2008 Golden Globes: Winners and Nominees

73 films were recognised at the 2008 Golden Globe Awards, across 25 categories. 18 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was Longford, with 3 awards, ahead of Atonement with 2. The categories below run from Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama and Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or 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 - Drama

Atonement(2007)
Winner
American Gangster(2007)
Eastern Promises(2007)
Michael Clayton(2007)
No Country for Old Men(2007)
The Great Debaters(2007)
Great Debaters, The
There Will Be Blood(2007)

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama

Damages(2007)
Glenn Close
Winner
Brothers and Sisters(2006)
Sally Field
Medium(2005)
Patricia Arquette
Saving Grace(2007)
Holly Hunter
The Closer(2005)
Kyra Sedgwick
The Riches(2007)
Minnie Driver
The Sopranos(1999)

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

Entourage(2004)
Winner
Boston Legal(2004)
Damages(2007)
Ted Danson
Dirty Sexy Money(2007)
Donald Sutherland
Entourage(2004)
Longford(2006)
Andy Serkis

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

Californication(2007)
David Duchovny
Winner
30 Rock(2006)
Alec Baldwin
Extras(2005)
Ricky Gervais
Pushing Daisies(2007)
Lee Pace
The Office(2001)
The Office(2005)
Steve Carell

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

Longford(2006)
Samantha Morton
Winner
Brothers and Sisters(2006)
Rachel Griffiths
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee(2007)
Anna Paquin
Damages(2007)
Rose Byrne
Grey's Anatomy(2005)
Katherine Heigl
My Name Is Earl(2005)
Jaime Pressly

Best Television Series - Drama

Mad Men(2007)
Winner
Big Love(2006)
Damages(2007)
Grey's Anatomy(2005)
House(2004)
The Tudors(2007)
Tudors, The

Best Director - Motion Picture

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly(2007)
Julian Schnabel
Winner
American Gangster(2007)
Ridley Scott
Atonement(2007)
Joe Wright
No Country for Old Men(2007)
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street(2007)
Tim Burton

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street(2007)
Winner
Across the Universe(2007)
Across The Universe
Charlie Wilson's War(2007)
Hairspray(2007)
Juno(2007)

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly(2007)
Winner
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days(2007)
4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days
Lust, Caution(2007)
Persepolis(2007)
The Kite Runner(2007)

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Atonement(2007)
Dario Marianelli
Winner
Eastern Promises(2007)
Howard Shore
Grace Is Gone(2007)
Clint Eastwood
Into the Wild(2007)
Kaki King, Eddie Vedder, Michael Brook
The Kite Runner(2007)

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

Into the Wild(2007)
Guaranteed
Winner
Enchanted(2007)
That's How You Know
Grace Is Gone(2007)
Love in the Time of Cholera(2007)
Despedida
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story(2007)
Walk Hard

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

Longford(2006)
Jim Broadbent
Winner
A Grandpa for Christmas(2007)
Ernest Borgnine
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee(2007)
Adam Beach
Jekyll(2007)
James Nesbitt
The State Within(2006)
Jason Isaacs

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

There Will Be Blood(2007)
Daniel Day-Lewis
Winner
American Gangster(2007)
Denzel Washington
Atonement(2007)
James McAvoy
Eastern Promises(2007)
Viggo Mortensen
Michael Clayton(2007)
George Clooney

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

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street(2007)
Johnny Depp
Winner
Charlie Wilson's War(2007)
Tom Hanks
Lars and the Real Girl(2007)
Ryan Gosling
The Savages(2007)
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story(2007)
John C. Reilly

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

No Country for Old Men(2007)
Javier Bardem
Winner
Charlie Wilson's War(2007)
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Hairspray(2007)
John Travolta
Michael Clayton(2007)
Tom Wilkinson
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford(2007)

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama

Mad Men(2007)
Jon Hamm
Winner
Big Love(2006)
Bill Paxton
Dexter(2006)
Michael C. Hall
House(2004)
Hugh Laurie
The Tudors(2007)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers

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

Life Support(2007)
Queen Latifah
Winner
As You Like It(2006)
Bryce Dallas Howard
Jane Eyre(2006)
Ruth Wilson
Pictures of Hollis Woods(2007)
Sissy Spacek
The Starter Wife(2007)
Debra Messing

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Away from Her(2007)
Julie Christie
Winner
A Mighty Heart(2007)
Angelina Jolie
Atonement(2007)
Keira Knightley
Elizabeth: The Golden Age(2007)
Cate Blanchett
The Brave One(2007)
Jodie Foster

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

La Vie en Rose(2007)
Marion Cotillard
Winner
Enchanted(2007)
Amy Adams
Hairspray(2007)
Nikki Blonsky
Juno(2007)
Elliot Page
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street(2007)
Helena Bonham Carter

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

I'm Not There(2007)
Cate Blanchett
Winner
Atonement(2007)
Saoirse Ronan
Charlie Wilson's War(2007)
Julia Roberts
Gone Baby Gone(2007)
Amy Ryan
Michael Clayton(2007)
Tilda Swinton

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

30 Rock(2006)
Tina Fey
Winner
Pushing Daisies(2007)
Anna Friel
Samantha Who?(2007)
Christina Applegate
Ugly Betty(2006)
America Ferrera
Weeds(2005)
Mary-Louise Parker

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

No Country for Old Men(2007)
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Winner
Atonement(2007)
Christopher Hampton
Charlie Wilson's War(2007)
Aaron Sorkin
Juno(2007)
Diablo Cody
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly(2007)
Ronald Harwood

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

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Extras(2005)
Winner
30 Rock(2006)
Californication(2007)
Entourage(2004)
Pushing Daisies(2007)

Best Motion Picture - Animated

Ratatouille(2007)
Winner
Bee Movie(2007)
The Simpsons Movie(2007)
Simpsons Movie, The

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