The winners are first and in bold followed by the rest of the nominees.[1]
| Best Motion Picture | | Drama | Comedy or Musical |
|---|
- Chinatown
- The Conversation
- Earthquake
- The Godfather Part II
- A Woman Under the Influence
| - The Longest Yard
- The Front Page
- Harry and Tonto
- The Little Prince
- The Three Musketeers
|
| Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama |
|---|
| Actor | Actress |
|---|
- Jack Nicholson – Chinatown as J.J. "Jake" Gittes
- James Caan – The Gambler as Axel Freed
- Gene Hackman – The Conversation as Harry Caul
- Dustin Hoffman – Lenny as Lenny Bruce
- Al Pacino – The Godfather Part II as Michael Corleone
| - Gena Rowlands – A Woman Under the Influence as Mabel Longhetti
- Ellen Burstyn – Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as Alice Hyatt
- Faye Dunaway – Chinatown as Evelyn Cross Mulwray
- Valerie Perrine – Lenny as Honey Bruce
- Liv Ullmann – Scenes from a Marriage as Marianne
|
| Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical |
|---|
| Actor | Actress |
|---|
- Art Carney – Harry and Tonto as Harry Coombes
- James Earl Jones – Claudine as Rupert Marshall
- Jack Lemmon – The Front Page as Hildy Johnson
- Walter Matthau – The Front Page as Walter Burns
- Burt Reynolds – The Longest Yard as Paul "Wrecking" Crewe
| - Raquel Welch – The Three Musketeers as Constance Bonacieux
- Lucille Ball – Mame as Mame Dennis
- Diahann Carroll – Claudine as Claudine
- Helen Hayes – Herbie Rides Again as Grandma Steinmetz
- Cloris Leachman – Young Frankenstein as Frau Blücher
|
| Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical |
|---|
| Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
|---|
- Fred Astaire – The Towering Inferno as Harlee Claiborne
- Eddie Albert – The Longest Yard as Warden Hazen
- Bruce Dern – The Great Gatsby as Tom Buchanan
- John Huston – Chinatown as Noah Cross
- Sam Waterston – The Great Gatsby as Nick Carraway
| - Karen Black – The Great Gatsby as Myrtle Wilson
- Beatrice Arthur – Mame as Vera Charles
- Jennifer Jones – The Towering Inferno as Lisolette Mueller
- Madeline Kahn – Young Frankenstein as Elizabeth
- Diane Ladd – Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as Flo Castleberry
|
| Other |
|---|
| Best Director | Best Screenplay |
|---|
- Roman Polanski – Chinatown
- John Cassavetes – A Woman Under the Influence
- Francis Ford Coppola – The Conversation
- Francis Ford Coppola – The Godfather Part II
- Bob Fosse – Lenny
| - Chinatown – Robert Towne
- The Conversation – Francis Ford Coppola
- The Godfather Part II – Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo
- The Towering Inferno – Stirling Silliphant
- A Woman Under the Influence – John Cassavetes
|
| Best Original Score | Best Original Song |
|---|
- The Little Prince – Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe
- Chinatown – Jerry Goldsmith
- Earthquake – John Williams
- The Godfather Part II – Carmine Coppola
- Phantom of the Paradise – Paul Williams
| - ' "I Feel Love" (Euel Box, Betty Box) – Benji
- "I Never Met a Rose" (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) – The Little Prince
- "On and On" (Curtis Mayfield) – Claudine
- "Sail the Summer Winds" (John Barry, Don Black) – The Dove
- "We May Never Love Like This Again" (Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn) – The Towering Inferno
|
| Best Foreign Film | Best Documentary Film |
|---|
- Scenes from a Marriage (Sweden)
- The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (France)
- Amarcord (Italy)
- The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (Canada)
- Lacombe, Lucien (France)
| - Animals Are Beautiful People
- Birds Do It, Bees Do It
- Hearts and Minds
- I Am a Dancer
- Janis
|
| New Star of the Year – Actor | New Star of the Year – Actress |
|---|
- Joseph Bottoms – The Dove as Robin Lee Graham
- James Hampton – The Longest Yard as James "Caretaker" Farrell
- Lee Strasberg – The Godfather Part II as Hyman Roth
- Steven Warner – The Little Prince
- Sam Waterston – The Great Gatsby as Nick Carraway
| - Susan Flannery – The Towering Inferno as Lorrie
- Julie Gholson – Where the Lilies Bloom as Mary Call
- Valerie Harper – Freebie and the Bean as Consuelo
- Helen Reddy – Airport 1975 as Sister Ruth
- Ann Turkel – 99 and 44/100% Dead as Buffy
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1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1975|title=Golden Globe Winners for the year 1974 held in 1975|work=Golden Globe Award|publisher=Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA)|location=United States|accessdate=November 24, 2016}}