While I personally don’t care what the awards shows have to say about what movies are ‘the best’ the Hollywood Foreign Press have announced the nominees for the 67th Annual Golden Globes.
Meryl Streep is competing against herself for best actress (musical/comedy) and Up in the Air leads the noms with 6 followed by NINE (5), Avatar (4), and Inglorious Basterds (4).
Here’s the full list: MOTION PICTURE NOMINEES ONLY
BEST PICTURE (DRAMA)
- Avatar
- The Hurt Locker
- Inglourious Basterds
- Up In the Air
- Precious
BEST PICTURE (COMEDY/MUSICAL)
- Nine
- It’s Complicated
- Julie and Julia
- The Hangover
- 500 Days of Summer
BEST ACTOR (DRAMA)
- Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
- George Clooney, Up in the Air
- Colin Firth, A Single Man
- Morgan Freeman, Invictus
- Tobey Maguire, Brothers
BEST ACTRESS (DRAMA)
- Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
- Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
- Helen Mirren, The Last Station
- Carey Mulligan, An Education
- Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria
BEST ACTOR (COMEDY/MUSICAL)
- Matt Damon, The Informant!
- Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 500 Days of Summer
- Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man
- Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes
BEST ACTRESS (COMEDY/MUSICAL)
- Sandra Bullock, The Proposal
- Marion Cotillard, Nine
- Julia Roberts, Duplicity
- Meryl Streep, It’s Complicated
- Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia
SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Matt Damon, Invictus
- Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
- Christopher Plumber, The Last Station
- Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
- Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Penelope Cruz, Nine
- Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
- Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
- Mo’Nique, Precious
- Julianne Moore, A Single Man
DIRECTOR
- James Cameron, Avatar
- Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
- Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
- Clint Eastwood, Invictus
- Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
ANIMATED FILM
- Coraline
- Fantastic Mr. Fox
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
- The Princess and the Frog
- Up
SCREENPLAY
- Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell, District 9
- Nancy Meyers, It’s Complicated
- Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
- Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
- Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
- Broken Embraces
- A Prophet
- The Maid
- The White Ribbon
- Baaria
ORIGINAL SCORE
- Michael Giacchino, Up
- James Horner, Avatar
- Marvin Hamlisch, The Informant!
- Abel Korzeniowski, A Single Man
- Karen O. and Carter Burwell, Where The Wild Things Are
ORIGINAL SONG
- “Cinema Italiano” from Nine
- “I See You” from Avatar
- “The Weary Kind” from Crazy Heart
- “I Want to Come Home” from Everybody’s Fine
- “Winter” from Brothers
