The 2021 Golden Globe Nominations

By Kayleigh Donaldson | Film | February 3, 2021 |

By Kayleigh Donaldson | Film | February 3, 2021 |

Awards season for 2020 has officially begun! With the Oscars now happening two months later than originally planned, the entire season for the film world has followed accordingly. Now, movies premiering at the end of February 2021 qualify for last year’s run. Things are kicking off with the Golden Globes, and they really went full Golden Globes this season!

This year, a record three women were nominated for Best Director, which is a welcome step forward for the HFPA and their weird hesitation towards acknowledging that female filmmakers exist. Things were somewhat more mixed elsewhere, however, including major omissions for films like Minari. That title was infamously shoved into the Best Foreign Language film category despite being an American production. There was a surprising amount of love for The Mauritanian, a film that I’m not sure made many people’s predictions list. Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods was totally absent too.

Every year, there are a bunch of completely inexplicable nominations, actors getting recognition seemingly mostly because the HFPA wants to hang out with them. Step forward Jared Leto, James Corden, and everything related to Emily in Paris. Hamilton on Disney+ got some love, even though it’s just a recorded version of the Broadway show, but it getting nominated is very Golden Globes-esque.

As always, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association exists to fascinate and piss off Film Twitter, and it certainly did that with aplomb in what has been an undoubtedly weird year for film. Here are the nominations!

FILM

BEST MOTION PICTURE: DRAMA
The Father
Mank
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST MOTION PICTURE: MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm
Hamilton
Music
Palm Springs
The Prom

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEAD ACTOR: DRAMA
Riz Ahmed - Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins - The Father
Gary Oldman - Mank
Tahar Rahim - The Mauritanian

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEAD ACTOR: MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat: Sunsequent Moviefilm
James Corden - The Prom
Lin Manuel-Miranda - Hamilton
Dev Patel - The Personal History of David Copperfield
Andy Samberg - Palm Springs

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEAD 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 PERFORMANCE BY A LEAD ACTRESS: MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Maria Bakalova - Borat: Sunsequent Moviefilm
Kate Hudson - Music
Michelle Pfeiffer - French Exit
Rosamund Pike - I Care a Lot
Anya Taylor-Joy - Emma

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR
Sacha Baron Cohen - The Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya - Judas and the Black Messiah
Jared Leto - The Little Things
Bill Murray - On the Rocks
Leslie Odom Jr. - One Night in Miami

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Glenn Close - Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman - The Father
Jodie Foster - The Mauritanian
Amanda Seyfried - Mank
Helena Zengel - News of the World

BEST DIRECTOR
Emerald Fennell - Promising Young Woman
David Fincher - Mank
Regina King - One Night in Miami
Aaron Sorkin - The Trial of the Chicago 7
Chloe Zhao - Nomadland

BEST SCREENPLAY
Mank
Promising Young Woman
Trial of the Chicago 7
Nomadland
The Father

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Midnight Sky
Tenet
News of the World
Mank
Soul

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Judas and the Black Messiah
The Trial of the Chicago 7
The Life Ahead
One Night in Miami…
The United States vs. Billie Holiday

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Croods: A New Age
Onward
Over the Moon
Soul
Wolfwalkers

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Another Round
La Llorona
The Life Ahead
Minari
Two of Us

TELEVISION

BEST TELEVISION SERIES: DRAMA
The Crown
Lovecraft Country
The Mandalorian
Ozark
Ratched

BEST TELEVISION SERIES: MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Emily in Paris
The Flight Attendant
The Great
Schitt’s Creek
Ted Lasso

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES: DRAMA
Jason Batemen - Ozark
Josh O’Conner - The Crown
Bob Odenkink - Better Caul Saul
Al Pacino - Hunters
Matthew Rhys - Perry Mason

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES: MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Don Cheadle - Black Monday
Nicholas Hoult - The Great
Eugene Levy - Schitt’s Creek
Jason Sudeikis - Ted Lasso
Ramy Youssef - Ramy

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES: DRAMA
Olivia Colman - The Crown
Jodie Comer - Killing Eve
Emma Corrin - The Crown
Laura Linney - Ozark
Sarah Paulson - Ratched

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES: MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Lily Collins - Emily in Paris
Kaley Cuoco - The Flight Attendant
Elle Fanning - The Great
Jane Levy - Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
Catherine O’Hara - Schitt’s Creek

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR TELEVISION FILM
Bryan Cranston - Your Honor
Jeff Daniels - The Comey Rule
Hugh Grant - The Undoing
Ethan Hawke - The Good Lord Bird
Mark Ruffalo - I Know This Much is True

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR TELEVISION FILM
Cate Blanchett - Mrs. America
Daisy Edgar-Jones - Normal People
Shira Haas - Unorthodox
Nicole Kidman - The Undoing
Anya Taylor-Joy - The Queen’s Gambit

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A SERIES, MINISERIES, OR TELEVISION FILM
John Boyega - Small Axe
Brendan Gleeson - The Comey Rule
Daniel Levy - Schitt’s Creek
Jim Parsons - Hollywood
Donald Sutherland - The Undoing

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A SERIES, MINISERIES, OR TELEVISION FILM
Gillian Anderson - The Crown
Helena Bonham Carter - The Crown
Julia Garner - Ozark
Annie Murphy - Schitt’s Creek
Cynthia Nixon - Ratched

BEST MINISERIES OR TELEVISION FILM
Normal People
The Queen’s Gambit
Small Axe
The Undoing
Unorthodox

The Cecil B. DeMille Award, for honorees who have made a significant mark in the film industry, will be awarded to Jane Fonda, while the Carol Burnett Award, given to those who have made an outstanding contribution to television, will be awarded to Norman Lear.

The 78th Golden Globes will take place on February 28th, and will be hosted by Tiny Fey and Amy Poehler.