1975 Golden Globes: Winners and Nominees

57 films were recognised at the 1975 Golden Globe Awards, across 24 categories. 19 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was Chinatown, with 4 awards, ahead of The Towering Inferno with 2. The categories below run from Best Original Song - Motion Picture, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television and Best Television Series - 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

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

Benji(1974)
Benji's Theme (I Feel Love)
Winner
Claudine(1974)
On and On
The Dove (Dove, The)(1974)
Sail the Summer Winds
The Dove (Dove, The)(1974)
The Dove
The Little Prince(1974)
I Never Met a Rose
The Towering Inferno(1974)
We May Never Love Like This Again

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

The Carol Burnett Show(1967)
Harvey Korman
Winner
Good Times(1974)
Jimmie Walker
Sanford and Son(1972)
Whitman Mayo
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Mary Tyler Moore Show, The)(1970)
Ed Asner
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Mary Tyler Moore Show, The)(1970)
Gavin MacLeod
The Waltons (Waltons, The)(1972)
Will Geer

Best Television Series - Drama

Upstairs, Downstairs(1971)
Upstairs/Downstairs
Winner
Columbo(1971)
Kojak(1973)
Police Story(1973)
The Streets of San Francisco (Streets of San Francisco, The)(1972)
Streets of San Francisco, The
The Waltons (Waltons, The)(1972)
Waltons, The

Documentary

Animals Are Beautiful People(1974)
Winner
Birds Do It, Bees Do It(1974)
Hearts and Minds(1974)
I Am a Dancer(1972)
I am a Dancer
Janis(1974)
The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art(1974)
Challenge, The

Best Director - Motion Picture

Chinatown(1974)
Roman Polanski
Winner
A Woman Under the Influence(1974)
John Cassavetes
Lenny(1974)
Bob Fosse
The Conversation(1974)
Francis Ford Coppola
The Godfather Part II(1974)
Francis Ford Coppola

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Chinatown(1974)
Winner
A Woman Under the Influence(1974)
Woman Under The Influence, A
Earthquake(1974)
The Conversation(1974)
Conversation, The
The Godfather Part II(1974)
Godfather Part II, The

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

The Longest Yard(1974)
Longest Yard, The
Winner
Harry and Tonto(1974)
Harry & Tonto
The Front Page (Front Page, The)(1974)
Front Page, The
The Little Prince(1974)
Little Prince, The
The Three Musketeers (Three Musketeers, The)(1973)
Three Musketeers, The

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

Scenes from a Marriage(1974)
Scenes From a Marriage
Winner
Amarcord(1973)
Lacombe, Lucien(1974)
Lacombe Lucien
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz(1974)
Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, The
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (Mad Adventures of 'Rabbi' Jacob, The)(1973)
Mad Adventures of 'Rabbi' Jacob, The

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

The Little Prince(1974)
Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
Winner
Chinatown(1974)
Jerry Goldsmith
Earthquake(1974)
John Williams
Phantom of the Paradise(1974)
Paul Williams
The Godfather Part II(1974)
Carmine Coppola

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Chinatown(1974)
Jack Nicholson
Winner
Lenny(1974)
Dustin Hoffman
The Conversation(1974)
Gene Hackman
The Gambler (Gambler, The)(1974)
James Caan
The Godfather Part II(1974)
Al Pacino

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

Harry and Tonto(1974)
Art Carney
Winner
Claudine(1974)
James Earl Jones
The Front Page (Front Page, The)(1974)
Jack Lemmon
The Front Page (Front Page, The)(1974)
Walter Matthau
The Longest Yard(1974)
Burt Reynolds

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

The Towering Inferno(1974)
Fred Astaire
Winner
Chinatown(1974)
John Huston
The Great Gatsby(1974)
Bruce Dern
The Great Gatsby(1974)
Sam Waterston
The Longest Yard(1974)
Eddie Albert

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama

Kojak(1973)
Telly Savalas
Winner
Columbo(1971)
Peter Falk
Mannix(1967)
Mike Connors
The Streets of San Francisco (Streets of San Francisco, The)(1972)
Michael Douglas
The Waltons (Waltons, The)(1972)
Richard Thomas

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

A Woman Under the Influence(1974)
Gena Rowlands
Winner
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore(1974)
Ellen Burstyn
Chinatown(1974)
Faye Dunaway
Lenny(1974)
Valerie Perrine
Scenes from a Marriage(1974)
Liv Ullmann

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

The Three Musketeers (Three Musketeers, The)(1973)
Raquel Welch
Winner
Claudine(1974)
Diahann Carroll
Herbie Rides Again(1974)
Helen Hayes
Mame(1974)
Lucille Ball
Young Frankenstein(1974)
Cloris Leachman

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

All in the Family(1971)
Betty Garrett
Winner
McMillan & Wife(1971)
Nancy Walker
Rhoda(1974)
Julie Kavner
The Carol Burnett Show(1967)
Vicki Lawrence
The Waltons (Waltons, The)(1972)
Ellen Corby

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

The Great Gatsby(1974)
Karen Black
Winner
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore(1974)
Diane Ladd
Mame(1974)
Beatrice Arthur
The Towering Inferno(1974)
Jennifer Jones
Young Frankenstein(1974)
Madeline Kahn

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama

Police Woman(1974)
Angie Dickinson
Winner
Barnaby Jones(1973)
Lee Meriwether
Get Christie Love!(1974)
Teresa Graves
The Waltons (Waltons, The)(1972)
Michael Learned
Upstairs, Downstairs(1971)
Jean Marsh

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Rhoda(1974)
Valerie Harper
Winner
All in the Family(1971)
Jean Stapleton
Good Times(1974)
Esther Rolle
The Carol Burnett Show(1967)
Carol Burnett
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Mary Tyler Moore Show, The)(1970)
Mary Tyler Moore

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Chinatown(1974)
Robert Towne
Winner
A Woman Under the Influence(1974)
John Cassavetes
The Conversation(1974)
Francis Ford Coppola
The Godfather Part II(1974)
Francis Ford Coppola
The Towering Inferno(1974)
Sterling Silliphant

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Rhoda(1974)
Winner
All in the Family(1971)
All In The Family
Maude(1972)
The Carol Burnett Show(1967)
Carol Burnett Show, The
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Mary Tyler Moore Show, The)(1970)
Mary Tyler Moore Show, The

New Star Of The Year - Actor

The Dove (Dove, The)(1974)
Joseph Bottoms
Winner
The Godfather Part II(1974)
Lee Strasberg
The Great Gatsby(1974)
Sam Waterston
The Little Prince(1974)
Steven Warner
The Longest Yard(1974)
Jim Hampton

New Star Of The Year - Actress

The Towering Inferno(1974)
Susan Flannery
Winner
99 and 44/100% Dead(1974)
Ann Turkel
Airport 1975(1974)
Helen Reddy
Freebie and the Bean(1974)
Valerie Harper
Where the Lilies Bloom(1974)
Julie Gholson

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

M*A*S*H(1972)
Alan Alda
Winner
All in the Family(1971)
Carroll O'Connor
Sanford and Son(1972)
Redd Foxx
The Bob Newhart Show (Bob Newhart Show, The)(1972)
Bob Newhart

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