2024 Golden Globes predictions

When to watch: Sunday, 7 Jan 2024 (US) - Monday, 8 2024 (AUS)

Honestly, the awards show has lost its appeal for me. These ceremonies used to hold a special place for our family as a celebration of all things film. The reality is that the events' polity and the artists' social agendas have diminished the value of these events. Yet, people come back every year to consider what films are the best of the year. For the Reel Dialogue team to not comment on these awards does have value. So, here are our predictions of the film categories. We won’t comment on the television categories; that should be left to the experts in that realm.

We will provide our ‘prediction’ and ‘preference’ for each category. Please send us your predictions and preferences; our team loves hearing your thoughts. Let’s have a conversation about these films.

Here are some of the details of the awards ceremony. Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie,” leads the nominations for the 2024 Golden Globe Awards with 10 acknowledgments. One noticeable change to the ceremony is that each category now has six, instead of five nominees.

Another difference with this ceremony is the voting process. The Globes are voted on by approximately 300 journalists, as opposed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, which is populated by 10,500 film industry professionals.

Unlike the Oscars, the Globes distinguish between film genres, recognising the best comedies and musicals separately from the best dramas. What does that look like? Oppenheimer will compete for the top drama prize along with Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Anatomy of a Fall, The Zone of Interest, and Past Lives. On the other side of the room, Barbie will be in the best comedy or musical category with Air, American Fiction, Poor Things, May December, and The Holdovers.

There is more to the awards ceremony, but let’s get to the predictions. Did we get it right?

Best Motion Picture, Drama

• Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
• Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films/Paramount Pictures)
• Maestro (Netflix)
• Past Lives (A24)
• The Zone of Interest (A24)
• Anatomy of a Fall (Neon)

RD preference: Past Lives (A24)

RD prediction: Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)

Best Picture, Musical or Comedy

• Barbie (Warner Bros.)
• Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
• American Fiction (MGM)
• The Holdovers (Focus Features)
• May December (Netflix)
• Air (Amazon MGM Studios)

RD preference: Air (Amazon MGM Studios)

RD prediction: Barbie (Warner Bros.)

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

RD preference: Christopher Nolan — Oppenheimer

RD prediction: Christopher Nolan — Oppenheimer

Best Screenplay, Motion Picture

• Barbie — Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach
• Poor Things — Tony McNamara
• Oppenheimer — Christopher Nolan
• Killers of the Flower Moon — Eric Roth, Martin Scorsese
• Past Lives — Celine Song
• Anatomy of a Fall — Justine Triet, Arthur Harari

RD preference: Oppenheimer — Christopher Nolan

RD prediction: Barbie — Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama

• Bradley Cooper — Maestro
• Cillian Murphy — Oppenheimer
• Leonardo DiCaprio — Killers of the Flower Moon
• Colman Domingo — Rustin
• Andrew Scott — All of Us Strangers
• Barry Keoghan — Saltburn

RD preference: Cillian Murphy — Oppenheimer

RD prediction: Cillian Murphy — Oppenheimer or Bradley Cooper — Maestro

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama

• Lily Gladstone — Killers of the Flower Moon
• Carey Mulligan – Maestro
• Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
• Annette Bening — Nyad
• Greta Lee — Past Lives
• Cailee Spaeny — Priscilla

RD preference: Greta Lee — Past Lives

RD prediction: Lily Gladstone — Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Performance by an 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

RD preference: Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple

RD prediction: Margot Robbie – Barbie

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

• Nicolas Cage — Dream Scenario
• Timothée Chalamet — Wonka
• Matt Damon — Air
• Paul Giamatti — The Holdovers
• Joaquin Phoenix — Beau Is Afraid
• Jeffrey Wright — American Fiction

RD preference: Timothée Chalamet — Wonka

RD prediction: Paul Giamatti — The Holdovers

Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture

• Willem Dafoe — Poor Things
• Robert DeNiro — Killers of the Flower Moon
• Robert Downey Jr. — Oppenheimer
• Ryan Gosling — Barbie
• Charles Melton — May December
• Mark Ruffalo — Poor Things

RD preference: Robert Downey Jr. — Oppenheimer

RD prediction: Robert Downey Jr. — Oppenheimer

Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture

• Emily Blunt — Oppenheimer
• Danielle Brooks — The Color Purple
• Jodie Foster — Nyad
• Julianne Moore — May December
• Rosamund Pike — Saltburn
• Da’Vine Joy Randolph — The Holdovers

RD preference: Emily Blunt — Oppenheimer

RD prediction: Da’Vine Joy Randolph — The Holdovers

Best Motion Picture, Animated

• The Boy and the Heron (GKids)
• Elemental (Disney)
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)
• The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Universal Pictures)
• Suzume (Toho Co.)
• Wish (Disney)

RD preference: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)

RD prediction: Elemental (Disney)

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