Best Director

1962 Golden Globe Awards - Best Director WinnerJudgment at NurembergStanley KramerIn 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes.Amazon1962 Golden Globe Awards - Best Director NomineesEl CidAnthony MannAmazonThe Children's HourWilliam WylerAmazonThe Guns of NavaroneJ. Lee ThompsonAmazonWest Side StoryRobert WiseAmazon

1973 Golden Globe Awards - Best Director WinnerThe GodfatherFrancis Ford CoppolaThe aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.Amazon1973 Golden Globe Awards - Best Director NomineesAvanti!Billy WilderAmazonCabaretBob FosseAmazonDeliveranceJohn BoormanAmazonFrenzyAlfred HitchcockAmazon

1974 Golden Globe Awards - Best Director WinnerThe ExorcistWilliam FriedkinWhen a teenage girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her daughter.Amazon1974 Golden Globe Awards - Best Director NomineesAmerican GraffitiGeorge LucasAmazonLast Tango in ParisBernardo BertolucciAmazonPaper MoonPeter BogdanovichAmazonThe Day of the JackalFred ZinnemannAmazon

1975 Golden Globe Awards - Best Director WinnerChinatownRoman PolanskiA private detective hired to expose an adulterer finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.Amazon1975 Golden Globe Awards - Best Director NomineesA Woman Under the InfluenceJohn CassavetesAmazonLennyBob FosseAmazonThe ConversationFrancis Ford CoppolaAmazonThe Godfather: Part IIFrancis Ford CoppolaAmazon

1976 Golden Globe Awards - Best Director WinnerOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestMilos FormanA criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.Amazon1976 Golden Globe Awards - Best Director NomineesBarry LyndonStanley KubrickAmazonDog Day AfternoonSidney LumetAmazonJawsSteven SpielbergAmazonNashvilleRobert AltmanAmazon

1977 Golden Globe Awards - Best Director WinnerNetworkSidney LumetA television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit.Amazon1977 Golden Globe Awards - Best Director NomineesAll the President's MenAlan J. PakulaAmazonBound for GloryHal AshbyAmazonMarathon ManJohn SchlesingerAmazonRockyJohn G. AvildsenAmazon

1978 Golden Globe Awards - Best Director WinnerThe Turning PointHerbert RossWhen her daughter joins a ballet company, a former dancer is forced to confront her long-ago decision to give up the stage to have a family.Amazon1978 Golden Globe Awards - Best Director NomineesAnnie HallWoody AllenAmazonClose Encounters of the Third KindSteven SpielbergAmazonJuliaFred ZinnemannAmazonStar Wars: Episode IV - A New HopeGeorge LucasAmazon

1979 Golden Globe Awards - Best Director WinnerThe Deer HunterMichael CiminoAn in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania.Amazon1979 Golden Globe Awards - Best Director NomineesAn Unmarried WomanPaul MazurskyAmazonComing HomeHal AshbyAmazonDays of HeavenTerrence MalickAmazonInteriorsWoody AllenAmazonMidnight ExpressAlan ParkerAmazon

1980 Golden Globe Awards - Best Director WinnerApocalypse NowFrancis Ford CoppolaA U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.Amazon1980 Golden Globe Awards - Best Director NomineesBeing ThereHal AshbyAmazonBreaking AwayPeter YatesAmazonKramer vs. KramerRobert BentonAmazonThe China SyndromeJames BridgesAmazon

1981 Golden Globe Awards - Best Director WinnerOrdinary PeopleRobert RedfordThe accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father, and the guilt-ridden younger son.Amazon1981 Golden Globe Awards - Best Director NomineesRaging BullMartin ScorseseAmazonTessRoman PolanskiAmazonThe Elephant ManDavid LynchAmazonThe Stunt ManRichard RushAmazon