2014 GOLDEN GLOBES: Predicting The Winners

The 2014 Golden Globes are being held in Los Angeles on Sunday, hosted by Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, broadcast on ABC at 8pm. Although there is an infinitesimal group of people who vote on the winners, it is true that Golden Globe winners often go on to win Academy Awards so it is worth paying attention to them.

Here are the nominees in the film categories for the Golden Globe awards:

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Best Drama 

12 Years a Slave

Captain Phillips 

Gravity 

Philomena 

Rush 

SHOULD WIN: 12 Years a Slave 

WILL WIN: Gravity 

Best Musical/Comedy 

American Hustle 

Her

Inside Lleweyn Davis 

Nebraska 

The Wolf of Wall Street 

SHOULD WIN: American Hustle 

WILL WIN: American Hustle 

Best Director 

Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity 

Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips 

Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave 

Alexander Payne, Nebraska 

David O. Russell, American Hustle 

SHOULD WIN: Alfonso Cuaron 

WILL WIN: Alfonso Cuaron 

Best Actress in a Drama 

Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine 

Sandra Bullock, Gravity 

Judi Dench, Philomena 

Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks 

Kate Winslet, Labor Day 

SHOULD WIN: Cate Blanchett 

WILL WIN: Cate Blanchett 

Best Actor in a Drama 

Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave 

Idris Elba, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom 

Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips 

Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyer’s Club 

Robert Redford, All Is Lost 

SHOULD WIN: Chiwetel Ejiofor 

WILL WIN: Matthew McConaughey 

Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy 

Christian Bale, American Hustle 

Bruce Dern, Nebraska 

Leonardo Di Caprio, The Wolf of Wall Street 

Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis 

Joaquin Phoenix, Her 

SHOULD WIN: Joaquin Phoenix

WILL WIN: Leonardo Di Caprio

Best Actress in a 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 

SHOULD WIN: Amy Adams 

WILL WIN: Amy Adams 

Best Supporting Actress 

Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine 

Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle 

Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave 

Julia Roberts, August: Osage County 

June Squibb, Nebraska 

SHOULD WIN: Lupita Nyong’o 

WILL WIN: Jennifer Lawrence 

Best Supporting Actor 

Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips 

Daniel Bruhl, Rush 

Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave 

Jared Leto, Dallas Buyer’s Club 

SHOULD WIN: Jared Leto 

WILL WIN: Jared Leto 

Best Screenplay 

Spike Jonze, Her 

Bob Nelson, Nebraska 

Jeff Pope/Steve Coogan, Philomena
John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave 

Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell, American Hustle 

SHOULD WIN: John Ridley 

WILL WIN: John Ridley

The Oscar nominations for the 86th annual Academy Awards will happen next Thursday, January 16, 2014. The Oscar ceremony is on March 2, 2014.