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38th Golden Globe Awards (1981)
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Golden Globes 1981 Nominees

The 38th Golden Globe Awards (1981) took place on January 31, 1981. Ordinary People led with 8 nominations; the winners are not in the database yet. Every nominee in all 14 categories is below.

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The Best Picture – Drama Nominees

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

Nominations

Golden Globes 1981: The Most-Nominated Films

The films with the most nominations at the 38th Golden Globe Awards (1981): Ordinary People led with 8 nominations.

  1. Ordinary People (1980) movie poster
    Ordinary People 8
    1980 · Drama · 8 nominations
  2. Raging Bull (1980) movie poster
    Raging Bull 7
    1980 · Biography, Drama · 7 nominations
  3. The Stunt Man (1980) movie poster
    The Stunt Man 6
    1980 · Action, Drama · 6 nominations
  4. The Elephant Man (1980) movie poster
    The Elephant Man 4
    1980 · Biography, Drama · 4 nominations
  5. Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) movie poster
    Coal Miner's Daughter 4
    1980 · Biography, Drama · 4 nominations
  6. Fame (1980) movie poster
    Fame 4
    1980 · Drama, Music · 4 nominations
  7. The Ninth Configuration (1980) movie poster
    The Ninth Configuration 3
    1980 · Drama, Mystery · 3 nominations
  8. Tess (1980) movie poster
    Tess 3
    1980 · Drama, Romance · 3 nominations
  9. The Jazz Singer (1980) movie poster
    The Jazz Singer 3
    1980 · Drama, Romance · 3 nominations
  10. The Idolmaker (1980) movie poster
    The Idolmaker 2
    1980 · Biography, Drama · 2 nominations
Full results

All 14 Golden Globes 1981 Categories: Every Nominee

14 categories and 57 nominations. Search for a film or a person, or jump straight to a category.

14 categories · 57 nominations

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The Genres in the Golden Globes 1981 Race

Drama led with 52 nominations across 16 films. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 52 nominations
  2. Romance 20 nominations
  3. Biography 17 nominations
  4. Thriller 14 nominations
  5. Music 13 nominations
  6. Comedy 11 nominations
  7. Sport 7 nominations
  8. Action 7 nominations
  9. Mystery 6 nominations
  10. Horror 4 nominations
1981 season

How the Rest of the 1981 Awards Season Voted

The other 5 ceremonies of 1981, with the winner of each top prize. Ordinary People won the most of them: 2.

All 1981 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 1981: Questions & Answers

The most-nominated film and the date of the 38th Golden Globe Awards (1981), answered from the results on this page.

Which film had the most nominations at the 38th Golden Globe Awards (1981)?

Ordinary People (1980) led with 8 nominations.

When was the 38th Golden Globe Awards (1981)?

The 38th Golden Globe Awards (1981) took place on January 31, 1981. The database has 14 categories and 57 nominations for it.