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37th Golden Globe Awards (1980)
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Golden Globes 1980 Nominees

The 37th Golden Globe Awards (1980) took place on January 26, 1980. Kramer vs. Kramer led with 8 nominations; the winners are not in the database yet. Every nominee in all 15 categories is below.

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The Best Picture – Drama Nominees

6 films competed for Best Picture – Drama. The winner is not in the database yet.

Nominations

Golden Globes 1980: The Most-Nominated Films

The films with the most nominations at the 37th Golden Globe Awards (1980): Kramer vs. Kramer led with 8 nominations.

  1. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) movie poster
    Kramer vs. Kramer 8
    1979 · Drama · 8 nominations
  2. Being There (1979) movie poster
    Being There 6
    1979 · Drama, Comedy · 6 nominations
  3. The China Syndrome (1979) movie poster
    The China Syndrome 5
    1979 · Drama, Thriller · 5 nominations
  4. The Rose (1979) movie poster
    The Rose 5
    1979 · Drama, Romance · 5 nominations
  5. Apocalypse Now (1979) movie poster
    Apocalypse Now 4
    1979 · Action, Drama · 4 nominations
  6. Breaking Away (1979) movie poster
    Breaking Away 4
    1979 · Drama, Sport · 4 nominations
  7. Starting Over (1979) movie poster
    Starting Over 4
    1979 · Comedy, Romance · 4 nominations
  8. Norma Rae (1979) movie poster
    Norma Rae 3
    1979 · Drama · 3 nominations
  9. Hair (1979) movie poster
    Hair 2
    1979 · Drama, Comedy · 2 nominations
  10. The Champ (1979) movie poster
    The Champ 2
    1979 · Drama, Sport · 2 nominations
Full results

All 15 Golden Globes 1980 Categories: Every Nominee

15 categories and 60 nominations; Best Picture – Drama had the most nominees (6). Search for a film or a person, or jump straight to a category.

15 categories · 60 nominations

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Golden Globes 1980 Best Picture – Comedy or Musical

Official name: Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical

3 nominees
Movie marathon

The Golden Globes 1980 Best Picture – Drama Marathon

All 6 Best Picture – Drama nominees at the 37th Golden Globe Awards (1980), back to back: 11 hours 31 minutes.

Total running time 11h 31m 11 hours 31 minutes All 6 films
Longest
Apocalypse Now 2h 33m
Shortest
Manhattan 1h 36m
By genre

The Genres in the Golden Globes 1980 Race

Drama led with 48 nominations across 16 films. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 48 nominations
  2. Comedy 22 nominations
  3. Romance 19 nominations
  4. Sport 9 nominations
  5. War 6 nominations
  6. Thriller 6 nominations
  7. Music 6 nominations
  8. Adventure 5 nominations
  9. Action 4 nominations
  10. Musical 4 nominations
1980 season

How the Rest of the 1980 Awards Season Voted

The other 4 ceremonies of 1980, with the winner of each top prize. Kramer vs. Kramer won the most of them: 2.

All 1980 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 1980: Questions & Answers

The most-nominated film and the date of the 37th Golden Globe Awards (1980), answered from the results on this page.

Which film had the most nominations at the 37th Golden Globe Awards (1980)?

Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) led with 8 nominations.

When was the 37th Golden Globe Awards (1980)?

The 37th Golden Globe Awards (1980) took place on January 26, 1980. The database has 15 categories and 60 nominations for it.