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Golden Globes 1997 Winners & Nominees

The 54th Golden Globe Awards (1997) took place on January 19, 1997. The English Patient won Best Picture – Drama and one more award. Evita won the most, 3 of its 5 nominations. Every winner and nominee in all 13 categories is below.

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Best Picture – Drama
The English Patient
Headline winners

Golden Globes 1997: The Winners

The English Patient won Best Picture – Drama against 4 other nominees. Milos Forman (Best Director), Geoffrey Rush (Best Actor – Drama) and Tom Cruise (Best Actor – Musical or Comedy) took the main individual prizes.

The English Patient (1996) movie poster Best Picture – Drama

Best Picture – Drama

The English Patient

1996 · Drama, Romance, War · $232M worldwide

2 wins from 7 nominations at the 54th Golden Globe Awards (1997)

  • Best Original Score

During World War II, a badly burned man is found in the Sahara Desert and cared for by a nurse, Hana. He recounts his passionate and complex love affair with Katharine Clifton, a married Englishwoman, revealing a tragic past filled with betrayal, political intrigue, and loss. As Hana tends to his physical and emotional wounds, she uncovers the identity of the mysterious stranger, Laszlo de Almasy, and the devastating events that led him to this isolated place.

About The English Patient
Scoreboard

Golden Globes 1997: Which Films Won the Most

Evita won 3 awards from 5 nominations. 7 films won at least once, while Fargo went home empty-handed from 4 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Evita (1996) movie poster
    Evita 3 / 5
    1996 · Biography, Drama · 3 wins from 5 nominations
  2. The English Patient (1996) movie poster
    The English Patient 2 / 7
    1996 · Drama, Romance · 2 wins from 7 nominations
  3. The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) movie poster
    The People vs. Larry Flynt 2 / 5
    1996 · Biography, Drama · 2 wins from 5 nominations
  4. Shine (1996) movie poster
    Shine 1 / 5
    1996 · Biography, Drama · 1 win from 5 nominations
  5. Secrets & Lies (1996) movie poster
    Secrets & Lies 1 / 3
    1996 · Drama, Comedy · 1 win from 3 nominations
  6. Jerry Maguire (1996) movie poster
    Jerry Maguire 1 / 3
    1996 · Drama, Sport · 1 win from 3 nominations
  7. Primal Fear (1996) movie poster
    Primal Fear 1 / 1
    1996 · Drama, Mystery · 1 win from 1 nomination
  8. Fargo (1996) movie poster
    Fargo 0 / 4
    1996 · Drama, Thriller · 0 wins from 4 nominations
  9. The Birdcage (1996) movie poster
    The Birdcage 0 / 2
    1996 · Comedy · 0 wins from 2 nominations
  10. Breaking the Waves (1996) movie poster
    Breaking the Waves 0 / 2
    1996 · Drama, Romance · 0 wins from 2 nominations
Full results

All 13 Golden Globes 1997 Categories: Winners & Nominees

13 categories and 51 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.

13 categories · 51 nominations

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Golden Globes 1997 Best Foreign Language Film

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Movie marathon

The Golden Globes 1997 Best Picture – Drama Marathon

All 5 Best Picture – Drama nominees at the 54th Golden Globe Awards (1997), back to back: 10 hours 11 minutes.

Total running time 10h 11m 10 hours 11 minutes All 5 films
Longest
The English Patient 2h 42m
Shortest
Fargo 1h 38m
By genre

The Genres Behind the Golden Globes 1997 Winners

Drama led with 46 nominations across 19 films and won 11. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 11 wins · 46 nominations · 24%
  2. Romance 4 wins · 23 nominations · 17%
  3. Biography 6 wins · 17 nominations · 35%
  4. Comedy 2 wins · 15 nominations · 13%
  5. War 2 wins · 9 nominations · 22%
  6. Thriller 1 win · 9 nominations · 11%
  7. Crime 1 win · 7 nominations · 14%
  8. Music 1 win · 6 nominations · 17%
  9. Musical 3 wins · 5 nominations · 60%
  10. Sport 1 win · 4 nominations · 25%
1997 season

How the Rest of the 1997 Awards Season Voted

The other 9 ceremonies of 1997, with the winner of each top prize. The English Patient also won the top prize at 3 of them.

All 1997 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 1997: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 54th Golden Globe Awards (1997), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture – Drama at the 54th Golden Globe Awards (1997)?

The English Patient (1996) won Best Picture – Drama. The other nominees were The People vs. Larry Flynt, Shine, The Birdcage and Fargo.

About The English Patient

Which film won the most awards at the 54th Golden Globe Awards (1997)?

Evita (1996) won the most: 3 awards from 5 nominations. The English Patient and The People vs. Larry Flynt followed with 2 wins each.

Which film had the most nominations at the 54th Golden Globe Awards (1997)?

The English Patient (1996) led with 7 nominations and won 2 of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 54th Golden Globe Awards (1997)?

Best Director: Milos Forman for The People vs. Larry Flynt. Best Actor – Drama: Geoffrey Rush for Shine. Best Actor – Musical or Comedy: Tom Cruise for Jerry Maguire. Best Actress – Drama: Brenda Blethyn for Secrets & Lies. Best Actress – Musical or Comedy: Madonna for Evita. Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Musical or Comedy (Supporting Actor): Edward Norton for Primal Fear.

When was the 54th Golden Globe Awards (1997)?

The 54th Golden Globe Awards (1997) took place on January 19, 1997. The database has 13 categories and 51 nominations for it.