1966 Golden Globes: Winners and Nominees

47 films were recognised at the 1966 Golden Globe Awards, across 19 categories. 13 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was Doctor Zhivago, with 5 awards, ahead of The Sound of Music with 2. The categories below run from Actress In A Leading Role - Musical Or Comedy, Best Director - Motion Picture and Best Motion Picture - Drama 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

Actress In A Leading Role - Musical Or Comedy

The Sound of Music(1965)
Julie Andrews
Winner
A Thousand Clowns(1965)
Barbara Harris
Cat Ballou(1965)
Jane Fonda
Inside Daisy Clover(1965)
Natalie Wood
The Knack... and How to Get It(1965)
Rita Tushingham

Best Director - Motion Picture

Doctor Zhivago(1965)
David Lean
Winner
A Patch of Blue(1965)
Guy Green
Darling(1965)
John Schlesinger
The Collector(1965)
William Wyler
The Sound of Music(1965)
Robert Wise

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Doctor Zhivago(1965)
Winner
A Patch of Blue(1965)
Patch of Blue, A
Ship of Fools(1965)
The Collector(1965)
Collector, The
The Flight of the Phoenix(1965)
Flight of the Phoenix, The

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

The Sound of Music(1965)
Sound of Music, The
Winner
A Thousand Clowns(1965)
Thousand Clowns, A
Cat Ballou(1965)
The Great Race(1965)
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines(1965)

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Doctor Zhivago(1965)
Maurice Jarre
Winner
Battle of the Bulge(1965)
Benjamin Frankel
The Great Race(1965)
Henry Mancini
The Sandpiper(1965)
Johnny Mandel
The Yellow Rolls-Royce(1964)
Riz Ortolani

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

The Yellow Rolls-Royce(1964)
Forget Domani
Winner
Cat Ballou(1965)
The Ballad Of Cat Ballou
That Funny Feeling(1965)
The Great Race(1965)
The Sweetheart Tree
The Sandpiper(1965)
The Shadow Of Your Smile

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Doctor Zhivago(1965)
Omar Sharif
Winner
A Patch of Blue(1965)
Sidney Poitier
Ship of Fools(1965)
Oskar Werner
The Agony and the Ecstasy(1965)
Rex Harrison
The Pawnbroker(1964)
Rod Steiger

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

Cat Ballou(1965)
Lee Marvin
Winner
A Thousand Clowns(1965)
Jason Robards Jr.
Boeing, Boeing(1965)
Jerry Lewis
The Great Race(1965)
Jack Lemmon
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines(1965)
Alberto Sordi

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

The Collector(1965)
Samantha Eggar
Winner
A Patch of Blue(1965)
Elizabeth Hartman
Darling(1965)
Julie Christie
Othello(1965)
Maggie Smith
Ship of Fools(1965)
Simone Signoret

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

Inside Daisy Clover(1965)
Ruth Gordon
Winner
Boeing, Boeing(1965)
Thelma Ritter
Othello(1965)
Joyce Redman
The Cincinnati Kid(1965)
Joan Blondell
The Sound of Music(1965)
Peggy Wood

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Doctor Zhivago(1965)
Robert Bolt
Winner
A Patch of Blue(1965)
Guy Green
The Agony and the Ecstasy(1965)
Philip Dunne
The Collector(1965)
John Kohn
The Slender Thread(1965)
Sterling Silliphant

Foreign Film - English Language

Darling(1965)
Winner
90 Degrees in the Shade(1965)
90 Degrees In The Shade
Othello(1965)
The Knack... and How to Get It(1965)
The Knack ...And How To Get It
The Leather Boys(1964)

Foreign Film - Foreign Language

Juliet of the Spirits(1965)
Winner
La Ronde (La ronde (Circle Of Love))(1964)
La ronde (Circle Of Love)
Red Beard(1965)
Tarahumara (Tarahumara (Always Further On))(1965)
Tarahumara (Always Further On)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg(1964)
The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg

New Star Of The Year - Actor

Inside Daisy Clover(1965)
Robert Redford
Winner
Cat Ballou(1965)
Tom Nardini
The Flight of the Phoenix(1965)
Ian Bannen
The Glory Guys(1965)
James Caan
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines(1965)
James Fox

New Star Of The Year - Actress

A Patch of Blue(1965)
Elizabeth Hartman
Winner
Do Not Disturb(1965)
Maura McGiveney
Doctor Zhivago(1965)
Geraldine Chaplin
Shenandoah(1965)
Rosemary Forsyth
The Family Jewels(1965)
Donna Butterworth

Television Program

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.(1964)
Man From U.N.C.L.E., The
Winner
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music(1965)
Get Smart(1965)
I Spy(1965)
My Name Is Barbra(1965)

Actor In A Television Series

The Fugitive(1963)
David Janssen
Winner
Get Smart(1965)
Don Adams
Run for Your Life(1965)
Ben Gazzara
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.(1964)
David McCallum

Actress In A Television Series

Honey West(1965)
Anne Francis
Winner
Peyton Place(1964)
Mia Farrow
The Big Valley(1965)
Barbara Stanwyck
The Patty Duke Show(1963)
Patty Duke

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

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold(1965)
Oskar Werner
Winner
Battle of the Bulge(1965)
Telly Savalas
Harlow(1965)
Red Buttons
Othello(1965)
Frank Finlay

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