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45th Golden Globe Awards (1988)
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Golden Globes 1988 Nominees

The 45th Golden Globe Awards (1988) took place on January 23, 1988. The Last Emperor, Broadcast News and Moonstruck led with 5 nominations each; the winners are not in the database yet. Every nominee in all 12 categories is below.

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The Best Picture – Drama Nominees

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

Nominations

Golden Globes 1988: The Most-Nominated Films

The films with the most nominations at the 45th Golden Globe Awards (1988): The Last Emperor, Broadcast News and Moonstruck led with 5 each.

  1. The Last Emperor (1987) movie poster
    The Last Emperor 5
    1987 · Biography, Drama · 5 nominations
  2. Broadcast News (1987) movie poster
    Broadcast News 5
    1987 · Drama, Comedy · 5 nominations
  3. Moonstruck (1987) movie poster
    Moonstruck 5
    1987 · Drama, Comedy · 5 nominations
  4. Cry Freedom (1987) movie poster
    Cry Freedom 4
    1987 · Biography, Drama · 4 nominations
  5. Fatal Attraction (1987) movie poster
    Fatal Attraction 4
    1987 · Drama, Thriller · 4 nominations
  6. Dirty Dancing (1987) movie poster
    Dirty Dancing 4
    1987 · Drama, Romance · 4 nominations
  7. Hope and Glory (1988) movie poster
    Hope and Glory 3
    1988 · Drama, Comedy · 3 nominations
  8. Empire of the Sun (1987) movie poster
    Empire of the Sun 2
    1987 · Action, Drama · 2 nominations
  9. Baby Boom (1987) movie poster
    Baby Boom 2
    1987 · Drama, Comedy · 2 nominations
  10. Throw Momma from the Train (1987) movie poster
    Throw Momma from the Train 2
    1987 · Thriller, Comedy · 2 nominations
Full results

All 12 Golden Globes 1988 Categories: Every Nominee

12 categories and 52 nominations; Best Picture – Drama had the most nominees (7). Search for a film or a person, or jump straight to a category.

12 categories · 52 nominations

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Movie marathon

The Golden Globes 1988 Best Picture – Drama Marathon

All 7 Best Picture – Drama nominees at the 45th Golden Globe Awards (1988), back to back: 15 hours 23 minutes.

Total running time 15h 23m 15 hours 23 minutes All 7 films
Longest
The Last Emperor 2h 43m
Shortest
La Bamba 1h 48m
By genre

The Genres in the Golden Globes 1988 Race

Drama led with 44 nominations across 18 films. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 44 nominations
  2. Comedy 24 nominations
  3. Romance 24 nominations
  4. History 13 nominations
  5. Biography 12 nominations
  6. Thriller 11 nominations
  7. Crime 8 nominations
  8. Action 4 nominations
  9. War 4 nominations
  10. Music 2 nominations
1988 season

How the Rest of the 1988 Awards Season Voted

The other 6 ceremonies of 1988, with the winner of each top prize. The Last Emperor won the most of them: 2.

All 1988 awards
Earlier years

Previous Golden Globes Ceremonies

The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the date and size of each. The Golden Globes page has every year back to 1944.

Every Golden Globes ceremony

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FAQ

Golden Globes 1988: Questions & Answers

The most-nominated film and the date of the 45th Golden Globe Awards (1988), answered from the results on this page.

Which film had the most nominations at the 45th Golden Globe Awards (1988)?

The Last Emperor (1987), Broadcast News (1987) and Moonstruck (1987) led with 5 nominations each.

When was the 45th Golden Globe Awards (1988)?

The 45th Golden Globe Awards (1988) took place on January 23, 1988. The database has 12 categories and 52 nominations for it.