{"id":2191333,"date":"2025-12-08T18:13:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T18:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2191333"},"modified":"2025-12-08T18:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T18:13:07","slug":"golden-globe-2026-nominations-go-big-on-foreign-films-and-not-so-much-on-movies-youve-seen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/golden-globe-2026-nominations-go-big-on-foreign-films-and-not-so-much-on-movies-youve-seen\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Globe 2026 nominations go big on foreign films \u2014 and not so much on movies you&#8217;ve seen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F12%2Fnewspress-collage-t8l1kfdd7-1765214940201.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%261765197077\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>RIP the wacky Globes.<\/p>\n<p>If you thought last year\u2019s Golden Globes nominations were esoteric, well the 2026 crop is practically a cinema studies course syllabus.<\/p>\n<p>Exhibit A: The nods, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/08\/entertainment\/golden-globes-2026-full-list-of-nominees-announced\/\">which were announced Monday<\/a>, include five Cannes Film Festival premieres in the top categories of best motion picture \u2013 drama and best motion picture \u2013 musical or comedy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Four of those movies \u2014 \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/02\/entertainment\/it-was-just-an-accident-review-fantastic-film-iranian-government-will-hate\/\">It Was Just An Accident<\/a>,\u201d \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/05\/entertainment\/sentimental-value-tiff-review-stellan-skarsgard-elle-fanning-star-in-a-lackluster-oscar-contender\/\">Sentimental Value<\/a>,\u201d \u201cThe Secret Agent\u201d and \u201cNo Other Choice\u201d \u2014 respectively hail from Iran, Norway, Brazil and South Korea.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another, Richard Linklater\u2019s \u201cNouvelle Vague,\u201d is almost entirely in French.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Which is to say, few viewers of the Jan. 11th CBS telecast will have watched or even heard of any of them.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--more inline-module--columnist inline-module--more--thirds\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<h2 class=\"inline-module__heading subsection-heading subsection-heading--single-line \">\n\t\t\tMore From\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"subsection-heading__sub\">Johnny Oleksinski<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><em>Sacr\u00e9 bleu!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It makes you feel for host Nikki Glaser.\u00a0Thank God \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/17\/entertainment\/one-battle-after-another-review-leonardo-dicaprio-stars-in-a-huge-violent-hilarious-blockbuster\/\">One Battle After Another<\/a>\u201d leads with nine nominations. She can at least crack some Leonardo DiCaprio girlfriend jokes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cOne Battle After Another,\u201d starring Leonardo DiCaprio, led the pack with nine nominations. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ever since 2021 when the Globes rooted out corruption in its ranks, expanded its voting membership of foreign journalists and were sold to Dick Clark Productions, their picks have become super serious.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They moved out of mom\u2019s basement and got a job. They floss now.<\/p>\n<p>Hence \u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash\u201d and \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/18\/entertainment\/wicked-for-good-review-cynthia-erivo-and-ariana-grande-bring-on-the-tears-in-musical-finale\/\">Wicked: For Good<\/a>\u201d being left out of best motion picture this year, even though several American groups have so far included one or both. Don\u2019t count \u2018em out for the Academy Awards, although neither can snap up best picture.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That said, barring a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/02\/01\/entertainment\/karla-sofia-gascons-tweets-are-blow-to-emilia-perez-oscar-chances\/\">Karla Sofia Gascon in \u201cEmilia Perez\u201d-like implosion<\/a>, every eventual Oscar winner is somewhere on this list. Many of the films are fantastic. You <em>should<\/em> watch them, but I\u2019m not holding my breath.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Rose Byrne has been gaining steam for her performance in \u201cIf I Had Legs I\u2019d Kick You.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOne Battle,\u201d for my money, has already won the battle.<\/p>\n<p>Director Paul Thomas Anderson\u2019s acclaimed action-comedy has been steamrolling the competition. It\u2019ll add best motion picture \u2013 comedy at the Globes to its haul.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And at the Oscars in March, fellow Globe nominees \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/18\/entertainment\/sinners-review-michael-b-jordan-plays-twins-in-an-intoxicating-southern-vampire-flick\/\">Sinners<\/a>,\u201d \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/09\/entertainment\/hamnet-with-paul-mescal-is-one-of-the-best-most-gut-punching-movies-of-the-year\/\">Hamnet<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/01\/entertainment\/marty-supreme-review-timothee-chalamet-wins-in-the-best-movie-of-the-year\/\">Marty Supreme<\/a>\u201d won\u2019t be able to take it down.<\/p>\n<p>The motion picture \u2013 drama prize probably goes to something like Brazil\u2019s \u201cThe Secret Agent\u201d or Iran\u2019s \u201cIt Was Just An Accident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The acting races are spicier. And starrier.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jessie Buckley is heartbreaking in \u201cHamnet.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The incandescent Jessie Buckley of \u201cHamnet\u201d and fierce Rose Byrne of \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/25\/entertainment\/rose-byrne-is-terrifying-in-if-i-had-legs-id-kick-you-at-sundance\/\">If I Had Legs I\u2019d Kick<\/a>\u201d will be glad that, being respectively in actress \u2013 drama and comedy, they aren\u2019t facing off.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Buckley has been the frontrunner for the Oscar since her heartbreaking Shakespeare riff premiered back in the Fall, but Byrne is on the rise after a series of critics group wins.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ll likely both be victorious in their competitions.<\/p>\n<p>The actor \u2013 comedy field is full of heavy hitters: DiCaprio, Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet (\u201cMarty Supreme\u201d), George Clooney (\u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/24\/entertainment\/jay-kelly-review-george-clooney-navel-gazes-in-a-bland-hollywood-satire\/\">Jay Kelly<\/a>\u201d), Ethan Hawke (\u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/17\/entertainment\/blue-moon-review-ethan-hawke-is-unrecognizable-and-transfixing-in-sad-witty-broadway-tale\/\">Blue Moon<\/a>\u201d), Jesse Plemons (\u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/09\/entertainment\/bugonia-review-emma-stone-stars-in-another-flippin-weird-yorgos-lanthimos-movie-about-conspiracy-theorists\/\">Bugonia<\/a>\u201d) and somewhat less heavy Lee Byung-Hun (\u201cNo Other Choice\u201d).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s a three-way battle between DiCaprio, Hawke and Chalamet, our 29-year-old Hollywood striver who\u2019s dinged by the widely held perception that he\u2019ll make great movies for another 50 years or more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I reckon 55-year-old Hawke takes this one. His performance as Broadway lyricist Lorenz Hart is a tour de force, and without him there\u2019s no movie.<\/p>\n<p>Hawke would then emerge as the Oscar favorite.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ethan Hawke could take beat actor \u2013 musical or comedy for \u201cBlue Moon.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And what of Ariana Grande? She\u2019s nominated once again in supporting actress for playing Glinda in \u201cWicked.\u201d So is co-star Cynthia Erivo in best actress, but she shan\u2019t defy vulnerability.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Grande was the top pick before \u201cFor Good\u201d\u2019s reviews were only goodish. The safer bets now are Amy Madigan, who should win for \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/06\/entertainment\/weapons-review-the-best-horror-movie-of-the-summer\/\">Weapons<\/a>,\u201d Teyana Taylor (\u201cOne Battle\u201d) and Inga Ibsdoter Lilleaas (\u201cSentimental Value\u201d). Emily Blunt (\u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/09\/entertainment\/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-guns-for-oscar-in-sleepy-mma-movie\/\">The Smashing Machine<\/a>\u201c)? A quiet last place.<\/p>\n<p>Blunt and co-star Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson will, um, have a nice night of conversations and Nobu delicacies. <\/p>\n<p>Johnson almost certainly loses actor \u2013 drama to Wagner Moura (\u201cThe Secret Agent\u201d) or Michael B. Jordan (\u201cSinners\u201d).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Wagner Moura notched a best actor \u2013 drama nod for his performance in \u201cThe Secret Agent.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By the way, I would\u2019ve killed to have sat in on the Globes\u2019 deliberations over whether or not to nominate \u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash\u201d for its stupid box office achievement award.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They ultimately did. But \u201cFire and Ash\u201d has not yet opened and therefore has achieved $0. Hilarious!<\/p>\n<p>See? The Globes can still provide some dismissive laughs after all.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RIP the wacky Globes. If you thought last year\u2019s Golden Globes nominations were esoteric, well the 2026 crop is practically a cinema studies course syllabus. Exhibit A: The nods, which were announced Monday, include five Cannes Film Festival premieres in the top categories of best motion picture \u2013 drama and best motion picture \u2013 musical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2191334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25174],"tags":[21741,312614,21993,373738,336188,23666,21912,344473,318163,34943],"class_list":["post-2191333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-entertainment","tag-ethan-hawke","tag-films","tag-golden-globes","tag-jessie-buckley","tag-leonardo-dicaprio","tag-movies","tag-oscars","tag-rose-byrne","tag-timothee-chalamet"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Golden-Globe-2026-nominations-go-big-on-foreign-films-\u2014.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2191333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2191333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2191333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2191335,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2191333\/revisions\/2191335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2191334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2191333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2191333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2191333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}