On Monday, the Golden Globe Foundation will present the nominations for the 2025 Golden Globe Awards, the 82nd edition. I actually had to look up who was in charge of them now, having totally forgotten that the Hollywood Foreign Press no longer exists. I do remember, of course, the controversy and the rehabilitation. However, last year, most nominees did show up at the televised ceremony and received their awards. Most of the 81st Golden Globe winners went on to win Academy Awards.
Of course, now that the Penske Media Corporation owns the Golden Globes, celebs will appear as per usual. The days of the boycott are gone, and they potentially matter again.
So, with that in mind, we do need to pay serious attention to this year’s nominees as it will help, in some cases, clarify who are truly frontrunners outside of the critics awards. Is this a “last stand” for Paramount’s September 5? Will they rescue Gladiator II after Elizabeth Taylor famously gave the original Best Drama? Will Wicked or Conclave or Emilia Pérez come away with the leading vote tally? All of these questions and more will be answered as the 2025 Oscar field clarifies a bit on Monday afternoon.
Here are our predictions in the film categories for Monday’s nominations. Check back at The Contending for the nominees and their reactions.
Drama
- Blitz
- The Brutalist
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Sing Sing
Drama Actor
- Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
- Timothee Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
- Daniel Craig, Queer
- Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
- Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
- Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
Drama Actress
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
- Angelina Jolie, Maria
- Nicole Kidman, Babygirl
- Saorise Ronan, The Outrun
- Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here
- Kate Winslet, Lee
Comedy
- Anora
- Challengers
- Emilia Pérez
- A Real Pain
- The Substance
- Wicked
Comedy Actress
- Amy Adams, Nightbitch
- Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
- Karla Sofia Gascon, Emilia Pérez
- Mikey Madison, Anora
- Demi Moore, The Substance
- Zendaya, Challengers
Comedy Actor
- Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
- Hugh Grant, Heretic
- Michael Keaton, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
- Jesse Plemons, Kinds of Kindness
- Glen Powell, Hit Man
- Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool & Wolverine
Supporting Actress
- Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson
- Selena Gomez, Emilia Pérez
- Ariana Grande, Wicked
- Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
- Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
- Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Supporting Actor
- Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
- Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
- Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
- Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
- Stanley Tucci, Conclave
- Denzel Washington, Gladiator II
Director
- Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
- Sean Baker, Anora
- Edward Berger, Conclave
- Jon M. Chu, Wicked
- Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
- Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Screenplay
- Anora
- The Brutalist
- Conclave
- I’m Still Here
- A Real Pain
- The Substance
Animated
- Flow
- Inside Out 2
- Memoir of a Snail
- Moana 2
- Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
- The Wild Robot
Score
- The Brutalist
- Challengers
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Pérez
- The Wild Robot
Song
- El Mal, Emilia Pérez
- Mi Camino, Emilia Pérez
- Beyond, Moana 2
- Elton John: Never Too Late, Never Too Late
- Kiss the Sky, The Wild Robot
- Harper and Will Go West, Will and Harper
Foreign Language
- All We Imagine As Light
- Emilia Pérez
- The Girl With the Needle
- Kneecap
- I’m Still Here
- The Seed of the Sacred Fig
