two Netflix and A24 films that lead the pack.
Emilia Pérez, a musical crime drama starring Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, and Selena Gomez, has 10 nominations, including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Karla Sofía Gascón), and Best Director – Motion Picture (Audiard). The Brutalist, a film following a couple after they flee post-war Europe that stars Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones, nabbed seven nominations, including Best Screenplay – Motion Picture and Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama (Brody).
Other highlights in the 2025 Golden Globes nominations list include Conclave with six, The Substance with five, and Challengers with four. Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo also managed to walk away with recognition for their roles as Glinda and Elphaba in last month’s Wicked, as did Mikey Madison for Anora, Margaret Qualley for The Substance, Amy Adams in Nightbitch, and more. The Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture categories, meanwhile, include notable inclusions like Ralph Fiennes for Conclave, Sebastian Stan for The Apprentice, Colman Domingo for Sing Sing, Jesse Plemons in Kinds of Kindness, Hugh Grant in Heretic, and more.
Meanwhile, in the television categories, The Bear is walking in the 2025 Golden Globes with five nominations, including Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy. Other highlights include three nominations for The Penguin, four for Only Murders in the Building, three for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, and more.
The 2025 Golden Globes will air January 5, 2025. You can see the full list of every winner in 2024 here. While we wait for the show to kick off the new year, you can see the steep competition in the full list for this year’s nominations below.
Golden Globe 2025 Nominations
Best Motion Picture – Drama
· A Complete Unknown
· Conclave
· Dune: Part Two
· Nickel Boys
· September 5
· The Brutalist
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
· A Real Pain
· Anora
· Challengers
· Emilia Pérez
· The Substance
· Wicked
Best Motion Picture – Animated
· Flow
· Inside Out 2
· Memoir of a Snail
· Moana 2
· The Wild Robot
· Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
· All We Imagine as Light
· Emilia Pérez
· I’m Still Here
· The Girl With The Needle
· The Seed of The Sacred Fig
· Vermiglio
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
· Angelina Jolie (Maria)
· Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here)
· Kate Winslet (Lee)
· Nicole Kidman (Babygirl)
· Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl)
· Tilda Swinton (The Room Next Door)
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
· Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)
· Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)
· Daniel Craig (Queer)
· Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)
· Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice)
· Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
· Amy Adams (Nightbitch)
· Cynthia Erivo (Wicked)
· Demi Moore (The Substance)
· Karla Sofìa Gascón (Emilia Pérez)
· Mikey Madison (Anora)
· Zendaya (Challengers)
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
· Gabriel LaBelle (Saturday Night)
· Glen Powell (Hit Man)
· Hugh Grant (Heretic)
· Jesse Eisenberg (A Real Pain)
· Jesse Plemons (Kinds of Kindness)
· Sebastian Stand (A Different Man)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
· Ariana Grande (Wicked)
· Felicity Jones (The Brutalist)
· Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)
· Margaret Qualley (The Substance)
· Selena Gomez (Emilia Pérez)
· Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
· Denzel Washington (Gladiator II)
· Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown)
· Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)
· Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice)
· Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)
· Yura Borisov (Anora)
Best Director - Motion Picture
· Brady Corbet (The Brutalist)
· Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)
· Edward Berger (Conclave)
· Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez)
· Payal Kapadia (All We Imagine as Light)
· Sean Baker (Anora)
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
· Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold (The Brutalist)
· Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)
· Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez)
· Jesse Eisenberg (A Real Pain)
· Peter Straughan (Conclave)
· Sean Baker (Anora)
Best Original Score - Motion Picture
· Clément Ducol, Camille (Emilia Pérez)
· Daniel Blumberg (The Brutalist)
· Hans Zimmer (Dune: Part Two)
· Kris Bowers (The Wild Robot)
· Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross (Challengers)
· Volker Bertelmann (Conclave)
Best Original Song - Motion Picture
· Beautiful That Way (The Last Showgirl)
· Compress / Repress (Challengers)
· El Mal (Emilia Pérez)
· Forbidden Road (Better Man)
· Kiss The Sky (The Wild Robot)
· Mi Camino (Emilia Pérez)
Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
· Alien: Romulus
· Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
· Deadpool & Wolverine
· Gladiator II
· Inside Out 2
· The Wild Robot
· Twisters
· Wicked
Best Television Series - Drama
· The Diplomat
· Mr. & Mrs. Smith
· Shogun
· Slow Horses
· Squid Game
· The Day of the Jackal
Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy
· Abbott Elementary
· The Bear
· Hacks
· Nobody Wants This
· Only Murders in the Building
· The Gentleman
Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
· Baby Reindeer
· Disclaimer
· Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
· Ripley
· The Penguin
· True Detective: Night Country
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Drama
· Anna Sawai (Shogun)
· Emma D’Arcy (House of the Dragon)
· Kathy Bates (Matlock)
· Keira Knightley (Black Doves)
· Keri Russel (The Diplomat)
· Maya Erskine (Mr. & Mrs. Smith)
Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama
· Billy Bob Thornton (Landman)
· Donald Glover (Mr. & Mrs. Smith)
· Eddie Redmayne (The Day of the Jackal)
· Gary Oldman (Slow Horses)
· Hiroyuki Sanada (Shogun)
· Jake Gyllenhaal (Presumed Innocent)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
· Ayo Edebiri (The Bear)
· Jean Smart (Hacks)
· Kathryn Hahn (Agatha All Along)
· Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This)
· Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary)
· Selena Gomez (Only Murders in the Building)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
· Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This)
· Jason Segel (Shrinking)
· Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)
· Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)
· Steve Martin (Only Murders in the Building)
· Ted Danson (A Man on the Inside)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television
· Cate Blanchett (Disclaimer)
· Cristin Milioti (The Penguin)
· Jodie Foster (True Detective: Night Country)
· Kate Winslet (The Regime)
· Naomi Watts (Feud: Capote vs. The Swans)
· Sofía Vergara (Griselda)
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television
· Allison Janney (The Diplomat)
· Dakota Fanning (Ripley)
· Hannah Einbinder (Hacks)
· Jessica Gunning (Baby Reindeer)
· Kali Reis (True Detective: Night Country)
· Liza Colón-Zayas (The Bear)
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television
· Andrew Scott (Ripley)
· Colin Farrell (The Penguin)
· Cooper Koch (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story)
· Ewan McGregor (A Gentleman in Moscow)
· Kevin Kline (Disclaimer)
· Richard Gadd (Baby Reindeer)
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television
· Diego Luna (La Máquina)
· Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Bear)
· Harrison Ford (Shrinking)
· Jack Lowden (Slow Horses)
· Javier Bardem (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story)
· Tadanobu Asano (Shogun)
Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television
· Adam Sandler: Love You
· Ali Wong: Single Lady
· Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was
· Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die
· Ramy Youssef: More Feelings
· Seth Meyers: Dad Man Walking
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