Film Nominations for the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards

The Hollywood Foreign Press Aasociation has announced the Golden Globe nominations for 2023, with Greta Gerwig's "Barbie leading the way with nine nods (though to be fair, three of those are in Original Song). Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" followed with eight. The ceremony will take place on January 7th.

Best Motion Picture – Drama

Anatomy of a Fall

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro

Oppenheimer

Past Lives

The Zone of Interest

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Air

American Fiction

Barbie

The Holdovers

May December

Poor Things

Best Director – Motion Picture 

Bradley Cooper, Maestro

Greta Gerwig, Barbie

Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things

Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon

Celine Song, Past Lives

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama 

Bradley Cooper, Maestro

Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon

Colman Domingo, Rustin

Barry Keoghan, Saltburn

Cilian Murphy, Oppenheimer

Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

Annette Bening, Nyad

Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon

Sandra Huller, Anatomy of a Fall

Greta Lee, Past Lives

Carey Mulligan, Maestro

Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy  

Nicolas Cage, Dream Scenario

Timothee Chalamet, Wonka

Matt Damon, Air

Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers

Joaquin Phoenix, Beau is Afraid

Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Fantasia Barrino, The Color Purple

Jennifer Lawrence, No Hard Feelings

Natalie Portman, May December

Alma Pöysti, Fallen Leaves

Margot Robbie, Barbie

Emma Stone, Poor Things

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Willem Dafoe, Poor Things

Robert De Niro, Flowers of the Killer Moon

Robert Downey, Jr., Oppenheimer

Ryan Gosling, Barbie

Charles Melton, May December

Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer

Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple

Jodie Foster, Nyad

Julianne Moore, May December

Rosamund Pike, Salburn

Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

Anatomy of a Fall

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer

Past Lives

Poor Things

Best Original Score – Motion Picture 

The Boy and the Heron

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

The Zone of Interest

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language

Anatomy of a Fall

Fallen Leaves

Io Capitano

Past Lives

Perfect Days

Society of the Snow

The Zone of Interest

Best Motion Picture – Animated

The Boy and the Heron

Elemental

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Suzume

Wish

Best Song 

"Addicted to Romance," She Came to Me

"Dance the Night Away," Barbie

"I'm Just Ken," Barbie

"Peaches," The Super Mario Bros Movie

"Road to Freedom," Rustin

"What Was I Made For?," Barbie

Box Office Achievement

Barbie

Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3

John Wick: Chapter 4

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Oppenheimer

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour

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