1985 Golden Globes: Winners and Nominees

69 films were recognised at the 1985 Golden Globe Awards, across 24 categories. 15 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was Amadeus, with 4 awards, ahead of A Passage to India with 3. The categories below run from Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture, Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language and Best Original Song - Motion Picture 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 any Motion Picture

A Passage to India(1984)
Peggy Ashcroft
Winner
Body Double(1984)
Melanie Griffith
Irreconcilable Differences(1984)
Drew Barrymore
Songwriter(1984)
Lesley Ann Warren
Swing Shift(1984)
Christine Lahti
The Natural(1984)
Kim Basinger
Under the Volcano(1984)
Jacqueline Bisset

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

A Passage to India(1984)
Passage to India, A
Winner
A Sunday in the Country(1984)
Sunday in the Country, A
Carmen(1983)
Carmen(1984)
Carmen (1984)
Dangerous Moves(1984)
Paris, Texas(1984)

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

The Woman in Red(1984)
I Just Called To Say I Love You
Winner
Against All Odds(1984)
Against All Odds (Take a Look At Me Now)
Footloose(1984)
Ghostbusters(1984)
Give My Regards to Broad Street(1984)
No More Lonely Nights
Purple Rain(1984)
When Doves Cry

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama

Magnum, P.I.(1980)
Tom Selleck
Winner
Dallas(1978)
Larry Hagman
Dynasty(1981)
John Forsythe
Hill Street Blues(1981)
Daniel J. Travanti
Hotel(1983)
James Brolin
The New Mike Hammer (Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer)(1984)
Stacy Keach

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

Ellis Island(1984)
Faye Dunaway
Winner
Cheers(1982)
Rhea Perlman
Falcon Crest(1981)
Gina Lollobrigida
Night Court(1984)
Selma Diamond
Something About Amelia(1984)
Roxana Zal
The Jeffersons (Jeffersons, The)(1975)
Marla Gibbs

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama

Murder, She Wrote(1984)
Angela Lansbury
Winner
Cagney & Lacey(1982)
Tyne Daly
Cagney & Lacey(1982)
Sharon Gless
Dynasty(1981)
Joan Collins
Dynasty(1981)
Linda Evans
Scarecrow and Mrs. King(1983)
Kate Jackson

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

Cheers(1982)
Shelley Long
Winner
Fame(1982)
Debbie Allen
Gimme a Break!(1981)
Nell Carter
Kate & Allie(1984)
Jane Curtin
The Jeffersons (Jeffersons, The)(1975)
Isabel Sanford
Webster(1983)
Susan Clark

Best Director - Motion Picture

Amadeus(1984)
Milos Forman
Winner
A Passage to India(1984)
David Lean
Once Upon a Time in America(1984)
Sergio Leone
The Cotton Club(1984)
Francis Ford Coppola
The Killing Fields(1984)
Roland Joffé

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Amadeus(1984)
Winner
A Soldier's Story(1984)
Soldier's Story, A
Places in the Heart(1984)
The Cotton Club(1984)
Cotton Club, The
The Killing Fields(1984)
Killing Fields, The

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

A Passage to India(1984)
Maurice Jarre
Winner
Once Upon a Time in America(1984)
Ennio Morricone
Starman (John Carpenter's Starman)(1984)
Jack Nitzsche
The Killing Fields(1984)
Mike Oldfield
The River(1984)
John Williams

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

Something About Amelia(1984)
Ted Danson
Winner
A Streetcar Named Desire(1984)
Treat Williams
Heartsounds(1984)
James Garner
Reilly: Ace of Spies(1983)
Sam Neill
Sakharov(1984)
Jason Robards Jr.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Amadeus(1984)
F. Murray Abraham
Winner
Amadeus(1984)
Tom Hulce
Starman (John Carpenter's Starman)(1984)
Jeff Bridges
The Killing Fields(1984)
Sam Waterston
Under the Volcano(1984)
Albert Finney

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

Micki & Maude(1984)
Dudley Moore
Winner
All of Me(1984)
Steve Martin
Beverly Hills Cop(1984)
Eddie Murphy
Ghostbusters(1984)
Bill Murray
Moscow on the Hudson(1984)
Robin Williams

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

The Burning Bed(1984)
Paul Le Mat
Winner
Ellis Island(1984)
Ben Vereen
Hill Street Blues(1981)
Bruce Weitz
Magnum, P.I.(1980)
John Hillerman
Nancy Astor(1982)
Pierce Brosnan

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

The Killing Fields(1984)
Haing S. Ngor
Winner
A Soldier's Story(1984)
Adolph Caesar
Amadeus(1984)
Jeffrey Jones
The Flamingo Kid(1984)
Richard Crenna
The Karate Kid(1984)
Noriyuki “Pat” Morita

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

The Cosby Show(1984)
Bill Cosby
Winner
Benson(1979)
Robert Guillaume
Cheers(1982)
Ted Danson
Newhart(1982)
Bob Newhart
The Jeffersons (Jeffersons, The)(1975)
Sherman Hemsley

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

A Streetcar Named Desire(1984)
Ann-Margret Olsson
Winner
Sakharov(1984)
Glenda Jackson
Something About Amelia(1984)
Glenn Close
The Burning Bed(1984)
Farrah Fawcett
The Dollmaker(1984)
Jane Fonda

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Places in the Heart(1984)
Sally Field
Winner
Country(1984)
Jessica Lange
Mrs. Soffel(1984)
Diane Keaton
The Bostonians(1984)
Vanessa Redgrave
The River(1984)
Sissy Spacek

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

Romancing the Stone(1984)
Kathleen Turner
Winner
All of Me(1984)
Lily Tomlin
Broadway Danny Rose(1984)
Mia Farrow
Garbo Talks(1984)
Anne Bancroft
Irreconcilable Differences(1984)
Shelley Long

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Amadeus(1984)
Peter Shaffer
Winner
A Passage to India(1984)
David Lean
A Soldier's Story(1984)
Charles Fuller
Places in the Heart(1984)
Robert Benton
The Killing Fields(1984)
Bruce Robinson

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

Something About Amelia(1984)
Winner
A Streetcar Named Desire(1984)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1984)
Sakharov(1984)
The Burning Bed(1984)
Burning Bed, The
The Dollmaker(1984)
Dollmaker, The

Best Television Series - Drama

Murder, She Wrote(1984)
Winner
Cagney & Lacey(1982)
Dynasty(1981)
Dynasty (1981-1989)
Hill Street Blues(1981)
St. Elsewhere(1982)

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

The Cosby Show(1984)
Cosby Show, The
Winner
Cheers(1982)
Fame(1982)
Kate & Allie(1984)
The Jeffersons (Jeffersons, The)(1975)
Jeffersons, The

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