38th Golden Globe Awards
Held in 1981 · 20 categories
Best Motion Picture – Drama
- Winner Ordinary People
- Nominee Raging Bull
- Nominee The Elephant Man
- Nominee The Ninth Configuration
- Nominee The Stunt Man
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- Winner Coal Miner's Daughter
- Nominee Airplane!
- Nominee Fame
- Nominee Melvin and Howard
- Nominee The Idolmaker
Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
- Winner Ordinary People · Mary Tyler Moore
- Nominee Gloria · Gena Rowlands
- Nominee Resurrection · Ellen Burstyn
- Nominee Tess · Nastassja Kinski
- Nominee Touched by Love · Deborah Raffin
Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
- Winner The Idolmaker · Ray Sharkey
- Nominee Coal Miner's Daughter · Tommy Lee Jones
- Nominee Hopscotch · Walter Matthau
- Nominee Melvin and Howard · Paul Le Mat
- Nominee The Jazz Singer · Neil Diamond
Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
- Winner Coal Miner's Daughter · Sissy Spacek
- Nominee 9 to 5 · Dolly Parton
- Nominee Divine Madness! · Bette Midler
- Nominee Fame · Irene Cara
- Nominee Private Benjamin · Goldie Hawn
Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
- Winner Ordinary People · Timothy Hutton
- Nominee Melvin and Howard · Jason Robards
- Nominee Ordinary People · Judd Hirsch
- Nominee Raging Bull · Joe Pesci
- Nominee The Ninth Configuration · Scott Wilson
Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
- Winner Melvin and Howard · Mary Steenburgen
- Nominee Coal Miner's Daughter · Beverly D'Angelo
- Nominee Raging Bull · Cathy Moriarty
- Nominee The Jazz Singer · Lucie Arnaz
- Nominee Urban Cowboy · Debra Winger
Best Director
- Winner Ordinary People · Robert Redford
- Nominee Raging Bull · Martin Scorsese
- Nominee Tess · Roman Polanski
- Nominee The Elephant Man · David Lynch
- Nominee The Stunt Man · Richard Rush
Best Screenplay
- Winner The Ninth Configuration · William Peter Blatty
- Nominee Ordinary People · Alvin Sargent
- Nominee Raging Bull · Mardik Martin, Paul Schrader
- Nominee The Elephant Man · Eric Bergren
- Nominee The Stunt Man
Best Original Score
- Winner The Stunt Man · Dominic Frontiere
- Nominee American Gigolo · Giorgio Moroder
- Nominee Fame · Michael Gore
- Nominee Somewhere in Time
- Nominee Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back · John Williams
- Nominee The Competition · Lalo Schifrin
Best Original Song
- Winner Fame from Fame
- Nominee 9 to 5 from 9 to 5
- Nominee Call Me from American Gigolo
- Nominee Love on the Rocks from The Jazz Singer
- Nominee Star from Star!
Best Non-English Language Film
- Winner Tess · United Kingdom
- Nominee Breaker Morant · Australia
- Nominee Kagemusha · Japan
- Nominee My Brilliant Career · Australia
- Nominee Special Treatment · Yugoslavia
- Nominee The Last Metro · France
Best Television Series – Drama
- Winner Shōgun
- Nominee Dallas
- Nominee Hart to Hart
- Nominee Lou Grant
- Nominee The Scarlett O'Hara War
- Nominee Vega$
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
- Winner Taxi
- Nominee Alice
- Nominee M*A*S*H
- Nominee Soap
- Nominee The Love Boat
Best Actor – Television Series Drama
- Winner Shōgun · Richard Chamberlain
- Nominee Dallas · Larry Hagman
- Nominee Hart to Hart · Robert Wagner
- Nominee Lou Grant · Ed Asner
- Nominee Vega$ · Robert Urich
Best Actress – Television Series Drama
- Winner Shōgun · Yoko Shimada
- Nominee Dallas · Barbara Bel Geddes
- Nominee Dallas · Linda Gray
- Nominee Hart to Hart · Stefanie Powers
- Nominee Little House on the Prairie · Melissa Gilbert
Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy
- Winner M*A*S*H · Alan Alda
- Nominee Barney Miller · Hal Linden
- Nominee House Calls · Wayne Rogers
- Nominee Taxi · Judd Hirsch
- Nominee The Love Boat · Gavin MacLeod
Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy
- Winner Soap · Katherine Helmond
- Nominee Alice · Linda Lavin
- Nominee Flo · Polly Holliday
- Nominee House Calls · Lynn Redgrave
- Nominee WKRP in Cincinnati · Loni Anderson
Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
- Winner One Day at a Time · Pat Harrington Jr.
- Nominee Flo · Geoffrey Lewis
- Nominee Taxi · Danny DeVito
- Nominee Taxi · Andy Kaufman
Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
- Winner One Day at a Time · Valerie Bertinelli
- Nominee Alice · Beth Howland
- Nominee Lou Grant · Linda Kelsey
- Nominee Taxi · Marilu Henner