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38th Golden Globe Awards

1981 · 68 nominations · 13 winners · 13 categories

Best Motion Picture - Drama 5
Ordinary People poster

Ordinary People

Ordinary People

Winner

The Elephant Man poster

The Elephant Man

Elephant Man, The

The Ninth Configuration poster

The Ninth Configuration

Ninth Configuration, The

Raging Bull poster

Raging Bull

Raging Bull

The Stunt Man poster

The Stunt Man

Stunt Man, The

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy 5
Coal Miner's Daughter poster

Coal Miner's Daughter

Coal Miner's Daughter

Winner

Airplane! poster

Airplane!

Airplane!

Fame poster

Fame

Fame

The Idolmaker poster

The Idolmaker

Idolmaker, The

Melvin and Howard poster

Melvin and Howard

Melvin and Howard

Best Director 5
Ordinary People poster

Ordinary People

Robert Redford

Winner

The Elephant Man poster

The Elephant Man

David Lynch

Raging Bull poster

Raging Bull

Martin Scorsese

The Stunt Man poster

The Stunt Man

Richard Rush

Tess poster

Tess

Roman Polanski

Tess

Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama 5
Raging Bull poster

Raging Bull

Robert De Niro

Winner

Ordinary People poster

Ordinary People

Donald Sutherland

Tribute poster

Tribute

Jack Lemmon

The Elephant Man poster

The Elephant Man

John Hurt

The Stunt Man poster

The Stunt Man

Peter O'Toole

Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama 5
Ordinary People poster

Ordinary People

Mary Tyler Moore

Winner

Touched by Love

Touched by Love

Deborah Raffin

Resurrection poster

Resurrection

Ellen Burstyn

Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy 5
The Idolmaker poster

The Idolmaker

Ray Sharkey

Winner

The Jazz Singer poster

The Jazz Singer

Neil Diamond

Melvin and Howard poster

Melvin and Howard

Paul Le Mat

Coal Miner's Daughter poster

Coal Miner's Daughter

Tommy Lee Jones

Hopscotch poster

Hopscotch

Walter Matthau

Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy 5
Coal Miner's Daughter poster

Coal Miner's Daughter

Sissy Spacek

Winner

Divine Madness

Divine Madness

Bette Midler

Nine to Five poster

Nine to Five

Dolly Parton

Nine to Five (1980)

Private Benjamin poster

Private Benjamin

Goldie Hawn

Best Supporting Actor 4
Ordinary People poster

Ordinary People

Timothy Hutton, Judd Hirsch

Winner

Melvin and Howard poster

Melvin and Howard

Jason Robards Jr.

Raging Bull poster

Raging Bull

Joe Pesci

The Ninth Configuration poster

The Ninth Configuration

Scott Wilson

Best Supporting Actress 5
Melvin and Howard poster

Melvin and Howard

Mary Steenburgen

Winner

Coal Miner's Daughter poster

Coal Miner's Daughter

Beverly D'Angelo

Raging Bull poster

Raging Bull

Cathy Moriarty

Urban Cowboy poster

Urban Cowboy

Debra Winger

The Jazz Singer poster

The Jazz Singer

Lucie Arnaz

Best Screenplay 5
The Ninth Configuration poster

The Ninth Configuration

William Peter Blatty

Winner

Ordinary People poster

Ordinary People

Alvin Sargent

The Elephant Man poster

The Elephant Man

Eric Bergren

The Stunt Man poster

The Stunt Man

Lawrence B. Marcus

Raging Bull poster

Raging Bull

Mardik Martin

Best Original Score 6
The Stunt Man poster

The Stunt Man

Dominic Frontiere

Winner

American Gigolo poster

American Gigolo

Giorgio Moroder

Somewhere in Time poster

Somewhere in Time

John Barry

The Empire Strikes Back poster

The Empire Strikes Back

John Williams

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

The Competition poster

The Competition

Lalo Schifrin

Best Original Song 6
Endless Love poster

Endless Love

Endless Love, Lionel Richie, Diana Ross

Endless Love

Nine to Five poster

Nine to Five

Nine to Five, Dolly Parton

Nine to Five (1980)

Falling In Love Again
Best Foreign Language Film 6
Tess poster

Tess

Tess

Winner

Breaker Morant poster

Breaker Morant

Breaker Morant

The Last Metro poster

The Last Metro

Last Metro, The

My Brilliant Career poster

My Brilliant Career

My Brilliant Career

Special Treatment poster

Special Treatment

Special Treatment