Golden Globes Predictions 2026

<p>Tuxedos at the ready, get the champagne on ice, award season is upon us! As we roll into a new year, the best of the best in movies, TV and music over the last 12 months are set to be honoured across a slew of ceremonies.</p> <p>Up first are the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sportsbet.com.au/betting/novelties-and-entertainment/golden-globes/83rd-golden-globe-awards-film-9214702">Golden Globes!</a> Seen as the precursor to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sportsbet.com.au/huddle/novelties/predictions-tips/oscars-2026">the Oscars</a>, the Globes give a glimpse into which films and stars could be set to sweep the season ahead.</p> <p>The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sportsbet.com.au/huddle/novelties/predictions-tips/golden-globes-nominations-2026">nominations are in</a>, with a few solid shocks and surprises in there, as well as a trio of Aussie acknowledgments.</p> <p>Being nominated is one thing, winning is another. With that in mind let’s take a look at which films, directors, thespians and more are in pole position to pick up a Golden Globe early next year. Here are our 2026 Golden Globes predictions and betting tips.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Prediction</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>It’s looking like it could very much be one win after another this award season for Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest masterpiece.</p> <p>Starring Hollywood’s main man Leonardo Di Caprio, “One Battle After Another” blends sharp comedic timing with a surprisingly heartfelt examination of ambition and ego, creating the type of high-energy crowd-pleaser the Globes often reward.</p> <p>It’s the favourite here as well as for Best Picture at the Oscars. Ping-pong thriller (yes, you read that right), “Marty Supreme” remains its biggest challenger for both awards.</p> <p>Betting tip:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sportsbet.com.au/betting/novelties-and-entertainment/golden-globes/83rd-golden-globe-awards-film-9214702">One Battle After Another.</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Best Motion Picture – Drama Prediction</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Unlike the Oscars, the Golden Globes separates Best Picture into two different awards. One for musicals and comedies and one for dramas.</p> <p>&nbsp;That means certain films here won’t have to contend with the dominating presence of One Battle After Another, as they will at the Academy Awards.</p> <p>We’re backing the adaptation of “Hamnet” to make the most of this, and swoop in and collect the award for best Drama Motion Picture.</p> <p>An emotionally devastating portrait of grief and creativity, “Hamnet” is Shakespeare like you’ve never seen it, focusing on the literary great himself.</p> <p>Betting tip:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sportsbet.com.au/betting/novelties-and-entertainment/golden-globes/83rd-golden-globe-awards-film-9214702">Hamnet.</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Best Director Prediction</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Naturally it would make sense to align our Best Director prediction with either One Battle After Another of Hamnet.</p> <p>While both PTA and Chloe Zhao are in with a legitimate shot, we’re actually opting for a third option here.</p> <p>Often celebrated for his ability to marry mythic storytelling with nuanced character work, legendary director Guillermo del Toro does all that and more with his latest masterpiece.</p> <p>Del Toro’s retelling of the classic “Frankenstein” is a masterclass in visual mastery and atmospheric world building and puts him in pole position to nab the Golden Globe for Best Director.</p> <p>Betting tip:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sportsbet.com.au/betting/novelties-and-entertainment/golden-globes/83rd-golden-globe-awards-film-9214702">Guillermo del Toro</a>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Best Performance by a Male Actor – Musical or Comedy Prediction</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>A truly supreme showing from Hollywood’s resident young gun, Timothee Chalamet, has him in pole position for this Golden Globe.</p> <p>Portraying the obsessive, unrelenting and unhinged ping-pong prodigy Marty Mauser in Josh Safdie’s “Marty Supreme”, Chalamet could be about to smash home the winner and take home Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Musical and Comedy.</p> <p>Betting tip:<a href="https://www.sportsbet.com.au/betting/novelties-and-entertainment/golden-globes/83rd-golden-globe-awards-film-9214702"> Timothee Chalamet.</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Best Performance by a Male Actor – Drama Prediction</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The Golden Globe for Best Performance by a Male Actor – Drama has in recent years been awarded for the portrayals of both Freddie Mercury and Elvis, could we be about to see Bruce Springsteen be added to that list?</p> <p>Rami Malek won in 2018 for his turn as Queen’s charismatic frontman, while Austin Butler did the same in 2022 after playing the King.</p> <p>Jeremy Allen White is up this year for playing the Boss and seeing how much the Globes historically favour roles like this; we simply have to get behind him.</p> <p>Betting tip:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sportsbet.com.au/betting/novelties-and-entertainment/golden-globes/83rd-golden-globe-awards-film-9214702">Jeremy Allen White.</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Best Performance by a Female Actor – Musical or Comedy Prediction</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>A previous winner in this category has caught our eye and it’s not hard to see why.</p> <p>Emma Stone’s versatility and comedic instinct have created significant buzz around her role in “Bugonia” and we’re jumping on the bandwagon.</p> <p>Already a Globe winner for this very award thanks her showing in “Poor Things” a few years back, Stone delivers another performance that’s both wildly funny and unexpectedly strange</p> <p>The Globes often reward performers who embrace risk and reinvention, and Emma Stone’s character in “Bugonia” pushes her yet again into gleefully eccentric territory.</p> <p>Betting tip:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sportsbet.com.au/betting/novelties-and-entertainment/golden-globes/83rd-golden-globe-awards-film-9214702">Emma Stone</a>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Best Performance by a Female Actor – Drama Prediction</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>There is a very clear frontrunner for this award and it’s Jessie Buckley. She delivered a shattering performance as a mother grappling with overwhelming loss in “Hamnet”</p> <p>Buckley has earned a reputation for fearless, deeply lived-in roles, and this character seems poised to be one of her most affecting thanks to the emotional clarity and raw physical expressiveness she brought to the role.</p> <p>Betting tip:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sportsbet.com.au/betting/novelties-and-entertainment/golden-globes/83rd-golden-globe-awards-film-9214702">Jessie Buckley.</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Golden Globes 2026 Details</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Date:</strong> Monday, January 12. 2026.</p> <p><strong>Host:</strong> Nikki Glaser</p> <p><strong>Location: </strong>The Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills, California.</p>