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36th Golden Globe Awards (1979)
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Golden Globes 1979 Winners & Nominees

The 36th Golden Globe Awards (1979) took place on January 27, 1979. Midnight Express won Best Picture – Drama and 5 more awards. Every winner and nominee in all 14 categories is below.

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17
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Best Picture – Drama
Midnight Express
Headline winners

Golden Globes 1979: The Winners

Midnight Express won Best Picture – Drama against 4 other nominees. Alan Parker (Best Director), John Travolta (Best Actor – Comedy or Musical) and Jon Voight (Best Actor – Drama) took the main individual prizes.

Midnight Express (1978) movie poster Best Picture – Drama

Best Picture – Drama

Midnight Express

1978 · Biography, Drama, Thriller · $35M worldwide

6 wins from 8 nominations at the 36th Golden Globe Awards (1979)

  • Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical (Supporting Actor)
  • Best Director
  • Best Screenplay
  • Best Original Score
  • New Star of the Year – Actor

Billy Hayes, an American abroad, is sentenced to a lengthy prison term in Turkey after being caught smuggling hashish. Facing harsh conditions and a seemingly endless sentence, he struggles to survive and maintain hope. As time passes, Billy’s determination to escape grows, pushing him to risk everything for a chance at freedom, and he must confront the brutal realities of prison life to achieve his goal.

About Midnight Express
Scoreboard

Golden Globes 1979: Which Films Won the Most

Midnight Express won 6 awards from 8 nominations. 5 films won at least once, while Foul Play went home empty-handed from 7 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Midnight Express (1978) movie poster
    Midnight Express 6 / 8
    1978 · Biography, Drama · 6 wins from 8 nominations
  2. Coming Home (1978) movie poster
    Coming Home 2 / 5
    1978 · Drama, Romance · 2 wins from 5 nominations
  3. Grease (1978) movie poster
    Grease 2 / 4
    1978 · Romance, Musical · 2 wins from 4 nominations
  4. Heaven Can Wait (1978) movie poster
    Heaven Can Wait 1 / 3
    1978 · Sport, Fantasy · 1 win from 3 nominations
  5. Goin' South (1978) movie poster
    Goin' South 1 / 1
    1978 · Comedy, Romance · 1 win from 1 nomination
  6. Foul Play (1978) movie poster
    Foul Play 0 / 7
    1978 · Mystery, Thriller · 0 wins from 7 nominations
  7. The Deer Hunter (1978) movie poster
    The Deer Hunter 0 / 6
    1978 · Drama, War · 0 wins from 6 nominations
  8. An Unmarried Woman (1978) movie poster
    An Unmarried Woman 0 / 5
    1978 · Drama, Comedy · 0 wins from 5 nominations
  9. Interiors (1978) movie poster
    Interiors 0 / 4
    1978 · Drama · 0 wins from 4 nominations
  10. Days of Heaven (1978) movie poster
    Days of Heaven 0 / 2
    1978 · Drama, Romance · 0 wins from 2 nominations
Full results

All 14 Golden Globes 1979 Categories: Winners & Nominees

14 categories and 52 nominations; Best Director had the most nominees (6). 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.

14 categories · 52 nominations

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Golden Globes 1979 Best Picture – Musical or Comedy

Official name: Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

3 nominees

Golden Globes 1979 Best Original Song

2 nominees

No winner is recorded for this category.

Movie marathon

The Golden Globes 1979 Best Picture – Drama Marathon

All 5 Best Picture – Drama nominees at the 36th Golden Globe Awards (1979), back to back: 10 hours 48 minutes.

Total running time 10h 48m 10 hours 48 minutes All 5 films
Longest
The Deer Hunter 3h 2m
Shortest
Days of Heaven 1h 34m
By genre

The Genres Behind the Golden Globes 1979 Winners

Drama led with 35 nominations across 11 films and won 8. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 8 wins · 35 nominations · 23%
  2. Romance 6 wins · 21 nominations · 29%
  3. Comedy 2 wins · 17 nominations · 12%
  4. Thriller 6 wins · 16 nominations · 38%
  5. War 2 wins · 12 nominations · 17%
  6. Crime 7 wins · 9 nominations · 78%
  7. Biography 6 wins · 9 nominations · 67%
  8. Mystery 0 wins · 7 nominations · 0%
  9. Musical 2 wins · 4 nominations · 50%
  10. Sport 1 win · 3 nominations · 33%
1979 season

How the Rest of the 1979 Awards Season Voted

The other 4 ceremonies of 1979, with the winner of each top prize. The Deer Hunter won the most of them: 2.

All 1979 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 1979: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 36th Golden Globe Awards (1979), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture – Drama at the 36th Golden Globe Awards (1979)?

Midnight Express (1978) won Best Picture – Drama. The other nominees were Coming Home, Days of Heaven, The Deer Hunter and An Unmarried Woman.

About Midnight Express

Which film won the most awards at the 36th Golden Globe Awards (1979)?

Midnight Express (1978) won the most: 6 awards from 8 nominations. Coming Home and Grease followed with 2 wins each.

Which film had the most nominations at the 36th Golden Globe Awards (1979)?

Midnight Express (1978) led with 8 nominations and won 6 of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 36th Golden Globe Awards (1979)?

Best Director: Alan Parker for Midnight Express. Best Actor – Comedy or Musical: John Travolta for Grease. Best Actor – Drama: Jon Voight for Coming Home. Best Actress – Drama: Jane Fonda for Coming Home. Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical (Supporting Actor): John Hurt for Midnight Express. Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical (Supporting Actress): Dyan Cannon for Heaven Can Wait.

When was the 36th Golden Globe Awards (1979)?

The 36th Golden Globe Awards (1979) took place on January 27, 1979. The database has 14 categories and 52 nominations for it.