1987 Golden Globes: Winners and Nominees

60 films were recognised at the 1987 Golden Globe Awards, across 24 categories. 18 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was Platoon, with 3 awards, ahead of Promise with 3. The categories below run from Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy 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 Motion Picture - Drama

Platoon(1986)
Winner
A Room with a View(1986)
Room with a View, A
Children of a Lesser God(1986)
Mona Lisa(1986)
Stand by Me(1986)
Stand By Me
The Mission(1986)
Mission, The

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Hannah and Her Sisters(1986)
Winner
Crimes of the Heart(1986)
Crocodile Dundee(1986)
Down and Out in Beverly Hills(1986)
Down and Out In Beverly Hills
Little Shop of Horrors(1986)
Peggy Sue Got Married(1986)

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

Top Gun(1986)
Take My Breath Away
Winner
An American Tail(1986)
Somewhere Out There
Running Scared(1986)
Sweet Freedom
That's Life!(1986)
Life in a Looking Glass
The Karate Kid Part II(1986)
The Glory of Love
Tough Guys(1986)
They Don't Make Them Like They Used To

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Mona Lisa(1986)
Bob Hoskins
Winner
'Round Midnight(1986)
Dexter Gordon
Children of a Lesser God(1986)
William Hurt
The Color of Money(1986)
Paul Newman
The Mission(1986)
Jeremy Irons
The Mosquito Coast(1986)
Harrison Ford

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

Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna(1986)
Olivia de Havilland
Winner
Cheers(1982)
Rhea Perlman
Family Ties(1982)
Justine Bateman
Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story(1986)
Geraldine Page
Peter the Great(1986)
Lilli Palmer
Promise(1986)
Piper Laurie

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

Promise(1986)
Winner
Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna(1986)
Christmas Eve(1986)
Nobody's Child(1986)
Peter the Great(1986)
Peter The Great
Unnatural Causes(1986)

Best Television Series - Drama

L.A. Law(1986)
Winner
Cagney & Lacey(1982)
Dynasty(1981)
Dynasty (1981-1989)
Miami Vice(1984)
Murder, She Wrote(1984)
St. Elsewhere(1982)

Best Director - Motion Picture

Platoon(1986)
Oliver Stone
Winner
A Room with a View(1986)
James Ivory
Hannah and Her Sisters(1986)
Woody Allen
Stand by Me(1986)
Rob Reiner
The Mission(1986)
Roland Joffé

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

The Assault(1986)
Assault, The
Winner
Betty Blue(1986)
Ginger & Fred(1986)
Otello(1986)
Three Men and a Cradle(1986)
3 Men and a Cradle

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

The Mission(1986)
Ennio Morricone
Winner
'Round Midnight(1986)
Herbie Hancock
Little Shop of Horrors(1986)
Miles Goodman
The Mosquito Coast(1986)
Maurice Jarre
Top Gun(1986)
Harold Faltermeyer

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

Promise(1986)
James Garner
Winner
Promise(1986)
James Woods
Winner
Peter the Great(1986)
Jan Niklas
The Deliberate Stranger(1986)
Mark Harmon
Unnatural Causes(1986)
John Ritter

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

Crocodile Dundee(1986)
Paul Hogan
Winner
Ferris Bueller's Day Off(1986)
Matthew Broderick
Ruthless People(1986)
Danny DeVito
Something Wild(1986)
Jeff Daniels
That's Life!(1986)
Jack Lemmon

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

Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna(1986)
Jan Niklas
Winner
Christmas Eve(1986)
Trevor Howard
Christmas Eve(1986)
Ron Leibman
Magnum, P.I.(1980)
John Hillerman
Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story(1986)
Tom Conti

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

Platoon(1986)
Tom Berenger
Winner
Blue Velvet(1986)
Dennis Hopper
Hannah and Her Sisters(1986)
Michael Caine
Hoosiers(1986)
Dennis Hopper
Something Wild(1986)
Ray Liotta

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama

The Equalizer(1985)
Edward Woodward
Winner
Dynasty(1981)
John Forsythe
Knots Landing(1979)
William Devane
Magnum, P.I.(1980)
Tom Selleck
Miami Vice(1984)
Don Johnson

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

Moonlighting(1985)
Bruce Willis
Winner
Cheers(1982)
Ted Danson
Family Ties(1982)
Michael J. Fox
The Cosby Show(1984)
Bill Cosby
Who's the Boss?(1984)
Tony Danza

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

Christmas Eve(1986)
Loretta Young
Winner
Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna(1986)
Amy Irving
Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story(1986)
Farrah Fawcett
Nobody's Child(1986)
Marlo Thomas
Second Serve(1986)
Vanessa Redgrave

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Children of a Lesser God(1986)
Marlee Matlin
Winner
'night, Mother(1986)
Anne Bancroft
Aliens(1986)
Sigourney Weaver
Duet for One(1986)
Julie Andrews
Extremities(1986)
Farrah Fawcett

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

Crimes of the Heart(1986)
Sissy Spacek
Winner
Down and Out in Beverly Hills(1986)
Bette Midler
Peggy Sue Got Married(1986)
Kathleen Turner
Something Wild(1986)
Melanie Griffith
That's Life!(1986)
Julie Andrews

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

A Room with a View(1986)
Maggie Smith
Winner
Crocodile Dundee(1986)
Linda Kozlowski
Hannah and Her Sisters(1986)
Dianne Wiest
Mona Lisa(1986)
Cathy Tyson
The Color of Money(1986)
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

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
Hotel(1983)
Connie Sellecca

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

Moonlighting(1985)
Cybill Shepherd
Winner
The Golden Girls(1985)
Beatrice Arthur
The Golden Girls(1985)
Estelle Getty
The Golden Girls(1985)
Rue McClanahan
The Golden Girls(1985)
Betty White

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

The Mission(1986)
Robert Bolt
Winner
Blue Velvet(1986)
David Lynch
Hannah and Her Sisters(1986)
Woody Allen
Mona Lisa(1986)
Neil Jordan
Platoon(1986)
Oliver Stone

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

The Golden Girls(1985)
Golden Girls, The
Winner
Cheers(1982)
Family Ties(1982)
Moonlighting(1985)
The Cosby Show(1984)
Cosby Show, The

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