1977 Golden Globes: Winners and Nominees

76 films were recognised at the 1977 Golden Globe Awards, across 26 categories. 17 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was A Star Is Born, with 5 awards, ahead of Rich Man, Poor Man with 4. The categories below run from Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy and Best Performance by an Actress In A 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 Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Rich Man, Poor Man(1976)
Josette Banzet
Winner
All in the Family(1971)
Sally Struthers
Maude(1972)
Adrienne Barbeau
Once an Eagle(1976)
Darleen Carr
Rhoda(1974)
Julie Kavner
Rhoda(1974)
Anne Meara
The Carol Burnett Show(1967)
Vicki Lawrence
The Waltons (Waltons, The)(1972)
Ellen Corby

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

Happy Days(1974)
Henry Winkler
Winner
Barney Miller(1975)
Hal Linden
Chico and the Man(1974)
Freddie Prinze
M*A*S*H(1972)
Alan Alda
Sammy and Company(1975)
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sirota's Court(1976)
Michael Constantine
The Tony Randall Show (Tony Randall Show, The)(1976)
Tony Randall

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama

Rich Man, Poor Man(1976)
Susan Blakely
Winner
Charlie's Angels(1976)
Farrah Fawcett
Charlie's Angels(1976)
Kate Jackson
Family(1976)
Sada Thompson
Police Woman(1974)
Angie Dickinson
The Bionic Woman (Bionic Woman, The)(1976)
Lindsay Wagner
Upstairs, Downstairs(1971)
Jean Marsh

Television Movie

Eleanor and Franklin(1976)
Winner
Amelia Earhart(1976)
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident (Francis Gary Powers: The True Story Of The U-2 Incident)(1976)
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story Of The U-2 Incident
I Want to Keep My Baby!(1976)
I Want To Keep My Baby
Sybil(1976)
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (Lindbergh Kidnapping Case, The)(1976)
Lindbergh Kidnapping Case, The
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (Lindbergh Kidnapping Case, The)(1976)
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

A Star Is Born(1976)
Evergreen
Winner
Bugsy Malone(1976)
Car Wash(1976)
Freaky Friday(1976)
I'd Like To Be You For a Day
From Noon Till Three(1976)
Hello and Goodbye
Pipe Dreams(1976)
So Sad the Song

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

A Star Is Born(1976)
Barbra Streisand
Winner
Family Plot(1976)
Barbara Harris
Freaky Friday(1976)
Jodie Foster
Freaky Friday(1976)
Barbara Harris
The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (Duchess and The Dirtwater Fox, The)(1976)
Goldie Hawn
The Ritz (Ritz, The)(1976)
Rita Moreno

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

Voyage of the Damned(1976)
Katharine Ross
Winner
Carrie(1976)
Piper Laurie
Marathon Man(1976)
Marthe Keller
Next Stop, Greenwich Village(1976)
Shelley Winters
Silent Movie(1976)
Bernadette Peters
Voyage of the Damned(1976)
Lee Grant

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Network(1976)
Paddy Chayefsky
Winner
All the President's Men(1976)
William Goldman
Marathon Man(1976)
William Goldman
Rocky(1976)
Sylvester Stallone
Taxi Driver(1976)
Paul Schrader
Voyage of the Damned(1976)
David Butler

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Barney Miller(1975)
Winner
Donny and Marie(1975)
Happy Days(1974)
Laverne & Shirley(1976)
M*A*S*H(1972)
M*A*S*H (TV Show)
The Carol Burnett Show(1967)
Carol Burnett Show, The

Documentary

Altars of the World(1976)
Winner
Once an Eagle(1976)
Wings of an Eagle
People of the Wind(1976)
That's Entertainment, Part II (That's Entertainment, Part 2)(1976)
That's Entertainment, Part 2
The Memory of Justice (Memory of Justice, The)(1976)
Memory of Justice, The
Wings of an Eagle(1976)

Best Director - Motion Picture

Network(1976)
Sidney Lumet
Winner
All the President's Men(1976)
Alan J. Pakula
Bound for Glory(1976)
Hal Ashby
Marathon Man(1976)
John Schlesinger
Rocky(1976)
John G. Avildsen

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Rocky(1976)
Winner
All the President's Men(1976)
All The President's Men
Bound for Glory(1976)
Network(1976)
Voyage of the Damned(1976)

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

A Star Is Born(1976)
Star Is Born, A
Winner
Bugsy Malone(1976)
Silent Movie(1976)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again(1976)
Pink Panther Strikes Again, The
The Ritz (Ritz, The)(1976)
Ritz, The

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

Face to Face(1976)
Winner
Cousin, Cousine(1975)
Seven Beauties(1975)
Small Change(1976)
The Slipper and the Rose(1976)
Slipper and the Rose - The Story of Cinderella, The

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

A Star Is Born(1976)
Paul Williams, Kenny Ascher
Winner
Bugsy Malone(1976)
Paul Williams
Rocky(1976)
Bill Conti
The Slipper and the Rose(1976)
Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
Voyage of the Damned(1976)
Lalo Schifrin

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Network(1976)
Peter Finch
Winner
Bound for Glory(1976)
David Carradine
Marathon Man(1976)
Dustin Hoffman
Rocky(1976)
Sylvester Stallone
Taxi Driver(1976)
Robert De Niro

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

A Star Is Born(1976)
Kris Kristofferson
Winner
Silent Movie(1976)
Mel Brooks
Silver Streak(1976)
Gene Wilder
The Pink Panther Strikes Again(1976)
Peter Sellers
The Ritz (Ritz, The)(1976)
Jack Weston

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

Rich Man, Poor Man(1976)
Ed Asner
Winner
All in the Family(1971)
Rob Reiner
Captains and the Kings(1976)
Charles Durning
The Carol Burnett Show(1967)
Tim Conway
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Mary Tyler Moore Show, The)(1970)
Gavin MacLeod

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

Marathon Man(1976)
Laurence Olivier
Winner
All the President's Men(1976)
Jason Robards Jr.
Silent Movie(1976)
Marty Feldman
The Shootist(1976)
Ron Howard
Voyage of the Damned(1976)
Oskar Werner

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama

Captains and the Kings(1976)
Richard Jordan
Winner
Kojak(1973)
Telly Savalas
Rich Man, Poor Man(1976)
Nick Nolte
Rich Man, Poor Man(1976)
Peter Strauss
The Six Million Dollar Man(1974)
Lee Majors

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Network(1976)
Faye Dunaway
Winner
Face to Face(1976)
Liv Ullmann
Rocky(1976)
Talia Shire
The Incredible Sarah(1976)
Glenda Jackson
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea(1976)
Sarah Miles

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

The Carol Burnett Show(1967)
Carol Burnett
Winner
All's Fair(1976)
Bernadette Peters
Dinah!(1974)
Dinah Shore
The Jeffersons (Jeffersons, The)(1975)
Isabel Sanford
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Mary Tyler Moore Show, The)(1970)
Mary Tyler Moore

Best Television Series - Drama

New Star Of The Year - Actor

Stay Hungry(1976)
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Winner
Murder by Death(1976)
Truman Capote
Next Stop, Greenwich Village(1976)
Lenny Baker
The Omen(1976)
Harvey Stephens
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea(1976)
Jonathan Kahn

New Star Of The Year - Actress

King Kong(1976)
Jessica Lange
Winner
Bound for Glory(1976)
Melinda Dillon
Lipstick(1976)
Mariel Hemingway
Pipe Dreams(1976)
Gladys Knight
The Front(1976)
Andrea Marcovicci

World Film Favorites

All the President's Men(1976)
Robert Redford
Winner
The Cassandra Crossing(1976)
Sophia Loren
Winner

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