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23rd Golden Globe Awards (1966)
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Golden Globes 1966 Winners & Nominees

The 23rd Golden Globe Awards (1966) took place on February 28, 1966. Doctor Zhivago won Best Film – Drama and 4 more awards. Every winner and nominee in all 12 categories is below.

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Best Film – Drama
Doctor Zhivago
Headline winners

Golden Globes 1966: The Winners

Doctor Zhivago won Best Film – Drama against 1 other nominee. David Lean (Best Director), Lee Marvin (Best Actor – Comedy or Musical) and Omar Sharif (Best Actor – Drama) took the main individual prizes.

Doctor Zhivago (1965) movie poster Best Film – Drama

Best Film – Drama

Doctor Zhivago

1965 · Drama, Romance, War · $112M worldwide

5 wins from 5 nominations at the 23rd Golden Globe Awards (1966)

  • Best Actor – Drama
  • Best Director
  • Best Screenplay
  • Best Original Score

During the Russian Revolution, Yuri Zhivago, a young physician, finds his life irrevocably altered by his intense feelings for the mysterious Lara Guishar. His peaceful world is shattered as he struggles through the turmoil of war and conflicting emotions, caught between his commitment to his wife, Tonya, and the powerful, enduring love he shares with Lara.

About Doctor Zhivago
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Golden Globes 1966: Which Films Won the Most

Doctor Zhivago won 5 awards from 5 nominations. 3 films won at least once, while A Patch of Blue went home empty-handed from 5 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Doctor Zhivago (1965) movie poster
    Doctor Zhivago 5 / 5
    1965 · Drama, Romance · 5 wins from 5 nominations
  2. The Sound of Music (1965) movie poster
    The Sound of Music 2 / 4
    1965 · Biography, Drama · 2 wins from 4 nominations
  3. Cat Ballou (1965) movie poster
    Cat Ballou 1 / 4
    1965 · Comedy, Romance · 1 win from 4 nominations
  4. A Patch of Blue (1965) movie poster
    A Patch of Blue 0 / 5
    1965 · Drama, Romance · 0 wins from 5 nominations
  5. The Great Race (1965) movie poster
    The Great Race 0 / 4
    1965 · Action, Adventure · 0 wins from 4 nominations
  6. Red Beard (1968) movie poster
    Red Beard 0 / 1
    1968 · Drama · 0 wins from 1 nomination
  7. The Pawnbroker (1965) movie poster
    The Pawnbroker 0 / 1
    1965 · Drama · 0 wins from 1 nomination
  8. The Cincinnati Kid (1965) movie poster
    The Cincinnati Kid 0 / 1
    1965 · Drama · 0 wins from 1 nomination
Full results

All 12 Golden Globes 1966 Categories: Winners & Nominees

12 categories and 25 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.

12 categories · 25 nominations

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Golden Globes 1966 Best Actress – Drama

Official name: Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama (Actress)

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Golden Globes 1966 Best Foreign Film (Foreign language)

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Golden Globes 1966 Best Original Song

2 nominees

No winner is recorded for this category.

By genre

The Genres Behind the Golden Globes 1966 Winners

Romance led with 22 nominations across 5 films and won 8. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Romance 8 wins · 22 nominations · 36%
  2. Drama 7 wins · 17 nominations · 41%
  3. Family 2 wins · 8 nominations · 25%
  4. Comedy 1 win · 8 nominations · 13%
  5. Western 1 win · 8 nominations · 13%
  6. War 5 wins · 5 nominations · 100%
  7. Biography 2 wins · 4 nominations · 50%
  8. Musical 2 wins · 4 nominations · 50%
  9. Action 0 wins · 4 nominations · 0%
  10. Adventure 0 wins · 4 nominations · 0%
1966 season

How the Rest of the 1966 Awards Season Voted

The other 3 ceremonies of 1966, with the winner of each top prize. The Sound of Music won the most of them: 2.

All 1966 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 1966: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 23rd Golden Globe Awards (1966), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Film – Drama at the 23rd Golden Globe Awards (1966)?

Doctor Zhivago (1965) won Best Film – Drama. The other nominee was A Patch of Blue.

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Which film won the most awards at the 23rd Golden Globe Awards (1966)?

Doctor Zhivago (1965) won the most: 5 awards from 5 nominations. The Sound of Music was next with 2 wins.

Which film had the most nominations at the 23rd Golden Globe Awards (1966)?

Doctor Zhivago (1965) and A Patch of Blue (1965) led with 5 nominations each.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 23rd Golden Globe Awards (1966)?

Best Director: David Lean for Doctor Zhivago. Best Actor – Comedy or Musical: Lee Marvin for Cat Ballou. Best Actor – Drama: Omar Sharif for Doctor Zhivago. Best Actress – Comedy or Musical: Julie Andrews for The Sound of Music.

When was the 23rd Golden Globe Awards (1966)?

The 23rd Golden Globe Awards (1966) took place on February 28, 1966. The database has 12 categories and 25 nominations for it.