Golden Globes: Way too Early 2016 Predictions – Motion Picture categories

We have updated our Golden Globes page to show several contenders. Click that link if you want an extended list of alternates and dark horses in each category.

Some films we see being big factors include Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight,” Terrence Malick’s “Knight of Cups,” Stephen Frears’s “Icon,” David O. Russell’s “Joy,” Joel/Ethan Coen’s “Hail, Caesar!,” and Noah Baumbach’s “While We’re Young”

See an overview of our predictions below (visit the link above for more):

Motion Picture – Drama
The Hateful Eight
Icon
Joy
Knight of Cups
The Revenant

Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Demolition
Hail, Caesar!
The Last 5 Years
A Walk in the Woods
While We’re Young

Lead Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Bryan Cranston – Trumbo
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Ben Foster – Icon
Andrew Garfield – Silence
Jake Gyllenhaal – Southpaw

Lead Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Cate Blanchett – Carol
Marion Cotillard – MacBeth
Nicole Kidman – Queen of the Desert
Jennifer Lawrence – Joy
Meryl Streep – Suffragette

Lead Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
George Clooney – Hail, Caesar!
Bradley Cooper – Adam Jones (Untitled John Wells Project)
Jake Gyllenhaal – Demolition
Robert Redford – A Walk in the Woods
Ben Stiller – While We’re Young

Lead Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Sandra Bullock – Our Brand is Crisis
Anna Kendrick – The Last 5 Years
Julianne Moore – Freeheld
Ellen Page – Freeheld
Naomi Watts – While We’re Young

Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Alan Alda – St. James Place (Untitled Cold War Spy Thriller)
Benedict Cumberbatch – Black Mass
Robert de Niro – Joy
Tom Hardy – The Revenant
Samuel L. Jackson – The Hateful Eight

Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Cate Blanchett – Knight of Cups
Helena Bonham Carter – Suffragette
Jessica Chastain – Crimson Peak
Rooney Mara – Carol
Amber Tamblyn – The Hateful Eight

Director
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen – Hail, Caesar!
Stephen Frears – Icon
Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant
David O. Russell – Joy
Quentin Tarantino – The Hateful Eight

• A Walk in the Woods Adam Jones Alan Alda Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Amber Tamblyn Andrew Garfield Anna Kendrick Ben Foster Ben Stiller Benedict Cumberbatch Black Mass Bradley Cooper Bryan Cranston Carol Cate Blanchett Crimson Peak David O. Russell Demolition Ellen Page Ethan Coen Freeheld George Clooney Hail Caesar! Helena Bonham Carter Icon Jake Gyllenhaal Jennifer Lawrence Jessica Chastain Joel Coen John Wells Joy Julianne Moore Knight of Cups Leonardo DiCaprio MacBeth Marion Cotillard Meryl Streep Naomi Watts Nicole Kidman Our Brand is Crisis Queen of the Desert Quentin Tarantino Robert De Niro Robert Redford Rooney Mara Samuel L. Jackson Sandra Bullock Silence Southpaw St. James Place Stephen Frears Suffragette The Hateful Eight The LAst 5 Years The Revenant Tom Hardy Trumbo While We're Young