Golden Globes 2025: ‘Emilia Pérez’ Leads Nominations with 10 Nods, ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Conclave’ Follow Closely

The 2025 Golden Globe Awards nominations were announced Monday, with Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez leading the pack with 10 nominations. The Netflix-acquired musical, which charmed audiences at Cannes, is up for best motion picture – musical or comedy, best director for Audiard, and acting nods for Zoe Saldana, Selena Gomez and Karla Sofia Gascón. It also received recognition for screenplay, original score and other categories.

Hot on its heels is Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, an A24 drama about a Hungarian architect’s struggles, which earned seven nominations. The film is up for best motion picture – drama, with stars Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce receiving acting nods. Conclave, Focus Features’ gripping papal election drama, garnered six nominations, including best actor for Ralph Fiennes and best supporting actress for Isabella Rossellini.

Other standout films with multiple nominations include Anora, Challengers, A Real Pain, Universal’s Wicked, and the surprise contender The Substance, which earned four nods, including best musical or comedy and lead actress for Demi Moore.

Several performers achieved multiple nominations this year. Sebastian Stan was recognized in both drama (The Apprentice) and comedy/musical (A Different Man), while Kate Winslet earned nods for her biopic Lee and HBO’s limited series The Regime. Selena Gomez also secured two nominations — for Emilia Pérez and Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building. Audiard himself is nominated in directing, screenwriting, and original song categories.

On the TV side, FX/Hulu’s The Bear led the field with five nominations, including acting nods for Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri. Only Murders in the Building and Shogun each received four nominations, while Netflix’s Nobody Wants This made an unexpected splash with multiple nods. New series like Baby Reindeer, Disclaimer, and Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story also received three nominations each.

Netflix’s Squid Game garnered a best series – drama nomination for its second season, raising eyebrows as the new season will not debut until late December.

This year marks the continuation of two new Golden Globe categories. The achievement in stand-up comedy specials includes nominees such as Jamie Foxx, Nikki Glaser, Seth Meyers, Adam Sandler, Ali Wong, and Ramy Youssef. Meanwhile, the global box office prize will see blockbuster hits like Wicked, Deadpool & Wolverine, Gladiator II, and Inside Out 2 competing for the honor.

The 2025 Golden Globes will take place on January 7, 2025.

GLODEN GLOBES 2024 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 (India)
Emilia Pérez (France)
The Girl with the Needle (Denmark)
I’m Still Here (Brazil)
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)
Vermiglio (Italy

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

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

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 

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 

Emilia Pérez
Anora
The Brutalist
A Real Pain
The Substance
Conclave

Best Original Score

Conclave
The Brutalist
The Wild Robot
Emilia Pérez
Challengers
Dune: Part Two

Best Original Song

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

TV

Best Television Series – Drama

The Day of the Jackal
The Diplomat
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Shōgun
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. and Mrs. Smith
Keira Knightley – Black Doves
Keri Russell – The Diplomat
Anna Sawai – Shōgun