Golden Globes: Updated Film Predictions – October

We have updated our Film Predictions for the Golden Globes. We were going to do the television shows as well, but it seems like not much has changed there.

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Big steps have been made by “Joy,” “Spotlight,” and “Room.” However, there are still many films to be seen. “I Saw the Light” gets pushed to 2016, making the “Musical/Comedy” categories even more obscure.

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Motion Picture – Drama
The Revenant
Joy
The Hateful Eight
Carol
Steve Jobs

Alternates
Room
Spotlight
The Danish Girl
Beasts of No Nation
Son of Saul
Sicario
The Big Short

Dark Horses
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens
In the Heart of the Sea
The Martian
By the Sea
Concussion
Mad Max: Fury Road

Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Love & Mercy
Miles Ahead
Trainwreck
The Lady in the Van
Straight Outta Compton

Alternates
Burnt
Our Brand is Crisis
Grandma
Me & Earl & the Dying Girl
The Lobster
Mistress America

Dark Horses
About Ray
Ricki and the Flash
Sisters
While We’re Young
Spy
The Meddler
Rock the Kasbah
The Night Before

Lead Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl
Steve Carell – The Big Short
Bryan Cranston – Trumbo

Alternates
Michael Caine – Youth
Johnny Depp – Black Mass
Will Smith – Concussion
Abraham Attah – Beasts of No Nation
Tom Hanks – Bridge of Spies
Geza Rohig – Son of Saul

Dark Horses
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – The Walk
Matt Damon – The Martian
Tom Courtenay – 45 Years
Brad Pitt – By the Sea
Chris Hemsworth – In the Heart of the Sea
Jake Gyllenhaal – Southpaw
Chiwetel Ejiofor – The Secret in Their Eyes
Sir Ian McKellen – Mr. Holmes
Tom Hardy – Mad Max: Fury Road

Lead Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Cate Blanchett – Carol
Jennifer Lawrence – Joy
Brie Larson – Room
Cate Blanchett – Truth
Angelina Jolie – By the Sea

Alternates
Saorise Ronan – Brooklyn
Carey Mulligan – Suffragette
Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years
Emily Blunt – Sicario
Julianne Moore – Freeheld

Dark Horses
Mia Wasiwowska – Crimson Peak
Daisy Ridley – Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens
Carey Mulligan – Far From the Madding Crowd
Kate Winslet – The Dressmaker
Sally Field – Hello, My Name is Doris
Lily James – Cinderella
Qi Shu – The Assassin

Lead Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Paul Dano – Love & Mercy
Don Cheadle – Miles Ahead
John Cusack – Love & Mercy
Bradley Cooper – Burnt
Bill Murray – Rock the Kasbah

Alternates
Colin Farrell – The Lobster
Thomas Mann – Me & Earl & the Dying Girl
Robert de Niro – The Intern
Ben Stiller – While We’re Young
Jack Black – Goosebumps

Dark Horses
Robert Redford – A Walk in the Woods
Jason Mitchell – Straight Outta Compton
O’Shea Jackson Jr. – Straight Outta Compton
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – The Night Before
Will Ferrell – Daddy’s Home
Jesse Eisenberg – American Ultra
Seth Rogen – The Night Before

Lead Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Lily Tomlin – Grandma
Amy Schumer – Trainwreck
Meryl Streep – Ricki and the Flash
Sandra Bullock – Our Brand is Crisis
Maggie Smith – The Lady in the Van

Alternates
Elle Fanning – About Ray
Tina Fey – Sisters
Toni Collette – Miss You Already
Drew Barrymore – Miss You Already
Greta Gerwig – Mistress America
Melissa McCarthy – Spy

Dark Horses
Susan Sarandon – The Meddler
Naomi Watts – While We’re Young
Diane Keaton – Love the Coopers
Amy Poehler – Sisters
Anne Hathaway – The Intern

Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Michael Keaton – Spotlight
Idris Elba – Beasts of No Nation
Robert de Niro – Joy
Samuel L. Jackson – The Hateful Eight
Kurt Russell – The Hateful Eight

Alternates
Tom Hardy – The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight
Benicio Del Toro – Sicario
Christian Bale – The Big Short
Édgar Ramírez – Joy
Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies

Dark Horses
Jacob Tremblay – Room
Kyle Chandler – Carol
Emory Cohen – Brooklyn
Robert Redford – Truth
Harvey Keitel – Youth
Mark Hamill – Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens
Ryan Gosling – The Big Short
Walton Goggins – The Hateful Eight
Seth Rogen – Steve Jobs

Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Rooney Mara – Carol
Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl
Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs
Diane Ladd – Joy

Alternates
Isabella Rosselini – Joy
Rachel McAdams – Spotlight
Jane Fonda – Youth
Joan Allen – Room
Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina
Rachel Weisz – Youth

Dark Horses
Helena Bonham Carter – Suffragette
Carrie Fischer – Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens
Mélanie Laurent – By the Sea
Julie Walters – Brooklyn
Gugu Mbatha-Raw – Concussion
Marion Cotillard – MacBeth
Zoë  Bell – The Hateful Eight
Elisabeth Moss – Truth
Cate Blanchett – Cinderella
Director – Motion Picture
Alejandro González Iñárritu – The Revenant
David O. Russell – Joy
Quentin Tarantino – The Hateful Eight
Todd Haynes – Carol
Thomas McCarthy – Spotlight

Alternates
Danny Boyle – Steve Jobs
László Nemes – Son of Saul
Steven Spielberg – Bridge of Spies
Lenny Abrahamson – Room
Tom Hooper – The Danish Girl
Cary Fukunaga – Beasts of No Nation

Dark Horses
John Crowley – Brooklyn
George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
Adam McKay – The Big Short
Denis Villeneuve – Sicario
Ron Howard – In the Heart of the Sea
Paolo Sorrentino – Youth
Angelina Jolie – By the Sea
Sarah Gavron – Suffragette
Ridley Scott – The Martian

Screenplay – Motion Picture
Steve Jobs – Aaron Sorkin
Joy – Annie Mumolo, David O. Russell
Carol – Phyllis Nagy
The Hateful Eight – Quentin Tarantino
Spotlight – Thomas McCarthy, Josh Singer

Alternates
Room – Emma Donoghue
The Revenant – Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mark L. Smith
The Big Short – Adam McKay, Charles Randolph
Brooklyn – Nick Hornby
Inside Out – Josh Cooley, Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve
Son of Saul – László Nemes, Clara Royer

Dark Horses
Youth – Paolo Sorrentino
Beasts of No Nation – Cary Fukunaga
Truth – James Vanderbilt
45 Years – Andrew Haigh
Anomalisa – Charlie Kaufman
The Martian – Drew Goddard
Concussion – Peter Landesman
The Danish Girl – Lucinda Coxon
The Good Dinosaur – Enrico Casarosa, Bob Peterson

Original Score – Motion Picture
The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone
Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens – John Williams
Inside Out – Michael Giacchino
Bridge of Spies – Thomas Newman
Sicario – Jóhann Jóhannsson

Alternates
Carol – Carter Burwell
The Revenant – TBD
Joy – TBD
Brooklyn – Michael Brook
Steve Jobs – Daniel Pemberton
Anomalisa – Carter Burwell
Mad Max: Fury Road – Junkie XL

Dark Horses
The Good Dinosaur – Mychael Danna
Cinderella – Patrick Doyle
Spotlight – Howard Shore
Concussion – James Newton Howard
Beasts of No Nation – Dan Romer
The Walk – Alan Silverstri
Suffragette – Alexandre Desplat
Youth – David Lang

Animated Feature
Inside Out
The Good Dinosaur
Anomalisa
Shaun the Sheep Movie
The Peanuts Movie

Alternates
Minions
When Marnie Was There
Monster Trucks
The Boy and the World
Hotel Transylvania 2

Dark Horses
Zarfa
The Spongebob Squarepants Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Robo-Dog
Hell & Back
Underdogs
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• 2016 Golden Globe Predictions Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Alicia Vikander Amy Schumer Angelina Jolie Anomalisa Beasts of No Nation Bill Murray Bradley Cooper Bridge of Spies Brie Larson Bryan Cranston Burnt By the Sea Carol Cate Blanchett David O. Russell Diane Ladd Don Cheadle Eddie Redmayne Grandma Idris Elba Inside Out Jennifer Jason Leigh Jennifer Lawrence John Cusack Joy Kate Winslet Kurt Russell Lenardo DiCaprio Lily Tomlin Love & Mercy Maggie Smith Meryl Streep Michael Fassbender Michael Keaton Miles Ahead Our Brand is Crisis Paul Dano Quentin Tarantino Ricki and the Flash Robert De Niro Rock the Kasbah Room Rooney Mara Samuel L. Jackson Sandra Bullock Sicario Spotlight Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens Steve Carell Steve Jobs Straight Outta Compton The Big Short The Danish Girl The Good Dinosaur The Hateful Eight The Lady in the Van The Revenant Thomas McCarthy Todd Haynes Trainwreck Trumbo Truth