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35th Golden Globe Awards (1978)
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Golden Globes 1978 Winners & Nominees

The 35th Golden Globe Awards (1978) took place on January 28, 1978. The Turning Point won Best Picture – Drama and one more award. Julia and The Goodbye Girl matched it with 2 wins. Every winner and nominee in all 12 categories is below.

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Best Picture – Drama
The Turning Point
Headline winners

Golden Globes 1978: The Winners

The Turning Point won Best Picture – Drama against 2 other nominees. Herbert Ross (Best Director), Richard Dreyfuss (Best Actor – Comedy or Musical) and Jane Fonda (Best Actress – Drama) took the main individual prizes.

The Turning Point (1977) movie poster Best Picture – Drama

Best Picture – Drama

The Turning Point

1977 · Drama, Romance · $25.9M worldwide

2 wins from 6 nominations at the 35th Golden Globe Awards (1978)

  • Best Director

Two former ballerina rivals, Deedee and Emma, find their complex relationship tested as their lives diverge. Years later, Deedee's daughter joins Emma's dance company, initiating a forbidden romance that stirs up old tensions and unearths deeply held secrets. The women are forced to examine the choices they’ve made and the sacrifices they’ve endured, ultimately confronting the emotional consequences that shape their futures.

About The Turning Point
Scoreboard

Golden Globes 1978: Which Films Won the Most

Julia, The Turning Point and The Goodbye Girl won 2 awards each. 5 films won at least once, while New York, New York went home empty-handed from 4 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Julia (1977) movie poster
    Julia 2 / 7
    1977 · Drama · 2 wins from 7 nominations
  2. The Turning Point (1977) movie poster
    The Turning Point 2 / 6
    1977 · Drama, Romance · 2 wins from 6 nominations
  3. The Goodbye Girl (1977) movie poster
    The Goodbye Girl 2 / 5
    1977 · Drama, Comedy · 2 wins from 5 nominations
  4. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) movie poster
    Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1 / 4
    1977 · Adventure, Sci-Fi · 1 win from 4 nominations
  5. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) movie poster
    Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 1 / 4
    1977 · Action, Adventure · 1 win from 4 nominations
  6. New York, New York (1977) movie poster
    New York, New York 0 / 4
    1977 · Drama, Music · 0 wins from 4 nominations
  7. Saturday Night Fever (1977) movie poster
    Saturday Night Fever 0 / 4
    1977 · Drama, Romance · 0 wins from 4 nominations
  8. High Anxiety (1977) movie poster
    High Anxiety 0 / 2
    1977 · Comedy · 0 wins from 2 nominations
  9. Opening Night (1977) movie poster
    Opening Night 0 / 2
    1977 · Drama · 0 wins from 2 nominations
  10. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) movie poster
    The Spy Who Loved Me 0 / 2
    1977 · Action, Adventure · 0 wins from 2 nominations
Full results

All 12 Golden Globes 1978 Categories: Winners & Nominees

12 categories and 46 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 · 46 nominations

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Movie marathon

The Golden Globes 1978 Best Picture – Drama Marathon

All 3 Best Picture – Drama nominees at the 35th Golden Globe Awards (1978), back to back: 6 hours 35 minutes.

Total running time 6h 35m 6 hours 35 minutes All 3 films
Longest
New York, New York 2h 35m
Shortest
The Turning Point 1h 59m
By genre

The Genres Behind the Golden Globes 1978 Winners

Drama led with 35 nominations across 10 films and won 7. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 7 wins · 35 nominations · 20%
  2. Romance 4 wins · 17 nominations · 24%
  3. Adventure 2 wins · 11 nominations · 18%
  4. Comedy 2 wins · 9 nominations · 22%
  5. Sci-Fi 2 wins · 8 nominations · 25%
  6. Music 0 wins · 8 nominations · 0%
  7. Action 1 win · 7 nominations · 14%
  8. Fantasy 1 win · 5 nominations · 20%
  9. Musical 0 wins · 5 nominations · 0%
  10. Thriller 0 wins · 3 nominations · 0%
1978 season

How the Rest of the 1978 Awards Season Voted

The other 4 ceremonies of 1978.

All 1978 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 1978: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 35th Golden Globe Awards (1978), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture – Drama at the 35th Golden Globe Awards (1978)?

The Turning Point (1977) won Best Picture – Drama. The other nominees were Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope and New York, New York.

About The Turning Point

Which film won the most awards at the 35th Golden Globe Awards (1978)?

Julia, The Turning Point and The Goodbye Girl each won 2 awards.

Which film had the most nominations at the 35th Golden Globe Awards (1978)?

Julia (1977) led with 7 nominations and won 2 of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 35th Golden Globe Awards (1978)?

Best Director: Herbert Ross for The Turning Point. Best Actor – Comedy or Musical: Richard Dreyfuss for The Goodbye Girl. Best Actress – Drama: Jane Fonda for Julia. Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical (Supporting Actress): Vanessa Redgrave for Julia.

When was the 35th Golden Globe Awards (1978)?

The 35th Golden Globe Awards (1978) took place on January 28, 1978. The database has 12 categories and 46 nominations for it.