75th Golden Globe Award Predictions


Here are my predictions for the forthcoming Golden Globe Awards, held on 7th January 2018.  My predictions are below, then afterwards I will come back to this post and add the winners, and then calculate how well I did with my predictions.  My predictions, much like their nominations, will be expectant on the Hollywood Foreign Press Association wanting to make a clear statement to Hollywood, so I am favouring films that are liberal, feminist, multi-cultural, anti-Trump etc.

Red = Predicted Winner
Green = Actual Winner

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

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

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

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

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
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.”

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

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

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

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

Best Animated Feature Film
The Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
Coco (Winner)
Ferdinand
Loving Vincent

EDIT (9th January 2018): So, all in all, a pretty bad set of predictions.  Just three out of ten.  I was pleased to get both of the actress categories right, though those were two of the easiest picks.

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