1960 Golden Globes: Winners and Nominees

40 films were recognised at the 1960 Golden Globe Awards, across 18 categories. 24 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was Ben-Hur, with 4 awards, ahead of Some Like It Hot with 3. The categories below run from New Star Of The Year - Actress, Actress In A Leading Role - Musical Or Comedy and Best Director - Motion Picture to the smaller prizes, and in every one the winner is listed first, followed by the other nominees.

Each title links to the film's full award history at all four awards, and the links at the bottom step to the previous and next ceremony.

Last updated August 12, 2026

New Star Of The Year - Actress

Darby O'Gill and the Little People(1959)
Janet Munro
Winner
Rio Bravo(1959)
Angie Dickinson
Winner
Say One for Me(1959)
Stella Stevens
Winner
The Five Pennies(1959)
Tuesday Weld
Winner
Blue Denim(1959)
Carol Lynley
Platinum High School(1960)
Yvette Mimieux
The Diary of Anne Frank(1959)
Diane Baker
This Earth Is Mine(1959)
Cindy Robbins

Actress In A Leading Role - Musical Or Comedy

Some Like It Hot(1959)
Marilyn Monroe
Winner
Ask Any Girl(1959)
Shirley MacLaine
But Not for Me(1959)
Lilli Palmer
Pillow Talk(1959)
Doris Day
Porgy and Bess(1959)
Dorothy Dandridge

Best Director - Motion Picture

Ben-Hur(1959)
William Wyler
Winner
Anatomy of a Murder(1959)
Otto Preminger
On the Beach(1959)
Stanley Kramer
The Diary of Anne Frank(1959)
George Stevens
The Nun's Story(1959)
Fred Zinnemann

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Ben-Hur(1959)
Winner
Anatomy of a Murder(1959)
On the Beach(1959)
On The Beach
The Diary of Anne Frank(1959)
Diary of Anne Frank, The
The Nun's Story(1959)
Nun's Story, The

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Career(1959)
Anthony Franciosa
Winner
Ben-Hur(1959)
Charlton Heston
Look Back in Anger(1959)
Richard Burton
Middle of the Night(1959)
Fredric March
The Diary of Anne Frank(1959)
Joseph Schildkraut

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Some Like It Hot(1959)
Jack Lemmon
Winner
But Not for Me(1959)
Clark Gable
Operation Petticoat(1959)
Cary Grant
Porgy and Bess(1959)
Sidney Poitier
Who Was That Lady?(1960)
Dean Martin

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

Ben-Hur(1959)
Stephen Boyd
Winner
Anatomy of a Murder(1959)
Joseph Welch
On the Beach(1959)
Fred Astaire
Pillow Talk(1959)
Tony Randall
The Young Philadelphians(1959)
Robert Vaughn

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Suddenly, Last Summer(1959)
Elizabeth Taylor
Winner
Anatomy of a Murder(1959)
Lee Remick
Room at the Top(1958)
Simone Signoret
Suddenly, Last Summer(1959)
Katharine Hepburn
The Nun's Story(1959)
Audrey Hepburn

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

Imitation of Life(1959)
Susan Kohner
Winner
Imitation of Life(1959)
Juanita Moore
Take a Giant Step(1959)
Estelle Hemsley
The Diary of Anne Frank(1959)
Shelley Winters
The Nun's Story(1959)
Edith Evans

Foreign Film - Foreign Language

Black Orpheus(1959)
Winner
Odd Obsession(1959)
Winner
The Bridge(1959)
Winner
Wild Strawberries(1957)
Winner
Wir Wunderkinder (Wir Wunderkinder (Aren't We Wonderful!))(1958)
Wir Wunderkinder (Aren't We Wonderful!)
Winner

New Star Of The Year - Actor

A Private's Affair(1959)
Barry Coe
Winner
A Summer Place(1959)
Troy Donahue
Winner
Crime & Punishment, USA(1959)
George Hamilton
Winner
The Crimson Kimono(1959)
James Shigeta
Winner
The Flying Fontaines(1959)
Michael Callan

Picture - Comedy

Some Like It Hot(1959)
Winner
But Not for Me(1959)
But Not For Me
Operation Petticoat(1959)
Pillow Talk(1959)
Who Was That Lady?(1960)

Picture - Musical

Porgy and Bess(1959)
Winner
A Private's Affair(1959)
Private's Affair, A
Li'l Abner(1959)
Say One for Me(1959)
The Five Pennies(1959)
Five Pennies, The

Promoting International Understanding

The Diary of Anne Frank(1959)
Diary of Anne Frank, The
Winner
Odds Against Tomorrow(1959)
On the Beach(1959)
On The Beach
Take a Giant Step(1959)
The Nun's Story(1959)
Nun's Story, The

Special Achievement Award

Ben-Hur(1959)
Andrew Marton
Winner
The Nun's Story(1959)
Fred Zinnemann
Winner

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

On the Beach(1959)
Ernest Gold
Winner

Samuel Goldwyn International Award

Room at the Top(1958)
Room At The Top
Winner

Television Achievement

77 Sunset Strip(1958)
Winner

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