75th Golden Globe Awards Predictions

75th Golden Globe Awards Predictions

The 75th Golden Globe Awards air this Sunday at 8 P.M. Eastern, hosted by Seth Meyers. As far as awards shows go, it’s a bit of a joke. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association likes to invite famous people and spread the wealth, awarding the art they like the best is a secondary concern.

It is, however, entertaining television. Because the HFPA loves to stroke celebrity egos, they’re able to pack a bunch of them in a room and ply them with liquor all night. It leads to fun or incoherent speeches. Due to their desire to reward people for showing up, there’s usually a variety of winners, which means the proceedings don’t get too repetitive. The downside to this is that they’re not a great predictor the Academy Awards, unlike the various Guild awards.

Ultimately, what I’m trying to say, is that predicting the Golden Globes is a crapshoot. With some of the races more wide-open than usual, it’s even harder. The HFPA is a relatively small organization that likes to make headlines (hence Christopher Plummer’s Nomination for All the Money in the World) so that can be a bit of a guiding light. I make absolutely no guarantees about these picks, most of them are guesses based on previous award wins and my psychic ability to get into the mind of a member of the HFPA.

I include guesses for what I think will win, what could win, which of the nominees should win, and an “I wish” category for me to shoutout films that may not have even been nominated.

Movies

Best Picture – Drama

• Call Me By Your Name
• Dunkirk
• The Post
• The Shape of Water
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Will Win: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Could Win: The Shape of Water
Should Win: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

I Wish: They’ll get it right with either Three Billboards or The Shape of Water

Best Picture – Musical or Comedy

• The Disaster Artist
• Get Out
• The Greatest Showman
• I, Tonya
• Lady Bird

Will Win: Lady Bird
Could Win: Get Out
Should Win: Get Out

I Wish: Get Out or Ingrid Goes West

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

• Timothée Chalamet – Call Me By Your Name
• Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread
• Tom Hanks – The Post
• Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour
• Denzel Washington – Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Will Win: Timothée Chalamet
Could Win: Gary Oldman
Should Win: Timothée Chalamet

I Wish: Andy Serkis in War for the Planet of the Apes or Vince Vaughn in Brawl in Cell Block 99

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

• Jessica Chastain – Molly’s Game
• Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water
• Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• Meryl Streep – The Pos
• Michelle Williams – All the Money in the World

Will Win: Frances McDormand
Could Win: Sally Hawkins
Should Win: Frances McDormand

I Wish: Melanie Lynskey for i don’t feel at home in this world anymore.

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

• Steve Carrell – Battle of the Sexes
• Ansel Elgort – Baby Driver
• James Franco – The Disaster Artist
• Hugh Jackman – The Greatest Showman
• Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out

Will Win: James Franco
Could Win: Daniel Kaluuya
Should Win: James Franco or Daniel Kaluuya

I Wish: Daniel Kaluuya is amazing, but it’s not that comedic. James Franco deserves it, or Kumail Nanjiani from The Big Sick or Kyle Mooney from Brigsby Bear

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

• Judi Dench – Victoria & Abdul
• Helen Mirren – The Leisure Seeker
• Margot Robbie – I, Tonya
• Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird
• Emma Stone – Battle of the Sexes

Will Win: Saoirse Ronan
Could Win: Margot Robbie
Should Win: Margot Robbie

I Wish: Aubrey Plaza in Ingrid Goes West

(Insha: Aubrey Plaza should be nominated just for that Catwoman scene. Fight me.) 

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, Musical or Comedy

• Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project
• Armie Hammer – Call Me By Your Name
• Richard Jenkins – The Shape of Water
• Christopher Plummer – All the Money in the World
• Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Will Win: Willem Dafoe
Could Win: Christopher Plummer, Sam Rockwell
Should Win: Sam Rockwell, Armie Hammer

I Wish: Sam Rockwell, Ray Romano in The Big Sick, Michael Fassbender in Alien: Covenant

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, Musical or Comedy

• Mary J. Blige – Mudbound
• Hong Chau – Downsizing
• Allison Janney – I, Tonya
• Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird
• Octavia Spencer – The Shape of Water

Will Win: Allison Janney
Could Win: Laurie Metcalf
Should Win: Allison Janney

I Wish: Dafne Keen in Logan, Brooklynn Prince in The Florida Project

(Insha: God, Dafne Keen deserves THE WORLD.) 

Best Director

• Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water
• Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk
• Ridley Scott – All the Money in the World
• Steven Spielberg – The Post

Will Win: Guillermo del Toro
Could Win: Christopher Nolan
Should Win: Christopher Nolan

I Wish: Denis Villeneuve for Blade Runner 2049 or Jordan Peele for Get Out

Best Screenplay

• Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor – The Shape of Water
• Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
• Liz Hannah & Josh Singer – The Post
• Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• Aaron Sorkin – Molly’s Game

Will Win: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Could Win: Lady Bird, Molly’s Game
Should Win: Three Billboards

I Wish: Three Billboards

Best Original Score

• Carter Burwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• Alexandre Desplat – The Shape of Water
• Jonny Greenwood – Phantom Thread
• John Williams – The Post
• Hans Zimmer – Dunkirk

Will Win: Phantom Thread
Could Win: The Shape of Water
Should Win: Dunkirk

I Wish: War for the Planet of the Apes

(Insha: Shape of Water’s soundtrack is so beautiful. Please check it out if you haven’t.) 

Best Original Song

• “Home” – Ferdinand
• “Mighty River” – Mudbound
• “Remember Me” – Coco
• “The Star” – The Star
• “This is Me” – The Greatest Showman

Will Win: “This is Me”
Could Win: “Remember Me”
Should Win: “Mighty River”

I Wish: “Mystery of Love” or “Visions of Gideon” from Call Me By Your Name

Best Animated Feature Film

• The Boss Baby
• The Breadwinner
• Coco
• Ferdinand
• Loving Vincent

Will Win: Coco
Could Win: Nothing but Coco
Should Win: The Breadwinner

I Wish: The Breadwinner

Best Foreign Language Film

• A Fantastic Woman (Chile)
• First They Killed My Father (Cambodia)
• In the Fade (Germany/France)
• Loveless (Russia)
• The Square (Sweden/Germany/France)

Will Win: The Square
Could Win: First They Killed My Father, In the Fade
Should Win: The Square

I Wish: Thelma

Television

Best Series – Drama

• The Crown
• Game of Thrones
• The Handmaid’s Tale
• Stranger Things
• This Is Us

Will Win: The Handmaid’s Tale
Could Win: Game of Thrones
Should Win: The Handmaid’s Tale

I Wish: The Leftovers

Best Series – Musical or Comedy

• Black-ish
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Master of None
• SMILF
• Will & Grace

Will Win: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Could Win: SMILF
Should Win: Black-ish, Master of None

I Wish: Nathan For You or The Good Place

Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama

• Jason Bateman – Ozark
• Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us
• Freddie Highmore – The Good Doctor
• Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul
• Liev Schreiber – Ray Donovan

Will Win: Sterling K. Brown
Could Win: Freddie Highmore
Should Win: Bob Odenkirk, Sterling K. Brown

I Wish: Justin Theroux in The Leftovers

Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama

• Caitriona Balfe – Outlander
• Claire Foy – The Crown
• Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Deuce
• Katherine Langford – 13 Reasons Why
• Elisabeth Moss – The Handmaid’s Tale

Will Win: Elisabeth Moss
Could Win: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Should Win: Claire Foy

I Wish: Carrie Coon in The Leftovers

Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

• Anthony Anderson – Black-ish
• Aziz Ansari – Master of None
• Kevin Bacon – I Love Dick
• William H. Macy – Shameless
• Eric McCormack – Will & Grace

Will Win: Eric McCormack
Could Win: Kevin Bacon, William H. Macy
Should Win: Anthony Anderson

I Wish: Nathan Fielder in Nathan For You

Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

• Pamela Adlon – Better Things
• Alison Brie – GLOW
• Rachel Brosnahan – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Issa Rae – Insecure
• Frankie Shaw – SMILF

Will Win: Rachel Brosnahan
Could Win: Frankie Shaw
Should Win: Alison Brie

I Wish: Kristen Bell in The Good Place

Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television

• Robert De Niro – The Wizard of Lies
• Jude Law – The Young Pope
• Kyle MacLachlan – Twin Peaks: The Return
• Ewan McGregor – Fargo
• Geoffrey Rush – Genius

Will Win: Kyle MacLachlan
Could Win: Jude Law
Should Win: Kyle MacLachlan

I Wish: Kyle MacLachlan should absolutely win

Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television

• Jessica Biel – The Sinner
• Nicole Kidman – Big Little Lies
• Jessica Lange – Feud: Bette and Joan
• Susan Sarandon – Feud: Bette and Joan
• Reese Witherspoon – Big Little Lies

Will Win: Nicole Kidman
Could Win: Jessica Lange, Susan Sarandon
Should Win: Jessica Lange, Susan Sarandon

I Wish: Jessica Lange or Susan Sarandon

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film

• David Harbour – Stranger Things
• Alfred Molina – Feud: Bette and Joan
• Alexander Skarsgard – Big Little Lies
• Christian Slater – Mr. Robot
• David Thewlis – Fargo

Will Win: David Harbour
Could Win: Alexander Skarsgard
Should Win: David Harbour

I Wish: Christopher Eccleston in The Leftovers

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film

• Laura Dern – Big Little Lies
• Ann Dowd – The Handmaid’s Tale
• Chrissy Metz – This Is Us
• Michelle Pfeiffer – The Wizard of Lies
• Shailene Woodley – Big Little Lies

Will Win: Laura Dern
Could Win: Ann Dowd
Should Win: Laura Dern

I Wish: Laura Dern, of course

(Insha: Michael’s crush on Laura Dern  (which is totally understandable. I mean, have you seen her? She’s like an adorable ferret) is showing. 

Best Miniseries or Television Film

• Big Little Lies
• Fargo
• Feud: Bette and Joan
• The Sinner
• Top of the Lake: China Girl

Will Win: Big Little Lies
Could Win: The Sinner
Should Win: Feud: Bette and Joan

I Wish: Twin Peaks: The Return