2018 Golden Globe Nomination Predictions

Ah, the Golden Globes - the awards season precursor I love to hate on…until I remember the Hollywood Foreign Press Association bestowed upon Sigourney Weaver not one but two prizes in 1988. My favorite part of predicting the Globes is I can list the delightful likes of Elsie Fisher, Nick Robinson, Charlize Theron, Constance Wu and the cast of Book Club, none of whom have a real prayer at an Oscar nom.

With that said, here's my hunch on how the 2018 Golden Globe nominations might just go down, 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. A Star Is Born

2. If Beale Street Could Talk

3. BlacKkKlansman

4. First Man

5. Can You Ever Forgive Me?
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6. Boy Erased

7. Black Panther

8. Widows

9. A Quiet Place

10. First Reformed

Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical:

1. The Favourite

2. Mary Poppins Returns

3. Green Book

4. Crazy Rich Asians

5. Vice
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6. Eighth Grade

7. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

8. The Death of Stalin

9. Sorry to Bother You

10. Paddington 2

Best Director:

1. Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born

2. Alfonso Cuaron, Roma

3. Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite

4. Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman

5. Rob Marshall, Mary Poppins Returns
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6. Damien Chazelle, First Man

7. Peter Farrelly, Green Book

8. Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk

9. Adam McKay, Vice

10. John Krasinski, A Quiet Place

Best Leading Actor - Drama:

1. Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born

2. Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody

3. Ethan Hawke, First Reformed

4. Ryan Gosling, First Man

5. Lucas Hedges, Boy Erased
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6. Willem Dafoe, At Eternity’s Gate

7. Steve Carell, Beautiful Boy

8. Hugh Jackman, The Front Runner

9. John David Washington, BlacKkKlansman

10. Joaquin Phoenix, You Were Never Really Here

Best Leading Actress - Drama:

1. Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born

2. Glenn Close, The Wife

3. Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

4. Yalitza Aparicio, Roma

5. Nicole Kidman, Destroyer
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6. Saoirse Ronan, Mary Queen of Scots

7. Toni Collette, Hereditary

8. Viola Davis, Widows

9. Natalie Portman, Vox Lux

10. Julia Roberts, Ben Is Back

Best Leading Actor - Comedy or Musical:

1. Viggo Mortensen, Green Book

2. Christian Bale, Vice

3. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Poppins Returns

4. Robert Redford, The Old Man and the Gun

5. Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool 2
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6. Steve Carell, Welcome to Marwen

7. Nick Robinson, Love, Simon

8. Lakeith Stanfield, Sorry to Bother You

9. Joaquin Phoenix, The Sisters Brothers

10. John C. Reilly, The Sisters Brothers

Best Leading Actress - Comedy or Musical:

1. Olivia Colman, The Favourite

2. Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns

3. Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade

4. Charlize Theron, Tully

5. Constance Wu, Crazy Rich Asians
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6. Kathryn Hahn, Private Life

7. Diane Keaton, Book Club

8. Jane Fonda, Book Club

9. Lily James, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

10. Sandra Bullock, Ocean’s 8

Best Supporting Actor:

1. Sam Elliott, A Star Is Born

2. Mahershala Ali, Green Book

3. Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

4. Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman

5. Timothee Chalamet, Beautiful Boy
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6. Sam Rockwell, Vice

7. Nicholas Hoult, The Favourite

8. Russell Crowe, Boy Erased

9. Hugh Grant, Paddington 2

10. Steve Carell, Vice

Best Supporting Actress:

1. Emma Stone, The Favourite

2. Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

3. Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk

4. Amy Adams, Vice

5. Claire Foy, First Man
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6. Nicole Kidman, Boy Erased

7. Meryl Streep, Mary Poppins Returns

8. Margot Robbie, Mary Queen of Scots

9. Michelle Yeoh, Crazy Rich Asians

10. Emily Blunt, A Quiet Place

Best Screenplay:

1. Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara, The Favourite

2. Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk

3. Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel and Kevin Willmott, BlacKkKlansman

4. Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters, Irene Mecchi, Stephen J. Rivele, Eric Roth and Christopher Wilkinson, A Star Is Born

5. Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly and Nick Vallelonga, Green Book
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6. Alfonso Cuaron, Roma

7. Paul Schrader, First Reformed

8. Bo Burnham, Eighth Grade

9. Adam McKay, Vice

10. Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Best Original Score:

1. Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, Mary Poppins Returns

2. Nicholas Britell, If Beale Street Could Talk

3. Justin Hurwitz, First Man

4. Terence Blanchard, BlacKkKlansman

5. Carter Burwell, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
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6. Alexandre Desplat, Isle of Dogs

7. Max Richter, Mary Queen of Scots

8. Nicholas Britell, Vice

9. Michael Giacchino, Incredibles 2

10. Hans Zimmer, Widows

Best Original Song:

1. “The Shallow,” A Star Is Born

2. “The Place Where Lost Things Go,” Mary Poppins Returns

3. ”I’ll Never Love Again,” A Star Is Born

4. “Trip a Little Light Fantastic,” Mary Poppins Returns

5. “Here I Am,” Dumplin’
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6. “Time for Change,” On the Basis of Sex

7. “All the Stars,” Black Panther

8. “I’ll Fight,” RBG

9. “Always Remember Us This Way,” A Star Is Born

10. “A Place Called Slaughter Race,” Ralph Breaks the Internet

Best Animated Feature:

1. Ralph Breaks the Internet

2. Incredibles 2

3. Isle of Dogs

4. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

5. Smallfoot
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6. Mirai

7. Tito and the Birds

8. Ruben Brandt, Collector

9. Teen Titans Go! to the Movies

10. Early Man

Best Foreign Language Film:

1. Roma (Mexico)

2. Capernaum (Lebanon)

3. Cold War (Poland)

4. Never Look Away (Germany)

5. Shoplifters (Japan)
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6. Border (Sweden)

7. Sunset (Hungary)

8. Girl (Belgium)

9. Ghost Hunting (Palestine)

10. The Interpreter (Slovakia)