The film Marriage Story has the best chance of winning a Golden Globe in January. The Netflix film has been nominated in six categories, it was announced on Monday. The Irishman and Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood have five chances for an award and Joker and The Two Popes follow with four nominations each.
Marriage Story, The Irishman, Joker, The Two Popes and 1917 compete for the statue in the best film drama category. One Upon a Time … in Hollywood , together with Dolemite Is My Name, Jojo Rabbit, Knives Out and Rocketman have been nominated for best film, best comedy and best musical. Martin Scorsese ( The Irishman ), Quentin Tarantino ( One Upon a Time … in Hollywood ) and Todd Philips ( Joker ) compete in the director category.
Scarlett Johansson has been nominated for best actress in a drama film for her role in Marriage Story . She will compete against Saoirse Ronan ( Little Women ), Charlize Theron ( Bombshell ), Renée Zellweger ( Judy ) and Cynthia Erivo ( Harriet ). Among the men, the battle is between Christian Bale ( Ford v Ferrari) , Antonio Banderas ( Pain and Glory ), Adam Driver ( Marriage Story ), Joaquin Phoenix ( Joker ) and Jonathan Pryce ( The Two Popes ).
With seventeen nominations, Netflix has by far the most nominations, HBO follows with fifteen chances. The new streaming service Apple TV + scored its first three nominations thanks to The Morning Show. The series has been nominated for best drama and lead actors Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon both won a nomination for best actress. Olivia Colman ( The Crown ), Jodie Comer ( Killing Eve ) and Nicole Kidman ( Big Little Lies ) also have a chance. The Morning Show competes in the best drama series category against The Crown, Killing Eve, Big Little Lies and Succession.
Kit Harington is also nominated. He can crown the end of the hit series Game of Thrones with a Globe for best actor in a drama series. The other nominations went to Brian Cox ( Succession) , Rami Malek ( Mr. Robot) , Tobias Menzies (The Crown ) and Billy Porter ( Pose) .
The Golden Globes will be awarded on January 5 in Beverly Hills. Ricky Gervais is the presenter of service for the fifth time.