# 48th Golden Globe Awards

The 48th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1990, were held on January 19, 1991, at the Beverly Hilton. The nominations were announced on December 27, 1990.

## Winners and nominees
### Film

Best Motion Picture :
| Drama | Musical or Comedy |
| Dances with Wolves Avalon The Godfather Part III Goodfellas Reversal of Fortune | Green Card Dick Tracy Ghost Home Alone Pretty Woman |
| Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Jeremy Irons – Reversal of Fortune as Claus von Bülow Kevin Costner – Dances with Wolves as Lieutenant John J. Dunbar Richard Harris – The Field as Bull McCabe Al Pacino – The Godfather Part III as Michael Corleone Robin Williams – Awakenings as Dr. Malcolm Sayer | Kathy Bates – Misery as Annie Wilkes Anjelica Huston – The Grifters as Lilly Dillon Michelle Pfeiffer – The Russia House as Katya Orlova Susan Sarandon – White Palace as Nora Baker Joanne Woodward – Mr. & Mrs. Bridge as India Bridge |
| Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Gérard Depardieu – Green Card as Georges Fauré Macaulay Culkin – Home Alone as Kevin McCallister Johnny Depp – Edward Scissorhands as Edward Richard Gere – Pretty Woman as Edward Lewis Patrick Swayze – Ghost as Sam Wheat | Julia Roberts – Pretty Woman as Vivian Ward Mia Farrow – Alice as Alice Tate Andie MacDowell – Green Card as Brontë Parrish Demi Moore – Ghost as Molly Jensen Meryl Streep – Postcards from the Edge as Suzanne Vale |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Musical or Comedy ||
| Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| Bruce Davison – Longtime Companion as David Armand Assante – Q & A as Roberto "Bobby Tex" Texador Hector Elizondo – Pretty Woman as Barney Thompson Andy García – The Godfather Part III as Vincent Corleone Al Pacino – Dick Tracy as Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice Joe Pesci – Goodfellas as Tommy DeVito | Whoopi Goldberg – Ghost as Oda Mae Brown Lorraine Bracco – Goodfellas as Karen Friedman Hill Diane Ladd – Wild at Heart as Marietta Fortune Shirley MacLaine – Postcards from the Edge as Doris Mann Mary McDonnell – Dances with Wolves as Stands with a Fist Winona Ryder – Mermaids as Charlotte Flax |
| Other ||
| Best Director | Best Screenplay |
| Kevin Costner – Dances with Wolves Bernardo Bertolucci – The Sheltering Sky Francis Ford Coppola – The Godfather Part III Barbet Schroeder – Reversal of Fortune Martin Scorsese – Goodfellas | Dances with Wolves – Michael Blake Avalon – Barry Levinson The Godfather Part III – Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo Goodfellas – Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese Reversal of Fortune – Nicholas Kazan |
| Best Original Score | Best Original Song |
| The Sheltering Sky – Ryuichi Sakamoto and Richard Horowitz Avalon – Randy Newman Dances with Wolves – John Barry The Godfather Part III – Carmine Coppola Havana – Dave Grusin | "Blaze of Glory" performed by Jon Bon Jovi – Young Guns II "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)" performed by Madonna – Dick Tracy "What Can You Lose?" performed by Madonna and Mandy Patinkin – Dick Tracy "Promise Me You'll Remember" performed by Harry Connick, Jr. – The Godfather Part III "I'm Checkin' Out" performed by Meryl Streep and Blue Rodeo – Postcards from the Edge |
| Best Foreign Language Film ||
| Cyrano de Bergerac (France) Dreams (Japan) The Nasty Girl (Das Schreckliche Mädchen) (West Germany) Requiem for Dominic (Requiem für Dominik) (Austria) Taxi Blues (Taksi-Blyuz) (USSR) ||
The following films received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Title |
| 7 | The Godfather Part III |
| 5 | Dances with Wolves |
| 5 | Goodfellas |
| 4 | Dick Tracy |
| 4 | Ghost |
| 4 | Pretty Woman |
| 4 | Reversal of Fortune |
| 3 | Avalon |
| 3 | Green Card |
| 3 | Postcards from the Edge |
| 2 | Home Alone |
| 2 | The Sheltering Sky |
The following films received multiple wins:
| Wins | Title |
| 3 | Dances with Wolves |
| 2 | Green Card |

### Television

Best Television Series :
| Drama | Musical or Comedy |
| Twin Peaks China Beach In the Heat of the Night L.A. Law thirtysomething | Cheers Designing Women The Golden Girls Married... with Children Murphy Brown |
| Best Performance in a Television Series – Drama ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Kyle MacLachlan – Twin Peaks as Special Agent Dale Cooper Scott Bakula – Quantum Leap as Dr. Samuel "Sam" Beckett Peter Falk – Columbo as Columbo James Earl Jones – Gabriel's Fire as Gabriel Bird Carroll O'Connor – In the Heat of the Night as William O. "Bill" Gillespie | Sharon Gless – The Trials of Rosie O'Neill as Rosie O'Neill Patricia Wettig – thirtysomething as Nancy Krieger Weston 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 Angela Lansbury – Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher |
| Best Performance in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Ted Danson – Cheers as Sam Malone John Goodman – Roseanne as Dan Conner Richard Mulligan – Empty Nest as Dr. Harry Weston Burt Reynolds – Evening Shade as Wood Newton Fred Savage – The Wonder Years as Kevin Arnold | Kirstie Alley – Cheers as Rebecca Howe Candice Bergen – Murphy Brown as Murphy Brown Carol Burnett – Carol & Company as various characters Roseanne – Roseanne as Roseanne Conner Katey Sagal – Married... with Children as Peggy Bundy |
| Best Performance in a Miniseries or Television Film ||
| Actor | Actress |
| James Garner – Decoration Day as Albert Sidney Finch Steven Bauer – Drug Wars: The Camarena Story as Enrique "Kiki" Camarena Michael Caine – Jekyll & Hyde as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Tom Hulce – Murder in Mississippi as Michael Schwerner Burt Lancaster – The Phantom of the Opera as Gerard Carriere Rick Schroder – The Stranger Within as Mark | Barbara Hershey – A Killing in a Small Town as Candy Morrison Suzanne Pleshette – Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean as Leona Helmsley Annette O'Toole – The Kennedys of Massachusetts as Rose Kennedy Lesley Ann Warren – Family of Spies as Barbara Walker Stephanie Zimbalist – Caroline? as Caroline |
| Best Supporting Performance - Series, Miniseries or Television Film ||
| Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| Charles Durning – The Kennedys of Massachusetts as John F. Fitzgerald Barry Miller – Equal Justice as Pete Brigman Jimmy Smits – L.A. Law as Victor Sifuentes Dean Stockwell – Quantum Leap as Al Calavicci Blair Underwood – L.A. Law as Jonathan Rollins | Piper Laurie – Twin Peaks as Catherine Martell Sherilyn Fenn – Twin Peaks as Audrey Horne Faith Ford – Murphy Brown as Corky Sherwood Marg Helgenberger – China Beach as Karen Charlene "K.C." Koloski Park Overall – Empty Nest as Laverne Todd |
| Best Miniseries or Television Film ||
| Decoration Day Caroline? Family of Spies The Kennedys of Massachusetts The Phantom of the Opera ||
The following series received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Title |
| 4 | L.A. Law |
| 4 | Twin Peaks |
| 3 | Cheers |
| 3 | China Beach |
| 3 | The Kennedys of Massachusetts |
| 3 | Murphy Brown |
| 2 | Caroline? |
| 2 | Decoration Day |
| 2 | Empty Nest |
| 2 | Family of Spies |
| 2 | In the Heat of the Night |
| 2 | Married... with Children |
| 2 | The Phantom of the Opera |
| 2 | Quantum Leap |
| 2 | Roseanne |
| 2 | thirtysomething |
The following programs received multiple wins:
| Wins | Title |
| 3 | Twin Peaks |
| 3 | Cheers |

## Presenters
### Presenters

* Bea Arthur
* Annette Bening
* Nina Blackwood
* Carol Burnett
* Kirk Cameron
* Macaulay Culkin
* John Cusack
* Faye Dunaway
* Estelle Getty
* Harry Hamlin
* Gregory Hines
* James Earl Jones
* Howard Keel
* Joanna Kerns
* Cheryl Ladd
* Christine Lahti
* Shirley MacLaine
* Walter Matthau
* Rue McClanahan
* Alyssa Milano
* Ken Olin
* Linda Purl
* Anthony Quinn
* Mickey Rooney
* Bob Saget
* Maximilian Schell
* Cybill Shepherd
* Nicollette Sheridan
* Ron Silver
* Oliver Stone
* Robert Urich
* Rachel Ward
* Betty White
* Esther Williams

## Awards breakdown

The following networks received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Network |
| 24 | NBC |
| 15 | ABC |
| 13 | CBS |
| 2 | Fox |
The following networks received multiple wins:
| Wins | Network |
| 3 | NBC |
| 3 | ABC |