1979 Golden Globes: Winners and Nominees

63 films were recognised at the 1979 Golden Globe Awards, across 24 categories. 15 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was Midnight Express, with 6 awards, ahead of Heaven Can Wait with 3. The categories below run from Television Movie, Best Director - Motion Picture and Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language 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

A Family Upside Down(1978)
Family Upside Down, A
Winner
A Question of Love(1978)
Question of Love, A
First, You Cry(1978)
First You Cry
Little Women(1978)
The Bastard(1978)
Bastard, The
The Immigrants(1978)
Immigrants, The
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women(1978)

Best Director - Motion Picture

The Deer Hunter(1978)
Winner
An Unmarried Woman(1978)
Coming Home(1978)
Hal Ashby
Days of Heaven(1978)
Terrence Malick
Interiors(1978)
Woody Allen
Midnight Express(1978)
Alan Parker

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

Autumn Sonata(1978)
Winner
A Dream of Passion(1978)
Dream of Passion, A
Death on the Nile(1978)
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands(1978)
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs(1978)
Lemon Popsicle(1978)

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

Heaven Can Wait(1978)
Warren Beatty
Winner
Foul Play(1978)
Chevy Chase
Grease(1978)
John Travolta
Movie Movie(1978)
George C. Scott
Same Time, Next Year(1978)
Alan Alda
The Buddy Holly Story(1978)

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama

Holocaust(1978)
Michael Moriarty
Winner
Battlestar Galactica(1978)
Richard Hatch
Little House on the Prairie(1974)
Lou Grant(1977)
The Paper Chase(1978)
John Houseman
The Rockford Files(1974)
James Garner

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Midnight Express(1978)
Oliver Stone
Winner
An Unmarried Woman(1978)
Coming Home(1978)
Robert C. Jones
Foul Play(1978)
Colin Higgins
Interiors(1978)
Woody Allen
The Deer Hunter(1978)

New Star Of The Year - Actor

Midnight Express(1978)
Brad Davis
Winner
Foul Play(1978)
Chevy Chase
King of the Gypsies(1978)
Eric Roberts
Movie Movie(1978)
Harry Hamlin
The Boys in Company C(1978)
Andrew Stevens
Uncle Joe Shannon(1978)
Doug McKeon

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Heaven Can Wait(1978)
Winner
California Suite(1978)
Foul Play(1978)
Grease(1978)
Movie Movie(1978)

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Midnight Express(1978)
Giorgio Moroder
Winner
An Unmarried Woman(1978)
Superman(1978)
John Williams
The Children of Sanchez(1978)
Chuck Mangione
The Lord of the Rings(1978)
Leonard Rosenman

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

Thank God It's Friday(1978)
Last Dance
Winner
Foul Play(1978)
Ready To Take a Chance Again
Grease(1978)
Grease(1978)
You're the One That I Want
Same Time, Next Year(1978)
The Last Time I Felt Like This

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Coming Home(1978)
Jon Voight
Winner
Magic(1978)
Anthony Hopkins
Midnight Express(1978)
Brad Davis
The Boys from Brazil(1978)
The Deer Hunter(1978)

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

Midnight Express(1978)
John Hurt
Winner
Coming Home(1978)
Bruce Dern
Foul Play(1978)
Dudley Moore
The Deer Hunter(1978)
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?(1978)
Robert Morley

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

Mork & Mindy(1978)
Robin Williams
Winner
M*A*S*H(1972)
Taxi(1978)
The Love Boat(1977)
Three's Company(1977)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Coming Home(1978)
Jane Fonda
Winner
An Unmarried Woman(1978)
Autumn Sonata(1978)
Ingrid Bergman
Interiors(1978)
Geraldine Page
Stevie(1978)
Glenda Jackson

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

California Suite(1978)
Maggie Smith
Winner
Same Time, Next Year(1978)
Ellen Burstyn
Winner
Foul Play(1978)
Goldie Hawn
Grease(1978)
Olivia Newton-John
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?(1978)
Jacqueline Bisset

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

Alice(1976)
Winner
Lou Grant(1977)
Rhoda(1974)
Taxi(1978)
Three's Company(1977)

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

Heaven Can Wait(1978)
Dyan Cannon
Winner
A Wedding(1978)
Carol Burnett
Interiors(1978)
Maureen Stapleton
Stevie(1978)
Mona Washbourne
The Deer Hunter(1978)

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

Best Television Series - Drama

60 Minutes(1968)
Winner
Battlestar Galactica(1978)
Family(1976)
Holocaust(1978)
Lou Grant(1977)

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Taxi(1978)
Winner
Alice(1976)
All in the Family(1971)
The Love Boat(1977)
Three's Company(1977)

New Star Of The Year - Actress

Midnight Express(1978)
Irene Miracle
Winner
Corvette Summer(1978)
Annie Potts
Girlfriends(1978)
Anita Skinner
Goin' South(1978)
Mary Steenburgen
Slow Dancing In The Big City(1978)
Anne Ditchburn

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama

Holocaust(1978)
Rosemary Harris
Winner
Charlie's Angels(1976)
Family(1976)
Wheels(1978)
Lee Remick

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

Three's Company(1977)
Winner
One Day at a Time(1975)
Taxi(1978)

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