Golden Globes Film Predictions

On Thursday, December 11th, the nominations for the 2015 Golden Globe awards will be announced. While not nearly as exciting or seemingly important as the Oscars, it is still interesting to see how these nominations shake out and it may reveal some hints as to which way the Academy might lean as well. While the Academy is made up of over 6000 members where as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (the group behind the Golden Globe nominations and award winners) have only 91, they still manage to have their voices heard and be a precursor to the big show.

Here are my predictions for what we will hear on Thursday morning on the film side of the ballot, nominees only. I will worry about picking the winners incorrectly when the actual ceremony draws nearer.

BEST PICTURE - DRAMA

Boyhood
Unbroken
Selma
The Imitation Game
Gone Girl

*Most likely if I'm wrong: Foxcatcher, Whiplash or American Sniper
*Personal wish that won't come true: Interstellar
*Surprise wildcard: A Most Violent Year


BEST PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY

Birdman
Into the Woods
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Inherent Vice
Pride

*Most likely if I'm wrong: St. Vincent, Begin Again or Top Five
*Personal wish that won't come true: Guardians of the Galaxy or The Lego Movie
*Surprise wildcard: Chef


BEST ACTOR - DRAMA

Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Steve Carrell, Foxcatcher
David Oyelowo, Selma
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper

*Most likely if I'm wrong: Timothy Spall, Mr. Turner or Oscar Isaac, A Most Violent Year
*Personal wish that won't come true: Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
*Surprise wildcard: Ben Affleck, Gone Girl

BEST ACTRESS - DRAMA

Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything

*Most likely if I'm wrong: Hilary Swank, The Homesman or Jennifer Aniston, Cake
*Personal wish that won't come true: Shailene Woodley, The Fault in Our Stars
*Surprise wildcard: Scarlett Johannson, Under the Skin

BEST ACTOR - MUSICAL OR COMEDY

Michael Keaton, Birdman
Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Bill Murray, St. Vincent
Joaquin Phoenix, Inherent Vice
James Corden, Into the Woods

*Most likely if I'm wrong: Chris Rock, Top Five or Mark Ruffalo, Begin Again
*Personal wish that won't come true: Chris Pratt, Guardians of the Galaxy
*Surprise wildcard: John Lithgow, Love is Strange

BEST ACTRESS - MUSICAL OR COMEDY

Emily Blunt, Into the Woods
Amy Adams, Big Eyes
Angelina Jolie, Maleficent
Keira Knightley, Begin Again
Helen Mirren, The Hundred-Foot Journey

*Most likely if I'm wrong: Kristen Wiig, The Skeleton Twins or Julianne Moore, Maps to the Stars
*Personal wish that won't come true: Jenny Slate, Obvious Child
*Surprise wildcard: Quvenzhane Wallis, Annie

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Edward Norton, Birdman
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
Tom Wilkinson, Selma

*Most likely if I'm wrong: Josh Brolin, Inherent Vice or Alfred Molina, Love is Strange
*Personal wish that won't come true: Tyler Perry, Gone Girl
*Surprise wildcard: Johnny Depp, Into the Woods

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Emma Stone, Birdman
Laura Dern, Wild
Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game

*Most likely if I'm wrong: Carmen Ejogo, Selma or Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
*Personal wish that won't come true: Carrie Coon, Gone Girl
*Surprise wildcard: Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer

BEST DIRECTOR

Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman
Angelina Jolie, Unbroken
David Fincher, Gone Girl
Ava DuVernay, Selma

*Most likely if I'm wrong: Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game or Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
*Personal wish that won't come true: Christopher Nolan, Interstellar
*Surprise wildcard: Damien Chazelle, Whiplash

BEST SCREENPLAY

Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman
Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Paul Thomas Anderson, Inherent Vice

*Most likely if I'm wrong: Damien Chazelle, Whiplash or the Coen Brothers, Unbroken
*Personal wish that won't come true: Phil Lord and Chris Miller, The LEGO Movie
*Surprise wildcard: Phil Lord and Chris Miller, The LEGO Movie (it might come true despite above)

BEST ANIMATED FILM

The LEGO Movie
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Big Hero 6
The Tale of Princess Kaguya
The Boxtrolls

*Most likely if I'm wrong: The Book of Life
*Personal wish that won't come true: Nothing
*Surprise wildcard: The Penguins of Madagascar

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Mommy (Canada)
Fource Majeure (Sweden)
Two Days, One Night (Belgium)
Ida (Poland)
Leviathan (Russia)

*Most likely if I'm wrong: Winter Sleep (Turkey)
*Personal wish that won't come true: None
*Surprise wildcard: Wild Tales (Argentina)

BEST MUSICAL SCORE

Under the Skin
Gone Girl
Inherent Vice
Birdman
Interstellar

*Most likely if I'm wrong: Theory of Everything or Selma
*Personal wish that won't come true: None
*Surprise wildcard: Noah

I might be missing a category here but I believe I covered most of it. I know I didn't address Best Original Song, but to be honest that is because I really don't know what songs are even being considered. Although I believe Coldplay has a song in Unbroken, so that will probably win.

I will revisit these on Thursday and see how terrible I did. I look forward to it!