The 2018 Golden Globe Nominations Have Been Announced

The next stage of awards season has begun, as ten films across two categories were selected by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to compete for Best Picture categories at the 75th annual Golden Globes Awards.

The leading nominee in the film category is Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water with seven nods, while Steven Spielberg’s The Post and Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri trail with six each. Rounding out the Drama category is Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name, which has captivated audiences since debuting at Sundance almost a year ago, and Christopher Nolan’s WWII epic Dunkirk, which may check enough boxes to be considered the (unsurprising) victor.

As with almost every year, the Musical/Comedy category features more than one outlier which doesn’t fit in with the rest. This time around it’s Jordan Peele’s social thriller Get Out, already a huge winner in various critics circles and amongst audiences based on its box office performance. The satirical bend of the film perhaps makes it more suited for the category despite tackling quite serious subject matter, though it is likely to have competition against Greta Gerwig’s unanimously praised coming-of-age dramedy Lady Bird.

In terms of surprises, the decision to give a supporting actor nod to Christopher Plummer for his recently shot performance in All the Money in the World has a controversial bend to it, given the currently unfinished film was only submitted for awards consideration to the HFPA a week ago. It remains to be seen if Plummer will have the clout to take himself farther in awards season, being a late, dark horse entrant, but given he was the first choice for the role of J. Paul Getty and remains one of our greatest living actors, chances are he could have what it takes.

Elsewhere, it’s surprising to see a lack of nods for films like The Big Sick, Logan, Wonder Woman, Blade Runner 2049, and mother!, which could face being shut out of the awards conversation should they fail to get any recognition when the Oscar nominations are announced next month. It’s also a shock to see no female directors nominated in the Best Director category, given the number of outstanding films that could have easily made the cut such as Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird), Patty Jenkins (Wonder Woman), Kathryn Bigelow (Detroit), and Dee Rees (Mudbound).

The full list of nominees are below:

Best Motion Picture (Drama)
Call Me by Your Name
Dunkirk
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Motion Picture (Musical/Comedy)
The Disaster Artist
Get Out
The Greatest Showman
I, Tonya
Lady Bird

Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama)
Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
Tom Hanks, The Post
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama)
Jessica Chastain, Molly’s Game
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Meryl Streep, The Post
Michelle Williams, All the Money in the World

Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Musical/Comedy)
Steve Carell, Battle of the Sexes
Ansel Elgort, Baby Driver
James Franco, The Disaster Artist
Hugh Jackman, The Greatest Showman
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out

Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Musical/Comedy)
Judi Dench, Victoria & Abdul
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Emma Stone, Battle of the Sexes
Helen Mirren, The Leisure Seeker

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Armie Hammer, Call Me by Your Name
Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
Hong Chau, Downsizing
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water

Best Director (Motion Picture)
Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
Ridley Scott, All The Money in the World
Steven Spielberg, The Post

Best Screenplay (Motion Picture)
The Shape of Water
Lady Bird
The Post
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Molly’s Game

Best Original Score (Motion Picture)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
The Shape of Water
Phantom Thread
The Post
Dunkirk

Best Foreign Film
A Fantastic Woman
First They Killed My Father
In the Fade
Loveless
The Square

Best Motion Picture (Animated)
The Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
Ferdinand
Coco
Loving Vincent

Best Original Song (Motion Picture)
Ferdinand – ‘Home’
Mudbound – ‘Mighty River’
Coco – ‘Remember Me’
The Star – ‘The Star’
The Greatest Showman – ‘This Is Me’