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31st Golden Globe Awards (1974)
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Golden Globes 1974 Winners & Nominees

The 31st Golden Globe Awards (1974) took place on January 26, 1974. The Exorcist won Best Picture – Drama and 3 more awards. Every winner and nominee in all 15 categories is below.

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Best Picture – Drama
The Exorcist
Headline winners

Golden Globes 1974: The Winners

The Exorcist won Best Picture – Drama against 3 other nominees. William Friedkin (Best Director), Al Pacino (Best Actor – Drama) and John Houseman (Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical (Supporting Actor)) took the main individual prizes.

The Exorcist (1973) movie poster Best Picture – Drama

Best Picture – Drama

The Exorcist

1973 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · $431M worldwide

4 wins from 7 nominations at the 31st Golden Globe Awards (1974)

  • Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical (Supporting Actress)
  • Best Director
  • Best Screenplay

When a young girl begins exhibiting disturbing symptoms that doctors cannot explain, her desperate family turns to religion for help. A local priest believes the girl is being tormented by a demonic presence and requests an exorcism. He then calls upon an experienced exorcist from the church to assist in the dangerous and harrowing ritual, leading to a terrifying battle between faith and an unseen evil.

About The Exorcist
Scoreboard

Golden Globes 1974: Which Films Won the Most

The Exorcist won 4 awards from 7 nominations. 6 films won at least once, while The Day of the Jackal went home empty-handed from 3 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. The Exorcist (1973) movie poster
    The Exorcist 4 / 7
    1973 · Drama, Thriller · 4 wins from 7 nominations
  2. Paper Moon (1973) movie poster
    Paper Moon 1 / 6
    1973 · Drama, Comedy · 1 win from 6 nominations
  3. American Graffiti (1973) movie poster
    American Graffiti 1 / 4
    1973 · Drama, Comedy · 1 win from 4 nominations
  4. Serpico (1973) movie poster
    Serpico 1 / 2
    1973 · Biography, Drama · 1 win from 2 nominations
  5. The Way We Were (1973) movie poster
    The Way We Were 1 / 2
    1973 · Drama, Romance · 1 win from 2 nominations
  6. The Paper Chase (1973) movie poster
    The Paper Chase 1 / 1
    1973 · Drama, Comedy · 1 win from 1 nomination
  7. The Day of the Jackal (1973) movie poster
    The Day of the Jackal 0 / 3
    1973 · Drama, Thriller · 0 wins from 3 nominations
  8. Breezy (1973) movie poster
    Breezy 0 / 3
    1973 · Drama, Romance · 0 wins from 3 nominations
  9. Last Tango in Paris (1973) movie poster
    Last Tango in Paris 0 / 2
    1973 · Drama, Romance · 0 wins from 2 nominations
  10. The Last Detail (1973) movie poster
    The Last Detail 0 / 2
    1973 · Drama, Comedy · 0 wins from 2 nominations
Full results

All 15 Golden Globes 1974 Categories: Winners & Nominees

15 categories and 36 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.

15 categories · 36 nominations

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Golden Globes 1974 Best Picture – Comedy or Musical

Official name: Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical

2 nominees

No winner is recorded for this category.

Golden Globes 1974 Best Actress – Comedy or Musical

Official name: Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical (Actress)

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Golden Globes 1974 Best Documentary Film

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

By genre

The Genres Behind the Golden Globes 1974 Winners

Drama led with 35 nominations across 13 films and won 9. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 9 wins · 35 nominations · 26%
  2. Comedy 3 wins · 15 nominations · 20%
  3. Crime 2 wins · 13 nominations · 15%
  4. Thriller 4 wins · 11 nominations · 36%
  5. Horror 4 wins · 7 nominations · 57%
  6. Romance 1 win · 7 nominations · 14%
  7. Biography 1 win · 3 nominations · 33%
  8. Sci-Fi 0 wins · 1 nomination · 0%
  9. War 0 wins · 1 nomination · 0%
1974 season

How the Rest of the 1974 Awards Season Voted

The other 3 ceremonies of 1974, with the winner of each top prize. The Sting won the most of them: 2.

All 1974 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 1974: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 31st Golden Globe Awards (1974), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture – Drama at the 31st Golden Globe Awards (1974)?

The Exorcist (1973) won Best Picture – Drama. The other nominees were The Day of the Jackal, American Graffiti and Paper Moon.

About The Exorcist

Which film won the most awards at the 31st Golden Globe Awards (1974)?

The Exorcist (1973) won the most: 4 awards from 7 nominations.

Which film had the most nominations at the 31st Golden Globe Awards (1974)?

The Exorcist (1973) led with 7 nominations and won 4 of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 31st Golden Globe Awards (1974)?

Best Director: William Friedkin for The Exorcist. Best Actor – Drama: Al Pacino for Serpico. Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical (Supporting Actor): John Houseman for The Paper Chase. Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical (Supporting Actress): Linda Blair for The Exorcist.

When was the 31st Golden Globe Awards (1974)?

The 31st Golden Globe Awards (1974) took place on January 26, 1974. The database has 15 categories and 36 nominations for it.