The Golden Globe Nominations Announced

By Alan Hurst

Golden Globe nominations for the best in movies and television from 2019 are in and, as with every year, a few surprises in terms of who’s in and who’s out.

Netflix’ The Irishman and Marriage Story continue their awards trajectory with multiple nominations in the Best Motion Picture – Drama category, and it’s good to see Knives Out and Rocketman in the race for Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical.

Surprises? Little Women didn’t make the list for Best Motion Picture – Drama, neither did the Fox Network expose Bombshell. I had thought there would be room for Booksmart in the Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical category, but unfortunately not.

Despite its Emmy win a few months ago, Game of Thrones was left off the list for Best TV Drama. Schitt’s Creek and Russian Doll were likewise left off the list for Best TV Comedy or Musical. Both deserved to be there.

Check out the full nominations list below:

Best Motion Picture – Drama
The Irishman
Marriage Story
1917
Joker
The Two Popes

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Cynthia Erivo in Harriet
Scarlett Johansson in Marriage Story
Saoirse Ronan in Little Women
Charlize Theron in Bombshell
Renée Zellweger in Judy

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Christian Bale in Ford v Ferrari
Antonio Banderas Pain and Glory
Adam Driver in Marriage Story
Joaquin Phoenix in Joker
Jonathan Pryce in The Two Popes

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Dolemite Is My Name
Jojo Rabbit
Knives Out
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Rocketman

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Ana de Armas in Knives Out
Awkwafina in The Farewell
Cate Blanchett in Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Beanie Feldstein in Booksmart
Emma Thompson in Late Night

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Daniel Craig in Knives Out
Roman Griffin Davis in Jojo Rabbit
Leonardo DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Taron Egerton in Rocketman
Eddie Murphy in Dolemite Is My Name

Best Motion Picture – Animated
Frozen 2
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
The Lion King
Missing Link
Toy Story 4

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
The Farewell
Les Misérables
Pain and Glory
Parasite
Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Kathy Bates in Richard Jewell
Annette Bening in The Report
Laura Dern in Marriage Story
Jennifer Lopez in Hustlers
Margot Robbie in Bombshell

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Tom Hanks in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Anthony Hopkins in The Two Popes
Al Pacino in The Irishman
Joe Pesci in The Irishman
Brad Pitt in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Director – Motion Picture
Bong Joon-ho in Parasite
Sam Mendes in 1917
Todd Phillips in Joker
Martin Scorsese in The Irishman
Quentin Tarantino in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Noah Baumbach for Marriage Story
Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won for Parasite
Anthony McCarten for The Two Popes
Quentin Tarantino for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Steven Zaillian for The Irishman

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Alexandre Desplat for Little Women
Hildur Guðnadóttir for Joker
Randy Newman for Marriage Story
Thomas Newman for 1917
Daniel Pemberton for Motherless Brooklyn

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Beautiful Ghosts” from Cats
“I’m Gonna Love Me Again” from Rocketman
“Into the Unknown” from Frozen 2
“Spirit” from The Lion King
“Stand Up” from Harriet 

Best Television Series – Drama
Big Little Lies
The Crown
Killing Eve
The Morning Show
Succession

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
Jennifer Aniston in The Morning Show
Olivia Colman in The Crown
Jodie Comer in Killing Eve
Nicole Kidman in Big Little Lies
Reese Witherspoon in The Morning Show

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Brian Cox in Succession
Kit Harington in Game of Thrones
Rami Malek in Mr. Robot
Tobias Menzies in The Crown
Billy Porter in Pose

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Barry
Fleabag
The Kominsky Method
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
The Politician

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Christina Applegate in Dead to Me
Rachel Brosnahan in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Kirsten Dunst in On Becoming a God in Central Florida
Natasha Lyonne in Russian Doll
Phoebe Waller-Bridge in Fleabag

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Michael Douglas in The Kominsky Method
Bill Hader in Barry
Ben Platt in The Politician
Paul Rudd in Living with Yourself
Ramy Youssef in Ramy

Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Catch-22
Chernobyl
Fosse/Verdon
The Loudest Voice
Unbelievable

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Kaitlyn Dever in Unbelievable
Joey King in The Act
Helen Mirren in Catherine the Great
Merritt Wever in Unbelievable
Michelle Williams in Fosse/Verdon

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Christopher Abbott in Catch-22
Sacha Baron Cohen in The Spy
Russell Crowe in The Loudest Voice
Jared Harris in Chernobyl
Sam Rockwell in Fosse/Verdon

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Patricia Arquette in The Act
Helena Bonham Carter in The Crown
Toni Collette in Unbelievable
Meryl Streep in Big Little Lies
Emily Watson in Chernobyl

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Alan Arkin in The Kominsky Method
Kieran Culkin in Succession
Andrew Scott in Fleabag
Stellan Skarsgård in Chernobyl
Henry Winkler in Barry