2020 Golden Globes: Predictions

I am not big on watching the Golden Globes, but I do understand that many awards junkies are into them. It’s all part of the inevitable road to the Oscars. This year the Netflix drama, “Marriage Story,” leads the field with six nominations, and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” with five — both expected to be frontrunners, but the Hollywood Foreign Press Association are an unpredictable bunch and films such as “The Irishman,” and “Joker,” no doubt have a lot of passionate advocates within that voting body, ditto “1917.”

How much impact will this Sunday’s Globes winners have on the Oscar winners? Well, Oscar voting ends this week, which will also bring the prestigious PGA and DGA nominations — those two voting bodies will turn out to be much better indicators of what’s to come Oscar-wise when the nominations are announced in a few weeks. There are only 90 members within the HFPA voting body (compare that to the 9,000+ voters for the Oscars), but the Globes can still influence the winners, like last year, when “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Green Book” both triumphed despite the social media backlash.

I have underlined who I think will win in each movie category. I will also very likely be tweeting my thoughts all throughout the night as the Globes unwind.

Best Motion Picture — Drama

“1917″
“The Irishman”
“Joker”
“Marriage Story”
“The Two Popes”

Best Actress — Drama 

Cynthia Erivo (“Harriet”)
Scarlett Johansson (“Marriage Story”)
Saoirse Ronan (“Little Women”)
Charlize Theron (“Bombshell”)
Renee Zellweger (“Judy”)

Best Actor — Drama

Christian Bale (“Ford v Ferrari”)
Antonio Banderas (“Pain and Glory”)
Adam Driver (“Marriage Story”)
Joaquin Phoenix (“Joker”)
Jonathan Pryce (“The Two Popes”)

Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
“Dolemite Is My Name”
“Jojo Rabbit”
“Knives Out”
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
“Rocketman”

Best Actress — Musical or Comedy

Ana de Armas (“Knives Out”)
Awkwafina (“The Farewell”)
Cate Blanchett (“Where’d You Go Bernadette?”)
Beanie Feldstein (“Booksmart”)
Emma Thompson (“Late Night”)

Best Actor — Musical or Comedy

Eddie Murphy (“Dolemite Is My Name”)
Leonardo DiCaprio (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”)
Taron Egerton (“Rocketman”)
Daniel Craig (“Knives Out”)
Roman Griffin Davis (“Jojo Rabbit”)

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Kathy Bates (“Richard Jewell”)
Annette Bening (“The Report”)
Laura Dern (“Marriage Story”)
Jennifer Lopez (“Hustlers”)
Margot Robbie (“Bombshell”)

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Tom Hanks (“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”)
Anthony Hopkins (“The Two Popes”)
Al Pacino (“The Irishman”)
Joe Pesci (“The Irishman”)
Brad Pitt (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”)

Best Director

Bong Joon Ho (“Parasite”)
Sam Mendes (“1917”)
Todd Phillips (“Joker”)
Martin Scorsese (“The Irishman”)
Quentin Tarantino (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”)

Best Screenplay

Noah Baumbach (“Marriage Story”)
Bong Joon Ho (“Parasite”)
Anthony McCarten (“The Two Popes”)
Quentin Tarantino (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”)
Steve Zaillian (“The Irishman”)

Best Animated Feature

“Frozen II”
“How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”
“The Lion King”
“Missing Link”
“Toy Story 4”

Best Foreign Language Film

“The Farewell” (Lulu Wang)
“Les Miserables” (Ladj Ly)
“Pain and Glory” (Pedro Almodovar)
“Parasite” (Bong Joon Ho)
“Portrait of a Lady on Fire” (Celine Sciamma

Best Original Score

Alexandre Desplat (“Little Women”)
Hildur Guðnadóttir (“Joker”)
Randy Newman (“Marriage Story”)
Thomas Newman (“1917”)
Daniel Pemberton (“Motherless Brooklyn”)

Best Original Song 

“Beautiful Ghosts” (“Cats”)
“I’m Gonna Love Me Again” (“Rocketman”)
“Into the Unknown” (“Frozen II”)
“Spirit” (The Lion King)
“Stand Up” (“Harriet”)