42nd Golden Globe Awards
The 42nd Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1984, were held on January 27, 1985.
Winners and nominees
Film
The following films received multiple nominations:| Nominations | Title |
| 6 | The Killing Fields |
| 5 | Amadeus |
| 5 | A Passage to India |
| 3 | Ghostbusters |
| 3 | Places in the Heart |
| 3 | A Soldier's Story |
| 2 | All of Me |
| 2 | Beverly Hills Cop |
| 2 | The Cotton Club |
| 2 | Irreconcilable Differences |
| 2 | Micki & Maude |
| 2 | The River |
| 2 | Romancing the Stone |
| 2 | Starman |
| 2 | Under the Volcano |
The following films received multiple wins:
| Wins | Title |
| 4 | Amadeus |
| 3 | A Passage to India |
| 2 | Romancing the Stone |
Television
The following programs received multiple nominations:| Nominations | Title |
| 4 | Cheers |
| 4 | The Jeffersons |
| 4 | Something About Amelia |
| 3 | The Burning Bed |
| 3 | Cagney & Lacey |
| 3 | Dynasty |
| 3 | Hill Street Blues |
| 3 | Sakharov |
| 3 | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| 2 | The Cosby Show |
| 2 | The Dollmaker |
| 2 | Fame |
| 2 | Kate & Allie |
| 2 | Magnum P.I. |
| 2 | Murder, She Wrote |
The following programs received multiple wins:
| Wins | Title |
| 2 | The Cosby Show |
| 2 | Murder, She Wrote |
| 2 | Something About Amelia |
Ceremony
Presenters
- Christopher Atkins
- Karen Black
- Bruce Boxleitner
- Sonia Braga
- Eileen Brennan
- Diahann Carroll
- Lynda Carter
- Nell Carter
- Joanna Cassidy
- Mary Crosby
- Jamie Lee Curtis
- Angie Dickinson
- Faye Dunaway
- Morgan Fairchild
- Peter Falk
- Peter Fonda
- Glenn Ford
- Elliott Gould
- Stewart Granger
- Engelbert Humperdinck
- Ann Jillian
- Howard Keel
- Kris Kristofferson
- Diane Lane
- Cloris Leachman
- Rich Little
- Tony Lo Bianco
- Rob Lowe
- Marilyn McCoo
- Donna Mills
- Liza Minnelli
- Michael Pare
- Nia Peeples
- George Peppard
- Alfonso Ribeiro
- Ricky Schroder
- William Shatner
- Brooke Shields
- Andrew Stevens
- Cicely Tyson
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