42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards Nominations (1985)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Sunday, January 27, 1985
  • For films released in: 1984
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Here is the complete list of nominations for the 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards.

And the nominees are:

Best Motion Picture - Drama

  • Amadeus
  • The Cotton Club
  • The Killing Fields
  • Places in the Heart
  • A Soldier's Story

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

  • Amadeus
    F. Murray Abraham
  • Amadeus
    Tom Hulce
  • The Killing Fields
    Sam Waterston
  • Starman
    Jeff Bridges
  • Under the Volcano
    Albert Finney

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

  • The Bostonians
    Vanessa Redgrave
  • Country
    Jessica Lange
  • Mrs. Soffel
    Diane Keaton
  • Places in the Heart
    Sally Field
  • The River
    Sissy Spacek

Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy

  • Beverly Hills Cop
  • Ghostbusters
  • Micki + Maude
  • Romancing the Stone
  • Splash

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

  • All of Me
    Steve Martin
  • Beverly Hills Cop
    Eddie Murphy
  • Ghostbusters
    Bill Murray
  • Micki + Maude
    Dudley Moore
  • Moscow on the Hudson
    Robin Williams

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

  • All of Me
    Lily Tomlin
  • Broadway Danny Rose
    Mia Farrow
  • Garbo Talks
    Anne Bancroft
  • Irreconcilable Differences
    Shelley Long
  • Romancing the Stone
    Kathleen Turner

Best Directing

  • Amadeus
    Milos Forman
  • The Cotton Club
    Francis Ford Coppola
  • The Killing Fields
    Roland Joffe
  • Once Upon a Time in America
  • A Passage to India
    David Lean

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

  • Amadeus
    Jeffrey Jones
  • The Flamingo Kid
    Richard Crenna
  • The Karate Kid
    Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita
  • The Killing Fields
    Haing S. Ngor
  • A Soldier's Story
    Adolph Caesar

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

  • Body Double
    Melanie Griffith
  • Irreconcilable Differences
    Drew Barrymore
  • The Natural
    Kim Basinger
  • A Passage to India
    Peggy Ashcroft
  • Songwriter
    Lesley Ann Warren
  • Swing Shift
    Christine Lahti
  • Under the Volcano
    Jacqueline Bisset

Best Foreign Film

  • Carmen
  • Dangerous Moves
  • Paris, Texas
  • A Passage to India
  • A Sunday in the Country

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

  • The Killing Fields
    Mike Oldfield
  • Once Upon a Time in America
    Ennio Morricone
  • A Passage to India
    Maurice Jarre
  • The River
    John Williams
  • Starman
    Jack Nitzsche

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

  • Against All Odds "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"
    Phil Collins
  • Footloose "Footloose"
    Kenny Loggins and Dean Pitchford
  • Ghostbusters "Ghostbusters"
    Ray Parker Jr.
  • Give My Regards to Broad Street "No More Lonely Nights"
    Paul McCartney
  • Purple Rain "When Doves Cry"
    Prince
  • The Woman in Red "I Just Called To Say I Love You"
    Stevie Wonder

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

  • Amadeus
    Peter Shaffer
  • The Killing Fields
    Bruce Robinson
  • A Passage to India
    David Lean
  • Places in the Heart
    Robert Benton
  • A Soldier's Story
    Charles Fuller

Best Television Series - Drama

  • Cagney & Lacey
  • Dynasty
  • Hill Street Blues
  • Murder, She Wrote
  • St. Elsewhere

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama

  • Dallas
    Larry Hagman
  • Dynasty
    John Forsythe
  • Hill Street Blues
    Daniel J. Travanti
  • Hotel
    James Brolin
  • Magnum, P.I.
    Tom Selleck
  • The New Mike Hammer
    Stacy Keach

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama

  • Cagney & Lacey
    Sharon Gless
  • Cagney & Lacey
    Tyne Daly
  • Dynasty
    Joan Collins
  • Dynasty
    Linda Evans
  • Murder, She Wrote
    Angela Lansbury
  • Scarecrow and Mrs. King
    Kate Jackson

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

  • Cheers
  • The Cosby Show
  • Fame
  • The Jeffersons
  • Kate & Allie

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

  • Benson
    Robert Guillaume
  • Cheers
    Ted Danson
  • The Cosby Show
    Bill Cosby
  • The Jeffersons
    Sherman Hemsley
  • Newhart
    Bob Newhart

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

  • Cheers
    Shelley Long
  • Fame
    Debbie Allen
  • Gimme a Break!
    Nell Carter
  • The Jeffersons
    Isabel Sanford
  • Kate & Allie
    Jane Curtin
  • Webster
    Susan Clark

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television

  • The Burning Bed
  • The Dollmaker
  • Sakharov
  • Something About Amelia
  • A Streetcar Named Desire

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television

  • Heartsounds
    James Garner
  • Reilly: Ace of Spies
    Sam Neill
  • Sakharov
    Jason Robards
  • Something About Amelia
    Ted Danson
  • A Streetcar Named Desire
    Treat Williams

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television

  • The Burning Bed
    Farrah Fawcett
  • The Dollmaker
    Jane Fonda
  • Sakharov
    Glenda Jackson
  • Something About Amelia
    Glenn Close
  • A Streetcar Named Desire
    Ann-Margret

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television

  • The Burning Bed
    Paul Le Mat
  • Ellis Island
    Ben Vereen
  • Hill Street Blues
    Bruce Weitz
  • Magnum, P.I.
    John Hillerman
  • Masterpiece Theatre: Nancy Astor
    Pierce Brosnan

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television

  • Faye Dunaway
  • Cheers
    Rhea Perlman
  • Falcon Crest
    Gina Lollobrigida
  • The Jeffersons
    Marla Gibbs
  • Night Court
    Selma Diamond
  • Something About Amelia
    Roxana Zal