# 53rd Golden Globe Awards

The 53rd Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1995, were held on January 21, 1996 at The Beverly Hilton and were televised on NBC in the United States. The nominations were announced on December 21, 1995.

## Winners and nominees
### Film

Best Motion Picture :
| Drama | Musical or Comedy |
| Sense and Sensibility Apollo 13 Braveheart The Bridges of Madison County Leaving Las Vegas | Babe The American President Get Shorty Sabrina Toy Story |
| Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama ||
| Actor | Actress |
| Nicolas Cage – Leaving Las Vegas as Ben Sanderson Richard Dreyfuss – Mr. Holland's Opus as Glenn Holland Anthony Hopkins – Nixon as Richard Nixon Ian McKellen – Richard III as Richard III of England Sean Penn – Dead Man Walking as Matthew Poncelet | Sharon Stone – Casino as Ginger McKenna Susan Sarandon – Dead Man Walking as Sister Helen Prejean Elisabeth Shue – Leaving Las Vegas as Sera Meryl Streep – The Bridges of Madison County as Francesca Johnson Emma Thompson – Sense and Sensibility as Elinor Dashwood |
| Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ||
| Actor | Actress |
| John Travolta – Get Shorty as Ernesto "Chili" Palmer Michael Douglas – The American President as President Andrew "Andy" Shepard Harrison Ford – Sabrina as Linus Larrabee Steve Martin – Father of the Bride Part II as George Banks Patrick Swayze – To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar as Vida Boheme | Nicole Kidman – To Die For as Suzanne Stone-Marretto Annette Bening – The American President as Sydney Ellen Wade Sandra Bullock – While You Were Sleeping as Lucy Moderatz Toni Collette – Muriel's Wedding as Muriel Heslop Vanessa Redgrave – A Month by the Lake as Miss Bentley |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Musical or Comedy ||
| Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| Brad Pitt – 12 Monkeys as Jeffrey Goines Ed Harris – Apollo 13 as Gene Kranz John Leguizamo – To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar as Chi-Chi Rodriguez Tim Roth – Rob Roy as Archibald Cunningham Kevin Spacey – The Usual Suspects as Roger "Verbal" Kint / Keyser Söze | Mira Sorvino – Mighty Aphrodite as Leslie "Linda" Ash Anjelica Huston – The Crossing Guard as Mary Kathleen Quinlan – Apollo 13 as Marilyn Lovell Kyra Sedgwick – Something to Talk About as Emma Rae King Kate Winslet – Sense and Sensibility as Marianne Dashwood |
| Best Director | Best Screenplay |
| Mel Gibson – Braveheart Mike Figgis – Leaving Las Vegas Ron Howard – Apollo 13 Ang Lee – Sense and Sensibility Rob Reiner – The American President Martin Scorsese – Casino | Sense and Sensibility – Emma Thompson The American President – Aaron Sorkin Braveheart – Randall Wallace Dead Man Walking – Tim Robbins Get Shorty – Scott Frank Mr. Holland's Opus – Patrick Sheane Duncan |
| Best Original Score | Best Original Song |
| A Walk in the Clouds – Maurice Jarre Braveheart – James Horner Don Juan DeMarco – Michael Kamen Pocahontas – Alan Menken Sense and Sensibility – Patrick Doyle | "Colors of the Wind" by Alan Menken (music) and Stephen Schwartz (lyrics) – Pocahontas "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" by Michael Kamen, Bryan Adams, and Robert John Lange – Don Juan DeMarco "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" by Adam Clayton (music), The Edge (music), Larry Mullen Jr. (music), and Bono (lyrics) – Batman Forever "Moonlight" by John Williams (music), Alan Bergman (lyrics), and Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) – Sabrina "You've Got a Friend in Me" by Randy Newman – Toy Story |
| Best Foreign Language Film | |
| Les Misérables • France Brother of Sleep (Schlafes Bruder) • Germany French Twist (Gazon maudit) • France Like Two Crocodiles (Come due coccodrilli) • Italy Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao) • China | |
The following films received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Title |
| 6 | Sense and Sensibility |
| 5 | The American President |
| 4 | Apollo 13 |
| 4 | Braveheart |
| 4 | Leaving Las Vegas |
| 3 | Dead Man Walking |
| 3 | Get Shorty |
| 3 | Sabrina |
| 2 | The Bridges of Madison County |
| 2 | Casino |
| 2 | Don Juan DeMarco |
| 2 | Mr. Holland's Opus |
| 2 | Pocahontas |
| 2 | To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar |
| 2 | Toy Story |
The following films received multiple wins:
| Wins | Film |
| 2 | Sense and Sensibility |

### Television

Best Television Series :
| Drama | Comedy or Musical |
| Party of Five Chicago Hope ER Murder One NYPD Blue | Cybill Frasier Friends Mad About You Seinfeld |
| Best Lead Actor in a Television Series ||
| Drama Series | Comedy or Musical Series |
| Jimmy Smits – NYPD Blue Daniel Benzali – Murder One George Clooney – ER David Duchovny – The X-Files Anthony Edwards – ER | Kelsey Grammer – Frasier Tim Allen – Home Improvement Paul Reiser – Mad About You Jerry Seinfeld – Seinfeld Garry Shandling – The Larry Sanders Show |
| Best Lead Actress in a Television Series ||
| Drama Series | Comedy or Musical Series |
| Jane Seymour – Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Gillian Anderson – The X-Files Kathy Baker – Picket Fences Heather Locklear – Melrose Place Sherry Stringfield – ER | Cybill Shepherd – Cybill Candice Bergen – Murphy Brown Ellen DeGeneres – Ellen Fran Drescher – The Nanny Helen Hunt – Mad About You |
| Best Supporting Performance – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film ||
| Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film | Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film |
| Donald Sutherland – Citizen X Sam Elliott – Buffalo Girls Tom Hulce – The Heidi Chronicles David Hyde Pierce – Frasier Henry Thomas – Indictment: The McMartin Trial | Shirley Knight – Indictment: The McMartin Trial Christine Baranski – Cybill Judy Davis – Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story Melanie Griffith – Buffalo Girls Lisa Kudrow – Friends Julianna Margulies – ER |
| Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film |
| Gary Sinise – Truman Alec Baldwin – A Streetcar Named Desire Charles S. Dutton – The Piano Lesson Laurence Fishburne – The Tuskegee Airmen James Woods – Indictment: The McMartin Trial | Jessica Lange – A Streetcar Named Desire Glenn Close – Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story Jamie Lee Curtis – The Heidi Chronicles Sally Field – A Woman of Independent Means Linda Hamilton – A Mother's Prayer |
| Best Miniseries or Television Film | |
| Indictment: The McMartin Trial Citizen X The Heidi Chronicles Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story Truman | |
The following programs received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Title |
| 5 | ER |
| 4 | Indictment: The McMartin Trial |
| 3 | Cybill |
| 3 | Frasier |
| 3 | The Heidi Chronicles |
| 3 | Mad About You |
| 3 | Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story |
| 2 | Buffalo Girls |
| 2 | Citizen X |
| 2 | Friends |
| 2 | Murder One |
| 2 | NYPD Blue |
| 2 | Seinfeld |
| 2 | A Street Car Named Desire |
| 2 | Truman |
| 2 | The X-Files |
The following programs received multiple wins:
| Wins | Series |
| 2 | Cybill |
| 2 | Indictment: The McMartin Trial |

## Ceremony
### Presenters

* Anne Archer
* Nicolas Cage
* Michael Crichton
* Jamie Lee Curtis
* David Duchovny
* Laurence Fishburne
* Joely Fisher
* Faith Ford
* Jodie Foster
* Dennis Franz
* Tom Hanks
* Teri Hatcher
* Joanna Kerns
* Eriq La Salle
* Angela Lansbury
* Chris O'Donnell
* Edward James Olmos
* David Paymer
* Jane Seymour
* Alicia Silverstone
* Lea Thompson
* John Travolta

### Cecil B. DeMille Award

* Sean Connery

### Mr. Golden Globe

* Freddie Prinze Jr. (son of Freddie Prinze and Katherine Prinze)

### Miss Golden Globe

* Jaime Dudney (daughter of Barbara Mandrell and Ken Dudney)

## Awards breakdown

The following networks received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Network |
| 19 | NBC |
| 13 | CBS |
| 10 | HBO |
| 6 | ABC |
| 4 | Fox |
| 3 | TNT |
The following networks received multiple wins:
| Wins | Network |
| 2 | CBS |
| 2 | HBO |