After scandal and several troubled years, the Golden Globes are ready for a comeback. The revamped group, now a for-profit endeavor with a larger and more diverse voting body, announced its nominations on Monday, December 11, for its January awards show. Barbie tops all nominees with nine, while Oppenheimer followed closely behind with eight nominations.
The two films – collectively dubbed "Barbenheimer" after their theatrical releases happened to fall on the same date – dominated the box office, and now have a strong start to Hollywood's film awards season, which ends with the Oscars in March. Other movies that proved popular with Globes voters were Killers of the Flower Moon and Poor Things, both earning seven nominations, and Past Lives with five.
Globes organizers will hope the "Barbenheimer" success can shift the focus away from the gala's recent notoriety. The Golden Globes have endured a rough few years, after a Los Angeles Times expose in 2021 showed that the awards' voting body – the Hollywood Foreign Press Association – had no Black members. That revelation triggered the airing of a wide range of other long-simmering criticisms about the HFPA, including allegations of amateurism and corruption.
Earlier this year, the awards' assets and trademarks were purchased and overhauled by a group of private investors including US billionaire Todd Boehly, and the HFPA was disbanded.
In addition to nominations for films, shows and actors, segmented between comedy/musical and drama, the 2024 show will have two new categories: cinematic and box office achievement and best stand-up comedian on television.
Read the nominations below.
Best Motion Picture, Drama
Anatomy of a Fall; Killers of the Flower Moon; Maestro; Oppenheimer; Past Lives; The Zone of Interest.
Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Air; American Fiction; Barbie; May December; The Holdovers; Poor Things
Best Female Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Annette Bening, Nyad; Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon; Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall; Carey Mulligan, Maestro; Greta Lee, Past Lives; Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla
Best Male Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Bradley Cooper, Maestro; Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon; Colman Domingo, Rustin; Barry Keoghan, Saltburn; Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer; Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers
Best Female Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Alma Pöysti, Fallen Leaves; Fantasia Barrino, The Color Purple; Jennifer Lawrence, No Hard Feelings; Natalie Portman, May December; Margot Robbie, Barbie; Emma Stone, Poor Things
Best Male 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 Motion Picture, Animated
The Boy and the Heron; Elemental; Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse; Suzume; The Super Mario Bros Movie; Wish
Best Motion Picture, Non-English Language
Anatomy of a Fall; Fallen Leaves; Io Capitano; Past Lives; Society of the Snow; The Zone of Interest
Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role
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 Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Willem Dafoe, Poor Things; Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon; Robert Downey Jr, Oppenheimer; Ryan Gosling, Barbie; Charles Melton, May December; Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things
Best Director, Motion Picture
Bradley Cooper, Maestro; Celine Song, Past Lives; Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer; Greta Gerwig, Barbie; Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon; Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
Best Screenplay, Motion Picture
Barbie; Poor Things; Oppenheimer; Killers of the Flower Moon; Past Lives; Anatomy of a Fall
Best Original Score, Motion Picture
Poor Things; Oppenheimer; The Zone of Interest; Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse; Killers of the Flower Moon; The Boy and the Heron
Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
Barbie; Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3; John Wick: Chapter 4; Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One; Oppenheimer; Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse; Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour; The Super Mario Bros Movie
Best Television Series, Drama
Succession; The Crown; The Diplomat; The Last of Us; 1923; The Morning Show
Best Female Actor in a Television Series, Drama
Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us; Emma Stone, The Curse; Helen Mirren, 1923; Imelda Staunton, The Crown; Keri Russell, The Diplomat; Sarah Snook, Succession
Best Male 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 Television Series, Musical or Comedy
Abbott Elementary; Barry; Jury Duty; Only Murders in the Building; Ted Lasso; The Bear
Best Female Actor in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel; Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary; Elle Fanning, The Great; Selena Gomez, Only Murders in the Building; Natasha Lyonne, Poker Face; Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
Best Male Actor in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy
Bill Hader, Barry; Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building; Jason Segel, Shrinking; Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building; Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso; Jeremy Allen White, The Bear
Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Film
Beef; Lessons in Chemistry; Daisy Jones and the Six; All the Light We Cannot See; Fellow Travelers; Fargo