--- ---  # The Biggest Snubs of the 2019 Golden Globes Nominations  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Dec 6, 2018 3:57 PM UTC  Black Panther. L to R: Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan) and T'Challa/Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) Black Panther. L to R: Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan) and T'Challa/Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman)Marvel  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Dec 6, 2018 3:57 PM UTC On Thursday morning, [nominations for the 76th annual Golden Globes](http://time.com/5471769/golden-globes-nominations-2019/) were announced from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. While this year’s awards season officially launched after Thanksgiving with the Gotham Awards and honors from the National Board of Review and the New York Film Critics’ Circle, nods for the Golden Globes — which will air live on NBC on Jan. 6, hosted by Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg — kick the conversation into higher gear when it comes to the sport of Oscar prognostication. On the movie side, nominations were led by _Vice_, Adam McKay’s scathing account of Dick Cheney’s rise to power, which scored six, while _The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story_ led the TV side with four. The field included several surprises, among them Sasha Baron Cohen for _Who Is America?_, John C. Reilly for _Stan & Ollie_ and Lucas Hedges for the gay conversion therapy drama _Boy Erased_. But the fact that the Globes separates the honors for movies by drama and musical or comedy — doubling the size of certain categories — makes certain snubs sting a little more. Below are the 2019 Golden Globes snubs that stung the most. ## Film ### _First Man_ After winning five Oscars, including Best Director, for _La La Land_ in 2017, [Damien Chazelle’s Neil Armstrong drama](http://time.com/5423099/first-man-moon-landing-neil-armstrong-ryan-gosling/) failed to nab a nomination for Best Picture or for Ryan Gosling’s understated turn as the NASA pioneer. It did earn nominations for Claire Foy’s supporting role as Janet Armstrong and for its score by _La La Land_ composer Justin Hurwitz. ### **_First Reformed_** This somber drama by _Taxi Driver_ screenwriter Paul Schrader might not have felt like a lock, given its release all the way back in May and modest box-office performance. But Ethan Hawke’s performance as a pastor in turmoil and Schrader’s screenplay have gotten much love from critics and deserve to remain in the conversation as the season presses on. ### Michael B. Jordan _Black Panther_ nabbed noms for Score, Song and Best Picture – Drama — Marvel’s first movie nominated in the latter category. But Jordan’s multilayered villain deserved love in the Supporting Actor field. ### Sam Elliott Many consider Elliott’s put-upon older brother of Bradley Cooper’s Jackson Maine in _A Star Is Born_ to be a leading contender for Supporting Actor, so his absence here was a glaring one. ### _Cold War_ Paweł Pawlikowski’s smoky romance set in 1950s Poland seemed like a lock for Foreign Language film. Perhaps it will fare better with the Academy of Motion Pictures. ### _Widows_ Five years after winning Best Picture with _12 Years a Slave_, director Steve McQueen returned with a [smart, grown-up heist drama in _Widows_](http://time.com/5448801/widows-movie-review/), but despite critical acclaim, it appears nowhere in this year’s field of movie nominees. ### _A Quiet Place_ Paramount has been campaigning diligently to keep John Krasinski’s mature horror parable in the conversation, but it failed to register with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. ## Television ### _Atlanta_ Despite receiving Emmy nominations for writing, directing, Best Comedy, and performances by Donald Glover, Brian Tyree Henry and Zazie Beetz, the series was nowhere to be found among Golden Globes nominations. ### **_The Handmaid’s Tale_** Hulu’s Margaret Atwood adaptation, which broke from its source material in its second season, won Best Television Series – Drama at last year’s Golden Globes. This year, it didn’t even receive a nomination in that field, though it scored acting nods for Elisabeth Moss and Yvonne Strahovski. ### _This Is Us_ It’s among the most-watched series on TV and three of its stars were nominated last year (with Sterling K. Brown memorably winning), but _This Is Us_ failed to score a single nomination this year. ### **_Patrick Melrose_** Though Benedict Cumberbatch was nominated for his performance in the Showtime limited series adapted from the popular books, the show itself was conspicuously absent among nominees. ### _Insecure_ Neither the HBO series itself — nor Issa Rae’s writing, nor her performance — made a splash with the HFPA this year, though Rae was nominated for both a Golden Globe and an Emmy last year. ## Odds and Ends **_Roma_** **:** Alfonso Cuarón’s gorgeous black-and-white picture, inspired by his childhood, scored a nomination for Foreign Language Film, Director and Screenplay but felt conspicuously absent from the Best Picture – Drama field. But it wasn’t eligible: the [Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s official rules](https://ew.com/golden-globes/2018/12/06/roma-golden-globes-best-drama-ineligible/) state that films submitted in the Foreign Language category are ineligible for the other Best Picture races. **_If Beale Street Could Talk_** **, Best Score:** Composer Nicholas Britell’s sensitive score for [Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of a 1974 James Baldwin novel](http://time.com/5472338/barry-jenkins-james-baldwin/) was robbed, full-stop. **Toni Collette:** After winning Best Actress at the Gotham Award for her tour-de-force performance in the eminently disturbing _Hereditary_, Collette seemed to have some momentum, but she was edged out in the drama category. Other actresses whose names were absent despite much lauded performances: Regina Hall (_Support the Girls_), Natalie Portman (_Vox Lux_), Kathryn Hahn (_Private Life_) and Julia Roberts (_Ben Is Back_). **Best Screenplay:** _A Star Is Born_ and _BlacKkKlansman_ were frontrunners in this category but neither secured a nomination. Perhaps they’ll fare better at the Oscars, which separates the field into Original and Adapted, leaving space for more nominees. **Steve Carell:** Though costar Timothée Chalamet was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in _Beautiful Boy_, Carell, who [plays the father of a son consumed by his addiction](http://time.com/5413761/beautiful-boy-film/), didn’t make the cut as a leading actor. **Best Director:** No female directors received nominations. Hardly a shock [considering Hollywood’s track record](https://www.businessinsider.com/women-nominated-for-best-director-oscar-list-2018-1), but still a disappointment. 2019 Golden Globes Snubs: This Is Us, Handmaid's Tale ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5472512/2019-golden-globes-snubs/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5472512/2019-golden-globes-snubs/"},"headline":"The Biggest Snubs of the 2019 Golden Globes Nominations","datePublished":"2018-12-06T15:57:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T22:13:04.719Z","description":"A number of popular and critically acclaimed TV shows and movies were left off the list of nominations, which were announced Thursday.","url":"https://time.com/5472512/2019-golden-globes-snubs/","keywords":["awards season"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd4ff926a5b009bd/6988d70622fb85d8a1e221a1/mld-04595_r.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd4ff926a5b009bd/6988d70622fb85d8a1e221a1/mld-04595_r.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Black Panther","caption":"Black Panther","creditText":"Marvel","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/awards-season/","name":"awards season"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5472512/2019-golden-globes-snubs/","name":"The Biggest Snubs of the 2019 Golden Globes Nominations"}}]}] ```