71st Golden Globe Award Nominations: 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle Are The Two To Beat

Remember how I just said awards season is upon us? Hot on the heels of the SAG award nominations here are the Golden Globe nominations.

Best Motion Picture — Drama

• 12 Years a Slave
• Captain Phillips
• Gravity
• Philomena
• Rush

Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy

• American Hustle
• Her
• Inside Llewyn Davis
• Nebraska
• The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama

• Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
• Sandra Bullock, Gravity
• Judi Dench, _Philomena
• Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks
• Kate Winslet, Labor Day

Best Actor in a Motion Picture — drama

• Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
• Idris Elba, Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom
• Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips
• Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
• Robert Redford, All Is Lost

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

• Amy Adams, American Hustle
• Julie Delpy, Before Midnight
• Greta Gerwig, Frances Ha
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Enough Said
• Meryl Streep, August: Osage County

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

• Christian Bale, American Hustle
• Bruce Dern, Nebraska
• Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf Of Wall Street
• Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis
• Joaquin Phoenix, Her

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

• Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
• Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
• Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
• Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
• June Squibb, Nebraska

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

• Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
• Daniel Brühl, Rush
• Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
• Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
• Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

Best Director — Motion Picture

• Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
• Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips
• Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
• Alexander Payne, Nebraska
• David O. Russell, American Hustle

Best Screenplay — Motion Picture

• Spike Jonze, Her
• Bob Nelson, Nebraska
• Jeff Pope and Steve Coogan, Philomena
• John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave
• Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell, American Hustle

Best Foreign Language Film

• Blue is the Warmest Color
• The Great Beauty
• The Hunt
• The Past
• The Wind Rises

Best Animated Feature film

• The Croods
• Despicable Me 2
• Frozen

Best Original Song — Motion Picture

• Atlas_, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
• Let It Go_, Frozen
• Ordinary Love_, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
• Please Mr. Kennedy_, Inside Llewyn Davis
• Sweeter Than Fiction_, One Chance

Best Original Score — Motion Picture

• Alex Ebert, All is Lost
• Alex Heffes, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
• Steven Price, Gravity
• John Williams, The Book Thief
• Hans Zimmer, 12 Years a Slave

Best TV Series — Drama

• Breaking Bad_
• Downton Abbey_
• The Goodwife_
• House of Cards_
• Masters of Sex_

Best TV Series — Comedy

• The Big Bang Theory
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine
• Girls
• Modern Family
• Parks and Recreation

Best TV Movie or Mini-Series

• American Horror Story: Coven
• Behind the Candelabra
• Dancing on the Edge
• Top of the Lake
• The White Queen

Best Actress in a TV Series — Drama

• Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
• Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
• Taylor Schilling, Orange is the New Black
• Kerry Washington, Scandal
• Robin Wright, House of Cards

Best Actor in a TV series — Drama

• Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
• Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
• Michael Sheen, Masters of Sex
• Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
• James Spader, The Blacklist

Best Actress in a TV Series — Comedy

• Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
• Lena Dunham, Girls
• Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
• Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Best Actor in a TV Series — Comedy

• Jason Bateman, Arrested Development
• Don Cheadle, House of Lies
• Michael J. Fox, The Michael J. Fox Show
• Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
• Andy Samberg, Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Best Actress in a Mini-Series or TV movie

• Helena Bonham Carter, Burton and Taylor
• Rebecca Ferguson, White Queen
• Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Coven
• Helen Mirren, Phil Spector
• Elisabeth Moss, Top of the Lake

Best Actor in a Mini-Series or TV movie

• Matt Damon, Behind the Candelabra
• Michael Douglas, Behind the Candelabra
• Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dancing on the Edge
• Idris Elba, Luther
• Al Pacino, Phil Spector

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series, or TV movie

• Jacqueline Bisset, Dancing on the Edge
• Janet McTeer, White Queen
• Hayden Panettiere, Nashville
• Monica potter, Parenthood
• Sofia Vergara, Modern family

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie

• Josh Charles, The Good Wife
• Rob Lowe- Behind the Candelabra
• Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
• Corey Stoll, House of Cards
• Jon Voight -_ Ray Donovan_

There’s really nothing here to be upset about. 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle have 7 nominations each, the nominations are pretty well spread out among the best films and performances of the year. I know that’s kind of the point but the Golden Globes are a bit of a wild card, that doesn’t actually always happen with them.

The 71st Golden Globes will be broadcast on 12 January 2014.