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62nd Golden Globe Awards (2005)
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Golden Globes 2005 Winners & Nominees

The 62nd Golden Globe Awards (2005) took place on January 16, 2005. The Aviator won Best Picture – Drama and 2 more awards. Closer matched it with 3 wins. Every winner and nominee in all 12 categories is below.

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Best Picture – Drama
The Aviator
Headline winners

Golden Globes 2005: The Winners

The Aviator won Best Picture – Drama against 5 other nominees. Clint Eastwood (Best Director), Leonardo DiCaprio (Best Actor – Drama) and Jamie Foxx (Best Actor – Musical or Comedy) took the main individual prizes.

The Aviator (2004) movie poster Best Picture – Drama

Best Picture – Drama

The Aviator

2004 · Biography, Drama · $214M worldwide

3 wins from 6 nominations at the 62nd Golden Globe Awards (2005)

  • Best Actor – Drama
  • Best Original Score – Motion Picture

The film portrays the extraordinary life of Howard Hughes, showcasing his ascent as a groundbreaking filmmaker, ambitious entrepreneur, and visionary in aviation. It explores his remarkable achievements alongside a descent into personal struggles, revealing the challenges he faced while battling debilitating phobias and depression. The narrative follows Hughes as he balances a life of immense wealth and extravagance with a growing internal conflict, ultimately exposing the vulnerability hidden behind his public persona.

About The Aviator
Scoreboard

Golden Globes 2005: Which Films Won the Most

The Aviator and Closer won 3 awards each. 7 films won at least once, while Finding Neverland went home empty-handed from 5 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. The Aviator (2004) movie poster
    The Aviator 3 / 6
    2004 · Biography, Drama · 3 wins from 6 nominations
  2. Closer (2004) movie poster
    Closer 3 / 5
    2004 · Drama, Romance · 3 wins from 5 nominations
  3. Million Dollar Baby (2004) movie poster
    Million Dollar Baby 2 / 5
    2004 · Drama, Sport · 2 wins from 5 nominations
  4. Sideways (2004) movie poster
    Sideways 1 / 7
    2004 · Drama, Comedy · 1 win from 7 nominations
  5. Ray (2004) movie poster
    Ray 1 / 2
    2004 · Biography, Drama · 1 win from 2 nominations
  6. Being Julia (2004) movie poster
    Being Julia 1 / 1
    2004 · Drama, Comedy · 1 win from 1 nomination
  7. Alfie (2004) movie poster
    Alfie 1 / 1
    2004 · Drama, Comedy · 1 win from 1 nomination
  8. Finding Neverland (2004) movie poster
    Finding Neverland 0 / 5
    2004 · Biography, Drama · 0 wins from 5 nominations
  9. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) movie poster
    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 0 / 4
    2004 · Drama, Romance · 0 wins from 4 nominations
  10. Hotel Rwanda (2004) movie poster
    Hotel Rwanda 0 / 3
    2004 · Drama, History · 0 wins from 3 nominations
Full results

All 12 Golden Globes 2005 Categories: Winners & Nominees

12 categories and 59 nominations; Best Picture – Drama 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.

12 categories · 59 nominations

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The Genres Behind the Golden Globes 2005 Winners

Drama led with 55 nominations across 21 films and won 12. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 12 wins · 55 nominations · 22%
  2. Romance 5 wins · 25 nominations · 20%
  3. Biography 4 wins · 20 nominations · 20%
  4. Comedy 3 wins · 12 nominations · 25%
  5. Thriller 0 wins · 9 nominations · 0%
  6. Family 0 wins · 8 nominations · 0%
  7. Musical 0 wins · 6 nominations · 0%
  8. Sport 2 wins · 5 nominations · 40%
  9. Music 1 win · 5 nominations · 20%
  10. History 0 wins · 3 nominations · 0%
2005 season

How the Rest of the 2005 Awards Season Voted

The other 10 ceremonies of 2005, with the winner of each top prize. The Aviator also won the top prize at one of them. Sideways won the most of them: 3.

All 2005 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 2005: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 62nd Golden Globe Awards (2005), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture – Drama at the 62nd Golden Globe Awards (2005)?

The Aviator (2004) won Best Picture – Drama. The other nominees were Finding Neverland, Hotel Rwanda, Kinsey, Million Dollar Baby and Sideways.

About The Aviator

Which film won the most awards at the 62nd Golden Globe Awards (2005)?

The Aviator and Closer each won 3 awards.

Which film had the most nominations at the 62nd Golden Globe Awards (2005)?

Sideways (2004) led with 7 nominations and won one of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 62nd Golden Globe Awards (2005)?

Best Director: Clint Eastwood for Million Dollar Baby. Best Actor – Drama: Leonardo DiCaprio for The Aviator. Best Actor – Musical or Comedy: Jamie Foxx for Ray. Best Actress – Drama: Hilary Swank for Million Dollar Baby. Best Actress – Musical or Comedy: Annette Bening for Being Julia. Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Musical or Comedy (Actor): Clive Owen for Closer. Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Musical or Comedy (Actress): Natalie Portman for Closer.

When was the 62nd Golden Globe Awards (2005)?

The 62nd Golden Globe Awards (2005) took place on January 16, 2005. The database has 12 categories and 59 nominations for it.