1983 Golden Globes: Winners and Nominees

68 films were recognised at the 1983 Golden Globe Awards, across 26 categories. 15 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was Gandhi, with 5 awards, ahead of Tootsie with 3. The categories below run from Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language, Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy and Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television 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 Motion Picture – Non-English Language

Gandhi(1982)
Winner
Fitzcarraldo(1982)
La Traviata (Traviata, La)(1982)
Traviata, La
La Traviata (Traviata, La)(1982)
La Traviata
Quest for Fire(1981)
Quest For Fire
The Man from Snowy River(1982)
Man from Snowy River, The
Yol(1982)

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

Fame(1982)
Debbie Allen
Winner
9 to 5(1982)
Rita Moreno
Gimme a Break!(1981)
Nell Carter
Nine to Five(1980)
Rita Moreno
One Day at a Time(1975)
Bonnie Franklin
Private Benjamin(1981)
Eileen Brennan
The Jeffersons (Jeffersons, The)(1975)
Isabel Sanford

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

Brideshead Revisited(1981)
Anthony Andrews
Winner
Brideshead Revisited(1981)
Jeremy Irons
Oppenheimer(1980)
Sam Waterston
The Elephant Man(1980)
Philip Anglim
The Elephant Man(1982)
Philip Anglim
Two of a Kind(1982)
Robby Benson

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

A Woman Called Golda(1982)
Ingrid Bergman
Winner
Eleanor, First Lady of the World(1982)
Jean Stapleton
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice(1982)
Carol Burnett
Little Gloria... Happy at Last (Little Gloria)(1982)
Lucy Gutteridge
Mae West(1982)
Ann Jillian
The Letter(1982)
Lee Remick

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

Victor/Victoria(1982)
Julie Andrews
Winner
Annie(1982)
Carol Burnett
Annie(1982)
Aileen Quinn
Best Friends(1982)
Goldie Hawn
Kiss Me Goodbye(1982)
Sally Field
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas(1982)
Dolly Parton

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

Cheers(1982)
Shelley Long
Winner
Alice(1976)
M*A*S*H(1972)
One Day at a Time(1975)
Valerie Bertinelli
Taxi(1978)
Marilu Henner
Taxi(1978)
Carol Kane

New Star Of The Year - Actress

Conan the Barbarian(1982)
Sandahl Bergman
Winner
An Officer and a Gentleman(1982)
Lisa Blount
Annie(1982)
Aileen Quinn
Love Child(1982)
Amy Madigan
Six Weeks(1982)
Katherine Healy
Tempest(1982)
Molly Ringwald

Best Director - Motion Picture

Gandhi(1982)
Richard Attenborough
Winner
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial(1982)
Steven Spielberg
Missing(1982)
Costa-Gavras
The Verdict(1982)
Sidney Lumet
Tootsie(1982)
Sydney Pollack

Best Motion Picture - Drama

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial(1982)
E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Winner
An Officer and a Gentleman(1982)
Officer and a Gentleman, An
Missing(1982)
Sophie's Choice(1982)
The Verdict(1982)
Verdict, The

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Tootsie(1982)
Winner
Diner(1982)
My Favorite Year(1982)
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas(1982)
Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, The
Victor/Victoria(1982)
Victor Victoria

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial(1982)
John Williams
Winner
Blade Runner(1982)
Vangelis Papathanassiou
Cat People(1982)
Giorgio Moroder
Six Weeks(1982)
Dudley Moore
Victor/Victoria(1982)
Henry Mancini

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

An Officer and a Gentleman(1982)
Up Where We Belong
Winner
Cat People(1982)
Putting Out the Fire (Theme From Cat People)
Making Love(1982)
Rocky III(1982)
Eye of the Tiger
Yes, Giorgio(1982)
If We Were In Love

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Gandhi(1982)
Ben Kingsley
Winner
An Officer and a Gentleman(1982)
Richard Gere
Missing(1982)
Jack Lemmon
Shoot the Moon(1982)
Albert Finney
The Verdict(1982)
Paul Newman

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

Tootsie(1982)
Dustin Hoffman
Winner
Author! Author!(1982)
Al Pacino
My Favorite Year(1982)
Peter O’Toole
Night Shift(1982)
Henry Winkler
Victor/Victoria(1982)
Robert Preston

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

Hart to Hart(1979)
Lionel Stander
Winner
Falcon Crest(1981)
Lorenzo Lamas
Happy Days(1974)
Anson Williams
Magnum, P.I.(1980)
John Hillerman
One Day at a Time(1975)
Pat Harrington

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

An Officer and a Gentleman(1982)
Louis Gossett Jr.
Winner
An Officer and a Gentleman(1982)
David Keith
Tempest(1982)
Raul Julia
Tex(1982)
Jim Metzler
The Verdict(1982)
James Mason

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama

Dynasty(1981)
John Forsythe
Winner
Dallas(1978)
Larry Hagman
Hart to Hart(1979)
Robert Wagner
Hill Street Blues(1981)
Daniel J. Travanti
Magnum, P.I.(1980)
Tom Selleck

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

M*A*S*H(1972)
Winner
Benson(1979)
Robert Guillaume
Love, Sidney(1981)
Tony Randall
Newhart(1982)
Bob Newhart
Taxi(1978)
Judd Hirsch

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Sophie's Choice(1982)
Meryl Streep
Winner
An Officer and a Gentleman(1982)
Debra Winger
Frances(1982)
Jessica Lange
Missing(1982)
Sissy Spacek
Shoot the Moon(1982)
Diane Keaton

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

Tootsie(1982)
Jessica Lange
Winner
Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean(1982)
Cher
Frances(1982)
Kim Stanley
My Favorite Year(1982)
Lainie Kazan
Victor/Victoria(1982)
Lesley Ann Warren

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama

Dynasty(1981)
Joan Collins
Winner
Dallas(1978)
Victoria Principal
Dynasty(1981)
Linda Evans
Falcon Crest(1981)
Jane Wyman
Hart to Hart(1979)
Stefanie Powers

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Gandhi(1982)
John Briley
Winner
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial(1982)
Melissa Mathison
Missing(1982)
Costa-Gavras
The Verdict(1982)
David Mamet
Tootsie(1982)
Larry Gelbart

Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television

Brideshead Revisited(1981)
Winner
A Woman Called Golda(1982)
Woman Called Golda, A
Eleanor, First Lady of the World(1982)
In the Custody of Strangers(1982)
Two of a Kind(1982)

Best Television Series - Drama

Hill Street Blues(1981)
Winner
Dallas(1978)
Dynasty(1981)
Dynasty (1981-1989)
Hart to Hart(1979)
Magnum, P.I.(1980)
Magnum, P. I.

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Fame(1982)
Fame - TV Show
Winner
Cheers(1982)
Love, Sidney(1981)
M*A*S*H(1972)
Taxi(1978)

New Star Of The Year - Actor

Gandhi(1982)
Ben Kingsley
Winner
48 Hrs.(1982)
Eddie Murphy
An Officer and a Gentleman(1982)
David Keith
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial(1982)
Henry Thomas
Sophie's Choice(1982)
Kevin Kline

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