Golden Globes: Updated Predictions- November

This may be our second to last Golden Globe Predictions unless something significant happens.

The HFPA recently stated that both “The Martian” and “Joy” would be considered comedies. Other notable activities included rejecting Rooney Mara and Alicia Vikander’s placement as “Supporting Actresses.”

We have made all of these updates. We have also done the Television categories. You can keep watch here to see if anything changes between now and the week before the nominations are announced.

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

Alternates
Room
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Son of Saul

Dark Horses
Brooklyn
Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens
Suffragette
Beasts of No Nation
Mad Max: Fury Road
Sicario
In the Heart of the Sea
Black Mass
By the Sea
Concussion
Youth
45 Years

Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Joy
The Martian
The Big Short
Trainwreck
The Lady in the Van

Alternates
I’ll See You in My Dreams
Grandma
Ricki and the Flash
Spy
Sisters
Diary of a Teenage Girl
Learning to Drive

Dark Horses
Infinitely Polar Bear
Our Brand is Crisis
Mistress America
Burnt
Cinderella
Irrational Man
Me & Earl & the Dying Girl
Welcome to Me
The Intern
Ant-Man
Dope

Lead Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl
Samuel L. Jackson – The Hateful Eight
Will Smith – Concussion

Alternates
Géza Röhrig – Son of Saul
Tom Hanks – Bridge of Spies
Bryan Cranston –
Michael Caine – Youth
Johnny Depp – Black Mass

Dark Horses
Abraham Attah – Beasts of No Nation
Chris Hemsworth – In the Heart of the Sea
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – The Walk
Chiwetel Ejiofor – Secret in Their Eyes
Jake Gyllenhaal – Southpaw
John Cusack – Love & Mercy

Lead Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Brie Larson – Room
Cate Blanchett – Carol
Rooney Mara – Carol
Carey Mulligan – Suffragette
Saorise Ronan – Brooklyn

Alternates
Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years
Cate Blanchett – Truth
Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl
Angelina Jolie – By the Sea

Dark Horses
Julia Roberts – Secret in Their Eyes
Emily Blunt – Sicario
Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road
Marion Cotillard – MacBeth
Julianne Moore – Freeheld
Juliette Binoche – Clouds of Sils Maria

Lead Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Matt Damon – The Martian
Steve Carell – The Big Short
Mark Ruffalo – Infinitely Polar Bear
Bradley Cooper – Burnt
Al Pacino – Danny Collins

Alternates
Ben Kingsley – Learning to Drive
Robert de Niro – The Intern
Thomas Mann – Me & Earl & the Dying Girl
Joaquin Phoenix – Irrational Man
Bill Hader – Trainwreck

Dark Horses
Bill Murray – Rock the Kasbah
Robert Redford – A Walk in the Woods
Paul Rudd – Ant-Man
Billy Bob Thornton – Our Brand is Crisis
John Goodman – Love the Coopers
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – The Night Before
Ben Stiller – While We’re Young
Seth Rogen – The Night Before
Shameik Moore – Dope
Jesse Eisenberg – American Ultra

Lead Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Jennifer Lawrence – Joy
Amy Schumer – Trainwreck
Lily Tomlin – Grandma
Maggie Smith – The Lady in the Van
Meryl Streep – Ricki and the Flash

Alternates
Blythe Danner – I’ll See You in My Dreams
Sandra Bullock – Our Brand is Crisis
Patricia Clarkson – Learning to Drive
Melissa McCarthy – Spy
Tina Fey – Sisters

Dark Horses
Kristen Wiig – Welcome to Me
Bel Powley – Diary of a Teenage Girl
Amy Poheler – Sisters
Greta Gerwig – Mistress America
Lily James – Cinderella
Kitana Kiki Rodriguez – Tangerine
Naomi Watts – While We’re Young
Anne Hathaway – The Intern

Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Michael Keaton – Spotlight
Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight
Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies
Idris Elba – Beasts of No Nation
Kurt Russell – The Hateful Eight

Alternates
Robert de Niro – Joy
Tom Hardy – The Revenant
Jacob Trembaly – Room
Benicio Del Toro – Sicario
Joel Edgerton – Black Mass
Paul Dano – Love & Mercy
Christian Bale – The Big Short

Dark Horses
Jeff Daniels – Steve Jobs
Harvey Keitel – Youth
Tom Courtenay – 45 Years
Édgar Ramírez – Joy
Sylvester Stallone – Creed
Mark Hamill – Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens
Seth Rogen – Steve Jobs
Harrison Ford – Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens

Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs
Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight
Isabella Rossellini – Joy
Diane Ladd – Joy
Jane Fonda – Youth

Alternates
Rachel McAdams – Spotlight
Helena Bonham Carter – Suffragette
Rachel Weisz – Youth
Helen Mirren – Trumbo
Joan Allen – Room
Elizabeth Banks – Love & Mercy

Dark Horses
Kristen Stewart – Clouds of Sils Maria
Julia Walters – Brooklyn
Virginia Madsen – Joy
Amy Ryan – Bridge of Spies
Laura Dern – 99 Homes
Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina
Elisabeth Moss – Truth
Carrie Fischer – Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens
Cate Blanchett – Cinderella
Director – Motion Picture
Alejandro González Iñárritu – The Revenant
Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
David O. Russell – Joy
Quentin Tarantino – The Hateful Eight
Todd Haynes – Carol

Alternates
Ridley Scott – The Martian
Steven Spielberg – Bridge of Spies
Tom Hooper – The Danish Girl
Lenny Abrahamson – Room
Danny Boyle – Steve Jobs

Dark Horses
László Nemes – Son of Saul
Ron Howard – In the Heart of the Sea
George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
J.J. Abrams – Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens
Adam McKay – The Big Short
Angelina Jolie – By the Sea
Cary Fukunaga – Beasts of No Nation
John Crowley – Brooklyn
Sarah Gavron – Suffragette
Paolo Sorrentino – Youth

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

Alternates
Room – Emma Donoghue
The Martian – Drew Goddard
Brooklyn – Nick Hornby
The Revenant – Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mark L. Smith
Bridge of Spies – Matt Charman, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Dark Horses
The Big Short – Adam McKay, Charles Randolph
Trumbo – John McNamara
Inside Out – Josh Cooley, Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve
Anomalisa – Charlie Kaufman
Trainwreck – Amy Schumer
Suffragette – Abi Morgan
The Good Dinosaur – Enrico Casarosa, Bob Peterson
The Danish Girl – Lucinda Coxon
Mad Max: Fury Road – Brendan McCarthy, George Miller, Nick Lathouris
The Lady in the Van – Alan Bennett
Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens – J.J. Abrams, Michael Arndt, Lawrence Kasdan

Original Score – Motion Picture
The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone
Inside Out – Michael Giacchino
Bridge of Spies – Thomas Newman
Sicario – Jóhann Jóhannsson
Carol – Carter Burwell

Alternates
The Danish Girl – Alexandre Desplat
Joy – Danny Elfman
The Revenant – Bryce Dessner, Carsten Nicolai, Ryûichi Sakamoto
Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens – John Williams
Suffragette – Alexandre Desplat
Anomalisa – Carter Burwell

Dark Horses
Brooklyn – Michael Brook
The Good Dinosaur – Mychael Danna
Youth – David Lang
Cinderella – Patrick Doyle
Mad Max: Fury Road – Junkie XL
Steve Jobs – Daniel Pemberton
Everest – Dario Marianelli
The Walk – Alan Silverstri
Spotlight – Howard Shore

Original Song
Love & Mercy – “One Kind of Love”
Furious 7 – “See You Again”
He Named Me Malala – “Story to Tell”
The Hunting Ground – “Till It Happens to You”
Fifty Shades of Grey – “Love Me Like You Do”

Alternates
Spectre – “Writing’s on the Wall”
Ricki and the Flash – “Cold One”
Cinderella – “Strong”
Southpaw – “Phenomenal”

Dark Horses
Pitch Perfect 2 – “Flashlight”
Home – “Towards the Sun”
The Peanuts Movie – “I’m Better When I’m Dancin'”
Home – “Feel the Light”
Fifty Shades of Grey – “Earned It”
Youth – “Simple Song #3”
I’ll See You in My Dreams – “I’ll See You in My Dreams”
Shaun the Sheep Movie – “Feels Like Summer”
Shaun the Sheep Movie – “You’re Mine”
The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water “Squeeze Me”
Boychoir – “The Mystery of Your Gift”

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

Alternates
The Peanuts Movie
The Prophet
When Marnie Was There

Dark Horses
Hotel Transylvania 2
The Boy and the Beast
Regular Show The Movie
The Laws of the Universe Part 0
Moomins on the Riviera
The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Home

Television Series – Drama
Game of Thrones
Empire
Better Call Saul
The Knick
Downton Abbey

Alternates
The Affair
Mad Men
The Leftovers
House of Cards
Outlander
The Good Wife
Mr. Robot
Bloodline

Dark Horses
Narcos
Ray Donovan
How to Get Away with Murder
The Blacklist
The Man in the High Castle
Indian Summers
Rectify

Television Series – Comedy or Musical
Transparent
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Master of None
The Last Man on Earth
Veep

Alternates
Orange is the New Black
Silicon Valley
Jane the Virgin
Black-ish
Shameless
Parks and Recreation

Dark Horses
Louie
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Modern Family
Grace and Frankie
Blunt Talk
Ballers
Scream Queens
Girls
House of Lies

Television Mini-Series or Movie
Fargo
American Crime
American Horror Story: Hotel
Bessie
Wolf Hall

Alternates
Show Me a Hero
Nightingale
The Book of Negroes
Luther

Dark Horses
Grace of Monaco
Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
Foyle’s War: Elise, The Final Mystery
Flesh & Bone
Derek Special
True Detective
The Spoils Before Dying
Coats of Many Colors
Texas Rising
The Wiz Live
Saints and Strangers

Lead Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Clive Owen – The Knick
Kevin Spacey – House of Cards
Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul
Liev Schreiber – Ray Donovan
Jon Hamm – Mad Men

Alternates
Kyle Chandler – Bloodline
Dominic West – The Affair
Wagner Moura – Narcos
Rami Malek – Mr. Robot
Sam Heughan – Outlander
Terrence Howard – Empire

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