The King’s Speech (Tom Hooper) is met zeven nominaties de grootste titel in de aanloop naar de Golden Globes. The Social Network (David Fincher) en The Fighter (David O. Russell) hebben ieder zes nominaties in de wacht gesleept. Daarnaast zijn – met beide vier nominaties - ook Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky) en Inception (Christopher Nolan) geselecteerd.

In de categorie beste comedie/musical is The Tourist genomineerd met Johnny Depp en Angelina Jolie (allebei genomineerd voor hun acteerprestaties). Ook maakt The Kids Are All Right (Lisa Cholodenko) kans met vier nominaties in totaal. Alice in Wonderland (Tim Burton) en Burlesque (Steve Antin) tellen beide drie nominaties.

In de categorie buitenlandse film is Biutiful (Alejandro González Iñárritu) met Javier Bardem in de hoofdrol geselecteerd, evenals het Italiaanse Io sono l' amore (Luca Guadagnino) met Tilda Swinton. Daarnaast zijn het Franse Le Concert (Radu Mihaileanu), het Russische Kray (Aleksei Uchitel), en het Deense Hævnen ( Suzanne Bier) genomineerd.

Opvallend is dat L’Illusioniste (Sylvain Chomet)genomineerd is voor de Golden Globe voor animatiefilm. Dit met de hand getekende, nostalgisch getinte verhaal naar een scenario van Jacques Tati, contrasteert met de andere geselecteerde titels van 3D computeranimatie zoals Toy Story 3 en Despicable Me.

BEST PICTURE, DRAMA
Black Swan
The FIghter
Inception
The King's Speech
The Social Network

BEST PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Alice in Wonderland
Burlesque
The Kids Are All Right
Red
The Tourist

BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
David Fincher, The Social Network
Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
Christopher Nolan, Inception
David O. Russell, The Fighter

BEST ACTOR, DRAMA
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Colin Firth, The King's Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours
Ryan Gosling, Blue Valentine
Mark Wahlberg, The Fighter

BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA
Halle Berry, Frankie and Alice
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

BEST ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Johnny Depp, Alice in Wonderland
Johnny Depp, The Tourist
Paul Giamatti, Barney's Version
Jake Gyllenhaal, Love and Other Drugs
Kevin Spacey, Casino Jack

BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Anne Hathaway, Love and Other Drugs
Angelina Jolie, The Tourist
Julianne Moore, The Kids Are All Right
Emma Stone, Easy A

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale, The Fighter
Michael Douglas, Wall Street 2
Andrew Garfield, The Social Network
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter , The King's Speech
Mila Kunis, Black Swan
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom

BEST SCREENPLAY
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy, 127 Hours
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg, The Kids Are All Right
Christopher Nolan, Inception
David Seidler, The King's Speech
Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Despicable Me
How To Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Tangled
Toy Story 3

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Biutiful
The Concert
The Edge
I Am Love
In A Better World

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Alexandre Desplat, The King's Speech
Danny Elfman, Alice in Wonderland
A.R. Rahman, 127 Hours
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network
Hans Zimmer, Inception

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Bound to You," Burlesque
"Coming Home," Country Strong
"I See the Light," Tangled
"There's A Place For Us," Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader
"You Haven't Seen The Last of Me," Burlesque