2017 Golden Globe Nomination Predictions

Ah, the Golden Globes. Truth be told, I'm not their number one fan.

Sure, on occasion, they produce an awesome winner (Sally Kirkland! Sigourney Weaver twice in '88!!) but this is the Hollywood Foreign Press Association we're talking about, the group that has infamously handed out honors to the likes of Sharon Stone (love her but that bizarre nom for The Muse was legit the result of Rolex watches she sent every member), Pia Zadora and others in exchange for glitzy goodies.

That said, I do of course still get some pleasure of the Globes and predicting them. I love that I can list the likes of Sam Elliott, Aubrey Plaza and Debra Winger, none of who have a prayer at surfacing on Oscar nominations morning.

So, here's my hunch on how the 2017 Golden Globe nominations might just pan out, ranked from most to least likely to be nominated.

Enjoy reading and of course feel free to offer up your own two cents too!

Best Motion Picture - Drama

1. Dunkirk
2. The Post
3. The Shape of Water
4. Call Me By Your Name
5. Phantom Thread
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6. Darkest Hour
7. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
8. The Florida Project
9. Mudbound
10. Wonder Woman

Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical

1. Lady Bird
2. Get Out
3. The Disaster Artist
4. I, Tonya
5. Victoria & Abdul
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6. The Big Sick
7. Baby Driver
8. Beauty and the Beast
9. The Greatest Showman
10. Downsizing

Best Director

1. Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
2. Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
3. Steven Spielberg, The Post
4. Luca Guadagnino, Call Me By Your Name
5. Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
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6. Jordan Peele, Get Out
7. Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread
8. Joe Wright, Darkest Hour
9. Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
10. Patty Jenkins, Wonder Woman

Best Screenplay

1. James Ivory, Call Me By Your Name
2. Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
3. Jordan Peele, Get Out
4. Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread
5. Aaron Sorkin, Molly's Game
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6. Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, The Disaster Artist
7. Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
8. Liz Hannah and Josh Singer, The Post
9. Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
10. Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk

Best Lead Actor - Drama

1. Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
2. Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
3. Tom Hanks, The Post
4. Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
5. Christian Bale, Hostiles
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6. Jake Gyllenhaal, Stronger
7. Robert Pattinson, Good Time
8. Hugh Jackman, Logan
9. Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.
10. Jacob Tremblay, Wonder

Best Lead Actress - Drama

1. Meryl Streep, The Post
2. Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
3. Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
4. Jessica Chastain, Molly's Game
5. Jennifer Lawrence, mother!
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6. Vicky Krieps, Phantom Thread
7. Annette Bening, Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
8. Gal Gadot, Wonder Woman
9. Daniela Vega, A Fantastic Woman
10. Isabelle Huppert, Happy End

Best Lead Actor - Comedy/Musical

1. James Franco, The Disaster Artist
2. Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
3. Adam Sandler, The Meyerowitz Stories
4. Hugh Jackman, The Greatest Showman
5. Ali Fazal, Victoria & Abdul
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6. Steve Carell, Battle of the Sexes
7. Sam Elliott, The Hero
8. Ansel Elgort, Baby Driver
9. Kumail Nanjani, The Big Sick
10. Matt Damon, Downsizing

Best Lead Actress - Comedy/Musical

1. Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
2. Judi Dench, Victoria & Abdul
3. Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
4. Emma Stone, Battle of the Sexes
5. Salma Hayek, Beatriz at Dinner
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6. Emma Watson, Beauty and the Beast
7. Allison Williams, Get Out
8. Debra Winger, The Lovers
9. Helen Mirren, The Leisure Seeker
10. Aubrey Plaza, Ingrid Goes West

Best Supporting Actor

1. Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
2. Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
3. Armie Hammer, Call Me By Your Name
4. Idris Elba, Molly's Game
5. Michael Stuhlbarg, Call Me By Your Name
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6. Ben Mendelsohn, Darkest Hour
7. Michael Shannon, The Shape of Water
8. Mark Rylance, Dunkirk
9. Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
10. Patrick Stewart, Logan

Best Supporting Actress

1. Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
2. Allison Janney, I, Tonya
3. Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water
4. Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip
5. Julia Roberts, Wonder
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6. Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread
7. Kristin Scott Thomas, Darkest Hour
8. Holly Hunter, The Big Sick
9. Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
10. Melissa Leo, Novitiate

Best Animated Feature

1. Coco
2. Loving Vincent
3. The Breadwinner  
4. The Lego Batman Movie
5. Despicable Me 3
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6. The Star
7. Ferdinand
8. Cars 3
9. The Girl Without Hands
10. The Boss Baby

Best Foreign Language Film

1. First They Killed My Father (Cambodia)
2. A Fantastic Woman (Chile)
3. In the Fade (Germany)
4. BPM (Beats Per Minute) (France)
5. A Letter to the President (Afghanistan)
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6. Her Love Boils Bathwater (Japan)
7. A Taxi Driver (South Korea)
8. The Square (Sweden)
9. Summer 1993 (Spain)
10. Foxtrot (Israel)

Best Original Score

1. Jonny Greenwood, Phantom Thread
2. Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water
3. Hans Zimmer, Dunkirk
4. Dario Marianelli, Darkest Hour
5. Thomas Newman, Victoria & Abdul
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6. Michael Giacchino, Coco 
7. John Williams, Star Wars: The Last Jedi
8. John Debney, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, The Greatest Showman
9. Carter Burwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
10. Carter Burwell, Wonderstruck

Best Original Song

1. "Remember Me," Coco
2. "Evermore," Beauty and the Beast
3. "The Mystery of Love," Call Me By Your Name
4. "This Is Me," The Greatest Showman
5. "I Don't Wanna Live Forever," Fifty Shades Darker
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6. "The Star," The Star
7. "Prayers for This World," Cries from Syria
8. "Mighty River," Mudbound
9. "There's Something Special," Despicable Me 3
10. "Home," Ferdinand