For starters, the Golden Globes and the Oscars differ slightly in the content mediums they recognize.
The Golden Globe Awards honor both films and television series, as well as the various people who create them, and give out trophies in 25 categories (14 in film and 11 in television) plus the Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement in Motion Pictures and the Carol Burnett Award for Lifetime Achievement in Television. They include the following:
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
Best Motion Picture – Animated
Best Director – Motion Picture
Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
Best Television Series – Drama
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Best Miniseries or Television Film
Best Actor – Television Series Drama
Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy
Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
Best Actress – Television Series Drama
Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy
Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film
Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries, or TV Film
Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or TV Film
The Oscars, on the other hand, recognize films only, and has 24 main awards. Other awards, aptly known as Special Academy Awards, are given on a case-by-case basis, and include the Academy Honorary Award, the Academy Scientific and Technical Award, the Gordon E. Sawyer Award, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, and the Academy Special Achievement Award, which was discontinued in 1995 and brought back in 2017 (but not in 2018 or 2019). The main Academy Awards categories are as follows:
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Animated Feature Film
Best Animated Short Film
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Documentary – Feature
Best Documentary – Short Subject
Best Film Editing
Best International Feature Film
Best Live-Action Short Film
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Best Original Score
Best Original Song
Best Production Design
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing
Best Visual Effects
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Original Screenplay
