Golden Globes movie predictions: Who will win? Who won’t | Hollywood
The first major awards night of the year has arrived. Tonight, the Golden Globes will hand out awards for excellence in film and television in 2023. The star-studded event will see the likes of box office juggernaut Barbenheimer take on critical favorites like Killers of the Flower Moon and Poor Things as well. Like indie darlings like Past Lives and The Holdovers. (Also Read: The Road to the Oscars: Here’s an Essential Guide to Film Awards Season)
The Globes could take the safe route and award awards to both halves of the Barbenheimer phenomenon, given the different categories for drama, comedy or music. But they’ve been known to be meandering in the past, so it wouldn’t be a shock if they destroyed the German language The Zone of Interest and the satirical American novel. Anything is possible, and the awards ceremony will shape the awards discourse over the next two months.
Here are our predictions for tonight’s best movie awards:
Best Motion Picture, Drama
Oppenheimer
Moonflower Killers
Artist, band leader
Past life
Area of interest
Anatomy of a fall
will win: Oppenheimer – Turning an R-rated 3+ hour biopic into nearly a billion dollars at the box office is an accomplishment in itself.
Should win: Past Lives – A heartbreaking story of love and loss is the best piece of storytelling this year.
Should have been nominated: Ferrari – Michael Mann’s underrated autobiography is a compelling study of a man driven to win at all costs.
Best film, musical or comedy
Barbie
Bad things
American fantasy
Retainers
May December
air
will win: Bad Things – Yorgos Lanthimos’ follow-up to his 2018 hit The Favorite received rave reviews.
Should win: Barbie – Margot Robbie’s company LuckyChap Entertainment has been nurturing female-led projects over the past few years and deserves credit for achieving mainstream success on a billion-dollar scale.
Should have been nominated: Saltburn – Emerald Fennell’s delicious class satire doesn’t always work, but it’s the sign of a unique filmmaker.
Best Director, Motion Picture
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Martin Scorsese – The Killers of the Moonflower
Celine song – past life
will win: Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer) – It’s time to finally recognize Christopher Nolan for all of his contributions to cinema.
Should win: Bradley Cooper (Maestro) – His second directorial attempt takes an unconventional route to a biopic that looks at Leonard Bernstein’s life through the lens of his marriage.
Best Screenplay, Motion Picture
Barbie – Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach
Poor things – Tony McNamara
Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan
The Moonflower Killers – Eric Roth, Martin Scorsese
Past Lives – Celine’s Song
Anatomy of a Fall – Justin Treat, Arthur Harary
will win: Barbie – Greta and Noah literally breathe life into a piece of plastic. Is there anything more powerful that the written word can do?
Should win: Barbie
Best Performance by an Actor in a Drama, Motion Picture
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Cillian Murphy-Oppenheimer
Leonardo DiCaprio – Moonflower Killers
Colman Domingo-Rustin
Andrew Scott – We are all strangers
Barry Keoghan – Saltburn
will win: Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) – Cillian, always the bridesmaid in his many collaborations with Christopher Nolan, finally gets the chance to be the bride, and he shines as the fragile and ambitious J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Should win: Bradley Cooper (Maestro) – Playing Bernstein sometimes makes an impression, but it’s a wonderful work that inhabits the double layers of a man who has always performed, even in his personal life.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Drama, Motion Picture
Lily Gladstone – The Moonflower Killers
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Sandra Holler – Anatomy of a Fall
Annette Bening – Nyad
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Kaylee Spaeny – Priscilla
will win: Lily Gladstone – She’s great as the strong-willed Molly Burkhart at the center of Killers of the Flower Moon, but this is a case of category fraud; She should have been in the support category.
Should win: It’s a trio of fantastic performances between Carey Mulligan (The Maestro), Sandra Holler (Anatomy of a Fall), and Greta Lee (Past Lives), each of whom deserves the top prize.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Fantasia Barrino – Purple
Jennifer Lawrence – No hard feelings
Natalie Portman – May December
Alma Puesti – fallen leaves
Margot Robbie – Barbie
Emma Stone – Poor things
will win: Emma Stone (Poor Things) – As Bella becomes self-aware, Emma’s performance boldly goes to bold places, which must have been liberating to play for the actress.
Should win: Margot Robbie (Barbie) – It’s unfortunate that there’s another role that brings life to an inanimate woman this year, but Margot takes us on Barbie’s journey from plastic to human.
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 Keepers
Joaquin Phoenix – Poe is afraid
Jeffrey Wright – American novelist
will win: Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction) – Cord Jefferson’s satire on race opened late in December, but received critical acclaim, especially for Jeffrey’s role as a frustrated writer.
Should win: Jeffrey Wright
Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Willem Dafoe – Poor Things
Robert De Niro – The Moonflower Killers
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Charles Milton – May December
Mark Ruffalo – Bad Things
will win: Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer) – RDJ is good, but not great in his first major role outside of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the Globes won’t miss the chance to have him on stage.
Should win: Charles Melton (May/December) – It’s not easy acting opposite two Academy Award winners, but Charles tenderly embodies the man and child at the heart of the story.
Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture
Emily Blunt-Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks – Purple
Jodie Foster – Niaad
Julianne Moore – May December
Rosamund Pike – Saltburn
Davin Joey Randolph – The Keepers
will win: Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer) – It’s a thankless role, like most female characters in Christopher Nolan films, but Emily does her best.
Should win: Rosamund Pike (Saltbourne) – Rosamund’s performance as the lady of the manor moves seamlessly between oblivious comedy and sad heartbreak.
Cinematic achievement and box office
Barbie
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
John Wick: Chapter 4
Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1
Oppenheimer
Spider-Man: Through the Spider-Verse
Super Mario Bros movie
Taylor Swift: Tour for the Ages
will win: Taylor Swift: Tour for the Ages – Taylor entered an era of world domination, bypassing traditional distributors to release her concert film in theaters and dominating the box office like a queen.
Should have been nominated: Barbenheimer phenomenon
The 81st Golden Globe Awards will be broadcast in India on January 8 at 6:30 AM exclusively on Lionsgate Play. Barbie and Oppenheimer dominate movie nominations.
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