42nd Golden Globe Awards
Held in 1985 · 12 categories
Best Motion Picture – Drama
- Winner Amadeus
- Nominee A Soldier's Story
- Nominee Places in the Heart
- Nominee The Cotton Club
- Nominee The Killing Fields
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- Winner Romancing the Stone
- Nominee Beverly Hills Cop
- Nominee Ghostbusters
- Nominee Micki & Maude
- Nominee Splash
Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
- Winner Places in the Heart · Sally Field
- Nominee Country · Jessica Lange
- Nominee Mrs. Soffel · Diane Keaton
- Nominee The Bostonians · Vanessa Redgrave
- Nominee The River · Sissy Spacek
Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
- Winner Micki & Maude · Dudley Moore
- Nominee All of Me · Steve Martin
- Nominee Beverly Hills Cop · Eddie Murphy
- Nominee Ghostbusters · Bill Murray
- Nominee Moscow on the Hudson · Robin Williams
Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
- Winner Romancing the Stone · Kathleen Turner
- Nominee All of Me · Lily Tomlin
- Nominee Broadway Danny Rose · Mia Farrow
- Nominee Garbo Talks · Anne Bancroft
- Nominee Irreconcilable Differences · Shelley Long
Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
- Winner The Killing Fields · Haing S. Ngor
- Nominee A Soldier's Story · Adolph Caesar
- Nominee Amadeus · Jeffrey Jones
- Nominee The Flamingo Kid · Richard Crenna
- Nominee The Karate Kid · Pat Morita
Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
- Winner A Passage to India · Peggy Ashcroft
- Nominee Body Double · Melanie Griffith
- Nominee Irreconcilable Differences · Drew Barrymore
- Nominee Songwriter · Lesley Ann Warren
- Nominee Swing Shift · Christine Lahti
- Nominee The Natural · Kim Basinger
- Nominee Under the Volcano · Jacqueline Bisset
Best Director
- Winner Amadeus · Miloš Forman
- Nominee A Passage to India · David Lean
- Nominee Once Upon a Time in America · Sergio Leone
- Nominee The Cotton Club · Francis Ford Coppola
- Nominee The Killing Fields · Roland Joffé
Best Screenplay
- Winner Amadeus · Peter Shaffer
- Nominee A Passage to India · David Lean
- Nominee A Soldier's Story · Charles Fuller
- Nominee Places in the Heart · Robert Benton
- Nominee The Killing Fields · Bruce Robinson
Best Original Score
- Winner A Passage to India · Maurice Jarre
- Nominee Once Upon a Time in America · Ennio Morricone
- Nominee Starman · Jack Nitzsche
- Nominee The Killing Fields · Mike Oldfield
- Nominee The River · John Williams
Best Original Song
- Winner I Just Called to Say I Love You from The Woman in Red
- Nominee Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) from Against All Odds
- Nominee Footloose from Footloose
- Nominee Ghostbusters from Ghostbusters
- Nominee No More Lonely Nights from Give My Regards to Broad Street
- Nominee When Doves Cry from Purple Rain
Best Non-English Language Film
- Winner A Passage to India · United Kingdom
- Nominee A Sunday in the Country · France
- Nominee Carmen · France
- Nominee Dangerous Moves · Switzerland
- Nominee Paris, Texas · France, West Germany