Golden Globe Awards Superlatives
The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, recognizing excellence in film (American and international) and American television.
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- DirectorMichael AptedStarsSigourney WeaverBryan BrownJulie HarrisThe story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.
- Two Acting Wins in Same Year: Sigourney Weaver (1989) – Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama, Gorillas in the Mist + Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, Working Girl.
- At the 46th Golden Globe Awards an anomaly occurred: a three-way tie for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama (Jodie Foster for The Accused, Shirley MacLaine for Madame Sousatzka, and Sigourney Weaver for Gorillas in the Mist).
- DirectorMike NicholsStarsMelanie GriffithHarrison FordSigourney WeaverWhen a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss' job.
- Two Acting Wins in Same Year: Sigourney Weaver (1989) – Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama, Gorillas in the Mist + Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, Working Girl.
- DirectorMike NewellStarsAlfred MolinaJoan PlowrightMiranda RichardsonFour English women, after World War I, who are unhappy with their lives, and their time away on vacation in a beautiful Italian villa.
- Two Acting Wins in Same Year: Joan Plowright (1993): Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, Enchanted April + Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV Film, Stalin.
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsHelen MirrenMichael SheenJames CromwellAfter the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.
- Two Acting Wins in Same Year: Helen Mirren (2007) – Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, The Queen + Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film, Elizabeth I.
- DirectorSam MendesStarsLeonardo DiCaprioKate WinsletChristopher FitzgeraldA young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children.
- Two Acting Wins in Same Year: Kate Winslet (2009): Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, Revolutionary Road + Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, The Reader.
- DirectorStephen DaldryStarsKate WinsletRalph FiennesBruno GanzPost-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.
- Two Acting Wins in Same Year: Kate Winslet (2009): Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, Revolutionary Road + Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, The Reader.
- DirectorDamien ChazelleStarsRyan GoslingEmma StoneRosemarie DeWittWhile navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.
- Most awards won by a single film. One film has won seven Golden Globe Awards.
- Highest Sweep (Winning every nominated category). La La Land won all seven Golden Globes that it was nominated for.
- DirectorMilos FormanStarsJack NicholsonLouise FletcherMichael BerrymanIn the Fall of 1963, a Korean War veteran and criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rallies up the scared patients against the tyrannical nurse.
- Most awards won by a single film. Two films have won six Golden Globe Awards.
- Highest Sweep (Winning every nominated category). One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest won all six of its nominations.
- DirectorAlan ParkerStarsBrad DavisIrene MiracleBo HopkinsBilly Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.
- Most awards won by a single film. Two films have won six Golden Globe Awards.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsOmar SharifJulie ChristieGeraldine ChaplinThe life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.
- Most awards won by a single film. Four films have won five Golden Globe Awards.
- Highest Sweep (Winning every nominated category). Doctor Zhivago won all five that they were respectively nominated for.
- DirectorArthur HillerStarsAli MacGrawRyan O'NealJohn MarleyA boy and a girl from different backgrounds fall in love regardless of their upbringing - and then tragedy strikes.
- Most awards won by a single film. Four films have won five Golden Globe Awards.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMarlon BrandoAl PacinoJames CaanThe aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
- Most awards won by a single film. Four films have won five Golden Globe Awards.
- DirectorFrank PiersonStarsBarbra StreisandKris KristoffersonGary BuseyA has-been rock star falls in love with a young, up-and-coming songstress.
- Most awards won by a single film. Four films have won five Golden Globe Awards.
- Highest Sweep (Winning every nominated category). A Star Is Born won all five that they were respectively nominated for.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsKeith CarradineKaren BlackRonee BlakleyOver the course of a few hectic days, numerous interrelated people prepare for a political convention.
- Most nominations received by a single film
- DirectorMike NicholsStarsElizabeth TaylorRichard BurtonGeorge SegalA bitter, aging couple, with the help of alcohol, use their young houseguests to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other over the course of a distressing night.
- Most nominations without winning an award.
- DirectorColin HigginsStarsGoldie HawnChevy ChaseBurgess MeredithA San Francisco librarian picks up a hitchhiker whose car has broken down, which leads to her being stalked and hunted by shady individuals. A cop she briefly met during a function eventually comes to her rescue.
- Most nominations without winning an award.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsAl PacinoDiane KeatonAndy GarciaFollows Michael Corleone, now in his 60s, as he seeks to free his family from crime and find a suitable successor to his empire.
- Most nominations without winning an award.
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsSamuel L. JacksonKurt RussellJennifer Jason LeighIn the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters.
- Oldest person to win an award: Ennio Morricone winning Best Original Score for The Hateful Eight (87 years old).
- DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsJon VoightFaye DunawayRicky SchroderBilly Flynn is an ex-champion boxer who was KO'd by booze and gambling. When the wealthy, estranged mother of his young son begins trying to lure the boy away from him, Flynn must return to the ring to provide for his child.
- Youngest person to win an award: Ricky Schroder winning New Star of the Year – Actor in 1980 (9 years old).
- DirectorJonathan KaplanStarsKelly McGillisJodie FosterBernie CoulsonAfter a young woman suffers a brutal gang rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.
- At the 46th Golden Globe Awards an anomaly occurred: a three-way tie for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama (Jodie Foster for The Accused, Shirley MacLaine for Madame Sousatzka, and Sigourney Weaver for Gorillas in the Mist).
- DirectorJohn SchlesingerStarsShirley MacLaineNavin ChowdhryPeggy AshcroftRenowned Russian piano teacher Irina Sousatzka gets a new student - Bengali piano prodigy Manek. They are both immigrants in the UK and bond quickly. When Manek's single mother's business fails, he must make a career decision.
- At the 46th Golden Globe Awards an anomaly occurred: a three-way tie for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama (Jodie Foster for The Accused, Shirley MacLaine for Madame Sousatzka, and Sigourney Weaver for Gorillas in the Mist).