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Golden Globes 1964 Winners & Nominees

The 21st Golden Globe Awards (1964) took place on March 11, 1964. America America won the most, 2 of its 6 nominations. Winners include America America (Best Picture – Comedy or Musical), Elia Kazan (Best Director) and Sidney Poitier (Best Actor – Drama). Every winner and nominee in all 8 categories is below.

All 8 categories Most wins
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8
nominations
32
films nominated
10
winners
4
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Golden Globes 1964: The Winners

The 21st Golden Globe Awards (1964) winners: America America (Best Picture – Comedy or Musical), Elia Kazan (Best Director) and Sidney Poitier (Best Actor – Drama), and 1 more category below.

Scoreboard

Golden Globes 1964: Which Films Won the Most

America America won 2 awards from 6 nominations. 3 films won at least once, while Hud went home empty-handed from 5 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. America America (1963) movie poster
    America America 2 / 6
    1963 · Drama · 2 wins from 6 nominations
  2. Lilies of the Field (1963) movie poster
    Lilies of the Field 1 / 3
    1963 · Drama · 1 win from 3 nominations
  3. Irma la Douce (1963) movie poster
    Irma la Douce 1 / 3
    1963 · Comedy, Romance · 1 win from 3 nominations
  4. Hud (1963) movie poster
    Hud 0 / 5
    1963 · Drama · 0 wins from 5 nominations
  5. Tom Jones (1963) movie poster
    Tom Jones 0 / 5
    1963 · Adventure, History · 0 wins from 5 nominations
  6. Cleopatra (1963) movie poster
    Cleopatra 0 / 4
    1963 · Biography, Drama · 0 wins from 4 nominations
  7. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) movie poster
    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 0 / 2
    1963 · Action, Adventure · 0 wins from 2 nominations
  8. Charade (1963) movie poster
    Charade 0 / 2
    1963 · Mystery, Thriller · 0 wins from 2 nominations
  9. The Great Escape (1963) movie poster
    The Great Escape 0 / 1
    1963 · Adventure, Drama · 0 wins from 1 nomination
  10. The Haunting (1963) movie poster
    The Haunting 0 / 1
    1963 · Horror · 0 wins from 1 nomination
Full results

All 8 Golden Globes 1964 Categories: Winners & Nominees

8 categories and 32 nominations. The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

8 categories · 32 nominations

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Movie marathon

The Golden Globes 1964 Best Picture – Drama Marathon

All 4 Best Picture – Drama nominees at the 21st Golden Globe Awards (1964), back to back: 7 hours 13 minutes for the 3 with a known runtime.

Total running time 7h 13m 7 hours 13 minutes Total for 3 of 4 films · 1 runtime unknown
Longest
Cleopatra 3h 12m
Shortest
Hud 1h 52m
By genre

The Genres Behind the Golden Globes 1964 Winners

Drama led with 19 nominations across 5 films and won 3. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 3 wins · 19 nominations · 16%
  2. Comedy 1 win · 12 nominations · 8%
  3. History 0 wins · 10 nominations · 0%
  4. Romance 1 win · 9 nominations · 11%
  5. Adventure 0 wins · 8 nominations · 0%
  6. Biography 0 wins · 4 nominations · 0%
  7. Thriller 0 wins · 3 nominations · 0%
  8. Action 0 wins · 2 nominations · 0%
  9. Crime 0 wins · 2 nominations · 0%
  10. Mystery 0 wins · 2 nominations · 0%
1964 season

How the Rest of the 1964 Awards Season Voted

The other 3 ceremonies of 1964, with the winner of each top prize. Tom Jones won the most of them: 3.

All 1964 awards
Earlier years

Previous Golden Globes Ceremonies

The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The Golden Globes page has every year back to 1944.

Every Golden Globes ceremony

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Golden Globes 1964: Questions & Answers

The winners, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film and the date of the 21st Golden Globe Awards (1964), answered from the results on this page.

Who won at the 21st Golden Globe Awards (1964)?

The winners include America America (Best Picture – Comedy or Musical), Elia Kazan (Best Director), Sidney Poitier (Best Actor – Drama) and Shirley MacLaine (Best Actress – Comedy or Musical).

Which film won the most awards at the 21st Golden Globe Awards (1964)?

America America (1963) won the most: 2 awards from 6 nominations.

Which film had the most nominations at the 21st Golden Globe Awards (1964)?

America America (1963) led with 6 nominations and won 2 of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 21st Golden Globe Awards (1964)?

Best Director: Elia Kazan for America America. Best Actor – Drama: Sidney Poitier for Lilies of the Field. Best Actress – Comedy or Musical: Shirley MacLaine for Irma la Douce.

When was the 21st Golden Globe Awards (1964)?

The 21st Golden Globe Awards (1964) took place on March 11, 1964. The database has 8 categories and 32 nominations for it.