LOS ANGELES — The candy-colored Lionsgate musical “La La Land,” about dreams and dreamers in this city of stars, twirled its way toward being an awards season juggernaut on Monday, taking seven Golden Globe nominations, including ones for best director, screenplay and lead actor and actress.

But it was not a runaway. The lyrical “Moonlight,” about a young black man growing up in a poor Miami neighborhood, drew six nominations, including best drama, director and screenplay. “Manchester by the Sea,” focused on a New England plumber coping with horrific loss, was also nominated for best drama, receiving five nods total.

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Joining those two films in the best drama category were “Lion,” an adoption tear-jerker set in India and the Weinstein Company’s lead Oscar hope; Mel Gibson’s “Hacksaw Ridge,” based on the true story of the World War II hero Desmond T. Doss; and the CBS Films neo-western “Hell or High Water.”