From 'Emilia Pérez' and 'The Substance' to 'The Bear' and 'Shogun', Here's 2025's Golden Globe Nominees

First, Emilia Pérez picked up three awards at Cannes. Now, the musical crime comedy from director Jacques Audiard (A Prophet, Rust and Bone) — which stars Karla Sofia Gascón (Harina), Zoe Saldaña (Special Ops: Lioness) and Selena Gomez (Only Murders in the Building) — has made history at the Golden Globes. Earning ten nominations for 2025's ceremony, it has now beaten Barbie's 2024 record for the most nods by a musical or comedy in a single year. Emilia Pérez is also the most-nominated film among 2025's just-announced batch of contenders.

Down Under, add the movie to your must-see list for January — plus The Brutalist and Conclave, too, with the former scoring seven nominations and the latter six. So, that's monumental historical dramas and papal thrillers covered. 2024 Palme d'Or-winner Anora and body-horror gem The Substance picked up five nods apiece, while Wicked joins the contenders with four.

The Golden Globes not only recognise big-screen highlights but also small-screen excellence, with The Bear topping the TV pool with five nominations. Next comes Only Murders in the Building and Shogun, both picking up four. Nobody Wants This, Baby Reindeer, Disclaimer and Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story also earned some love, each collecting three nominations.

As always, you can consider the roster of nominees a handy to-watch list ahead of the winners being announced on Monday, January 6 Australian and New Zealand time — which means also getting excited about the upcoming Timothée Chalamet (Dune: Part Two)-starring Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown; appreciating not one but two Sebastian Stan performances, given that he's nominated for both The Apprentice and A Different Man; and catching up with Mr & Mrs Smith, Slow Horses, Abbott Elementary, Hacks, The Penguin, Ripley and True Detective: Night Country if you haven't seen them already.

Ahead of dropping on Boxing Day, the second season of Squid Game also scored some attention — if you weren't already keen enough for the Netflix smash.

On the homegrown front, Australians are among the nominees thanks to Memoir of a Snail's recognition in the Best Motion Picture — Animated category, plus acting nods for Nicole Kidman for Babygirl, Guy Pearce for The Brutalist, Cate Blanchett for Disclaimer and Naomi Watts for Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans.

Although every round of nominations for every awards has its highlights and omissions, the Golden Globes' standout choices include remembering to give Challengers some affection (including Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for its propulsive score), nominating two female filmmakers in The Substance's Coralie Fargeat and All We Imagine as Light's Payal Kapadia for Best Director, making room for the gorgeous dialogue-free Flow in the animation camp, putting Pamela Anderson among the Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama competitors for The Last Showgirl and Demi Moore in the equivalent musical or comedy field for The Substance, and the supporting actor Succession battle between Kieran Culkin for A Real Pain and Jeremy Strong for The Apprentice.

If you're wondering what else is in the running, here's the full list of nominations:

2025 Golden Globe Nominees

Best Motion Picture — Drama

The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave 
Dune: Part Two 
Nickel Boys 
September 5

Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy

Anora 
Challengers
Emilia Pérez 
A Real Pain
The Substance
Wicked 

Best Motion Picture — Animated

Flow 
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail 
Moana 2 
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

Alien: Romulus
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 
Deadpool & Wolverine 
Gladiator II 
Inside Out 2 
Twisters
Wicked 
The Wild Robot 

Best Motion Picture — Non-English Language

All We Imagine as Light 
Emilia Pérez
The Girl with the Needle 
I'm Still Here 
The Seed of the Sacred Fig 
Vermiglio 

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama

Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl
Angelina Jolie, Maria
Nicole Kidman, Babygirl
Tilda Swinton, The Room Next Door
Fernanda Torres, I'm Still Here
Kate Winslet, Lee

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama

Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig, Queer
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy

Amy Adams, Nightbitch
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Zendaya, Challengers

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy

Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
Hugh Grant, Heretic
Gabriel Labelle, Saturday Night
Jesse Plemons, Kinds of Kindness
Glen Powell, Hit Man
Sebastian Stan, A Different Man

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

Selena Gomez, Emilia Pérez
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Margaret Qualley, The Substance
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

Yura Borisov, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
Denzel Washington, Gladiator II

Best Director — Motion Picture

Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker, Anora
Edward Berger, Conclave
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Payal Kapadia, All We Imagine as Light

Best Screenplay — Motion Picture

Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Peter Straughan, Conclave

Best Original Score — Motion Picture

Volker Bertelmann, Conclave
Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist
Kris Bowers, The Wild Robot
Clément Ducol, Camille, Emilia Pérez
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Challengers
Hans Zimmer, Dune: Part Two

Best Original Song — Motion Picture

'Beautiful That Way', Andrew Wyatt, Miley Cyrus, Lykke Zachrisson, The Last Showgirl
'Compress / Repress', Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Luca Guadagnino, Challengers
'El Mal', Clément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
'Forbidden Road', Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler, Sacha Skarbek, Better Man
'Kiss The Sky', Delacey, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack, Ali Tamposi, The Wild Robot
'Mi Camino', Clément Ducol, Camille, Emilia Pérez

Best Television Series — Drama

The Day of the Jackal 
The Diplomat
Mr & Mrs Smith
Shogun
Slow Horses
Squid Game 

Best Television Series — Musical or Comedy

Abbott Elementary 
The Bear 
The Gentlemen 
Hacks 
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building

Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Baby Reindeer 
Disclaimer
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story 
The Penguin 
Ripley
True Detective: Night Country 

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series — Drama

Kathy Bates, Matlock
Emma D'arcy, House of the Dragon
Maya Erskine, Mr & Mrs Smith
Keira Knightley, Black Doves
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
Anna Sawai, Shogun

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series — Drama

Donald Glover, Mr & Mrs Smith
Jake Gyllenhaal, Presumed Innocent
Gary Oldman, Slow Horses
Eddie Redmayne, The Day of the Jackal
Hiroyuki Sanada, Shogun
Billy Bob Thornton, Landman

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy

Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
Selena Gomez, Only Murders in the Building
Kathryn Hahn, Agatha All Along
Jean Smart, Hacks

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy

Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This
Ted Danson, A Man on the Inside
Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building
Jason Segel, Shrinking
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

Cate Blanchett, Disclaimer
Jodie Foster, True Detective: Night Country
Cristin Milioti, The Penguin
Sofía Vergara, Griselda
Naomi Watts, Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans
Kate Winslet, The Regime

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

Colin Farrell, The Penguin
Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer
Kevin Kline, Disclaimer
Cooper Koch, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Ewan McGregor, A Gentleman in Moscow
Andrew Scott, Ripley

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television

Liza Colón-Zayas, The Bear
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
Dakota Fanning, Ripley
Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer
Allison Janney, The Diplomat
Kali Reis, True Detective: Night Country

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television

Tadanobu Asano, Shogun
Javier Bardem, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Harrison Ford, Shrinking
Jack Lowden, Slow Horses
Diego Luna, La Máquina
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television

Jamie Foxx, Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was
Nikki Glaser, Nikki Glaser: Someday You'll Die
Seth Meyers, Seth Meyers: Dad Man Walking
Adam Sandler, Adam Sandler: Love You
Ali Wong, Ali Wong: Single Lady
Ramy Youssef, Ramy Youssef: More Feelings

The 2025 Golden Globes will be announced on Monday, January 6, Australian and New Zealand time. For further details, head to the awards' website.