47th Golden Globe Awards

47th Golden Globe Awards
47th Golden Globe Awards
Date	January 20, 1990
Site	Beverly Hilton Hotel ; Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California
Hosted by	Sam Elliott ; Cybill Shepherd
Highlights
Best Film: Drama	Born on the Fourth of July
Best Film: Musical or Comedy	Driving Miss Daisy
Best Drama Series	China Beach
Best Musical or Comedy Series	Murphy Brown
Most awards	(4) Born on the Fourth of July
Most nominations	(5) Born on the Fourth of July; Glory ; When Harry Met Sally...
Television coverage
Network	TBS SuperStation
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Last updated October 21, 2025

The 47th Golden Globe Awards , honoring the best in film and television for 1989, were held on January 20, 1990 at the Beverly Hilton.^[1]^[2] The nominations were announced on December 27, 1989.^[3]^[4]

Winners and nominees

Film

Best Motion Picture
Drama	Comedy or Musical
Born on the Fourth of July Crimes and Misdemeanors Dead Poets Society Do the Right Thing Glory	Driving Miss Daisy The Little Mermaid Shirley Valentine The War of the Roses When Harry Met Sally...
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama
Actor	Actress
*Tom Cruise - Born on the Fourth of July* as Ron Kovic** Daniel Day-Lewis - My Left Foot as Christy Brown Jack Lemmon - Dad as Jake Tremont Al Pacino - Sea of Love as Detective Frank Keller Robin Williams - Dead Poets Society as John Keating	*Michelle Pfeiffer - The Fabulous Baker Boys* as Susie Diamond** Sally Field - Steel Magnolias as M'Lynn Eatenton Jessica Lange - Music Box as Ann Talbot Andie MacDowell - Sex, Lies, and Videotape as Ann Bishop Mullany Liv Ullmann - The Rose Garden as Gabriele
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Actor	Actress
*Morgan Freeman - Driving Miss Daisy* as Hoke Colburn** Billy Crystal - When Harry Met Sally... as Harry Burns Michael Douglas - The War of the Roses as Oliver Rose Steve Martin - Parenthood as Gil Buckman Jack Nicholson - Batman as Jack Napier / The Joker	*Jessica Tandy - Driving Miss Daisy* as Daisy Werthan** Pauline Collins - Shirley Valentine as Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw Meg Ryan - When Harry Met Sally... as Sally Albright Meryl Streep - She-Devil as Mary Fisher Kathleen Turner - The War of the Roses as Barbara Rose
Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical
Supporting Actor	Supporting Actress
*Denzel Washington - Glory* as Private Silas Tripp** Danny Aiello - Do the Right Thing as Sal Frangione Marlon Brando - A Dry White Season as Ian Mackenzie Sean Connery - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade as Henry Jones, Sr. Ed Harris - Jacknife as Dave Bruce Willis - In Country as Emmett Smith	*Julia Roberts - Steel Magnolias* as Shelby Eatenton Latcherie** Bridget Fonda - Scandal as Mandy Rice-Davies Brenda Fricker - My Left Foot as Bridget Fagan Brown Laura San Giacomo - Sex, Lies, and Videotape as Cynthia Patrice Bishop Dianne Wiest - Parenthood as Helen Buckman
Best Director	Best Screenplay
Oliver Stone - Born on the Fourth of July Spike Lee - Do the Right Thing Rob Reiner - When Harry Met Sally... Peter Weir - Dead Poets Society Edward Zwick - Glory	Ron Kovic and Oliver Stone - Born on the Fourth of July Tom Schulman - Dead Poets Society Spike Lee - Do the Right Thing Kevin Jarre - Glory Steven Soderbergh - Sex, Lies, and Videotape Nora Ephron - When Harry Met Sally...
Best Music, Original Score	Best Original Song
Alan Menken - The Little Mermaid John Williams - Born on the Fourth of July Ennio Morricone - Casualties of War Dave Grusin - The Fabulous Baker Boys James Horner - Glory	"Under the Sea" (Alan Menken and Howard Ashman) - The Little Mermaid "After All" (Tom Snow and Dean Pitchford) - Chances Are "Kiss the Girl" (Alan Menken and Howard Ashman) - The Little Mermaid "I Love to See You Smile" (Randy Newman) - Parenthood "The Girl Who Used to Be Me" (Marvin Hamlisch, Alan Bergman, and Marilyn Bergman) - Shirley Valentine
Best Foreign Language Film
Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) (Italy) Camille Claudel (France) Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) (Canada) Story of Women (Une affaire de femmes) (France) My Uncle's Legacy (Zivot sa stricem) (Yugoslavia)

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Title
5	Born on the Fourth of July
	Glory
	When Harry Met Sally...
4	Dead Poets Society
	Do the Right Thing
	The Little Mermaid
3	Driving Miss Daisy
	Parenthood
	Sex, Lies, and Videotape
	Shirley Valentine
	The War of the Roses
2	The Fabulous Baker Boys
	My Left Foot
	Steel Magnolias

The following films received multiple wins:

Wins	Title
4	Born on the Fourth of July
3	Driving Miss Daisy
2	The Little Mermaid

Television

Best Series
Drama	Comedy or Musical
China Beach In the Heat of the Night L.A. Law Murder, She Wrote thirtysomething Wiseguy	Murphy Brown Cheers Designing Women Empty Nest The Golden Girls The Wonder Years
Best Miniseries or Television Film
*Lonesome Dove* I Know My First Name is Steven My Name is Bill W. Roe vs. Wade Small Sacrifices
Best Performance in a Television Series – Drama
Actor	Actress
*Ken Wahl - Wiseguy* as Vinnie Terranova** Corbin Bernsen - L.A. Law as Arnie Becker Harry Hamlin - L.A. Law as Michael Kuzak Carroll O'Connor - In the Heat of the Night as William O. "Bill" Gillespie Ken Olin - thirtysomething as Michael Steadman	*Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote* as Jessica Fletcher** Dana Delany - China Beach as First Lieutenant Colleen McMurphy Susan Dey - L.A. Law as Grace Van Owen Jill Eikenberry - L.A. Law as Ann Kelsey Mel Harris - thirtysomething as Hope Murdoch
Best Performance in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical
Actor	Actress
*Ted Danson - Cheers* as Sam Malone** John Goodman - Roseanne as Dan Conner Judd Hirsch - Dear John as John Lacey Richard Mulligan - Empty Nest as Dr. Harry Weston Fred Savage - The Wonder Years as Kevin Arnold	*Jamie Lee Curtis - Anything but Love* as Hannah Miller** Kirstie Alley - Cheers as Rebecca Howe Stephanie Beacham - Sister Kate as Sister Katherine "Kate" Lambert Candice Bergen - Murphy Brown as Murphy Brown Tracey Ullman - The Tracey Ullman Show as various characters
Best Performance in a Miniseries or Television Film
Actor	Actress
*Robert Duvall - Lonesome Dove* as Captain Augustus "Gus" McCrae** John Gielgud - War and Remembrance as Aaron Jastrow Ben Kingsley - Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story as Simon Wiesenthal Lane Smith - The Final Days as Richard Nixon James Woods - My Name is Bill W. as William Griffith "Bill W." Wilson	*Christine Lahti - No Place Like Home* as Zan Cooper** Farrah Fawcett - Small Sacrifices as Diane Downs Holly Hunter - Roe vs. Wade as Ellen Russell Jane Seymour - War and Remembrance as Natalie Henry Loretta Young - Lady in the Corner as Grace Guthrie
Best Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film
Supporting Actor	Supporting Actress
*Dean Stockwell - Quantum Leap* as Al Calavicci** Chris Burke - Life Goes On as Corky Thatcher Larry Drake - L.A. Law as Benny Stulwicz Tommy Lee Jones - Lonesome Dove as Captain Woodrow F. Call Michael Tucker - L.A. Law as Stuart Markowitz	*Amy Madigan - Roe vs. Wade* as Sarah Weddington** Anjelica Huston - Lonesome Dove as Clara Allen Rhea Perlman - Cheers as Carla Tortelli Susan Ruttan - L.A. Law as Roxanne Melman Julie Sommars - Matlock as Julie March

The following programs received multiple nominations

Nominations	Title
8	L.A. Law
4	Cheers
4	Lonesome Dove
3	Roe vs. Wade
3	thirtysomething
2	China Beach
	Empty Nest
	In the Heat of the Night
	Murder, She Wrote
	Small Sacrifices
	War and Remembrance
	Wiseguy
	My Name Is Bill W.
	The Wonder Years

The following programs received multiple wins:

Wins	Title
2	Lonesome Dove

References

↑ Dutka, Elaine (January 22, 1990). "Globes Enter the '90s With a Nod Toward Social Relevance". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
↑ "4 Golden Globe Awards To 'Born on 4th of July'". The New York Times. January 22, 1990. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
↑ Easton, Nina (December 28, 1989). "'Fourth,' 'Harry/Sally,' 'Glory' Lead Globes Nods". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
↑ Thomas, Bob (December 27, 1989). "Romance Comedy, 2 War Films Each Get 5 Globe Nominations". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 17, 2018.

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[1] Dutka, Elaine (January 22, 1990). "Globes Enter the '90s With a Nod Toward Social Relevance". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 17, 2018.

[2] "4 Golden Globe Awards To 'Born on 4th of July'". The New York Times. January 22, 1990. Retrieved January 17, 2018.

[3] Easton, Nina (December 28, 1989). "'Fourth,' 'Harry/Sally,' 'Glory' Lead Globes Nods". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 17, 2018.

[4] Thomas, Bob (December 27, 1989). "Romance Comedy, 2 War Films Each Get 5 Globe Nominations". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 17, 2018.

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47th Golden Globe Awards

Contents

Winners and nominees

Film

Television

Ceremony

Presenters

Cecil B. DeMille Award

See also

References