One Battle After Another Tops 2026 Golden Globes Nods, With Sinners in Hot Pursuit
Fangs and firebrands ruled the Golden Globes, as vampire fare and revolutionary dramas seized the spotlight and dominated the winners circle.
Golden Globes nominations dropped, and guess what: no shock to anyone paying even half-attention, Paul Thomas Anderson just steamrolled the field.
PTA's 'One Battle After Another' leads the pack
'One Battle After Another' is officially the most-nominated film of the year at the Globes with nine. It is Anderson adapting Thomas Pynchon's novel 'Vineland' into a black comedy about an ex-revolutionary (Leonardo DiCaprio) dragged out of hiding when he and his daughter Willa (Chase Infiniti) wind up in the crosshairs of a corrupt military officer (Sean Penn). Critics already love it; it is currently the highest-rated movie of the year on Metacritic. The cast is stacked, the vibe is sly and mean in all the right ways, and the Globes noticed.
- Best Motion Picture (Comedy)
- Best Director (Paul Thomas Anderson)
- Best Actor (Comedy) – Leonardo DiCaprio
- Best Actress (Comedy) – Chase Infiniti
- Best Supporting Actor (Comedy) – Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn
- Best Supporting Actress (Comedy) – Teyana Taylor
- Best Screenplay
- Best Original Score
Small but nerdy detail: having both del Toro and Penn up in the same category for the same movie is a flex and a potential vote-split at the same time. Also, yes, seeing Chase Infiniti land that Best Actress (Comedy) nod absolutely rules.
Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners' is right there too
Ryan Coogler's 1932-set vampire horror 'Sinners' is the third most-nominated film overall and landed in the Drama lane. It is up for Best Motion Picture (Drama), with Michael B. Jordan nominated for Best Actor (Drama). Coogler is nominated for Best Director, and the film also scored Best Original Score, Cinematic and Box Office Achievement, and Best Original Song. Horror having a real awards-season moment again makes me genuinely happy — last year 'The Substance' nabbed multiple nods at both the Globes and the Oscars, and the momentum clearly did not stop.
Obviously 'One Battle After Another' and 'Sinners' are playing wildly different games, but I am rooting for both Anderson and Coogler. If someone wants to snap that little statue in half and hand each of them a piece, I would not complain.