1985 43rd Golden Globe Awards

Best Picture - Drama
The Color Purple - Quincy Jones, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Steven Spielberg
Kiss of the Spider Woman - David Weisman
Out of Africa - Sydney Pollack
Runaway Train - Yorum Globus, Menahem Golan
Witness - Edward Feldman

Best Picture - Comedy or Musical
Back to the Future - Neil Canton, Bob Gale
A Chorus Line - Cy Feuer, Ernest Martin
Cocoon - David Brown, Lili Zanuck, Richard Zanuck
Prizzi's Honor - John Foreman
The Purple Rose of Cairo - Robert Greenhut

Best Actor - Drama
Harrison Ford - Witness
Gene Hackman - Twice in a Lifetime
William Hurt - Kiss of the Spider Woman
Raul Julia - Kiss of the Spider Woman
Jon Voight - Runaway Train

Best Actor - Comedy or Musical
Jeff Daniels - The Purple Rose of Cairo
Griffin Dunne - After Hours
Michael J. Fox - Back to the Future
James Garner - Murphy's Romance
Jack Nicholson - Prizzi's Honor

Best Actress - Drama
Anne Bancroft - Agnes of God
Cher - Mask
Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple
Geraldine Page - The Trip of Bountiful
Meryl Streep - Out of Africa

Best Actress - Comedy or Musical
Rosanna Arquette - Desperately Seeking Susan
Glenn Close - Maxie
Mia Farrow - The Purple Rose of Cairo
Sally Field - Murphy's Romance
Kathleen Turner - Prizzi's Honor

Best Supporting Actor
Klaus Maria Brandeur - Out of Africa
Joel Grey - Remo Williams, the Adventure Begins
John Lone - Year of the Dragon
Eric Roberts - Runaway Train
Eric Stotlz - Mask

Best Supporting Actress
Sonia Braga - Kiss of the Spider Woman
Anjelica Huston - Prizzi's Honor
Amy Madigan - Twice in a Lifetime
Kelly McGillis - Witness
Meg Tilly - Agnes of God
Oprah Winfrey - The Color Purple

Best Director
Richard Attenborough - A Chorus Line
John Huston - Prizzi's Honor
Sydney Pollack - Out of Africa
Steven Spielberg - The Color Purple
Peter Weir - Witness

Best Screenplay
Back to the Future - Bob Gale, Robert Zemeckis
Out of Africa - Kurt Luedtke
Prizzi's Honor - Richard Condon, Janet Roach
The Purple Rose of Cairo - Woody Allen
Witness - William Kelley, Earl Wallace

Best Score
The Color Purple - Quincy Jones
Out of Africa - John Barry
White Nights - Michel Colombier
Witness - Maurice Jarre
Year of the Dragon - David Mansfield

Best Song
"The Power of Love" - Back to the Future - Johnny Colla, Chris Hayes, Huey Lewis
"Rhythm of the Night" - The Last Dragon - Diane Warren
"Say You, Say Me" - White Nights - Lionel Richie
"A View to a Kill" - A View to a Kill - John Barry, Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, Andy Taylor, John Taylor, Roger Taylor
"We Don't Need Another Hero" - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome - Terry Britten, Graham Lyle

Best Foreign Film
Colonel Redl - Hungary
The Official Story - Argentina
Ran - Japan
When Father Was Away on Business - Yugoslavia
The Year of the Quiet Sun - Poland

Cecil B. DeMille Award
Barbara Stanwyck