2019 Golden Globe/SAG Nomination Predictions

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!

Yes, I sure do love the Golden Globes and SAG Awards - what human being, after all, wouldn’t be enamored with precursors that once gave Jodie Foster, Shirley MacLaine and Sigourney Weaver a Best Actress three-way tie or awards that bestowed recognition upon not only Nathan Lane but Hank Azaria too for The Birdcage?

Especially in a season this chaotic, expect no shortage of jaw-droppers, both on nominations morning and awards night.

At the Globes, beyond the expected showering of nominations on The Irishman and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, prepare for heaps of affection toward the likes of Jojo Rabbit and Joker too - even if they don’t make as heavy a splash later on with the Oscars. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is liable to go gaga for the starry Little Women and generally goes bananas for a movie musical…even if it isn’t a good one (hello, Best Picture nominees The Phantom of the Opera and The Producers). Hence, even if Cats is a stinker, it could still make a nice showing here.

Don’t be surprised if the SAG nominations look considerably different than what the Globes serve up.

I’m keeping an especially close eye on Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress, where it’s so easy to see veterans like Alan Alda, John Lithgow and Maggie Smith emerge at SAG after Globe snubs.

Speaking of Dame Maggie, the SAG Awards used to eat up Downton Abbey in a huge way when it competed for television prizes, including three victories in the top Best Drama Ensemble category. If this at all translates to the film awards, it is completely plausible the film earns a Film Ensemble nom here. Keep an eye out too for real stunners like Elisabeth Moss (Her Smell) and Mary Kay Place (Diane), who could perhaps flabbergast awards season followers on a Sarah Silverman (I Smile Back)-level.

Oh, and Helen Mirren, GG/SAG/BAFTA nominee for Hitchcock, could easily land at either or both of these for The Good Liar.

Happy predicting! :)

Golden Globes:

Best Motion Picture - Drama

1. The Irishman

2. Marriage Story

3. 1917

4. Joker

5. Little Women
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6. Bombshell

7. The Two Popes

8. Richard Jewell

9. Ford v Ferrari

10. Avengers: Endgame

Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy

1. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

2. Jojo Rabbit

3. Rocketman

4. Hustlers

5. Cats
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6. Knives Out

7. The Peanut Butter Falcon

8. Dolemite Is My Name

9. Booksmart

10. Yesterday

Best Director

1. Martin Scorsese, The Irishman

2. Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

3. Sam Mendes, 1917

4. Greta Gerwig, Little Women

5. Todd Phillips, Joker
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6. Taika Waititi, Jojo Rabbit

7. Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story

8. Bong Joon-ho, Parasite

9. Clint Eastwood, Richard Jewell

10. Tom Hooper, Cats

Best Screenplay

1. Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

2. Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story

3. Steven Zaillian, The Irishman

4. Taika Waititi, Jojo Rabbit

5. Greta Gerwig, Little Women
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6. Anthony McCarten, The Two Popes

7. Bong Joon-ho and Jin Won Han, Parasite

8. Rian Johnson, Knives Out

9. Lulu Wang, The Farewell

10. Charles Randolph, Bombshell

Best Actress - Drama

1. Renee Zellweger, Judy

2. Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story

3. Charlize Theron, Bombshell

4. Saoirse Ronan, Little Women

5. Helen Mirren, The Good Liar
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6. Lupita Nyong’o, Us

7. Cynthia Erivo, Harriet

8. Felicity Jones, The Aeronauts

9. Alfre Woodard, Clemency

10. Elisabeth Moss, Her Smell

Best Actor - Drama

1. Joaquin Phoenix, Joker

2. Adam Driver, Marriage Story

3. Robert De Niro, The Irishman

4. Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes

5. Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
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6. Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems

7. Christian Bale, Ford v Ferrari

8. George MacKay, 1917

9. Paul Walter Hauser, Richard Jewell

10. Mark Ruffalo, Dark Waters

Best Actress - Musical/Comedy

1. Awkwafina, The Farewell

2. Constance Wu, Hustlers

3. Emma Thompson, Late Night

4. Ana de Armas, Knives Out

5. Francesca Hayward, Cats
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6. Cate Blanchett, Where’d You Go, Bernadette?

7. Dakota Johnson, The Peanut Butter Falcon

8. Charlize Theron, Long Shot

9. Beanie Feldstein, Booksmart

10. Angelina Jolie, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Best Actor - Musical/Comedy

1. Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

2. Taron Egerton, Rocketman

3. Eddie Murphy, Dolemite Is My Name

4. Daniel Craig, Knives Out

5. Shia LaBeouf, The Peanut Butter Falcon
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6. Roman Griffin Davis, Jojo Rabbit

7. Himesh Patel, Yesterday

8. Will Smith, Aladdin

9. Bryan Cranston, The Upside

10. Zachary Levi, Shazam!

Best Supporting Actress

1. Laura Dern, Marriage Story

2. Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers

3. Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit

4. Margot Robbie, Bombshell

5. Florence Pugh, Little Women
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6. Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey

7. Penelope Cruz, Pain and Glory

8. Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell

9. Nicole Kidman, Bombshell

10. Kathy Bates, Richard Jewell

Best Supporting Actor

1. Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

2. Al Pacino, The Irishman

3. Joe Pesci, The Irishman

4. Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

5. Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes
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6. Timothee Chalamet, Little Women

7. Shia LaBeouf, Honey Boy

8. Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse

9. Jamie Bell, Rocketman

10. Taika Waititi, Jojo Rabbit

Best Animated Feature

1. Toy Story 4

2. Frozen II

3. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

4. Missing Link

5. Abominable
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6. The Addams Family

7. Spies in Disguise

8. Weathering with You

9. Okko’s Inn

10. I Lost My Body

Best Foreign Language Film

1. Parasite

2. The Farewell

3. Pain and Glory

4. Portrait of a Lady on Fire

5. Les Miserables
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6. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

7. Monos

8. Atlantics

9. The Painted Bird

10. Dear Ex

Best Original Score

1. Thomas Newman, 1917

2. Alexandre Desplat, Little Women

3. Michael Giacchino, Jojo Rabbit

4. Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker

5. Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, Ford v Ferrari
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6. Randy Newman, Marriage Story

7. Steven Price, The Aeronauts

8. Nate Heller, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

9. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Waves

10. Alan Silvestri, Avengers: Endgame

Best Original Song

1. “I’m Gonna Love Me Again,” Rocketman

2. “Into the Unknown,” Frozen II

3. “Beautiful Ghosts,” Cats

4. “I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away,” Toy Story 4

5. “Speechless,” Aladdin
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6. “Stand Up,” Harriet

7. “I’m Standing with You,” Breakthrough

8. “Don’t Call Me (Angel),” Charlie’s Angels

9. “One Little Soldier,” Bombshell

10. “Spirit,” The Lion King

Screen Actors Guild Awards:

Best Motion Picture Ensemble

1. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

2. The Irishman

3. Marriage Story

4. Bombshell

5. Hustlers
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6. Little Women

7. Knives Out

8. Downton Abbey

9. Avengers: Endgame

10. Jojo Rabbit

Best Female Actor in a Leading Role

1. Renee Zellweger, Judy

2. Charlize Theron, Bombshell

3. Awkwafina, The Farewell

4. Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story

5. Alfre Woodard, Clemency
   —

6. Saoirse Ronan, Little Women

7. Helen Mirren, The Good Liar

8. Cynthia Erivo, Harriet

9. Lupita Nyong’o, Us

10. Mary Kay Place, Diane

Best Male Actor in a Leading Role

1. Adam Driver, Marriage Story

2. Robert De Niro, The Irishman

3. Joaquin Phoenix, Joker

4. Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory

5. Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes
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6. Eddie Murphy, Dolemite Is My Name

7. Taron Egerton, Rocketman

8. Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

9. Mark Ruffalo, Dark Waters

10. Christian Bale, Ford v Ferrari

Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role

1. Laura Dern, Marriage Story

2. Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers

3. Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey

4. Penelope Cruz, Pain and Glory

5. Nicole Kidman, Bombshell
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6. Annette Bening, The Report

7. Margot Robbie, Bombshell

8. Florence Pugh, Little Women

9. Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell

10. Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit

Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role

1. Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

2. Al Pacino, The Irishman

3. Joe Pesci, The Irishman

4. Alan Alda, Marriage Story

5. John Lithgow, Bombshell
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6. Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

7. Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes

8. Sterling K. Brown, Waves

9. Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse

10. Song Kang-ho, Parasite