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Netflix dominates the nominations for the 2021 Golden Globe Awards

February 3, 2021 by Gary Collinson

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced the nominations for this year’s 78th annual Golden Globe Awards, with streaming giant Netflix dominating across both film and television with a grand total of 42 nominations (22 for film and 20 for TV).

Leading the motion picture field is David Fincher’s Mank with seventh nominations, followed closely by another Netflix release in The Trial of the Chicago 7 with five. Both are nominated for Best Motion Picture – Drama alongside Nomadland, Promising Young Woman and The Father, while the Musical or Comedy nominees are Music, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Hamilton, Palm Springs and The Prom.

Check out the nominations here…

Best Motion Picture – Drama
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Nomadland
Mank
Promising Young Woman
The Father

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Music
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Hamilton
Palm Springs
The Prom

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
Another Round
Minari
Two of Us
The Life Ahead
La Llorona

Best Director – Motion Picture
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Regina King, One Night in Miami
David Fincher, Mank
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Jack Fincher, Mank
Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton, The Father
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Gary Oldman, Mank
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Tahar Rahim, The Mauritanian

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Rosamund Pike, I Care A Lot
Kate Hudson, Music
Anya Taylor-Joy, Emma
Michelle Pfeiffer, French Exit
Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsquent Moviefilm

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Dev Patel, The Personal History of David Copperfield
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
James Corden, The Prom
Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm
Andy Samberg, Palm Springs

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
Jodie Foster, The Mauritanian
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Helena Zengel, News of the World
Olivia Colman, The Father

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Jared Leto, The Little Things
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Bill Murray, On the Rocks
Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Motion Picture – Animated
Soul
Onward
Wolfwalkers
Over the Moon
The Croods: A New Age

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Soul
Mank
Tenet
The Midnight Sky
News of the World

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Fight For You,” Judas and the Black Messiah
“Speak Now,” One Night in Miami
“Hear My Voice,” The Trial of the Chicago 7
“”lo Si (Seen),” The Life Ahead
“Tigress & Tweed,” The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Best Television Series – Drama
The Crown
Lovecraft Country
The Mandalorian
Ozark
Ratched

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Emily in Paris
The Flight Attendant
The Great
Schitt’s Creek
Ted Lasso

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Josh O’Connor, The Crown
Matthew Rhys, Perry Mason
Al Pacino, Hunters
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
Emma Corrin, The Crown
Laura Linney, Ozark
Olivia Colman, The Crown
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Sarah Paulson, Ratched

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek
Kaley Cuoco, The Flight Attendant
Elle Fanning, The Great
Jane Levy, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
Lily Collins, Emily in Paris

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso
Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek
Nicholas Hoult, The Great
Ramy Youssef, Ramy
Don Cheadle, Black Monday

Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
The Undoing
The Queen’s Gambit
Normal People
Unorthodox
Small Axe

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Ethan Hawke, The Good Lord Bird
Hugh Grant, The Undoing
Mark Ruffalo, I Know This Much Is True
Jeff Daniels, The Comey Rule
Bryan Cranston, Your Honor

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Anya Taylor-Joy, The Queen’s Gambit
Nicole Kidman, The Undoing
Cate Blanchett, Mrs. America
Shira Haas, Unorthodox
Daisy Edgar-Jones, Normal People

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Gillian Anderson, The Crown
Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown
Cynthia Nixon, Ratched
Annie Murphy, Schitt’s Creek
Julia Garner, Ozark

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
John Boyega, Small Axe
Donald Sutherland, The Undoing
Dan Levy, Schitt’s Creek
Brendan Gleeson, The Comey Rule
Jim Parsons, Hollywood

The winners of the 2021 Golden Globes will be announced on February 28th. What do you make of this year’s nominations? Be sure to let us know on our social channels @FlickeringMyth…

 

Filed Under: Awards Season, Gary Collinson, Movies, News, Television Tagged With: Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globes

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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