2010 Golden Globes: Winners and Nominees

69 films were recognised at the 2010 Golden Globe Awards, across 25 categories. 20 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was Avatar, with 2 awards, ahead of Up with 2. The categories below run from Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy, Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy and Best Director - 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 Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

30 Rock(2006)
Alec Baldwin
Winner
Californication(2007)
David Duchovny
Glee(2009)
Matthew Morrison
Hung(2009)
Thomas Jane
The Office(2001)
The Office(2005)
Steve Carell

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Glee(2009)
Winner
30 Rock(2006)
Entourage(2004)
Modern Family(2009)
The Office(2001)
The Office(2005)
Office, The

Best Director - Motion Picture

Avatar(2009)
James Cameron
Winner
Inglourious Basterds(2009)
Quentin Tarantino
Invictus(2009)
Clint Eastwood
The Hurt Locker(2008)
Up in the Air(2009)
Jason Reitman

Best Motion Picture - Animated

Up(2009)
Winner
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs(2009)
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
Coraline(2009)
Fantastic Mr. Fox(2009)
The Princess and the Frog(2009)

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Avatar(2009)
Winner
Inglourious Basterds(2009)
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire(2009)
Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire
The Hurt Locker(2008)
Up in the Air(2009)
Up In The Air

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

The Hangover(2009)
Hangover, The
Winner
(500) Days of Summer(2009)
It's Complicated(2009)
Julie & Julia(2009)
Nine(2009)

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

The White Ribbon(2009)
Winner
A Prophet(2009)
Baaria(2009)
Baarìa
Broken Embraces(2009)
The Maid(2009)
The Maid (La Nana)

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Up(2009)
Michael Giacchino
Winner
A Single Man(2009)
Abel Korzeniowski
Avatar(2009)
James Horner
The Informant!(2009)
Marvin Hamlisch
Where the Wild Things Are(2009)
Karen O, Carter Burwell

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

Crazy Heart(2009)
The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart)
Winner
Avatar(2009)
I See You
Brothers(2009)
Winter
Everybody's Fine(2009)
(I Want To) Come Home
Nine(2009)
Cinema Italiano

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

Taking Chance(2009)
Kevin Bacon
Winner
Endgame(2009)
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Georgia O'Keeffe(2009)
Jeremy Irons
Into the Storm(2009)
Brendan Gleeson
Wallander(2008)
Kenneth Branagh

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Crazy Heart(2009)
Jeff Bridges
Winner
A Single Man(2009)
Colin Firth
Brothers(2009)
Tobey Maguire
Invictus(2009)
Morgan Freeman
Up in the Air(2009)
George Clooney

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

Sherlock Holmes(2009)
Robert Downey Jr.
Winner
(500) Days of Summer(2009)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
A Serious Man(2009)
Nine(2009)
Daniel Day-Lewis
The Informant!(2009)
Matt Damon

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

Dexter(2006)
John Lithgow
Winner
Damages(2007)
William Hurt
Entourage(2004)
How I Met Your Mother(2005)
Neil Patrick Harris
Lost(2004)

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

Inglourious Basterds(2009)
Christoph Waltz
Winner
Invictus(2009)
Matt Damon
The Last Station(2009)
The Lovely Bones(2009)
The Messenger(2009)

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama

Dexter(2006)
Michael C. Hall
Winner
Big Love(2006)
Bill Paxton
House(2004)
Hugh Laurie
Mad Men(2007)
Jon Hamm
The Mentalist(2008)
Simon Baker

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

Grey Gardens(2009)
Drew Barrymore
Winner
Georgia O'Keeffe(2009)
Joan Allen
Grey Gardens(2009)
Jessica Lange
Prayers for Bobby(2009)
Sigourney Weaver
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler(2009)
Anna Paquin

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

The Blind Side(2009)
Winner
An Education(2009)
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire(2009)
Gabourey Sidibe
The Last Station(2009)
The Young Victoria(2009)

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

Julie & Julia(2009)
Meryl Streep
Winner
Duplicity(2009)
Julia Roberts
It's Complicated(2009)
Meryl Streep
Nine(2009)
Marion Cotillard
The Proposal(2009)
Sandra Bullock

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

Big Love(2006)
Chloë Sevigny
Winner
Damages(2007)
Rose Byrne
Glee(2009)
Jane Lynch
Hung(2009)
Jane Adams
Into the Storm(2009)
Janet McTeer

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

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire(2009)
Mo’Nique Mo’nique
Winner
A Single Man(2009)
Julianne Moore
Nine(2009)
Penélope Cruz
Up in the Air(2009)
Vera Farmiga
Up in the Air(2009)
Anna Kendrick

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama

The Good Wife(2009)
Julianna Margulies
Winner
Damages(2007)
Glenn Close
Mad Men(2007)
January Jones
The Closer(2005)
Kyra Sedgwick
True Blood(2008)
Anna Paquin

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

United States of Tara(2009)
Toni Collette
Winner
30 Rock(2006)
Tina Fey
Cougar Town(2009)
Courteney Cox
Glee(2009)
Lea Michele
Nurse Jackie(2009)
Edie Falco

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Up in the Air(2009)
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
Winner
District 9(2009)
Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
Inglourious Basterds(2009)
Quentin Tarantino
It's Complicated(2009)
Nancy Meyers
The Hurt Locker(2008)

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

Grey Gardens(2009)
Winner
Georgia O'Keeffe(2009)
Into the Storm(2009)
Into The Storm
Little Dorrit(2008)
Taking Chance(2009)

Best Television Series - Drama

Mad Men(2007)
Winner
Big Love(2006)
Dexter(2006)
House(2004)
True Blood(2008)

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