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Golden Globes 1972 Winners & Nominees

The 29th Golden Globe Awards (1972) took place on February 6, 1972. Winners include A Clockwork Orange (Best Picture – Comedy or Musical), Topol (Best Actor – Comedy or Musical) and Jane Fonda (Best Actress – Drama). Every winner and nominee in all 16 categories is below.

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Golden Globes 1972: The Winners

The 29th Golden Globe Awards (1972) winners: A Clockwork Orange (Best Picture – Comedy or Musical), Topol (Best Actor – Comedy or Musical) and Jane Fonda (Best Actress – Drama), and 3 more categories below.

Scoreboard

Golden Globes 1972: Which Films Won the Most

No film won more than one award: 7 films won one category each. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. The Last Picture Show (1971) movie poster
    The Last Picture Show 1 / 6
    1971 · Drama · 1 win from 6 nominations
  2. Fiddler on the Roof (1971) movie poster
    Fiddler on the Roof 1 / 4
    1971 · Drama, Romance · 1 win from 4 nominations
  3. A Clockwork Orange (1971) movie poster
    A Clockwork Orange 1 / 3
    1971 · Sci-Fi, Drama · 1 win from 3 nominations
  4. Carnal Knowledge (1971) movie poster
    Carnal Knowledge 1 / 3
    1971 · Drama · 1 win from 3 nominations
  5. The Hospital (1971) movie poster
    The Hospital 1 / 3
    1971 · Drama, Mystery · 1 win from 3 nominations
  6. Shaft (1971) movie poster
    Shaft 1 / 3
    1971 · Action, Thriller · 1 win from 3 nominations
  7. Klute (1971) movie poster
    Klute 1 / 2
    1971 · Mystery, Thriller · 1 win from 2 nominations
  8. Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) movie poster
    Mary, Queen of Scots 0 / 5
    1971 · Biography, Drama · 0 wins from 5 nominations
  9. Summer of '42 (1971) movie poster
    Summer of '42 0 / 4
    1971 · Drama, Romance · 0 wins from 4 nominations
  10. Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) movie poster
    Nicholas and Alexandra 0 / 3
    1971 · Biography, Drama · 0 wins from 3 nominations
Full results

All 16 Golden Globes 1972 Categories: Winners & Nominees

16 categories and 51 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.

16 categories · 51 nominations

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Golden Globes 1972 Best Picture – Drama

Official name: Best Motion Picture – Drama

2 nominees

No winner is recorded for this category.

Golden Globes 1972 Best Foreign Film (Foreign Language)

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Golden Globes 1972 Best Original Song

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

By genre

The Genres Behind the Golden Globes 1972 Winners

Drama led with 41 nominations across 16 films and won 5. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 5 wins · 41 nominations · 12%
  2. Romance 1 win · 12 nominations · 8%
  3. Comedy 1 win · 10 nominations · 10%
  4. Thriller 3 wins · 9 nominations · 33%
  5. Crime 3 wins · 9 nominations · 33%
  6. Family 1 win · 8 nominations · 13%
  7. Biography 0 wins · 8 nominations · 0%
  8. History 0 wins · 8 nominations · 0%
  9. Musical 1 win · 6 nominations · 17%
  10. Mystery 2 wins · 5 nominations · 40%
1972 season

How the Rest of the 1972 Awards Season Voted

The other 3 ceremonies of 1972.

All 1972 awards
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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.

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Golden Globes 1972: Questions & Answers

The winners, the most-nominated film and the date of the 29th Golden Globe Awards (1972), answered from the results on this page.

Who won at the 29th Golden Globe Awards (1972)?

The winners include A Clockwork Orange (Best Picture – Comedy or Musical), Topol (Best Actor – Comedy or Musical), Jane Fonda (Best Actress – Drama), Ben Johnson (Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical (Supporting Actor)) and Ann-Margret (Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical (Supporting Actress)).

Which film had the most nominations at the 29th Golden Globe Awards (1972)?

The Last Picture Show (1971) led with 6 nominations and won one of them.

Who won the acting awards at the 29th Golden Globe Awards (1972)?

Best Actor – Comedy or Musical: Topol for Fiddler on the Roof. Best Actress – Drama: Jane Fonda for Klute. Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical (Supporting Actor): Ben Johnson for The Last Picture Show. Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical (Supporting Actress): Ann-Margret for Carnal Knowledge.

When was the 29th Golden Globe Awards (1972)?

The 29th Golden Globe Awards (1972) took place on February 6, 1972. The database has 16 categories and 51 nominations for it.