One Battle After Another Tops 2026 Golden Globe Nominations With Nine Nods

Golden Globe nominations

Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another topped the 2026 Golden Globe nominations with nine nods, a leading count that multiple outlets flagged as a major sweep for the film.

Coverage across outlets reiterated the nine-nomination total and the film's presence in major categories, with Punch Newspapers describing it as leading the Globes with nine, ITVX and AV Club noting Anderson as the director and citing acting, directing and screenplay nods, and The Hollywood Reporter and the BBC also listing the film as the top nominee.

The nominations position the film as an awards-season frontrunner and an Oscar bellwether, a point noted specifically by Punch and The Straits Times.

Acting nominations and coverage

Reporting consistently highlighted the film’s multiple acting nods.

Punch, ITVX and AV Club listed Leonardo DiCaprio and Chase Infiniti among lead nominees.

Additional acting nominations included Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro and Teyana Taylor across supporting and lead fields.

ITVX said the nominations boosted Oscar momentum and provided a publicity win for Warner Bros amid its sale to Netflix.

The Hollywood Reporter and Vanity Fair catalogued the broader list of heavyweight nominees across categories.

Different outlets varied in emphasis, with Vanity Fair and Female First stressing star power while trade publications highlighted studio and distribution tallies.

International film nominations

Outlets highlighted a notable presence of international and foreign-language cinema among the nominations beyond the top film.

The Norwegian family drama Sentimental Value followed with eight nominations across multiple outlets (ITVX, Punch, AV Club, Straits Times).

Coverage from the BBC and Punch drew attention to Iranian director Jafar Panahi's It Was Just an Accident and to other foreign-language films such as The Secret Agent and No Other Choice.

Some sources framed this as a trend of foreign-language films breaking into major categories, with Punch explicitly noting the trend and the BBC providing specifics about Panahi's film and nod counts.

Awards coverage summary

Television and new categories drew cross-source attention.

The White Lotus led television with six nominations (Vanity Fair; The Hollywood Reporter).

Netflix's Adolescence collected multiple acting nods (ITVX; BBC; The Hollywood Reporter).

The Globes introduced a Best Podcast category with nominees such as Armchair Expert, Call Her Daddy, Good Hang and SmartLess (ITVX; BBC; The Straits Times; Female First).

Coverage diverged on secondary details.

AV Club flagged cheeky new category names, including the 'Best Movie That Also Made A Ton Of Money'.

ITVX and The Hollywood Reporter emphasized procedural changes such as a new voting body, the move to CBS, and new producers.

Female First included one inconsistent line about podcast tallies that the outlet itself flagged as conflicting.

Coverage differences by outlet

Across source types there are clear differences in emphasis and tone.

African outlet Punch foregrounds the film's political story and frames the nominations as an Oscar bellwether.

Western mainstream outlets (ITVX, The Hollywood Reporter, BBC) balance nominee lists with industry logistics, such as studio context, voting changes, and distributor tallies.

Tabloids (Vanity Fair, Female First) lean into star names and sortable lists for readers.

Other outlets (AV Club, The Straits Times) add quirky or regional details, with AV Club noting social platforms and playful category names and The Straits Times flagging box-office and pop-culture nominees.

The core fact that One Battle After Another received nine nominations remains consistent, but the narratives and secondary emphases differ by source type.