81st Annual Golden Globe – Final Predictions

After an eventful 2023 full of summer blockbusters, actors’ strikes and the fall of the superhero movie, there is no better way to welcome the new year with the 81st Annual Golden Globes.

The Globes will be the first major televised ceremony during awards season and now with their increased 300+ members, will serve as a strong indicator as to who will perform well at the upcoming Academy Awards. The Golden Globes also celebrate a year in television as well as film, but I will be solely focusing on the Motion Picture categories.

The favourites in their respective drama and comedy/musical categories are “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie”, both of which racked up an impressive tally of nine nominations each last month. They can expect stiff competition however, from strong contenders “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “Poor Things”, both of which will be looking to make their mark on the 2023-2024 awards season.

Which actors and filmmakers do you think will be walking away with a famous gold statuette on Sunday 7th January.

See below my full list of nominees with my predicted winners highlighted in gold.

Full List of Golden Globe Predictions:

Film – Drama

1. Anatomy of a Fall
2. Killers of the Flower Moon
3. Maestro
4. Oppenheimer
5. Past Lives
6. The Zone of Interest

Actor – Drama

1. Bradley Cooper (Maestro)
2. Leonardo DiCaprio (Killers of the Flower Moon)
3. Colman Domingo (Rustin)
4. Barry Keoghan (Saltburn)
5. Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)
6. Andrew Scott (All of Us Strangers)

Actress – Drama

1. Annette Bening (Nyad)
2. Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon)
3. Sandra Huller (Anatomy of a Fall)
4. Greta Lee (Past Lives)
5. Carey Mulligan (Maestro)
6. Cailee Spaeny (Priscilla)

Film – Comedy/Musical

1. Air
2. American Fiction
3. Barbie
4. The Holdovers
5. May December
6. Poor Things

Actor – Comedy/Musical

1. Nicolas Cage (Dream Scenario)
2. Timothee Chalamet (Wonka)
3. Matt Damon (Air)
4. Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)
5. Joaquin Phoenix (Beau is Afraid)
6. Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)

Actress – Comedy/Musical

1. Fantasia Barrino (The Colour Purple)
2. Jennifer Lawrence (No Hard Feelings)
3. Natalie Portman (May December)
4. Alma Poysti (Fallen Leaves)
5. Margot Robbie (Barbie)
6. Emma Stone (Poor Things)

Supporting Actor

1. Willem Dafoe (Poor Things)
2. Robert De Niro (Killers of the Flower Moon)
3. Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer)
4. Ryan Gosling (Barbie)
5. Charles Melton (May December)
6. Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things)

Supporting Actress

1. Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer)
2. Danielle Brooks (The Colour Purple)
3. Jodie Foster (Nyad)
4. Julianne Moore (May December)
5. Rosamund Pike (Saltburn)
6. Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)

Director

1. Bradley Cooper (Maestro)
2. Greta Gerwig (Barbie)
3. Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things)
4. Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)
5. Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon)
6. Celine Song (Past Lives)

Screenplay

1. Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet and Arthur Harari)
2. Barbie (Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach)
3. Killers of the Flower Moon (Martin Scorsese and Eric Roth)
4. Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan)
5. Past Lives (Celine Song)
6. Poor Things (Tony McNamara)

Animated Film

1. The Boy and the Heron
2. Elemental
3. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
4. The Super Mario Bros. Movie
5. Suzume
6. Wish

Non-English Language Film

1. Anatomy of a Fall (France)
2. Fallen Leaves (Finland)
3. Io capitano (Italy)
4. Past Lives (USA)
5. Society of the Snow (Spain)
6. The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom)

Original Score

1. The Boy and the Heron (Joe Hisaishi)
2. Killers of the Flower Moon (Robbie Robertson)
3. Oppenheimer (Ludwig Goransson)
4. Poor Things (Jerskin Fendrix)
5. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Daniel Pemberton)
6. The Zone of Interest (Mica Levi)

Original Song

1. “Dance the Night” by Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt (Barbie)
2. “I’m Just Ken” by Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt (Barbie)
3. “What Was I Made For” by Billie Eilish and Finneas (Barbie)
4. “Road to Freedom” by Lenny Kravitz (Rustin)
5. “Addicted to Romance” by Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa (She Came to Me)
6. “Peaches” by Jack Black, Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Eric Osmond, John Spiker (The Super Mario Bros. Movie)

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

1. Barbie
2. Elemental
3. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
4. John Wick: Chapter 4
5. Oppenheimer
6. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
7. The Super Mario Bros. Movie
8. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour

The 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards will take place on Sunday 7th January 8PM ET/5PM PT on CBS and Paramount+ in USA