1976 Golden Globes: Winners and Nominees

66 films were recognised at the 1976 Golden Globe Awards, across 25 categories. 19 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, with 6 awards, ahead of The Sunshine Boys with 3. The categories below run from Television Movie, Best Original Song - Motion Picture and Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy 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

Babe(1975)
Babe (TV)
Winner
A Home of Our Own (Home of Your Own, A)(1975)
Home of Your Own, A
A Home of Our Own (Home of Your Own, A)(1975)
A Home of Your Own
A Home of Your Own (Home of Your Own, A)(1964)
Home of Your Own, A
Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case(1975)
Sweet Hostage(1975)
The Legend of Lizzie Borden(1975)
Legend of Lizzie Borden, The

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

Nashville(1975)
I'm Easy
Winner
Funny Lady(1975)
How Lucky Can You Get?
Paper Tiger (My Little Friend)(1975)
My Little Friend
Paper Tiger (My Little Friend)(1975)
Paper Tiger
The Other Side of the Mountain(1975)
Richard's Window
Whiffs(1975)
Now That We're In Love

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
Barney Miller(1975)
Hal Linden
Sanford and Son(1972)
Redd Foxx
The Bob Newhart Show (Bob Newhart Show, The)(1972)
Bob Newhart
The Tonight Show(1962)
Johnny Carson

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

Once Is Not Enough (Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough)(1975)
Brenda Vaccaro
Winner
Nashville(1975)
Ronee Blakley
Nashville(1975)
Geraldine Chaplin
Nashville(1975)
Barbara Harris
Nashville(1975)
Lily Tomlin
Shampoo(1975)
Lee Grant

Documentary

Youthquake!(1976)
Youthquake
Winner
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?(1975)
Mustang: The House That Joe Built(1977)
The Gentleman Tramp (Gentleman Tramp, The)(1975)
Gentleman Tramp, The
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir(1975)
Other Half Of The Sky: a China Memoir, The
UFOs: Past, Present, and Future(1974)
U.F.O.s: Past, Present and Future

New Star Of The Year - Actress

The Other Side of the Mountain(1975)
Marilyn Hassett
Winner
Nashville(1975)
Ronee Blakley
Nashville(1975)
Lily Tomlin
The Fortune (Fortune, The)(1975)
Stockard Channing
The Hiding Place (Hiding Place, The)(1975)
Jeannette Clift
The Master Gunfighter(1975)
Barbara Carrera

Best Director - Motion Picture

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(1975)
Milos Forman
Winner
Barry Lyndon(1975)
Stanley Kubrick
Dog Day Afternoon(1975)
Sidney Lumet
Jaws(1975)
Steven Spielberg
Nashville(1975)
Robert Altman

Best Motion Picture - Drama

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(1975)
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Winner
Barry Lyndon(1975)
Dog Day Afternoon(1975)
Jaws(1975)
Nashville(1975)

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

The Sunshine Boys(1975)
Sunshine Boys, The
Winner
Funny Lady(1975)
Shampoo(1975)
The Return of the Pink Panther(1975)
Return of the Pink Panther, The
Tommy(1975)

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

Lies My Father Told Me(1975)
Winner
And Now My Love(1974)
Hedda(1975)
Special Section(1975)
The Magic Flute(1975)
Magic Flute, The

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Jaws(1975)
John Williams
Winner
Funny Lady(1975)
Fred Ebb, John Kander
The Man Who Would Be King(1975)
Maurice Jarre
The Other Side of the Mountain(1975)
Charles Fox
The Return of the Pink Panther(1975)
Henry Mancini

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(1975)
Jack Nicholson
Winner
Dog Day Afternoon(1975)
Al Pacino
French Connection II(1975)
Gene Hackman
Give 'em Hell, Harry!(1975)
James Whitmore
The Man in the Glass Booth(1975)
Maximilian Schell

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

The Sunshine Boys(1975)
Walter Matthau
Winner
Funny Lady(1975)
James Caan
Shampoo(1975)
Warren Beatty
The Return of the Pink Panther(1975)
Peter Sellers
The Sunshine Boys(1975)
George Burns

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)
Tim Conway
Winner
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Mary Tyler Moore Show, The)(1970)
Ed Asner
Winner
All in the Family(1971)
Rob Reiner
Good Times(1974)
Jimmie Walker
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Mary Tyler Moore Show, The)(1970)
Ted Knight

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

The Sunshine Boys(1975)
Richard Benjamin
Winner
Dog Day Afternoon(1975)
John Cazale
Dog Day Afternoon(1975)
Charles Durning
Nashville(1975)
Henry Gibson
The Day of the Locust(1975)
Burgess Meredith

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama

Baretta(1975)
Robert Blake
Winner
Kojak(1973)
Telly Savalas
Winner
Columbo(1971)
Peter Falk
Petrocelli(1974)
Barry Newman
The Streets of San Francisco (Streets of San Francisco, The)(1972)
Karl Malden

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(1975)
Louise Fletcher
Winner
Hedda(1975)
Glenda Jackson
The Day of the Locust(1975)
Karen Black
The Other Side of the Mountain(1975)
Marilyn Hassett
Three Days of the Condor(1975)
Faye Dunaway

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

Tommy(1975)
Ann-Margret Olsson
Winner
Funny Lady(1975)
Barbra Streisand
Lucky Lady(1975)
Liza Minnelli
Shampoo(1975)
Julie Christie
Shampoo(1975)
Goldie Hawn

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

Maude(1972)
Hermione Baddeley
Winner
McMillan & Wife(1971)
Nancy Walker
Petrocelli(1974)
Susan Howard
Rhoda(1974)
Julie Kavner
Rhoda(1974)
Nancy Walker

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill(1974)
Lee Remick
Winner
Barnaby Jones(1973)
Lee Meriwether
Notorious Woman(1974)
Rosemary Harris
Police Woman(1974)
Angie Dickinson
The Waltons (Waltons, The)(1972)
Michael Learned

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

Phyllis(1975)
Cloris Leachman
Winner
Maude(1972)
Beatrice Arthur
Rhoda(1974)
Valerie Harper
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

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(1975)
Bo Goldman
Winner
Dog Day Afternoon(1975)
Frank R. Pierson
Jaws(1975)
Peter Benchley
Nashville(1975)
Joan Tewkesbury
The Sunshine Boys(1975)
Neil Simon

Best Television Series - Drama

Kojak(1973)
Winner
Baretta(1975)
Columbo(1971)
Petrocelli(1974)
Police Story(1973)

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Barney Miller(1975)
Winner
All in the Family(1971)
All In The Family
Chico and the Man(1974)
Chico and The Man
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

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(1975)
Brad Dourif
Winner
Dog Day Afternoon(1975)
Chris Sarandon
Funny Lady(1975)
Ben Vereen
Lies My Father Told Me(1975)
Jeffrey Lynas
Tommy(1975)
Roger Daltry

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