1972 Golden Globes: Winners and Nominees

69 films were recognised at the 1972 Golden Globe Awards, across 25 categories. 20 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was The French Connection, with 3 awards, ahead of The Snow Goose (Snow Goose, The) with 2. The categories below run from Television Movie, Actor In A Leading Role - Musical Or Comedy Series Or Television Movie and Actress In A Leading Role - Drama Series Or Television Movie 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

Television Movie

The Snow Goose (Snow Goose, The)(1971)
Snow Goose, The
Winner
The Snow Goose (Snow Goose, The)(1971)
The Snow Goose
Winner
Brian's Song(1971)
Duel(1971)
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (Homecoming, The)(1971)
Homecoming, The
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (Homecoming, The)(1971)
The Homecoming
The Last Child (Last Child, The)(1971)
Last Child, The
The Last Child (Last Child, The)(1971)
The Last Child

Actor In A Leading Role - Musical Or Comedy Series Or Television Movie

All in the Family(1971)
Carroll O’Connor
Winner
Arnie(1970)
Herschel Bernardi
Flip (Flip Wilson Show, The)(1970)
Flip Wilson
The New Dick Van Dyke Show (New Dick Van Dyke Show, The)(1971)
Dick Van Dyke
The Odd Couple(1968)
Jack Klugman
The Odd Couple(1970)
Jack Klugman

Actress In A Leading Role - Drama Series Or Television Movie

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (Homecoming, The)(1971)
Patricia Neal
Winner
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (Homecoming, The)(1971)
The Homecoming
Winner
McMillan & Wife(1971)
Susan St. James
Mission: Impossible(1966)
Lynda Day George
Room 222(1969)
Denise Nicholas
The Mod Squad(1968)
Peggy Lipton

Foreign Film - English Language

Sunday Bloody Sunday(1971)
Winner
Friends (Friends (Foreign Language Film))(1971)
Friends (Foreign Language Film)
The African Elephant (African Elephant, The)(1971)
African Elephant, The
The Go-Between(1971)
Go-Between, The
The Raging Moon (Long Ago Tomorrow)(1971)
Long Ago Tomorrow
The Red Tent (Red Tent, The)(1969)
Red Tent, The

New Star Of The Year - Actor

Red Sky at Morning(1971)
Desi Arnaz Jr.
Winner
Johnny Got His Gun(1971)
Timothy Bottoms
Nicholas and Alexandra(1971)
Tom Baker
Shaft(1971)
Richard Roundtree
Summer of '42(1971)
Gary Grimes
The Seven Minutes (Seven Minutes, The)(1971)
John Sarno

Actor In A Leading Role - Drama Series Or Television Movie

Marcus Welby, M.D.(1969)
Robert Young
Winner
Cannon(1971)
William Conrad
Columbo(1971)
Peter Falk
Ironside(1967)
Raymond Burr
Mannix(1967)
Mike Connors

Actor In A Supporting Role - Series Or Television Movie

The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Mary Tyler Moore Show, The)(1970)
Ed Asner
Winner
All in the Family(1971)
Rob Reiner
Gunsmoke(1955)
Milburn Stone
Marcus Welby, M.D.(1969)
James Brolin
The Carol Burnett Show(1967)
Harvey Korman

Actress In A Leading Role - Musical Or Comedy

The Boy Friend(1971)
Twiggy –
Winner
A New Leaf (New Leaf, A)(1971)
Elaine May
Bedknobs and Broomsticks(1971)
Angela Lansbury
Harold and Maude(1971)
Ruth Gordon
Star Spangled Girl(1971)
Sandy Duncan

Actress In A Leading Role - Musical Or Comedy Series Or Television Movie

The Carol Burnett Show(1967)
Carol Burnett
Winner
All in the Family(1971)
Jean Stapleton
Here's Lucy(1968)
Lucille Ball
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Mary Tyler Moore Show, The)(1970)
Mary Tyler Moore
The Partridge Family (Partridge Family, The)(1970)
Shirley Jones

Actress In A Supporting Role - Series Or Television Movie

Arnie(1970)
Sue Ane Langdon
Winner
All in the Family(1971)
Sally Struthers
Gunsmoke(1955)
Amanda Blake
Mannix(1967)
Gail Fisher
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In(1967)
Lily Tomlin

Best Director - Motion Picture

The French Connection(1971)
William Friedkin
Winner
A Clockwork Orange(1971)
Stanley Kubrick
Fiddler on the Roof(1971)
Norman Jewison
Summer of '42(1971)
Robert Mulligan
The Last Picture Show(1971)
Peter Bogdanovich

Best Motion Picture - Drama

The French Connection(1971)
French Connection, The
Winner
A Clockwork Orange(1971)
Clockwork Orange, A
Mary, Queen of Scots(1971)
Summer of '42(1971)
The Last Picture Show(1971)
Last Picture Show, The

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Fiddler on the Roof(1971)
Winner
A New Leaf (New Leaf, A)(1971)
New Leaf, A
Kotch(1971)
Plaza Suite(1971)
The Boy Friend(1971)
Boy Friend, The

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Shaft(1971)
Isaac Hayes
Winner
Le Mans(1971)
Michel Legrand
Mary, Queen of Scots(1971)
John Barry
Summer of '42(1971)
Michel Legrand
The Andromeda Strain(1971)
Gil Melle

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

Kotch(1971)
Life Is What You Make It
Winner
Honky(1971)
Something More
Shaft(1971)
Theme From Shaft
The African Elephant (African Elephant, The)(1971)
Rain Falls Anywhere It Wants To
The Raging Moon (Long Ago Tomorrow)(1971)
Long Ago Tomorrow