1998 Golden Globes: Winners and Nominees

65 films were recognised at the 1998 Golden Globe Awards, across 24 categories. 17 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was George Wallace, with 4 awards, ahead of Titanic with 4. The categories below run from Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, Best 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 Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

George Wallace(1997)
Angelina Jolie
Winner
George Wallace(1997)
Angelina Jolie
Winner
Ellen(1994)
ER(1994)
George Wallace(1997)
Mare Winningham
George Wallace(1997)
Mare Winningham
Touched by an Angel(1994)
Della Reese

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Ally McBeal(1997)
Winner
3rd Rock from the Sun(1996)
3rd Rock From The Sun
Frasier(1993)
Friends(1994)
My Best Friend's Wedding(1997)
Friends
Seinfeld(1989)
Spin City(1996)

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

Don King: Only in America(1997)
Ving Rhames
Winner
12 Angry Men(1997)
Jack Lemmon
George Wallace(1997)
Gary Sinise
George Wallace(1997)
Gary Sinise
The Odyssey(1997)
Armand Assante
What the Deaf Man Heard(1997)
Matthew Modine

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

Boogie Nights(1997)
Burt Reynolds
Winner
Amistad(1997)
Anthony Hopkins
As Good as It Gets(1997)
Greg Kinnear
Good Will Hunting(1997)
Robin Williams
My Best Friend's Wedding(1997)
Rupert Everett
The Rainmaker (John Grisham's The Rainmaker)(1997)
Jon Voight

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

Ally McBeal(1997)
Calista Flockhart
Winner
Dharma & Greg(1997)
Jenna Elfman
Ellen(1994)
Mad About You(1992)
Helen Hunt
Suddenly Susan(1996)
Veronica's Closet(1997)
Kirstie Alley

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

George Wallace(1997)
Winner
George Wallace(1997)
Winner
12 Angry Men(1997)
12 Angry Men (TV-1997)
Don King: Only in America(1997)
Don King: Only In America
Miss Evers' Boys(1997)
The Odyssey(1997)

Best Director - Motion Picture

Titanic(1997)
James Cameron
Winner
Amistad(1997)
Steven Spielberg
As Good as It Gets(1997)
James L. Brooks
L.A. Confidential(1997)
Curtis Hanson
The Boxer(1997)
Jim Sheridan

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Titanic(1997)
Winner
Amistad(1997)
Good Will Hunting(1997)
L.A. Confidential(1997)
The Boxer(1997)
Boxer, The

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

As Good as It Gets(1997)
Winner
Men in Black(1997)
My Best Friend's Wedding(1997)
The Full Monty(1997)
Full Monty, The
Wag the Dog(1997)

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

Ma Vie en Rose(1997)
Winner
Artemisia(1997)
Lea(1996)
The Best Man(1997)
The Thief(1997)
Thief, The

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Titanic(1997)
James Horner
Winner
Gattaca(1997)
Michael Nyman
Kundun(1997)
Philip Glass
L.A. Confidential(1997)
Jerry Goldsmith
Seven Years in Tibet(1997)
John Williams

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

Titanic(1997)
My Heart Will Go On
Winner
Anastasia(1997)
Journey to the Past
Anastasia(1997)
Once Upon a December
Hercules(1997)
Go the Distance
Tomorrow Never Dies(1997)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Ulee's Gold(1997)
Peter Fonda
Winner
Amistad(1997)
Djimon Hounsou
Good Will Hunting(1997)
Matt Damon
The Boxer(1997)
Daniel Day-Lewis
Titanic(1997)
Leonardo DiCaprio

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

As Good as It Gets(1997)
Jack Nicholson
Winner
In & Out(1997)
Kevin Kline
Jackie Brown(1997)
Samuel L. Jackson
Liar Liar(1997)
Jim Carrey
Wag the Dog(1997)
Dustin Hoffman

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

12 Angry Men(1997)
George C. Scott
Winner
ER(1994)
Frasier(1993)
Mandela and de Klerk(1997)
Michael Caine
Seinfeld(1989)

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama

ER(1994)
Winner
ER(1994)
Millennium(1996)
Nothing Sacred(1997)
Kevin Anderson
The X-Files(1993)

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

Spin City(1996)
Winner
3rd Rock from the Sun(1996)
John Lithgow
Frasier(1993)
Mad About You(1992)
Paul Reiser
Seinfeld(1989)

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

Miss Evers' Boys(1997)
Alfre Woodard
Winner
...First Do No Harm(1997)
Meryl Streep
Before Women Had Wings(1997)
Ellen Barkin
Bella Mafia(1997)
Vanessa Redgrave
Hope(1997)
Jena Malone

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Mrs Brown(1997)
Judi Dench
Winner
A Thousand Acres(1997)
Jessica Lange
Contact(1997)
Jodie Foster
The Wings of the Dove(1997)
Helena Bonham Carter
Titanic(1997)
Kate Winslet

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

As Good as It Gets(1997)
Helen Hunt
Winner
Chasing Amy(1997)
Joey Lauren Adams
Jackie Brown(1997)
Pam Grier
My Best Friend's Wedding(1997)
Julia Roberts
Selena(1997)
Jennifer Lopez

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

L.A. Confidential(1997)
Kim Basinger
Winner
Boogie Nights(1997)
Julianne Moore
In & Out(1997)
Joan Cusack
The Ice Storm(1997)
Sigourney Weaver
Titanic(1997)
Gloria Stuart

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama

Chicago Hope(1994)
Christine Lahti
Winner
ER(1994)
NYPD Blue(1993)
The X-Files(1993)
Touched by an Angel(1994)
Roma Downey

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Good Will Hunting(1997)
Ben Affleck, Matt Damon
Winner
As Good as It Gets(1997)
Mark Andrus
L.A. Confidential(1997)
Curtis Hanson
Titanic(1997)
James Cameron
Wag the Dog(1997)
Hilary Henkin

Best Television Series - Drama

The X-Files(1993)
Winner
Chicago Hope(1994)
ER(1994)
Law & Order(1990)
NYPD Blue(1993)

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