Birdman ottiene il maggior numero di nomination – ben sette – ai 72esimi Golden Globes. Boyhood e The Imitation Game ne hanno ottenuti cinque a testa. I candidati per il miglior film drammatico sono Boyhood, Foxcatcher, The Imitation Game, Selma e The Theory of Everything.
Jennifer Aniston, a sorpresa, riceve una candidature come migliore attrice protagonista per Cake, mentre tra gli attori è sfida annunciata tra Steve Carell (Foxcatcher) e Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game).
Capitolo televisione, Fargo domina la scena con sette nomination, compresa quella come migliore miniserie televisiva. Sono diversi i tv show di nuova generazione ad entrare nella lista dei possibili premiati, soprattutto tra le commedie: Transparent, Jane the Virgin, Silicon Valley e Orange Is the New Black.
La cerimonia di premiazione si terrà l'11 gennaio. Ecco la lista delle principali nomination:

Best Motion Picture
BoyhoodFoxcatcherThe Imitation GameSelmaThe Theory of Everything

Best Actor – Drama
Steve Carell - FoxcatcherBenedict Cumberbatch - the Imitation GameJake Gyllenhaal - NightcrawlerDavid Oyelowo -SelmaEddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything

Best Actress – Drama
Jennifer Aniston – CakeFelicity Jones – The Theory of EverythingJulianne Moore – Still AliceRosamund Pike – Gone GirlReese Witherspoon – Wild

Best Actress – Comedy or Musical
Amy Adams – Big EyesEmily Blunt – Into the WoodsHelen Mirren – The Hundred Foot JourneyJulianne Moore – Maps to the StarsQuevenshane Wallis – Annie

Best Actor – Comedy or Musical
Ralph Fiennes – Grand Budapest HotelMIchael Keaton – BirdmanBill Murray – St. VincentJoaquin Phoenix – Inherent ViceChristoph Waltz – Big Eyes

Best Director
Wes Anderson – Grand Budapest HotelDavid Fincher – Gone GirlAva Duvernay – SelmaAlejandro Gonzalez Innaritu – BirdmanRichard Linklater – Boyhood

Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette – BoyhoodJessica Chastain – A Most Violent YearKeira Knightley – The Imitation GameEmma Stone – BirdmanMeryl Streep – Into the Woods

Best Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall – The JudgeEthan Hawke – BoyhoodEdward Norton – BirdmanMark Ruffalo – FoxcatcherJ.K. Simmons – Whiplash

Best Comedy or Musical
BirdmanThe Grand Budapest HotelInto the WoodsPride St. Vincent

Best TV Drama
The AffairDownton AbbeyGame of ThronesThe Good WifeHouse of Cards

Actor, TV drama
Clive Owen – The KnickLiev Schrieber – Ray DonovanKevin Spacey – House of CardsJames Spader – The BlacklistDominic West – The Affair

Best TV Miniseries or Movie
FargoThe MissingTrue DetectiveThe Normal HeartOlive Kitteridge

Best TV Comedy
GirlsJane the VirginOrange Is the New BlackSilicon ValleyTransparent

Animated Feature
Big Hero 6The Book of LifeBoxtrollsHow to Train Your Dragon 2The Lego Movie

Best Foreign Film
Force Majeure Turist (Sweden)Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem Gett (Israel)Ida (Poland/Denmark)Leviathan (Russia)Tangerines Mandariinid (Estonia)

Best Performance Actress – TV Drama
Claire Danes – HomelandViola Davis – How to Get Away with MurderJulianna Margulies – The Good WifeRuth Wilson – The AffairRobin Wright – House of Cards

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
Big Eyes – Big Eyes (Lana Del Ray)Glory – Selma (John Legend, COmmon)Mercy Is – Noah (Patty SMith, Lenny kaye)Opportunity – Annie YellowFlicker Beat – Hunger Games, Mockingjy Pt 1 (Lorde)

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Desplat – Imitation GameYohann Yohannsson – Theory of EverythingTrent Reznor – Gone GirlAntonio Sanchez - BirdmanHans Zimmer – Interstellar Best Supporting Actress in a series, mini-series, or TV movie
Uzo Aduba – Orange Is the New BlackKathy Bates – American Horror Story: Freak ShowJohane Frogat – Downton AbbeyALlison Janney – MomMichelle Monaghan – True Detective

Best Supporting Actor in a series, mini-series, or TV movie
Matt Bomer, The Normal HeartAlan Cumming, The Good WifeColin Hanks, FargoBill Murray, Olive KitteridgeJon Voight, Ray Donovan

Best Actress – TV Comedy
Lena Dunham – GirlsEdie Falco – Nurse JackieGina Rodriguez – Jane the VirginJulia Louis Dreyfuss – VeepTaylor Schilling – Orange Is the New Black

Best Actor – TV Comedy
Don Cheadle – House of LiesRicky Gervais – DerekJeffrey Tambor – TransparentLouis C.K. – LouieWilliam H. Macy – Shameless