38th Annual Golden Globe Awards Nominations (1981)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Saturday, January 31, 1981
  • For films released in: 1980
Other years:

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Here is the complete list of nominations for the 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards.

And the nominees are:

Best Motion Picture - Drama

  • The Elephant Man
  • The Ninth Configuration
  • Ordinary People
  • Raging Bull
  • The Stunt Man

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

  • The Elephant Man
    John Hurt
  • Ordinary People
    Donald Sutherland
  • Raging Bull
    Robert De Niro
  • The Stunt Man
    Peter O'Toole
  • Tribute
    Jack Lemmon

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

  • Gloria
    Gena Rowlands
  • Ordinary People
    Mary Tyler Moore
  • Resurrection
    Ellen Burstyn
  • Tess
    Nastassja Kinski
  • Touched by Love
    Deborah Raffin

Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy

  • Airplane!
  • Coal Miner's Daughter
  • Fame
  • The Idolmaker
  • Melvin and Howard

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

  • Coal Miner's Daughter
    Tommy Lee Jones
  • Hopscotch
    Walter Matthau
  • The Idolmaker
    Ray Sharkey
  • The Jazz Singer
    Neil Diamond
  • Melvin and Howard
    Paul Le Mat

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

  • Coal Miner's Daughter
    Sissy Spacek
  • Divine Madness
    Bette Midler
  • Fame
    Irene Cara
  • Nine to Five
    Dolly Parton
  • Private Benjamin
    Goldie Hawn

Best Directing

  • The Elephant Man
    David Lynch
  • Ordinary People
    Robert Redford
  • Raging Bull
    Martin Scorsese
  • The Stunt Man
    Richard Rush
  • Tess
    Roman Polanski

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

  • Melvin and Howard
    Jason Robards
  • The Ninth Configuration
    Scott Wilson
  • Ordinary People
    Timothy Hutton
  • Ordinary People
    Judd Hirsch
  • Raging Bull
    Joe Pesci

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

  • Coal Miner's Daughter
    Beverly D'Angelo
  • The Jazz Singer
    Lucie Arnaz
  • Melvin and Howard
    Mary Steenburgen
  • Raging Bull
    Cathy Moriarty
  • Urban Cowboy
    Debra Winger

Best Foreign Film

  • Breaker Morant
  • Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior)
  • The Last Metro
  • My Brilliant Career
  • Poseban tretman
  • Tess

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

  • American Gigolo
    Giorgio Moroder
  • The Competition
    Lalo Schifrin
  • The Empire Strikes Back
    John Williams
  • Fame
    Michael Gore
  • Somewhere in Time
    John Barry
  • The Stunt Man
    Dominic Frontiere

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

  • American Gigolo "Call Me"
    Deborah Harry and Giorgio Moroder
  • Falling in Love Again "Yesterday's Dreams"
    Michel Legrand [Music by] and Carol Connors [Lyrics by]
  • Fame "Fame"
    Michael Gore [Music by] and Dean Pitchford [Lyrics by]
  • The Jazz Singer "Love on the Rocks"
    Neil Diamond and Gilbert Bécaud
  • Nine to Five "Nine to Five"
    Dolly Parton

Best Screenplay

  • The Elephant Man
    Eric Bergren and Christopher De Vore
  • The Ninth Configuration
    William Peter Blatty
  • Ordinary People
    Alvin Sargent
  • Raging Bull
    Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin
  • The Stunt Man
    Lawrence B. Marcus

New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture - Male

  • Altered States
    William Hurt
  • The Blue Lagoon
    Christopher Atkins
  • The Great Santini
    Michael O'Keefe
  • Ordinary People
    Timothy Hutton
  • The Stunt Man
    Steve Railsback

New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture - Female

  • Dressed to KIll
    Nancy Allen
  • Nine to Five
    Dolly Parton
  • Raging Bull
    Cathy Moriarty
  • Tess
    Nastassja Kinski
  • Urban Cowboy
    Debra Winger

Best Television Series - Drama

  • Dallas
  • Hart to Hart
  • Lou Grant
  • Shogun
  • Vega$

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama

  • Dallas
    Larry Hagman
  • Hart to Hart
    Robert Wagner
  • Lou Grant
    Edward Asner
  • Shogun
    Richard Chamberlain
  • Vega$
    Robert Urich

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama

  • Dallas
    Linda Gray
  • Dallas
    Barbara Bel Geddes
  • Hart to Hart
    Stefanie Powers
  • Little House on the Prairie
    Melissa Gilbert
  • Shogun
    Yôko Shimada

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

  • Alice
  • The Love Boat
  • M*A*S*H
  • Soap
  • Taxi

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

  • Barney Miller
    Hal Linden
  • House Calls
    Wayne Rogers
  • The Love Boat
    Gavin MacLeod
  • M*A*S*H
    Alan Alda
  • Taxi
    Judd Hirsch

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

  • Alice
    Linda Lavin
  • Flo
    Polly Holliday
  • House Calls
    Lynn Redgrave
  • Soap
    Katherine Helmond
  • WKRP in Cincinnati
    Loni Anderson

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television

  • The Diary of Anne Frank
  • The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
  • Playing for Time
  • The Shadow Box
  • A Tale of Two Cities

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

  • Alice
    Vic Tayback
  • Flo
    Geoffrey Lewis
  • One Day at a Time
    Pat Harrington Jr.
  • Taxi
    Andy Kaufman
  • Taxi
    Danny DeVito

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

  • Alice
    Diane Ladd
  • Alice
    Beth Howland
  • Lou Grant
    Linda Kelsey
  • One Day at a Time
    Valerie Bertinelli
  • Taxi
    Marilu Henner