Los Angeles, United States: "La La Land," Damien Chazelle's tribute to the Golden Age of American musicals, led the Golden Globe nominations on Monday with seven nods, including for best musical/comedy film and for its two star actors.

"Moonlight," "Manchester by the Sea" and "Florence Foster Jenkins" followed with six, five and four nominations respectively.

The announcements will give the nominees a welcome boost going into the race for February's Oscars, with the influential Screen Actors Guild nominations to come later this week.

The best motion picture drama nominees are Mel Gibson's war movie "Hacksaw Ridge," heist thriller "Hell or High Water," family dramas "Lion" and "Manchester by the Sea" and coming-of-age story "Moonlight."

"La La Land" will face competition from "20th Century Women," "Deadpool," "Florence Foster Jenkins," and "Sing Street" in the race for best comedy or musical film.

Although more high-profile than the SAGs, the Golden Globes are seen as less of an indicator of Oscars glory, as a relatively small group of non-US journalists -- the Hollywood Foreign Press Association -- chooses the winners, rather than the industry itself.

On the television front, FX true crime anthology "The People v, O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story" led with five nominations.

AMC crime drama "The Night Manager" was close behind with four nominations, while "black-ish," "The Crown," "The Night Of," "This is Us" and "Westworld" grabbed three each.

HBO comfortably led the television nominations with 14.

The 74th Golden Globe Awards will air on NBC live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills on January 8, with talk show host Jimmy Fallon presenting.