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2015 Golden Globe Predictions – Film

The are a finicky award show. Sometimes they predict the Oscar winners, sometimes they go with the buzz, and sometimes they go with the film that paid them the most (*cough*The Tourist*cough*). However, this year they seem to have strongly leaned toward the legitimate Oscar contenders. Even in the odd Musical or Comedy categories where three of the five nominees have legitimate Oscar shots.

Since the kudos are aired after the end of Oscar voting (literally the night of the day ballots are due), the winners are going to have on the Oscar nominees. However, they could indicate what frontrunners are keeping their lead and who could be gaining on them.

I think Sunday night is going to belong to Birdman with 4 predicted wins (Picture, Director, Actor, and Score). However, Oscar frontrunner Boyhood isn't going to be far behind with 2 wins (Picture and Director). It's important to note that these two films are only competing against each other in the combined genre categories since Birdman was submitted as a comedy (since that all makes sense). Use the simple navigator to switch between categories and sound off in the comments to tell us who you think is going to win at the Globes.

Check out our predictions for the TV categories here!

This is hands down the easiest category to predict. I can't see anyone else really taking this award, unless Rosamund Pike's “babe” factor kicks in. However, this is probably going to be the first of many wins for Moore this season.

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Drama

Best Motion Picture – Drama
Will Win: Boyhood
Could Win: Selma
Should Win: Boyhood

Similar to other categories, with its biggest rival out of the way, it looks like Boyhood is going to take this as another trophy on its way to the .

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Will Win: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Could Win: The Imitation Game
Should Win: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

With Michael Keaton out of the way, this should be a cake walk for Redmayne. On top of his status as Keaton's biggest Oscar rival and phenomenal performance as Stephen Hawking, he's coming from a film that's a British production. Although has similar pros, I don't think Redmayne has too much to worry about.

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Will Win: Still Alice
Could Win: Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Should Win: Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl

Karl Delossantos

Hey, I'm Karl, founder and film critic at Smash Cut. I started Smash Cut in 2014 to share my love of movies and give a perspective I haven't yet seen represented. I'm also an editor at The New York Times, a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, and a member of the Online Film Critics Society.

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