2018 Golden Globe Nominees for Best Motion Picture

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Updated November 13, 2018 952 votes 255 voters
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The 2018 Golden Globe nominations are finally here, so make your Golden Globes predictions for Best Picture. With a variety of both great dramas and comedies, which 2017 movie will take home the prize in each category?

In the musical or comedy category, the 2018 Golden Globe Best Picture nominees include: coming-of-age film Lady Bird; The Disaster Artist, starring James Franco and Seth Rogen; Jordan Peele's horror hit Get Out; I, Tonya, starring Margot Robbie as figure skater Tonya Harding; and biographical musical The Greatest Showman starring Hugh Jackman as P. T. Barnum.

For the drama category, the films include: Guillermo del Toro's fantasy-drama The Shape of Water; Stephen Spielberg's political thriller The Post starring Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep;  crime thriller Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri; Christopher Nolan's WWII movie Dunkirk; and the romantic drama Call Me By My Name?

Vote for the 2018 Golden Globe nominated movies most likely to win the drama category and the musical or comedy category. After casting your votes, wait for the big night on January 7, 2018 to see if your Golden Globe predictions prove accurate. 

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  • Call Me by Your Name
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    Call Me by Your Name

    Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg
    83 votes
    • Released: 2017
    • Directed by: Luca Guadagnino

    Drama

    In the sun-drenched Italian countryside, a profound encounter unfolds. Call Me by Your Name, a romantic drama, weaves the tale of Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet), a 17-year-old spending the summer in his family's villa. He crosses paths with Oliver (Armie Hammer), an American scholar visiting as his father's research assistant. As days pass, an intimate bond develops between them. The film, directed by Luca Guadagnino and based on André Aciman's novel, has garnered acclaim for its tender storytelling and evocative cinematography, earning four Academy Award nominations and winning Best Adapted Screenplay.

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  • Lady Bird
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    Lady Bird

    Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Timothée Chalamet
    70 votes
    • Released: 2017
    • Directed by: Greta Gerwig

    Musical or Comedy - WINNER

    In the indie dramedy film Lady Bird, Saoirse Ronan portrays Christine Lady Bird McPherson, a high school senior from Sacramento. She navigates her way through the trials and tribulations of adolescence, clashing with her mother Marion (Laurie Metcalf), who works tirelessly to keep their family afloat after Lady Bird's father (Tracy Letts) loses his job. The movie, directed by Greta Gerwig, is punctuated by Lady Bird's interactions with her best friend Julie (Beanie Feldstein) and her romantic interests (Lucas Hedges and Timothée Chalamet). With five Academy Award nominations, it remains a compelling exploration of coming-of-age in early 2000s America.

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  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
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    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell
    53 votes
    • Released: 2017
    • Directed by: Martin McDonagh

    Drama - WINNER

    After months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at William Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command, Officer Dixon -- an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence -- gets involved, the battle is only exacerbated.

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  • Get Out
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    Get Out

    Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener
    73 votes
    • Released: 2017
    • Directed by: Jordan Peele

    Musical or Comedy

    In Get Out, Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya) is an African-American photographer, who sets out to meet his Caucasian girlfriend's parents for the first time. Rose Armitage (Allison Williams) assures him that her parents won't mind his race, but their overly accommodating behavior grows unsettling. Directed by Jordan Peele, this film deftly blends elements of horror and dark comedy. The narrative takes a chilling turn when Chris stumbles upon the family's disturbing secret. Garnering accolades like the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Get Out presents a unique spin on the traditional suspense thriller.

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  • I, Tonya
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    I, Tonya

    Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney
    46 votes
    • Released: 2017
    • Directed by: Craig Gillespie

    Musical or Comedy

    In 1991, talented figure skater Tonya Harding becomes the first American woman to complete a triple axel during a competition. In 1994, her world comes crashing down when her ex-husband conspires to injure Nancy Kerrigan, a fellow Olympic hopeful, in a poorly conceived attack that forces the young woman to withdraw from the national championship. Harding's life and legacy instantly become tarnished as she's forever associated with one of the most infamous scandals in sports history.

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  • The Shape of Water
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    The Shape of Water

    Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins
    52 votes
    • Released: 2017
    • Directed by: Guillermo del Toro

    Drama

    In the mesmerizing film, The Shape of Water, Elisa (Sally Hawkins), a mute janitor, forms an extraordinary bond with a creature held captive in the high-security lab where she works. The creature, played by Doug Jones, is an aquatic entity discovered in South America. As government agents and scientists, like Strickland (Michael Shannon) and Hoffstetler (Michael Stuhlbarg), seek to exploit the creature for their own interests, Elisa devises a daring plan to help him escape. This 2017 fantasy drama, directed by Guillermo del Toro, won four Academy Awards including Best Picture.

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