A Look Into the Golden Globes Nominations: Surprises and Snubs

The 2024 Golden Globes nominations are here. Here is the rundown on the expected and unexpected films and shows up for an award.

The Golden Globes recognize the top television and film productions. Additionally, they separate categories between different cinema genres, acknowledging the greatest dramas, comedies, and musicals.

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is a frontrunner in the Best Drama category, facing off against Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, The Zone of Interest, and Past Lives. Additionally, Barbie, starring Margot Robbie, is on the run for Best Comedy or Musical alongside Air, American Fiction, Poor Things, May December, and The Holdovers. 

Barbie is the most-nominated film at the Golden Globes, with nine nominations. Barbie was followed by Christopher Nolan’s historical drama Oppenheimer which scored eight nominations. 

Furthermore, Netflix dominated, as the media company with the most nominations for shows like Maestro, The Crown, and The Diplomat. Warner Bros. Discovery was the second media company with the most nominations for Barbie, Succession, and Barry.

In addition, this year’s Golden Globes have some exciting changes. Each category now has six nominees instead of five. In addition, for the first time, the Globes are celebrating box office success with a new award, even adding another category for stand-up specials.

Here’s the complete list of Golden Globe nominees:

Best Motion Picture, Drama

• Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
• Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films/Paramount Pictures)
• Maestro (Netflix)
• Past Lives (A24)
• The Zone of Interest (A24)
• Anatomy of a Fall (Neon)

Best Picture, Musical or Comedy

• Barbie (Warner Bros.)
• Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
• American Fiction (MGM)
• The Holdovers (Focus Features)
• May December (Netflix)
• Air (Amazon MGM Studios)

Best Director, Motion Picture

• Bradley Cooper — Maestro
• Greta Gerwig — Barbie
• Yorgos Lanthimos — Poor Things
• Christopher Nolan — Oppenheimer
• Martin Scorsese — Killers of the Flower Moon
• Celine Song — Past Lives

Best Screenplay, Motion Picture 

• Barbie — Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach
• Poor Things — Tony McNamara
• Oppenheimer — Christopher Nolan
• Killers of the Flower Moon — Eric Roth, Martin Scorsese
• Past Lives — Celine Song
• Anatomy of a Fall — Justine Triet, Arthur Harari

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama 

• Bradley Cooper — Maestro
• Cillian Murphy — Oppenheimer
• Leonardo DiCaprio — Killers of the Flower Moon
• Colman Domingo — Rustin
• Andrew Scott — All of Us Strangers
• Barry Keoghan — Saltburn

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama 

• Lily Gladstone — Killers of the Flower Moon
• Carey Mulligan – Maestro
• Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
• Annette Bening — Nyad
• Greta Lee — Past Lives
• Cailee Spaeny — Priscilla

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy 

• Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple
• Jennifer Lawrence – No Hard Feelings
• Natalie Portman – May December
• Alma Pöysti – Fallen Leaves
• Margot Robbie – Barbie
• Emma Stone – Poor Things

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

• Nicolas Cage — Dream Scenario
• Timothée Chalamet — Wonka
• Matt Damon — Air
• Paul Giamatti — The Holdovers
• Joaquin Phoenix — Beau Is Afraid
• Jeffrey Wright — American Fiction

Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture 

• Willem Dafoe — Poor Things
• Robert DeNiro — Killers of the Flower Moon
• Robert Downey Jr. — Oppenheimer
• Ryan Gosling — Barbie
• Charles Melton — May December
• Mark Ruffalo — Poor Things

Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture 

• Emily Blunt — Oppenheimer
• Danielle Brooks — The Color Purple
• Jodie Foster — Nyad
• Julianne Moore — May December
• Rosamund Pike — Saltburn
• Da’Vine Joy Randolph — The Holdovers

Best Television Series, Drama 

• 1923 (Paramount)
• The Crown (Netflix)
• The Diplomat (Netflix)
• The Last of Us (HBO)
• The Morning Show (Apple TV)
• Succession (HBO)

Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy 

• The Bear (FX)
• Ted Lasso (Apple TV)
• Abbott Elementary (ABC)
• Jury Duty (Amazon Freevee)
• Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
• Barry (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama 

• Pedro Pascal — The Last of Us
• Kieran Culkin — Succession
• Jeremy Strong — Succession
• Brian Cox — Succession
• Gary Oldman — Slow Horses
• Dominic West — The Crown

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Drama 

• Helen Mirren — 1923
• Bella Ramsey — The Last of Us
• Keri Russell — The Diplomat
• Sarah Snook — Succession
• Imelda Staunton — The Crown
• Emma Stone — The Curse

Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy 

• Ayo Edebiri — The Bear
• Natasha Lyonne — Poker Face
• Quinta Brunson — Abbott Elementary
• Rachel Brosnahan — The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Selena Gomez — Only Murders in the Building
• Elle Fanning – The Great

Best Actor in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy 

• Bill Hader — Barry
• Steve Martin — Only Murders in the Building
• Martin Short — Only Murders in the Building
• Jason Segel — Shrinking
• Jason Sudeikis — Ted Lasso
• Jeremy Allen White — The Bear

Best Supporting Actor, Television 

• Billy Crudup — The Morning Show
• Matthew Macfadyen — Succession
• James Marsden — Jury Duty
• Ebon Moss-Bachrach — The Bear
• Alan Ruck — Succession
• Alexander Skarsgård — Succession

Best Supporting Actress, Television 

• Elizabeth Debicki — The Crown
• Abby Elliott — The Bear
• Christina Ricci — Yellowjackets
• J. Smith-Cameron — Succession
• Meryl Streep — Only Murders in the Building

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

• Beef
• Lessons in Chemistry
• Daisy Jones & the Six
• All the Light We Cannot See
• Fellow Travelers
• Fargo

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

• Matt Bomer — Fellow Travelers
• Sam Claflin — Daisy Jones & the Six
• Jon Hamm — Fargo
• Woody Harrelson — White House Plumbers
• David Oyelowo — Lawmen: Bass Reeves
• Steven Yeun — Beef

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

• Riley Keough — Daisy Jones & the Six
• Brie Larson — Lessons in Chemistry
• Elizabeth Olsen — Love and Death
• Juno Temple — Fargo
• Rachel Weisz — Dead Ringers
• Ali Wong — Beef

Best Original Score, Motion Picture 

• Ludwig Göransson — Oppenheimer
• Jerskin Fendrix — Poor Things
• Robbie Robertson — Killers of the Flower Moon
• Mica Levi — The Zone of Interest
• Daniel Pemberton — Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Joe Hisaishi — The Boy and the Heron

Best Picture, Non-English Language 

• Anatomy of a Fall (Neon) — France
• Fallen Leaves (Mubi) — Finland
• Io Capitano (01 Distribution) — Italy
• Past Lives (A24) — United States
• Society of the Snow (Netflix) — Spain
• The Zone of Interest (A24) — United Kingdom

Best Original Song, Motion Picture 

• Barbie — “What Was I Made For?” by Billie Eilish and Finneas
• Barbie — “Dance the Night” by Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
• She Came to Me — “Addicted to Romance” by Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa
• The Super Mario Bros. Movie — “Peaches” by Jack Black, Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Eric Osmond, and John Spiker
• Barbie — “I’m Just Ken” by Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt
• Rustin — “Road to Freedom” by Lenny Kravitz

Best Motion Picture, Animated 

• The Boy and the Heron (GKids)
• Elemental (Disney)
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)
• The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Universal Pictures)
• Suzume (Toho Co.)
• Wish (Disney)

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy or Television

• Ricky Gervais — Ricky Gervais: Armageddon
• Trevor Noah — Trevor Noah: Where Was I
• Chris Rock — Chris Rock: Selective Outrage
• Amy Schumer — Amy Schumer: Emergency Contact
• Sarah Silverman — Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love
• Wanda Sykes — Wanda Sykes: I’m an Entertainer

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

• Barbie (Warner Bros.)
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Disney)
• John Wick: Chapter 4 (Lionsgate Films)
• Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One (Paramount Pictures)
• Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)
• The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Universal Pictures)
• Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (AMC Theatres)

The performances that surprisingly didn’t earn any nominations:

• Despite 1923 scoring a nomination for Best Drama, Harrison Ford’s performance in the series, along with his role in Shrinking, failed to earn him any individual recognition.

• In Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, America Ferrera was surprisingly overlooked from this year’s nominations.

• Fantasia Barrino’s performance in The Color Purple earned her a well-deserved Golden Globe nomination, however, the film itself fell short in the Best Musical or Comedy category.

• The Indigenous American series Reservation Dogs, created by Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi, was shockingly snubbed by the Golden Globes.

• Michael Mann’s direction and Adam Driver’s performance in Ferrari unexpectedly failed to score a single nomination.

• John Mulaney’s stand-up Baby J surprisingly missed out on a Golden Globe nomination.

• Joaquin Phoenix’s portrayal of Napoleon Bonaparte in Ridley Scott’s Napoleon failed to receive a single nomination.

• Aunjanue Ellis was also overlooked by her performance in Ava DuVernay’s Origin.

• Nicolas Braun as Cousin Greg was the only Succession cast member not to receive a Globes nomination.

• Viola Davis’ performance in Air was also skipped from nominations.

• The This Is Us actor, Sterling K. Brown was also snubbed from his American Fiction supporting actor role.

Surprise nominations:

• Gary Oldman’s lead in Slow Horses earned him a nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series Drama.

• Taylor Swift’s Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour received a nomination for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement.

• Elle Fanning earned a nomination for Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical, or Comedy, for her performance in The Great.

• Nicolas Cage is back with a nomination for Best Performance in the A24 film, Dream Scenario.

The ceremony will stream on Paramount+ and the CBS app on January 7, 2024.