Drama: Forrest Gump · Musical or Comedy: The Lion King
Golden Globes 1995: winning films and award nominations
Forrest Gump won the Drama film award at the 1995 Golden Globes, while The Lion King won Musical or Comedy. Robert Zemeckis received the directing award for Forrest Gump. Tom Hanks won for Forrest Gump.
- 32Films
- 13Categories
- 66Nomination entries
- 9Winners
- January 21, 1995Ceremony date
Winning films and category recognition at Golden Globes 1995
Forrest Gump won Drama and The Lion King won Musical or Comedy at the 1995 Golden Globes. Robert Zemeckis received directing recognition for Forrest Gump; explore the credited winners across the other film categories.
Nominated films and award entries at Golden Globes 1995
Legends of the Fall appears among the Drama film nominees, while The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert competed in Musical or Comedy. Explore the films nominated across the 1995 Golden Globes; winning entries remain part of their shortlists.
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Wins are included in nomination counts.
Explore Golden Globes 1995 nominations and winners by category
The Lion King received the score award at the 1995 Golden Globes. Can You Feel the Love Tonight?, from The Lion King, won Original Song; explore the songwriting and other film-category credits alongside the nominees.
Best Motion Picture - Drama
5 nominations
Winner Forrest Gump Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
5 nominations
Winner The Lion King Best Director - Motion Picture
5 nominations Winner Forrest Gump Robert Zemeckis Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
5 nominations Winner Forrest Gump Tom Hanks Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
5 nominations
Winner Blue Sky Jessica Lange Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
5 nominations
Winner Four Weddings and a Funeral Hugh Grant Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
5 nominations
Winner True Lies Jamie Lee Curtis Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
5 nominations
Winner Ed Wood Martin Landau Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
5 nominations
Winner Bullets Over Broadway Dianne Wiest Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
5 nominations
Winner Farinelli Farinelli Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
5 nominations
Winner Pulp Fiction Quentin Tarantino Best Original Score - Motion Picture
5 nominations Winner The Lion King Hans Zimmer Best Original Song - Motion Picture
6 nominations Winner Can You Feel the Love Tonight? The Lion King Elton John, Tim Rice - The Color of the Night · Color of Night Lauren Christy, Jud J. Friedman, Dominic Frontiere
- Look What Love Has Done · Junior James Newton Howard, Carole Bayer Sager, James Ingram, Patty Smyth
- Circle of Life · The Lion King Elton John, Tim Rice
- Far Longer Than Forever · The Swan Princess Lex De Azevedo, David Zippel
- I'll Remember · With Honors Madonna, Patrick Leonard, Richard Page
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- Ceremony date
- January 21, 1995
- Last verified
- October 29, 2026
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