1980 Golden Globes: Winners and Nominees

65 films were recognised at the 1980 Golden Globe Awards, across 25 categories. 14 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was Kramer vs. Kramer, with 4 awards, ahead of Alice with 4. The categories below run from Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama, Best Original Score - Motion Picture 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 Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama

Lou Grant(1977)
Winner
Blind Ambition(1979)
Martin Sheen
Centennial(1978)
Richard Chamberlain
CHiPs(1977)
Erik Estrada
Hart to Hart(1979)
The Paper Chase(1978)
John Houseman
The Rockford Files(1974)
James Garner
Vega$(1978)

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Apocalypse Now(1979)
Carmine Coppola
Winner
10(1979)
Henry Mancini
A Little Romance(1979)
Alien(1979)
Jerry Goldsmith
Star Trek: The Motion Picture(1979)
Jerry Goldsmith
The Amityville Horror(1979)
The Black Stallion(1979)

Best Television Series - Drama

Lou Grant(1977)
Winner
Backstairs at the White House(1979)
Backstairs at The White House
Centennial(1978)
Dallas(1978)
Roots: The Next Generations(1979)
The Rockford Files(1974)
Rockford Files, The

Best Director - Motion Picture

Apocalypse Now(1979)
Francis Ford Coppola
Winner
Being There(1979)
Hal Ashby
Breaking Away(1979)
Peter Yates
Kramer vs. Kramer(1979)
Robert Benton
The China Syndrome(1979)

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Breaking Away(1979)
Winner
10(1979)
Being There(1979)
Hair(1979)
The Rose(1979)

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

La Cage aux Folles(1978)
Winner
Soldier of Orange(1979)
The Europeans(1979)
The Marriage of Maria Braun(1979)
Marriage of Maria Braun, The
Till Marriage Do Us Part(1979)

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

The Rose(1979)
Winner
Ice Castles(1978)
Through the Eyes of Love (Theme from Ice Castles)
Starting Over(1979)
Better Than Ever
The Main Event(1979)
The Muppet Movie(1979)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Kramer vs. Kramer(1979)
Dustin Hoffman
Winner
...And Justice for All(1979)
Al Pacino
The Champ(1979)
The China Syndrome(1979)
The Onion Field(1979)
James Woods

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

Being There(1979)
Peter Sellers
Winner
10(1979)
Dudley Moore
All That Jazz(1979)
Roy Scheider
Love at First Bite(1979)
George Hamilton
Starting Over(1979)
Burt Reynolds

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

Apocalypse Now(1979)
Robert Duvall
Winner
Being There(1979)
Melvyn Douglas
Winner
A Little Romance(1979)
Kramer vs. Kramer(1979)
Justin Henry
The Rose(1979)

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

M*A*S*H(1972)
Winner
Mork & Mindy(1978)
Robin Williams
Taxi(1978)
The Associates(1979)
Wilfred Hyde-White
Three's Company(1977)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Norma Rae(1979)
Sally Field
Winner
Luna(1979)
Jill Clayburgh
Promises in the Dark(1979)
Marsha Mason
The China Syndrome(1979)
Yanks(1979)
Lisa Eichhorn

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

The Rose(1979)
Winner
10(1979)
Julie Andrews
Being There(1979)
Shirley MacLaine
Chapter Two(1979)
Marsha Mason
Starting Over(1979)
Jill Clayburgh

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

Alice(1976)
Winner
Alice(1976)
Lou Grant(1977)
Taxi(1978)
WKRP in Cincinnati(1978)

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

Kramer vs. Kramer(1979)
Meryl Streep
Winner
Chapter Two(1979)
Valerie Harper
Kramer vs. Kramer(1979)
Jane Alexander
Promises in the Dark(1979)
Kathleen Beller
Starting Over(1979)
Candice Bergen

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama

From Here to Eternity(1979)
Natalie Wood
Winner
Dallas(1978)
Barbara Bel Geddes
Family(1976)
Hart to Hart(1979)
Mrs. Columbo(1979)
Kate Mulgrew

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

Alice(1976)
Winner
All in the Family(1971)
Angie(1979)
Donna Pescow
Laverne & Shirley(1976)
M*A*S*H(1972)

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Kramer vs. Kramer(1979)
Robert Benton
Winner
Being There(1979)
Robert C. Jones
Breaking Away(1979)
Steve Tesich
Norma Rae(1979)
Harriet Frank Jr.
The China Syndrome(1979)

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Alice(1976)
Winner
Taxi(1978)
Winner
M*A*S*H(1972)
The Associates(1979)
Associates, The
The Love Boat(1977)

New Star Of The Year - Actress

The Rose(1979)
Winner
10(1979)
Bo Derek
Goldengirl(1979)
Susan Anton
Ice Castles(1978)
Lynn-Holly Johnson
Yanks(1979)
Lisa Eichhorn

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

Alice(1976)
Winner
Taxi(1978)
Winner
Charlie's Angels(1976)
Taxi(1978)

New Star Of The Year - Actor

The Champ(1979)
Winner
Breaking Away(1979)
Dennis Christopher
Kramer vs. Kramer(1979)
Justin Henry
Players(1979)
Dean-Paul Martin

Television Movie

All Quiet on the Western Front(1979)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1980)
Winner
Friendly Fire(1979)
Like Normal People(1979)
The Miracle Worker(1979)

New Star Of The Year

Hair(1979)
Treat Williams

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