48th Golden Globe Awards
Held in 1991 · 21 categories
Best Motion Picture – Drama
- Winner Dances with Wolves
- Nominee Avalon
- Nominee Goodfellas
- Nominee Reversal of Fortune
- Nominee The Godfather Part III
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- Winner Green Card
- Nominee Dick Tracy
- Nominee Ghost
- Nominee Home Alone
- Nominee Pretty Woman
Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
- Winner Misery · Kathy Bates
- Nominee Mr. and Mrs. Bridge · Joanne Woodward
- Nominee The Grifters · Anjelica Huston
- Nominee The Russia House · Michelle Pfeiffer
- Nominee White Palace · Susan Sarandon
Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
- Winner Green Card · Gérard Depardieu
- Nominee Edward Scissorhands · Johnny Depp
- Nominee Ghost · Patrick Swayze
- Nominee Home Alone · Macaulay Culkin
- Nominee Pretty Woman · Richard Gere
Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
- Winner Longtime Companion · Bruce Davison
- Nominee Dick Tracy · Al Pacino
- Nominee Goodfellas · Joe Pesci
- Nominee Pretty Woman · Hector Elizondo
- Nominee Q & A · Armand Assante
- Nominee The Godfather Part III · Andy Garcia
Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
- Winner Ghost · Whoopi Goldberg
- Nominee Dances with Wolves · Mary McDonnell
- Nominee Goodfellas · Lorraine Bracco
- Nominee Mermaids · Winona Ryder
- Nominee Postcards from the Edge · Shirley MacLaine
- Nominee Wild at Heart · Diane Ladd
Best Director
- Winner Dances with Wolves · Kevin Costner
- Nominee Goodfellas · Martin Scorsese
- Nominee Reversal of Fortune · Barbet Schroeder
- Nominee The Godfather Part III · Francis Ford Coppola
- Nominee The Sheltering Sky · Bernardo Bertolucci
Best Screenplay
- Winner Dances with Wolves · Michael Blake
- Nominee Avalon · Barry Levinson
- Nominee Goodfellas · Martin Scorsese, Nicholas Pileggi
- Nominee Reversal of Fortune · Nicholas Kazan
- Nominee The Godfather Part III · Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo
Best Original Score
- Winner The Sheltering Sky · Richard Horowitz, Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Nominee Avalon · Randy Newman
- Nominee Dances with Wolves
- Nominee Havana · Dave Grusin
- Nominee The Godfather Part III · Carmine Coppola
Best Original Song
- Winner Blaze of Glory from Young Guns II
- Nominee I'm Checkin' Out from Postcards from the Edge
- Nominee Promise Me You'll Remember from The Godfather Part III
- Nominee Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man) from Dick Tracy
- Nominee What Can You Lose? from Dick Tracy
Best Non-English Language Film
- Winner Cyrano de Bergerac · France
- Nominee Dreams · Japan
- Nominee Requiem for Dominic (Requiem für Dominik) · Austria
- Nominee Taxi Blues (Taksi-Blyuz) · USSR
- Nominee The Nasty Girl · West Germany
Best Television Series – Drama
- Winner Twin Peaks
- Nominee China Beach
- Nominee In the Heat of the Night
- Nominee L.A. Law
- Nominee thirtysomething
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
- Winner Cheers
- Nominee Designing Women
- Nominee Married... with Children
- Nominee Murphy Brown
- Nominee The Golden Girls
Best Actor – Television Series Drama
- Winner Twin Peaks · Kyle MacLachlan
- Nominee Columbo · Peter Falk
- Nominee Gabriel's Fire · James Earl Jones
- Nominee In the Heat of the Night · Carroll O'Connor
- Nominee Quantum Leap · Scott Bakula
Best Actress – Television Series Drama
- Winner The Trials of Rosie O'Neill · Sharon Gless
Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy
- Winner Cheers · Ted Danson
- Nominee Empty Nest · Richard Mulligan
- Nominee Evening Shade · Burt Reynolds
- Nominee Roseanne · John Goodman
- Nominee The Wonder Years · Fred Savage
Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy
- Winner Cheers · Kirstie Alley
- Nominee Carol & Company · Carol Burnett
- Nominee Married... with Children · Katey Sagal
- Nominee Murphy Brown · Candice Bergen
- Nominee Roseanne · Roseanne
Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
- Winner Decoration Day · James Garner
- Nominee Drug Wars: The Camarena Story · Steven Bauer
- Nominee Jekyll & Hyde · Michael Caine
- Nominee Murder in Mississippi · Tom Hulce
- Nominee The Phantom of the Opera · Burt Lancaster
- Nominee The Stranger Within · Ricky Schroder
Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
- Winner A Killing in a Small Town · Barbara Hershey
- Nominee Caroline? · Stephanie Zimbalist
- Nominee Family of Spies · Lesley Ann Warren
- Nominee Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean · Suzanne Pleshette
- Nominee The Kennedys of Massachusetts · Annette O'Toole
Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
- Winner The Kennedys of Massachusetts · Charles Durning
- Nominee Equal Justice · Barry Miller
- Nominee L.A. Law · Jimmy Smits
- Nominee L.A. Law · Blair Underwood
- Nominee Quantum Leap · Dean Stockwell
Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
- Winner Twin Peaks · Piper Laurie
- Nominee China Beach · Marg Helgenberger
- Nominee Empty Nest · Park Overall
- Nominee Murphy Brown · Faith Ford
- Nominee Twin Peaks · Sherilyn Fenn