BEVERLY HILLS, California — 

Musical thriller “Emilia Perez” and historic epic “The Brutalist” led the roster of movies nominated on Monday for the 2025 Golden Globes, the Hollywood honors that kick off the film awards season resulting in the Oscars.

“Emilia Perez,” launched by Netflix NFLX.O, scored 10 nods and “The Brutalist,” from impartial distributor A24, earned seven.

Taking residence a Globe might help films within the race to the Academy Awards in March. Final yr’s Hollywood strikes scrambled this yr’s launch schedule, and awards pundits say there isn’t any clear frontrunner for greatest image on the Oscars.

The Globe winners shall be chosen by 334 leisure journalists from 85 international locations and shall be introduced Jan. 5 at a ceremony broadcast dwell on CBS and streamed on Paramount+.

“Emilia Perez” stars Zoe Saldana as a lawyer who helps a drug cartel chief (Spanish actor Karla Sofía Gascón) pretend his demise and transition from a person to a girl. Selena Gomez co-stars because the cartel chief’s spouse. All three had been nominated for by Globes voters for performing honors.

“The Brutalist” stars Adrien Brody in an epic story of a Hungarian immigrant who flees the horrors of World Conflict Two to rebuild his life in the USA.

Field workplace smash “Depraved,” tailored from a long-running Broadway play in regards to the witches in “The Wizard of Oz,” landed 4 nominations.