David Farnor | On 12, Dec 2016

Amazon is leading Netflix in this year’s Golden Globes race, as the streaming service looks to repeat its awards success for a third year running.

Netflix first picked up awards acclaim at the Golden Globes three years ago, when House of Cards’ first season made a splash with four nods. Last year, the streaming giant fared even better, with Bloodline, Master of None, Orange Is the New Black, Narcos and Grace of Frankie joining House of Cards in the Globes race.

This year, Netflix is competing for the top prize, with both Stranger Things and The Crown nominated for Best TV Series (Drama). The hit series of the summer is pitted against HBO’s Westworld and the heavily-nominated This Is Us, and is also up for Best Actress (Winona Ryder), while the buzzy royal drama is up for Best Actress (Claire Foy) and Best Supporting Actor (John Lithgow). Those five, though, are the only nods Netflix has received for its small-screen output.

Amazon also has five nominations, with Mozart in the Jungle and Transparent both up for Best TV Series (Comedy or Musical) and Best Actor (Gael Garcia Bernal and Jeffrey Tambor), while Goliath’s Billy Bob Thornton is up for Best Actor.

In the UK, both benefit from their exclusive US acquisitions being nominated for awards, namely Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Better Call Saul (Netflix) and Mr. Robot, The Girlfriend Experience and Outlander (Amazon). Nonetheless, the figures still pale in comparison to the 14 nods racked up by HBO, which is dominating the pack again, not just with Game of Thrones but also Westworld and The Night Of. FX is close behind with 9, thanks to The People v. OJ Simpson and The Americans. However, Amazon enters the TV race with a clutch of Golden Globe wins already under its belt: for two years in a row, Amazon has waltzed away with double wins for Mozart in the Jungle and Transparent, making it a favourite for the competition.

On the big screen, meanwhile, Amazon is also racing ahead of Netflix. The latter has a nomination for Divines, which it acquired at Cannes and released earlier this year. The former, though, is enjoying huge acclaim for Manchester by the Sea, which has five nominations, including Best Motion Picture (Drama), Best Actor (Casey Affleck), Best Actress (Michelle Williams), Best Director (Kenneth Lonergan) and Best Screenplay. It will be distributed in UK cinemas by Studiocanal, before being released exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.

The movie nominee race is led by La La Land (seven nods) and Moonlight (six nods). Their nominations put them at the head of the awards pack for this year, but they are joined by Hacksaw Ridge and Lion – and, in a pleasant surprise for the Comedy & Musical category, the charming Sing Street.

The awards will be handed out on Sunday 8th January. Read on for a full list of nominees (via Variety):

Best Motion Picture – Drama

Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

20th Century Women
Deadpool
La La Land
Florence Foster Jenkins
Sing Street

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
Joel Edgerton – Loving
Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge
Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington – Fences

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

Amy Adams – Arrival
Jessica Chastain – Miss Sloane
Isabelle Huppert – Elle
Ruth Negga – Loving
Natalie Portman – Jackie

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Colin Farrell – The Lobster
Ryan Gosling – La La Land
Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins
Jonah Hill – War Dogs
Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Annette Bening – 20th Century Women
Lily Collins – Rules Don’t Apply
Hailee Steinfeld – The Edge of Seventeen
Emma Stone – La La Land
Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water
Simon Helberg – Florence Foster Jenkins
Dev Patel – Lion
Aaron Taylor-Johnson – Nocturnal Animals

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Viola Davis – Fences
Naomie Harris – Moonlight
Nicole Kidman – Lion
Octavia Spencer – Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea

Best Director – Motion Picture

Damien Chazelle – La La Land
Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals
Mel Gibson – Hacksaw Ridge
Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea

Best Screenplay

La La Land
Nocturnal Animals
Moonlight
Manchester by the Sea
Hell or High Water

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language

Divines – France
Elle – France
Neruda – Chile
The Salesman – Iran/France
Toni Erdmann – Germany

Best Motion Picture – Animated

Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
Sing
Zootopia

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

Can’t Stop the Feeling – Trolls
City of Stars – La La Land
Faith – Sing
Gold – Gold
How Far I’ll Go – Moana

Best Original Score – Motion Picture

Nicholas Britell– Moonlight
Justin Hurwitz – La La Land
Johann Johannsson – Arrival
Dustin O’Halloran, Hauschka – Lion
Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, Benjamin Wallfisch – Hidden Figures

Best Television Series – Drama

The Crown
Game of Thrones
Stranger Things
This Is Us
Westworld

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Atlanta
Black-ish
Mozart in the Jungle
Transparent
Veep

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama

Rami Malek – Mr. Robot
Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul
Matthew Rhys – The Americans
Liev Schreiber – Ray Donovan
Billy Bob Thornton – Goliath

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama

Caitriona Balfe – Outlander
Claire Foy – The Crown
Keri Russell – The Americans
Winona Ryder – Stranger Things
Evan Rachel Wood – Westworld

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Anthony Anderson – Black-ish
Gael García Bernal – Mozart in the Jungle
Donald Glover – Atlanta
Nick Nolte – Graves
Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Rachel Bloom – Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep
Sarah Jessica Parker – Divorce
Issa Rae – Insecure
Gina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin
Tracee Ellis Ross – Black-ish

Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

American Crime
The Dresser
The Night Manager
The Night Of
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Riz Ahmed – The Night Of
Bryan Cranston – All The Way
Tom Hiddleston – The Night Manager
John Turturro – The Night Of
Courtney B. Vance – The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Felicity Huffman – American Crime
Riley Keough – The Girlfriend Experience
Sarah Paulson – The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Charlotte Rampling – London Spy
Thandie Newton – Westworld

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Olivia Colman – The Night Manager
Lena Headey – Game Of Thrones
Chrissy Metz – This Is Us
Mandy Moore – This Is Us
Kerry Washington – Confirmation

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Sterling K. Brown – The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Hugh Laurie – The Night Manager
John Lithgow – The Crown
Christian Slater – Mr. Robot
John Travolta – The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

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