2021 Golden Globe Award Nomination Predictions

2020 was an unusual year and it’s about to have it’s award season. Here are my nomination predictions for the Golden Globes, the start of a season honoring the best of the worst year in recent memory.

Film:

Best Picture, Drama:

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

News of the World

Nomadland

One Night in Miami

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Picture, Musical or Comedy:

Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm

Hamilton

On the Rocks

Palm Springs

The Prom

Best Actor, Drama:

Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal

Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Anthony Hopkins, The Father

Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods

Gary Oldman, Mank

Best Actress, Drama:

Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman

Frances McDormand, Nomadland

Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

Best Actor, Musical or Comedy:

Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton

Leslie Odom Jr., Hamilton

Dev Patel, The Personal History of David Copperfield

Andy Samberg, Palm Springs

Best Actress, Musical or Comedy:

Maria Bakalova, Borat Subequent Moviefilm

Emily Blunt, Wild Mountain Thyme

Michelle Pfeiffer, French Exit

Meryl Streep, The Prom

Anya Taylor-Joy, Emma

Best Supporting Actor:

Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7

Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah

Bill Murray, On the Rocks

Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami

Paul Raci, Sound of Metal

Best Supporting Actress:

Ellen Burstyn, Pieces of a Woman

Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy

Olivia Colman, The Father

Amanda Seyfried, Mank

Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari

Best Director:

David Fincher, Mank

Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods

Regina King, One Night in Miami

Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7

Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

Best Screenplay:

The Father

Mank

Nomadland

One Night in Miami

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Original Score:

Da 5 Bloods

The Midnight Sky

News of the World

Soul

Tenet

Best Original Song:

“Io Si (Seen),” The Life Ahead

“Husavik,” Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

“Just Sing,” Trolls World Tour

“Speak Now,” One Night in Miami

“Tigress & Tweed,” The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Best Animated Feature Film:

The Croods: A New Age

Onward

Over the Moon

Soul

Wolfwalkers

Best Foreign Language Film:

Another Round

Apples

I’m No Longer Here

The Life Ahead

Minari

Television

Best Television Series, Drama:

The Boys

The Crown

Lovecraft Country

The Mandalorian

Ozark

Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy:

The Flight Attendant

The Great

Ramy

Schitt’s Creek

Ted Lasso

Best Actor, Drama:

Jason Bateman, Ozark

Jonathan Majors, Lovecraft Country

Josh O’Connor, The Crown

Pedro Pascal, The Mandalorian

Matthew Rhys, Perry Mason

Best Actress, Drama:

Olivia Colman, The Crown

Emma Corrin, The Crown

Laura Linney, Ozark

Sarah Paulson, Ratched

Jurnee Smollett, Lovecraft Country

Best Actor, Musical or Comedy:

Matt Berry, What We Do in the Shadows

Nicholas Hoult, The Great

Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek

Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso

Ramy Youssef, Ramy

Best Actress, Musical or Comedy:

Christina Applegate, Dead to Me

Lilly Collins, Emily in Paris

Kaley Cuoco, The Flight Attendant

Elle Fanning, The Great

Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek

Best Actor, Miniseries or Television Film:

Bryan Cranston, Your Honor

Hugh Grant, The Undoing

Ethan Hawke, The Good Lord Bird

Paul Mescal, Normal People

Mark Ruffalo, I Know This Much Is True

Best Actress, Miniseries or Television Film:

Cate Blanchett, Mrs. America

Michaela Coel, I May Destroy You

Shira Haas, Unorthodox

Nicole Kidman, The Undoing

Anya Taylor-Joy, The Queen’s Gambit

Best Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Television Film:

Mahershala Ali, Ramy

John Boyega, Small Axe: Red, White and Blue

Brendan Gleeson, The Comey Rule

Dan Levy, Schitt’s Creek

Tobias Menzies, The Crown

Best Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Television Film:

Uzo Aduba, Mrs. America

Gillian Anderson, The Crown

Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown

Julia Garner, Ozark

Annie Murphy, Schitt’s Creek

Best Miniseries or Television Film:

I May Destroy You

Normal People

The Queen’s Gambit

Unorthodox

The Undoing