'One Battle After Another' leads Golden Globe nominations, while
'Wicked: For Good' falters
[December 09, 2025]
By JAKE COYLE
Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” scored a leading nine
nominations to the 83rd Golden Globe Awards on Monday, adding to the
Oscar favorite’s momentum and handing Warner Bros. a victory amid
Netflix's acquisition deal.
In nominations announced from Beverly Hills, California, “One Battle
After Another” landed nods for its cast — Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana
Taylor, Sean Penn and Chase Infiniti — and for Anderson’s screenplay and
direction. It’s competing in the Globes’ category for comedy and
musicals.
Close on its heels was Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value,” a Norwegian
family drama about a filmmaking family. The Neon release’s eight
nominations included nods for four of its actors: Stellan Skarsgård,
Renate Reinsve, Elle Fanning and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas.
The Globe nominations, a tattered but persistent rite in Hollywood, are
coming on the heels of the a potentially seismic shift in entertainment.
On Friday, Netflix struck a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery for $72
billion. If approved, the deal would reshape Hollywood and put one of
its most storied movie studios in the hands of the streaming giant.
Warner Bros., Netflix and the Golden Globes
Both companies are prominent in this year's awards season. Along with
“One Battle After Another,” Warner Bros. has “Sinners,” Ryan Coogler's
acclaimed vampire hit. It was nominated for seven awards by the Globes,
including box office achievement, best actor for Michael B. Jordan and
Coogler for best director.
Netflix's contenders include Noah Baumbach's “Jay Kelly” (which landed
nods for George Clooney and Adam Sandler), Guillermo del Toro's
“Frankenstein” (five nominations) and the streaming smash hit, “KPop
Demon Hunters.” Arguably the most-watched movie of the year, the three
nominations for “KPop Demon Hunters” included one for cinematic and box
office achievement — an oddity for Netflix, which typically gives its
films only small, limited theatrical runs but found a No. 1 box office
weekend in singalong screenings for the animated film.
The two studios led all others in nominations across film and television
on Monday. Netflix landed 35 nominations, boosted by its expansive film
slate and television nominees like the British limited series
“Adolescence” (five nominations). Warner Bros. had 31 nominations,
including 15 from HBO Max for series such as “The White Lotus,” the lead
TV nominee with six.
The proposed deal for Warner Bros. has stoked concern throughout the
industry that Netflix might devote one of the most theatrical-focused
studios to streaming. Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos has pledged a
theatrical commitment to many Warner releases, but the leading trade
group for exhibitors has called the deal “an unprecedented threat.” On
Sunday, President Donald Trump said the market share created by the
merger “could be a problem,” and Paramount said Monday it was mounting a
hostile bid for Warner Bros.
Neon shines on a bad day for ‘Wicked: For Good’
Yet the studio that triumphed on the movie side of the Globe nominations
was Neon. The indie specialty film company has emerged as a dominant
force in international releases, winning a string of Palme d'Or awards
at the Cannes Film Festival. It earned 21 nominations Monday, including
five of the six international film nominees.
Some of those nominations came at the expense of some high-profile
studio films. “Wicked: For Good” was nominated for five awards,
including two nods for its songs and acting nominations for Cynthia
Erivo and Ariana Grande. But it was overlooked for an award it was
presumed to be in contention for: best comedy or musical.
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This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Leonardo DiCaprio
in a scene from "One Battle After Another." (Warner Bros. Pictures
via AP)
 The nominees instead were “One
Battle After Another,” Yorgos Lanthimos' “Bugonia,” Josh Safdie's
“Marty Supreme,” Park Chan-wook's “No Other Choice” (a Neon release)
and a pair of Richard Linklater movies in “Blue Moon” and “Nouvelle
Vague.”
In the drama category, Chloé Zhao's “Hamnet” scored six nominations,
including nods for its stars, Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal. It was
nominated for best film, drama, along with “Frankenstein” and three
Neon titles: “The Secret Agent,” “Sentimental Value” and “It Was
Just an Accident.”
Jafar Panahi's “It Was Just an Accident,” the acclaimed Iranian
revenge drama, was nominated for a total of four awards. At
different times, Panahi has often been imprisoned, put under house
arrest and prohibited from leaving Iran by the Islamic Republic
while making films over the past two decades. Earlier this month,
while traveling outside of Iran with the film, he was sentenced to a
year in prison and a new two-year travel ban.
Podcasters and A-listers mingle
As the Globes continue to transition out of their scandal-plagued
past, there's one notable change this year. For the first time, the
Globes are giving a best podcast trophy. The inaugural nominees are
“Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard,” “Call Her Daddy,” “Good Hang
With Amy Poehler,” “The Mel Robbins Podcast,” “SmartLess” and NPR's
“Up First.”
Many of those nominees aren't exactly outsiders to Hollywood. But
they'll mingle with a wide array of stars that the Globes, long
known for packing their red carpet with A-listers, were sure to
nominate.
Those include Timothee Chalamet, nominated for his performance in
“Marty Supreme,” Jennifer Lawrence (“Die My Love”), Julia Roberts
(“After the Hunt”), Tessa Thompson (“Hedda”), Jeremy Allen White
(“Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere”), Emma Stone (“Bugonia”),
Ethan Hawke (“Blue Moon”) and the two stars of “The Smashing
Machine,” Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt.
After a series of controversies for the Hollywood Foreign Press
Association, the group that previously put on the ceremony, the
Globes were sold in 2023 to Todd Boehly's Eldridge Industries and
Dick Clark Productions, a part of Penske Media. A new, larger voting
body of more than 300 people now vote on the awards, which moved
from NBC to CBS on a shorter, less expensive deal.
Nikki Glaser is returning as host to the Jan. 11 Globes, airing on
CBS and streaming on Paramount+. This past January, Glaser won good
reviews for her first time emceeing the ceremony. Ratings were
essentially unchanged, slightly dipping to 9.3 million viewers,
according to Nielsen, from 9.4 million in 2024.
Helen Mirren will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award in a separate
prime-time special airing Jan. 8. Sarah Jessica Parker will be
honored with the Carol Burnett Award.
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