44th Golden Globe Awards explained

Number:	44
Award:	Golden Globe Awards
Date:	January 31, 1987
Site:	Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California
Host:	Cheryl Ladd William Shatner
Best Film Drama:	Platoon
Best Film Musical Or Comedy:	Hannah and Her Sisters
Best Drama Series:	L.A. Law
Best Musical Or Comedy Series:	The Golden Girls
Most Wins:	(3) Platoon
Most Nominations:	(5) Hannah and Her Sisters The Mission
Last:	43rd
Next:	45th

The 44th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1986, were held on 31 January 1987 at the Beverly Hilton.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Winners and nominees

Film

Best Motion Picture
Drama	Comedy or Musical
*Platoon* Children of a Lesser God The Mission Mona Lisa A Room with a View Stand by Me	*Hannah and Her Sisters* Crimes of the Heart Crocodile Dundee Down and Out in Beverly Hills Little Shop of Horrors Peggy Sue Got Married
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama
Actor	Actress
Bob Hoskins – Mona Lisa as George Harrison Ford – The Mosquito Coast as Allie Fox Dexter Gordon – Round Midnight as Dale Turner William Hurt – Children of a Lesser God as James Leeds Jeremy Irons – The Mission as Father Gabriel Paul Newman – The Color of Money as Fast Eddie Felson	*Marlee Matlin – Children of a Lesser God* as Sarah Norman** Julie Andrews – Duet for One as Stephanie Anderson Anne Bancroft – 'night, Mother as Thelma Cates Farrah Fawcett – Extremities as Marjorie Sigourney Weaver – Aliens as Ellen Ripley
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Actor	Actress
*Paul Hogan – Crocodile Dundee* as Michael "Crocodile" Dundee** Matthew Broderick – Ferris Bueller's Day Off as Ferris Bueller Jeff Daniels – Something Wild as Charles Driggs Danny DeVito – Ruthless People as Sam Stone Jack Lemmon – That's Life! as Harvey Fairchild	*Sissy Spacek – Crimes of the Heart* as Babe Botrelle / Rebecca MaGrath** Julie Andrews – That's Life! as Gillian Fairchild Melanie Griffith – Something Wild as Audrey Hankel / Lulu Bette Midler – Down and Out in Beverly Hills as Barbara Whiteman Kathleen Turner – Peggy Sue Got Married as Peggy Sue Kelcher-Bodell
Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical
Supporting Actor	Supporting Actress
*Tom Berenger – Platoon* as Staff Sergeant Bob Barnes** Michael Caine – Hannah and Her Sisters as Elliot Dennis Hopper – Blue Velvet as Frank Booth Dennis Hopper – Hoosiers as Shooter Flatch Ray Liotta – Something Wild as Ray Sinclair	*Maggie Smith – A Room with a View* as Charlotte Bartlett** Linda Kozlowski – Crocodile Dundee as Sue Charlton Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio – The Color of Money as Carmen Cathy Tyson – Mona Lisa as Simone Dianne Wiest – Hannah and Her Sisters as Holly
Other
Best Director	Best Screenplay
Oliver Stone – Platoon Woody Allen – Hannah and Her Sisters James Ivory – A Room with a View Roland Joffé – The Mission Rob Reiner – Stand by Me	The Mission – Robert Bolt Blue Velvet – David Lynch Hannah and Her Sisters – Woody Allen Mona Lisa – Neil Jordan and David Leland Platoon – Oliver Stone
Best Original Score	Best Original Song
The Mission – Ennio Morricone Little Shop of Horrors – Miles Goodman The Mosquito Coast – Maurice Jarre Round Midnight – Herbie Hancock Top Gun – Harold Faltermeyer	"Take My Breath Away" (Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock) – Top Gun "Glory of Love" (Peter Cetera and David Foster) – The Karate Kid Part II "Life in a Looking Glass" (Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse) – That's Life! "Somewhere Out There" (James Horner, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil) – An American Tail "Sweet Freedom" (Rod Temperton) – Running Scared "They Don't Make Them Like They Used To" (Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager) – Tough Guys
Best Foreign Language Film
The Assault (De aanslag) (Netherlands) 37.2 Degrees in the Morning (37°2 le matin) (France) Ginger and Fred (Ginger e Fred) (Italy) Otello (Italy) Three Men and a Cradle (3 hommes et un couffin) (France)

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Title
5	Hannah and Her Sisters
5	The Mission
4	Mona Lisa
4	Platoon
3	Children of a Lesser God
	Crocodile Dundee
	A Room with a View
	Something Wild
	That's Life!
2	Blue Velvet
	The Color of Money
	Crimes of the Heart
	Down and Out in Beverly Hills
	Little Shop of Horrors
	The Mosquito Coast
	Peggy Sue Got Married
	Round Midnight
	Stand by Me
	Top Gun

The following films received multiple wins:

Wins	Title
3	Platoon
2	The Mission

Television

Best Television Series
Drama	Comedy or Musical
*L.A. Law* Cagney & Lacey Dynasty Miami Vice Murder, She Wrote St. Elsewhere	*The Golden Girls* Cheers The Cosby Show Family Ties Moonlighting
Best Performance in a Television Series – Drama
Actor	Actress
*Edward Woodward – The Equalizer* as Robert McCall** William Devane – Knots Landing as Greg Sumner John Forsythe – Dynasty as Blake Carrington Don Johnson – Miami Vice as Sonny Crockett Tom Selleck – Magnum, P.I. as Thomas Magnum	*Angela Lansbury – Murder, She Wrote* as Jessica Fletcher** Joan Collins – Dynasty as Alexis Carrington Tyne Daly – Cagney & Lacey as Mary Beth Lacey Sharon Gless – Cagney & Lacey as Christine Cagney Connie Sellecca – Hotel as Christine Francis
Best Performance in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical
Actor	Actress
*Bruce Willis – Moonlighting* as David Addison** Bill Cosby – The Cosby Show as Cliff Huxtable Ted Danson – Cheers as Sam Malone Tony Danza – Who's the Boss? as Tony Micelli Michael J. Fox – Family Ties as Alex P. Keaton	*Cybill Shepherd – Moonlighting* as Maddie Hayes** Beatrice Arthur – The Golden Girls as Dorothy Zbornak Estelle Getty – The Golden Girls as Sophia Petrillo Rue McClanahan – The Golden Girls as Blanche Devereaux Betty White – The Golden Girls as Rose Nylund
Best Performance in a Miniseries or Television Film
Actor	Actress
*James Woods – Promise* as D.J.** James Garner – Promise as Bob Buehler Mark Harmon – The Deliberate Stranger as Ted Bundy Jan Niklas – Peter the Great as Peter the Great John Ritter – Unnatural Causes as Frank Coleman	*Loretta Young – Christmas Eve* as Amanda Kingsley** Farrah Fawcett – as Beate Klarsfeld Amy Irving – as Anastasia "Anna" Anderson Vanessa Redgrave – Second Serve as Renée Richards Marlo Thomas – Nobody's Child as Marie Balter
Best Supporting Performance - TV Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Supporting Actor	Supporting Actress
Jan Niklas – as Prince Erich Tom Conti – as Serge Klarsfeld John Hillerman – Magnum, P.I. as Jonathan Higgins Trevor Howard – Christmas Eve as Maitland Ron Leibman – Christmas Eve as Morris Huffner	Olivia de Havilland – as Dowager Empress Maria Justine Bateman – Family Ties as Mallory Keaton Piper Laurie – Promise as Annie Gilbert Lilli Palmer – Peter the Great as Tsarina Natalya Geraldine Page – as Itta Halaunbrenner Rhea Perlman – Cheers as Carla Tortelli
Best Miniseries or Television Film
*Promise* Christmas Eve Nobody's Child Peter the Great Unnatural Causes

The following programs received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Title
4
	Christmas Eve
	The Golden Girls
	Promise
3	Cagney & Lacey
	Cheers
	Dynasty
	Family Ties
	Moonlighting

	Peter the Great
2	The Cosby Show
	Magnum P.I.
	Miami Vice
	Murder, She Wrote
	Nobody's Child
	Unnatural Causes

The following programs received multiple wins:

Wins	Title
2	Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna
	Moonlighting
	Promise

Ceremony

Presenters

Anthony Quinn

Awards breakdown

The following networks received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Network
30	NBC
11	ABC
10	CBS
4	Hallmark

The following networks received multiple wins:

Wins	Network
2	NBC
	ABC
	Hallmark

Notes and References

News: Friendly. David. Voland. John. Winner Of 3 Top Trophies : 'Platoon' In A Victory March At Globe Awards. 17 January 2018. Los Angeles Times. 2 February 1987.
News: 'Platoon' wins 2 awards at Golden Globe ceremony. 17 January 2018. The New York Times. 2 February 1987.
News: Anthony Quinn to be DeMille Honoree at the Golden Globes. 17 January 2018. Los Angeles Times. 10 January 1987.