Will the Golden Globes nominations bring focus to an awards season that’s so far been blurry?

The best-picture contenders are many, with early honors being given by various groups to the space odyssey “Gravity,” the slave epic “12 Years a Slave,” the futuristic romance “Her,” the con-artist caper “American Hustle” and the folk tale “Inside Llewyn Davis.”

Also in the mix: the finance world comedy “The Wolf of Wall Street,” the Somali pirate tale “Captain Phillips,” the HIV drama “Dallas Buyers Club,” the father-son road trip “Nebraska,” the making-of “Mary Poppins” story “Saving Mr. Banks,” the Civil rights history “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” and “August: Osage County,” the starry adaptation of Tracy Letts’ prize-winning play.

Perhaps we’ll get more clarity on the season when the nominations for the 71st annual Golden Globes are announced Thursday morning in Beverly Hills, Calif., by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Olivia Wilde, Zoe Saldana and Aziz Ansari will be on hand to read the results.

Since the Globes divide many of their categories in two, between drama and comedy or musical, there’s a lot of room for all of the above movies — even if some films will have to contort themselves to slide into one category or the other.