Penghargaan akan diberikan dalam 25 kategori: 14 untuk film layar lebar, dan 11 untuk film televisi. Di kategori film, Birdman, meraih nominasi terbanyak dengan tujuh nominasi. Sejumlah nama yang sejak lama diprediksi akan masuk nominasi di berbagai ajang penghargaan perfilman, seperti Jennifer Aniston untuk film Cake, menjadi kenyataan.
Golden Globe ke-72 ini akan berlangsung pada 11 Januari 2015 di Grand Ballroom Beverly Hilton Hotel. Sebelumnya juga telah diumumkan bahwa putri aktor Kelsey Grammer, Greer Grammer, dan Barrie Buckner (pemain acara Awkward di MTV), akan menjadi Miss Golden Globe 2015.
Berikut beberapa nominasi Golden Globe 2015 untuk kategori film dan akting:
Best Motion Picture, Drama"Boyhood""Foxcatcher""The Imitation Game""Selma""The Theory of Everything"
Best Actor in a Motion Picture, DramaSteve Carell, "Foxcatcher"Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Imitation Game"Jake Gyllenhaal, "Nightcrawler"David Oyelowo, "Selma"Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything"
Best Actress in a Motion Picture, DramaJennifer Aniston, "Cake"Felicity Jones, "The Theory of Everything"Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"Rosamund Pike, "Gone Girl"Reese Witherspoon, "Wild"
Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical"Birdman""The Grand Budapest Hotel""Into the Woods""Pride""St. Vincent"
Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or ComedyRalph Fiennes, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"Michael Keaton, "Birdman"Bill Murray, "St. Vincent"Joaquin Phoenix, "Inherent Vice"Christoph Waltz, "Big Eyes"
Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or ComedyAmy Adams, "Big Eyes"Emily Blunt, "Into the Woods"Helen Mirren, "The Hundred-Foot Journey"Julianne Moore, "Maps to the Stars"Quvenzhané Wallis, "Annie"
Best TV Series, Comedy"Girls""Jane the Virgin""Orange Is the New Black""Silicon Valley""Transparent"
Best TV Series, Drama"The Affair""Downton Abbey""Game of Thrones""The Good Wife""House Of Cards"