Final Golden Globe Predictions

Please find my final Golden Globe predictions for all film categories below. This morning’s SAG Awards nominations announcement presented a few notable snubs, and I’m hopeful that tomorrow will bring plenty more creativity and some equally positive inclusions like Barkhad Abdi and Daniel Bruhl. A Best Motion Picture – Drama bid for “Dallas Buyers Club” would catapult that film’s Oscar chances incredibly, while a snub for Robert Redford could mean his chances are really dwindling. I made two changes to my predictions from my musings, and both were earlier this week: swapping out one French actress for another in drama actress, and one “American Hustle” star for another in supporting actor. I’m predicting a double nomination for Tom Hanks, and would love to see two for Matthew McConaughey too (I like his performance less likely to be recognized better). The top races seem sewn up, so let’s go for some fun surprises! I’m rooting for “Blue is the Warmest Color” to do well, and I’d love to see both “Enough Said” and “The Way, Way Back” get a boost too. I’d easily switch “Philomena” and “Saving Mr. Banks” to the comedy race and “Nebraska” and “August: Osage County” to drama (I assume that “American Hustle” and “The Wolf of Wall Street,” the two big films I haven’t seen, also apply), and so this should be an interesting race. Let’s hope for the best – check in all day tomorrow for reactions by category!

No guts, no glory:
“Mud” for Best Motion Picture – Drama
Julianne Nicholson (August: Osage County) for Best Supporting Actress
Matthew McConaughey earns three nominations, two in Best Supporting Actor

Best Motion Picture – Drama
The Butler
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Saving Mr. Banks
12 Years a Slave

Best Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical
American Hustle
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips)
Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
Robert Redford (All is Lost)
Forest Whitaker (The Butler)

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
Judi Dench (Philomena)
Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue is the Warmest Color)
Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks)

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical
Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)
James Gandolfini (Enough Said)
Joaquin Phoenix (Her)
Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis)

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical
Amy Adams (American Hustle)
Julie Delpy (Before Midnight)
Scarlett Johansson (Don Jon)
Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)
Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)
Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)
Tom Hanks (Saving Mr. Banks)
Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
Carey Mulligan (Inside Llewyn Davis)
Lupita Nyongo (12 Years a Slave)
June Squibb (Nebraska)
Oprah Winfrey (The Butler)


Best Director – Motion Picture
Woody Allen (Blue Jasmine)
Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)
Joel and Ethan Coen (Inside Llewyn Davis)
Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)
Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
American Hustle
Blue Jasmine
The Butler
Saving Mr. Banks
12 Years a Slave

Best Animated Feature Film
Epic
Frozen
Monsters University
Planes
Turbo

Best Foreign Language Film
Blue is the Warmest Color (France)
The Grandmaster (Hong Kong)
The Hunt (Denmark)
The Lunchbox (India)
The Past (Iran)

Best Original Score
Gravity
Philomena
Rush
Saving Mr. Banks
12 Years a Slave

Best Original Song
All is Lost (Amen)
The Butler (In the Middle of the Night)
Frozen (Let It Go)
The Great Gatsby (Young and Beautiful)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Atlas)