What movies and TV shows have received the most Golden Globe awards and nominations in 2026?

The 83^rd Golden Globes are taking place this Sunday, 11 January at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California kicking off Hollywood’s awards season. The event will recognize the best of film and television, as well as the best podcast for the first time this year.

Dozens of movies and television series have been nominated for a Golden Globe, but a few have multiple chances to be honored with an award from the international press that cover entertainment.

Film

The Golden Globes are often great indicators of which films will do well at the Academy Awards, which will take place a couple of months later.

Leading the pack for film is Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘One Battle After Another’ with nine nominations. Not far behind is Joachim Trier’s ‘Sentimental Value’, which garnered eight nominations and Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’, which is in the running for seven.

‘One Battle After Another’: 9 nominations

Paul Thomas Anderson’s black comedy is the overwhelming favorite among the bookmakers to win the Best Musical or Comedy award. Anderson himself is also seen to have the best chance of leaving the ceremony with the award for Best Director.

• Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
• Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: Chase Infiniti
• Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: Leonardo DiCaprio
• Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture: Teyana Taylor
• Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role – Motion Picture:
  • Benicio del Toro
  • Sean Penn
• Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
• Best Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson
• Best Original Score: Jonny Greenwood

‘Sentimental Value’: 8 nominations

Joachim Trier is also vying for the Best Director award with his drama exploring human emotions. It is nominated for Best Motion Picture in both the drama and non-English language categories.

• Best Motion Picture - Drama
• Best Motion Picture - Non-English Language
• Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama: Renate Reinsve
• Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture:
  • Elle Fanning
  • Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas
• Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role – Motion Picture: Stellan Skarsgård
• Best Director: Joachim Trier
• Best Screenplay: Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier

‘Sinners’: 7 nominations

Ryan Coogler’s Southern Gothic horror drama is one of the six films looking to win the award for Best Motion Picture Drama and he for Best Director among the seven categories for which ‘Sinners’ received a nomination.

• Best Motion Picture - Drama
• Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
• Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama: Michael B. Jordan
• Best Director: Ryan Coogler
• Best Screenplay: Ryan Coogler
• Best Original Score: Ludwig Göransson
• Best Original Song: “I Lied to You”

Television

In television, HBO’s ‘The White Lotus’, is secured six nominations, however, three of the show’s actors are competing against each other for the Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television and two in the male category. Likewise, out of the five nominations ‘Adolescence’ received, actors Owen Cooper and Ashley Walters are both competing for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role.

‘The White Lotus’: 6 nominations

HBO’s comedy drama which takes place in exotic locations with murder as a backdrop is vying for Best Television Series once again this year with seasons one and two taking home the prize.

• Best Television Series - Drama
• Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television:
  • Carrie Coon
  • Parker Posey
  • Aimee Lou Wood
• Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television:
  • Walton Goggins
  • Jason Isaacs

‘Adolescence’: 5 nominations

Netflix’s limit series show dominated the Emmys in September and will be looking to do the same at the 2026 Golden Globes.

• Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or TV Movie
• Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television: Stephen Graham
• Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television: Erin Doherty
• Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television:
  • Owen Cooper
  • Ashley Walters

‘Only Murders in the Building’ : 4 nominations

HULU’s murder mystery comedy has received multiple nominations since season one came out in 2021 but has yet to win one.

• Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy
• Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy: Selena Gomez
• Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy:
  • Steve Martin
  • Martin Short

‘Severance’: 4 nominations

Likewise Apple TV’s sci-fi psychological thriller received seven nominations for its first season last year but went home emptyhanded. Perhaps it will have better luck this year and if the predictions are right, it just might.

• Best Television Series - Drama
• Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series - Drama: Britt Lower
• Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series - Drama: Adam Scott
• Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television: Tramell Tillman

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