2026 Golden Globes: AI picks favorites to win in the main categories

The 2026 Golden Globes are almost here. The annual ceremony honoring the best in film and television will take place on January 11 at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, starting at 8:00 p.m. ET and 5:00 p.m. PT.

This 83rd edition of the awards features 27 categories with six nominees each, while the Cinematic and Box Office Achievement category includes eight contenders.

In the film races, One Battle After Another, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, leads the field with nine nominations, followed by Sentimental Value by Joachim Trier with eight.

Sinners by Ryan Coogler earned seven mentions, Hamnet by Chloe Zhao received six, while Frankenstein by Guillermo del Toro and Wicked: For Good by Jon M. Chu each picked up five.

On the television side, The White Lotus stands out with six nominations, Adolescence follows with five, and both Only Murders in the Building and Severance collected four apiece.

Golden Globe winners according to ChatGPT

With anticipation building, we turned to artificial intelligence to get its predictions for Sunday night’s ceremony. The answers will be revealed soon enough.

Best motion picture – drama

Frankenstein

Hamnet

It Was Just an Accident

The Secret Agent

Sentimental Value

Sinners

Predicted winner: Sinners

Best motion picture – musical or comedy

Blue Moon

Bugonia

Marty Supreme

No Other Choice

Nouvelle Vague

One Battle After Another

Predicted winner: One Battle After Another

Best animated feature

Arco

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – Infinity Castle

Elio

KPop Demon Hunters

Little Amelie or the Character of Rain

Zootopia 2

Predicted winner: KPop Demon Hunters

Best motion picture – non-English language

It Was Just an Accident (France)

No Other Choice (South Korea)

The Secret Agent (Brazil)

Sentimental Value (Norway)

Sirat (Spain)

The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)

Predicted winner: It Was Just an Accident (France)

Best actor in a motion picture – drama

Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams

Oscar Isaac, Frankenstein

Dwayne Johnson, The Smashing Machine

Michael B. Jordan, Sinners

Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent

Jeremy Allen White, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

Predicted winner: Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent

Best actress in a motion picture – drama

Jessie Buckley, Hamnet

Jennifer Lawrence, Die, My Love

Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value

Julia Roberts, After the Hunt

Tessa Thompson, Hedda

Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby

Predicted winner: Jessie Buckley, Hamnet

Best actor in a motion picture – musical or comedy

Timothee Chalamet, Marty Supreme

George Clooney, Jay Kelly

Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another

Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon

Lee Byung-hun, No Other Choice

Jesse Plemons, Bugonia

Predicted winner: Timothee Chalamet, Marty Supreme

Best actress in a motion picture – musical or comedy

Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You

Cynthia Erivo, Wicked: For Good

Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue

Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another

Amanda Seyfried, The Testament of Ann Lee

Emma Stone, Bugonia

Predicted winner: Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You

Best supporting actor

Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another

Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein

Paul Mescal, Hamnet

Sean Penn, One Battle After Another

Adam Sandler, Jay Kelly

Stellan Skarsgard, Sentimental Value

Predicted winner: Stellan Skarsgard, Sentimental Value

Best supporting actress

Emily Blunt, The Smashing Machine

Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value

Ariana Grande, Wicked: For Good

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value

Amy Madigan, Weapons

Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

Predicted winner: Ariana Grande, Wicked: For Good

Best director

Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another

Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein

Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident

Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value

Chloe Zhao, Hamnet

Predicted winner: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another

Best screenplay

Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another

Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident

Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value

Chloe Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell, Hamnet

Predicted winners: Chloe Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell, Hamnet

Best original score

Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein

Ludwig Goransson, Sinners

Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another

Kangding Ray, Sirat

Max Richter, Hamnet

Hans Zimmer, F1

Predicted winner: Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another

Best original song

Dream as One, Avatar: Fire and Ash – Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen

Golden, KPop Demon Hunters – Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun

I Lied to You, Sinners – Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Goransson

No Place Like Home, Wicked: For Good – Stephen Schwartz

The Girl in the Bubble, Wicked: For Good – Stephen Schwartz

Train Dreams, Train Dreams – Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner

Predicted winner: I Lied to You, Sinners

Television

Best television series – drama

The Diplomat

The Pitt

Pluribus

Severance

Slow Horses

The White Lotus

Predicted winner: Severance

Best television series – musical or comedy

Abbott Elementary

The Bear

Hacks

Nobody Wants This

Only Murders in the Building

The Studio

Predicted winner: The Studio

Best limited series or television movie

Adolescence

All Her Fault

The Beast in Me

Black Mirror

Dying for Sex

The Girlfriend

Predicted winner: Adolescence

Best actor in a television series – drama

Sterling K. Brown, Paradise

Diego Luna, Andor

Gary Oldman, Slow Horses

Mark Ruffalo, Task

Adam Scott, Severance

Noah Wyle, The Pitt

Predicted winner: Adam Scott, Severance

Best actress in a television series – drama

Kathy Bates, Matlock

Britt Lower, Severance

Helen Mirren, 1923

Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us

Keri Russell, The Diplomat

Rhea Seehorn, Pluribus

Predicted winner: Britt Lower, Severance

Best actor in a television series – musical or comedy

Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This

Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building

Glen Powell, Chad Powers

Seth Rogen, The Studio

Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building

Jeremy Allen White, The Bear

Predicted winner: Seth Rogen, The Studio

Best actress in a television series – musical or comedy

Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This

Ayo Edebiri, The Bear

Selena Gomez, Only Murders in the Building

Jenna Ortega, Wednesday

Jean Smart, Hacks

Natasha Lyonne, Poker Face

Predicted winner: Jean Smart, Hacks

Best actor in a limited series, television movie or anthology

Jacob Elordi, The Narrow Road

Paul Giamatti, Black Mirror

Stephen Graham, Adolescence

Charlie Hunnam, Monster: The Ed Gein Story

Jude Law, Black Rabbit

Matthew Rhys, The Beast in Me

Predicted winner: Stephen Graham, Adolescence

Best actress in a limited series, television movie or anthology

Claire Danes, The Beast in Me

Rashida Jones, Black Mirror

Amanda Seyfried, Long Bright River

Sarah Snook, All Her Fault

Michelle Williams, Dying for Sex

Robin Wright, The Girlfriend

Predicted winner: Michelle Williams, Dying for Sex

Best supporting actor in a television series

Owen Cooper, Adolescence

Billy Crudup, The Morning Show

Walton Goggins, The White Lotus

Jason Isaacs, The White Lotus

Tramell Tillman, Severance

Ashley Walters, Adolescence

Predicted winner: Tramell Tillman, Severance

Best supporting actress in a limited series, television movie or anthology

Carrie Coon, The White Lotus

Erin Doherty, Adolescence

Hannah Einbinder, Hacks

Catherine O’Hara, The Studio

Parker Posey, The White Lotus

Aimee Lou Wood, The White Lotus

Predicted winner: Erin Doherty, Adolescence

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