1989 Golden Globes: Winners and Nominees

68 films were recognised at the 1989 Golden Globe Awards, across 24 categories. 24 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was Working Girl, with 4 awards, ahead of War and Remembrance with 3. The categories below run from Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television and Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy 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

Rain Man(1988)
Winner
Evil Angels(1988)
Cry in the Dark, A
Gorillas in the Mist(1988)
Gorillas in the Mist: The Adventure of Dian Fossey
Mississippi Burning(1988)
Running on Empty(1988)
The Accidental Tourist(1988)
Accidental Tourist, The
The Unbearable Lightness of Being(1988)
Unbearable Lightness of Being, The

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

War and Remembrance(1988)
Barry Bostwick
Winner
War and Remembrance(1988)
John Gielgud
Winner
Growing Pains(1985)
Kirk Cameron
Jack the Ripper(1988)
Armand Assante
L.A. Law(1986)
Larry Drake
Miami Vice(1984)
The Tenth Man(1988)
Derek Jacobi

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

Dear John(1988)
Judd Hirsch
Winner
Empty Nest(1988)
Richard Mulligan
Winner
Family Ties(1982)
Michael J. Fox
Winner
Bronx Cheers(1990)
Ted Danson
Cheers(1982)
Roseanne(1988)
John Goodman
Who's the Boss?(1984)
Tony Danza

Best Director - Motion Picture

Bird(1988)
Clint Eastwood
Winner
Evil Angels(1988)
Fred Schepisi
Mississippi Burning(1988)
Alan Parker
Rain Man(1988)
Barry Levinson
Running on Empty(1988)
Sidney Lumet
Working Girl(1988)
Mike Nichols

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

Buster(1988)
Two Hearts
Winner
Working Girl(1988)
Let the River Run
Winner
Bull Durham(1988)
A Woman Loves a Man
Cocktail(1988)
Kokomo
Oliver & Company(1988)
Why Should I Worry?
Twins(1988)

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

Tucker: The Man and His Dream(1988)
Martin Landau
Winner
Clara's Heart(1988)
Neil Patrick Harris
Little Dorrit(1987)
Alec Guinness
Moon Over Parador(1988)
Raul Julia
Running on Empty(1988)
River Phoenix
Stand and Deliver(1988)
Lou Diamond Phillips

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

Who's the Boss?(1984)
Katherine Helmond
Winner
227 (227 (TV Series))(1985)
Jackée Harry
Baja Oklahoma(1988)
Swoosie Kurtz
Bronx Cheers(1990)
Rhea Perlman
Cheers(1982)
L.A. Law(1986)
Susan Ruttan

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

The Wonder Years(1988)
Wonder Years, The
Winner
Bronx Cheers(1990)
Cheers
Cheers(1982)
Murphy Brown(1988)
Roseanne(1988)
The Golden Girls(1985)
Golden Girls, The

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Working Girl(1988)
Winner
A Fish Called Wanda(1988)
Fish Called Wanda, A
Big(1988)
Midnight Run(1988)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit(1988)

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

Pelle the Conqueror(1987)
Winner
Babette's Feast(1987)
Hanussen(1988)
Salaam Bombay!(1988)
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown(1988)

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Gorillas in the Mist(1988)
Maurice Jarre
Winner
Madame Sousatzka(1988)
Gerald Gouriet
The Accidental Tourist(1988)
John Williams
The Last Temptation of Christ(1988)
Peter Gabriel
The Milagro Beanfield War(1988)
Dave Grusin

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

Hemingway(1988)
Stacy Keach
Winner
Jack the Ripper(1988)
Michael Caine
Winner
The Bourne Identity(1988)
Richard Chamberlain
The Murder of Mary Phagan(1988)
Jack Lemmon
The Tenth Man(1988)
Anthony Hopkins

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Rain Man(1988)
Dustin Hoffman
Winner
Bird(1988)
Forest Whitaker
Dominick and Eugene(1988)
Tom Hulce
Mississippi Burning(1988)
Gene Hackman
Stand and Deliver(1988)
Edward James Olmos

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

Big(1988)
Tom Hanks
Winner
A Fish Called Wanda(1988)
John Cleese
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels(1988)
Michael Caine
Midnight Run(1988)
Robert De Niro
Who Framed Roger Rabbit(1988)
Bob Hoskins

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama

Beauty and the Beast(1987)
Ron Perlman
Winner
In the Heat of the Night(1988)
Carroll O’Connor
L.A. Law(1986)
Corbin Bernsen
L.A. Law(1986)
Harry Hamlin
Wiseguy(1987)
Ken Wahl

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

The Ann Jillian Story(1988)
Ann Jillian
Winner
A Man for All Seasons(1988)
Vanessa Redgrave
Baby M(1988)
JoBeth Williams
The Woman He Loved(1988)
Jane Seymour
War and Remembrance(1988)
Jane Seymour

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Gorillas in the Mist(1988)
Sigourney Weaver
Winner
Madame Sousatzka(1988)
Shirley MacLaine
Winner
The Accused(1988)
Jodie Foster
Winner
Evil Angels(1988)
Meryl Streep
Running on Empty(1988)
Christine Lahti

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

Working Girl(1988)
Melanie Griffith
Winner
A Fish Called Wanda(1988)
Jamie Lee Curtis
Bull Durham(1988)
Susan Sarandon
Crossing Delancey(1988)
Amy Irving
Married to the Mob(1988)
Michelle Pfeiffer

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

Working Girl(1988)
Sigourney Weaver
Winner
Bird(1988)
Diane Venora
Moon Over Parador(1988)
Sônia Braga
The Last Temptation of Christ(1988)
Barbara Hershey
The Unbearable Lightness of Being(1988)
Lena Olin

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama

L.A. Law(1986)
Susan Dey
Winner
L.A. Law(1986)
Jill Eikenberry
Winner
Beauty and the Beast(1987)
Linda Hamilton
Cagney & Lacey(1982)
Sharon Gless
Murder, She Wrote(1984)
Angela Lansbury

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

Murphy Brown(1988)
Candice Bergen
Winner
Roseanne(1988)
Roseanne Barr
The Golden Girls(1985)
Beatrice Arthur
The Golden Girls(1985)
Betty White
The Tracey Ullman Show(1987)
Tracey Ullman

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Running on Empty(1988)
Naomi Foner
Winner
Evil Angels(1988)
Robert Caswell
Mississippi Burning(1988)
Chris Gerolmo
Rain Man(1988)
Ronald Bass
Working Girl(1988)
Kevin Wade

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

War and Remembrance(1988)
War and Remembrance (Parts I - VII)
Winner
Hemingway(1988)
Jack the Ripper(1988)
The Murder of Mary Phagan(1988)
Murder of Mary Phagan, The
The Tenth Man(1988)
Tenth Man, The

Best Television Series - Drama

thirtysomething(1987)
Winner
Beauty and the Beast(1987)
Beauty and the Beast (TV)
L.A. Law(1986)
Murder, She Wrote(1984)
Wiseguy(1987)

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