Movie Talk: 75th Golden Globe Awards Predictions

Welcome to another episode of moviemanMDG’s Movie Talk, where I talk about everything film-related.  The first week of 2018 has gotten off to a pretty good start, so let’s talk about awards season.  2017 had tons of movies that were either good or bad, but the ones that every critic and movie fanatic cares about the most are those who have “awards potential”.  Films that have a chance to earn a golden statuette for their certain achievement, whether it’s for acting, directing, or even music.  The first awards show that will be screened on television this year (and the first that I will be talking about) is the 75th Golden Globe Awards.  The nominations for the Golden Globes were already announced last month, and there were a couple of movies that I believe got left out into the dust, like Detroit for Best Drama and Lego Batman for Best Animated Feature.  But I’m not talking about the snubs, I’m talking about the ones that are competing against one another for the golden globe award.  For this “award-worthy” episode of Movie Talk, I will be sharing my brief prediction list on who I think will win the award and who I think might have a chance to pull off an upset.  This will be a “film-only” list because I am extremely bad at predicting television categories.  Like last year, I didn’t get a chance to see all of the movies that are nominated (especially The Post and I, Tonya), so some of my predictions will be based on my gut and on my research.  I highly doubt that I will get every prediction right, but I still find this list fun to create.  Either way, here is my prediction list for the 75th Golden Globe Awards.






Best Motion Picture - Drama
-Call Me by Your Name
-Dunkirk
-The Post
-The Shape of Water
-Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri


Will Win: The Shape of Water


Might Win: The Post




Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
-The Disaster Artist
-Get Out
-The Greatest Showman
-I, Tonya
-Lady Bird


Will Win: The Disaster Artist


Might Win: Get Out




Best Performance in a Motion Picture - Drama (Actor)
-Timothée Chalamet (Call Me by Your Name)
-Daniel Day-Lewis (Phantom Thread)
-Tom Hanks (The Post)
-Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour)
-Denzel Washington (Roman J. Israel, Esq.)


Will Win: Gary Oldman


Might Win: Tom Hanks




Best Performance in a Motion Picture - Drama (Actress)
-Jessica Chastain (Molly’s Game)
-Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water)
-Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
-Meryl Streep (The Post)
-Michelle Williams (All the Money in the World)


Will Win: Sally Hawkins


Might Win: Jessica Chastain




Best Performance in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy (Actor)
-Steve Carell (Battle of the Sexes)
-Ansel Elgort (Baby Driver)
-James Franco (The Disaster Artist)
-Hugh Jackman (The Greatest Showman)
-Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out)


Will Win: James Franco


Might Win: Steve Carell




Best Performance in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy (Actress)
-Judi Dench (Victoria & Abdul)
-Helen Mirren (The Leisure Seeker)
-Margot Robbie (I, Tonya)
-Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird)
-Emma Stone (Battle of the Sexes)


Will Win: Margot Robbie


Might Win: Emma Stone




Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture (Actor)
-Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project)
-Armie Hammer (Call Me by Your Name)
-Richard Jenkins (The Shape of Water)
-Christopher Plummer (All the Money in the World)
-Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)


Will Win: Richard Jenkins


Might Win: Christopher Plummer




Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture (Actress)
-Mary J. Blige (Mudbound)
-Hong Chau (Downsizing)
-Allison Janney (I, Tonya)
-Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird)
-Octavia Spencer (The Shape of Water)


Will Win: Octavia Spencer


Might Win: Mary J. Blige




Best Director
-Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water)
-Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
-Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk)
-Ridley Scott (All the Money in the World)
-Steven Spielberg (The Post)


Will Win: Guillermo del Toro


Might Win: Christopher Nolan




Best Screenplay
-The Shape of Water
-Lady Bird
-The Post
-Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
-Molly’s Game


Will Win: Molly’s Game


Might Win: The Post




Best Original Score
-Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
-The Shape of Water
-Phantom Thread
-The Post
-Dunkirk


Will Win: The Shape of Water


Might Win: Dunkirk




Best Original Song
-“Home” (Ferdinand)
-“Mighty River” (Mudbound)
-“Remember Me” (Coco)
-“The Star” (The Star)
-“This is Me” (The Greatest Showman)


Will Win: Coco


Might Win: The Greatest Showman




Best Animated Feature Film
-The Boss Baby
-The Breadwinner
-Coco
-Ferdinand
-Loving Vincent


Will Win: Coco


Might Win: The Breadwinner




Best Foreign Language Film
-A Fantastic Woman (Chile)
-First They Killed My Father (Cambodia)
-In the Fade (Germany/France)
-Loveless (Russia)
-The Square (Sweden/Germany/France)


Will Win: First They Killed My Father


Might Win: A Fantastic Woman


As I said before, I doubt that every prediction I made will be accurate because awards shows can be unpredictable when it comes to the winners.  Trust me, I already figured that out last year.  The 75th annual Golden Globe Awards will air on NBC on January 7, with Seth Meyers as the host.  Until then, I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed to make sure I get most of them correct.