Premiul Globul de Aur pentru cel mai bun regizor este un premiu din cadrul galei Globul de Aur care se acordă anual, încă din 1943. Până la ediția din 2023, premiile au fost organizate de către Asociația Presei Străine de la Hollywood, o organizație compusă din jurnaliști care acoperă industria cinematografică din Statele Unite pentru publicații cu sediul în afara Americii de Nord.
Elia Kazan are cele mai multe premii câștigate (patru premii din patru nominalizări). Clint Eastwood, Oliver Stone, Miloš Forman, David Lean și Martin Scorsese sunt următorii cu câte trei premii. Steven Spielberg are cele mai multe nominalizări (13) și a primit premiul de două ori. Barbra Streisand, Chloé Zhao și Jane Campion sunt singurele trei femei care au câștigat premiul. Francis Ford Coppola, Clint Eastwood și Steven Soderbergh sunt singurii regizori cu două nominalizări în același an.
Anii 1940
1943 - Henry King - The Song of Bernadette 1944 - Leo McCarey - Going My Way 1945 - Billy Wilder - The Lost Weekend 1946 - Frank Capra - It's a Wonderful Life 1947 - Elia Kazan - Gentlemen's Agreement 1948 - John Huston - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1949 - Robert Rossen - All The King's Men
Anii 1950
1950 - Billy Wilder - Sunset Boulevard Joseph L. Mankiewicz - All About Eve John Houston - The Asphalt Jungle George Cukor - Born Yesterday 1951 - Laszlo Benedek - Death of a Salesman Vincente Minelli - An American in Paris George Stevens - A Place in the Sun 1952 - Cecil B. DeMille - The Greatest Show on Earth Richard Fleischer - The Narrow Margin John Ford - The Quiet Man 1953 - Fred Zinnemann - From Here to Eternity 1954 - Elia Kazan - On the Waterfront 1955 - Joshua Logan - Picnic 1956 - Elia Kazan - Baby Doll Michael Anderson - Around the World in 80 Days George Stevens - Giant Vincente Minelli - Lust for Life King Vidor - War and Peace 1957 - David Lean - The Bridge on the River Kwai Sidney Lumet - 12 Angry Men Fred Zinnemann - A Hatful of Rain Joshua Logan - Sayonara Billy Wilder - Witness for the Prosecution 1958 - Vincente Minelli - Gigi Richard Brooks - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Stanley Kramer - The Defiant Ones Robert Wise - I Want to Live! Delbert Mann - Separate Tables 1959 - William Wyler - Ben-Hur Otto Preminger - Anatomy of a Murder George Stevens - The Diary of Anne Frank Fred Zinnemann - The Nun's Story Stanley Kramer - On the Beach
Anii 1960
1960 - Jack Cardiff - Sons and Lovers Billy Wilder - The Apartment Richard Brooks - Elmer Gantry Stanley Kubrick - Spartacus Fred Zinnemann - The Sundowners 1961 - Stanley Kramer - Judgement at Nuremberg William Wyler - The Children's Hour Anthony Mann - El Cid J. Lee Thompson - The Guns of Navarone Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise - West Side Story 1962 - David Lean - Lawrence of Arabia Martin Ritt - Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man Ismael Rodríguez - My Son, the Hero (Los Hermanos Del Hierro) George Cukor - The Chapman Report Blake Edwards - Days of Wine and Roses John Huston - Freud Mervyn LeRoy - Gypsy Stanley Kubrick - Lolita John Frankenheimer - The Manchurian Candidate Morton DaCosta - The Music Man Robert Mulligan - To Kill a Mockingbird 1963 - Elia Kazan - America, America Otto Preminger - The Cardinal Hall Bartlett - The Caretakers Joseph L. Mankiewicz - Cleopatra Robert Wise - The Haunting Martin Ritt - Hud George Englund - The Ugly American Tony Richardson - Tom Jones 1964 - George Cukor - My Fair Lady Peter Glenville - Becket John Huston - The Night of the Iguana John Frankenheimer - Seven Days in May Michael Cacoyannis - Zorba the Greek 1965 - David Lean - Doctor Zhivago William Wyler - The Collector John Schlesinger - Darling Guy Green - A Patch of Blue Robert Wise - The Sound of Music 1966 - Fred Zinnemann - A Man for All Seasons Lewis Gilbert - Alfie Claude Lelouch - A Man and a Woman Robert Wise - The Sand Pebbles Mike Nichols - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1967 - Mike Nichols - The Graduate Arthur Penn - Bonnie and Clyde Mark Rydell - The Fox Stanley Kramer - Guess Who's Coming for Dinner Norman Jewison - In the Heat of the Night 1968 - Paul Newman - Rachel, Rachel Anthony Harvey - The Lion in Winter Carol Reed - Oliver! William Wyler - Funny Girl Franco Zeffirelli - Romeo and Juliet 1969 - Charles Jarrott - Anne of the Thousand Days Gene Kelly - Hello, Dolly! John Schlesinger - Midnight Cowboy Stanley Kramer - The Secret of Santa Vittoria Syndey Pollack - The Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Anii 1970
1970 - Arthur Hiller - Love Story Bob Rafelson - Five Easy Pieces Robert Altman - MASH Franklin J. Schaffner - Patton Ken Russel - Women in Love 1971 - William Friedkin - The French Connection Stanley Kubrick - A Clockwork Orange Norman Jewison - Fiddler on the Roof Peter Bogdanovich - The Last Picture Show Robert Mulligan - Summer of '42 1972 - Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather Billy Wilder - Avanti! Bob Fosse - Cabaret John Boorman - Deliverance Alfred Hitchcock - Frenzy 1973 - William Friedkin - The Exorcist George Lucas - American Graffiti Fred Zinnemann - The Day of the Jackal Bernardo Bertolucci - Last Tango in Paris Peter Bogdanovich - Paper Moon 1974 - Roman Polanski - Chinatown Francis Ford Coppola - The Conversation Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather Part II Bob Fosse - Lenny John Cassavetes - A Woman Under the Influence 1975 - Milos Forman - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Stanley Kubrick - Barry Lyndon Sidney Lumet - Dog Day Afternoon Steven Spielberg - Jaws Robert Altman - Nashville 1976 - Sidney Lumet - Network Alan J. Pakula - All the President's Men Hal Ashby - Bound for Glory John Schlesinger - Marathon Man John G. Avildsen - Rocky 1977 - Herbert Ross - The Turning Point Woody Allen - Annie Hall Steven Spielberg - Close Encounters of the Third Kind Fred Zinnemann - Julia George Lucas - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope 1978 - Michael Cimino - The Deer Hunter Paul Mazursky - An Unmarried Woman Hal Ashby - Coming Home Terrence Malick - Days of Heaven Woody Allen - Interiors Alan Parker - Midnight Express 1979 - Francis Ford Coppola - Apocalypse Now Hal Ashby - Being There Peter Yates - Breaking Away James Bridges - The China Syndrome Robert Benton - Kramer vs. Kramer
Anii 1980
1980 - Robert Redford - Ordinary People David Lynch - The Elephant Man Martin Scorsese - Raging Bull Richard Rush - The Stunt Man Roman Polanski - Tess 1981 - Warren Beatty - Reds Louis Malle - Atlantic City Mark Rydell - On Golden Pond Sidney Lumet - Prince of the City Milos Forman - Ragtime Steven Spielberg - Raiders of the Lost Ark 1982 - Richard Attenborough - Gandhi Steven Spielberg - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Constantin Costa-Gavras - Missing Sydney Pollack - Tootsie Sidney Lumet - The Verdict 1983 - Barbra Streisand - Yentl Peter Yates - The Dresser Ingmar Bergman - Fanny & Alexander Mike Nichols - Silkwood Bruce Beresford - Tender Mercies James L. Brooks - Terms of Endearment 1984 - Milos Forman - Amadeus Francis Ford Coppola - The Cotton Club Roland Joffé - The Killing Fields Sergio Leone - Once Upon a Time in America David Lean - A Passage to India 1985 - John Huston - Prizzi's Honour Richard Attenborough - A Chorus Line Steven Spielberg - The Color Purple Sydney Pollack - Out of Africa Peter Weir - Witness 1986 - Oliver Stone - Platoon Woody Allen - Hannah and Her Sisters Roland Joffé - The Mission James Ivory - A Room With a View Rob Reiner - Stand by Me 1987 - Bernardo Bertolucci - The Last Emperor James L. Brooks - Broadcast News Richard Attenborough - Cry Freedom Adrian Lyne - Fatal Attraction John Boorman - Hope and Glory 1988 - Clint Eastwood - Bird Fred Schepisi - A Cry in the Dark Alan Parker - Mississippi Burning Barry Levinson - Rain Man Sidney Lumet - Running on Empty Mike Nichols - Working Girl 1989 - Oliver Stone - Born on the Fourth of July Peter Weir - Dead Poets Society Spike Lee - Do the Right Thing Edward Zwick - Glory Rob Reiner - When Harry Met Sally
Anii 1990
1990 - Kevin Costner - Dances With Wolves Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather Part III Martin Scorsese - Goodfellas Barbet Schroeder - Reversal of Fortune Bernardo Bertolucci - The Sheltering Sky 1991 - Oliver Stone - JFK Barry Levinson - Bugsy Terry Gilliam - The Fisher King Barbra Streisand - The Prince of Tides Jonathan Demme - The Silence of the Lambs 1992 - Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven Rob Reiner - A Few Good Men James Ivory - Howards End Robert Altman - The Player Robert Redford - A River Runs Through It 1993 - Steven Spielberg - Schindler's List Martin Scorsese - The Age of Innocence Andrew Davis - The Fugitive Jane Campion - The Piano James Ivory - The Remains of the Day 1994 - Robert Zemeckis - Forrest Gump Edward Zwick - Legends of the Fall Oliver Stone - Natural Born Killers Quentin Tarantino - Pulp Fiction Robert Redford - Quiz Show 1995 - Mel Gibson - Braveheart Rob Reiner - The American President Ron Howard - Apollo 13 Martin Scorsese - Casino Mike Figgis - Leaving Las Vegas 1996 - Milos Forman - The People vs. Larry Flint Anthony Minghella - The English Patient Alan Parker - Evita Joel Coen - Fargo Scott Hicks - Shine 1997 - James Cameron - Titanic Steven Spielberg - Amistad James L. Brooks - As Good As It Gets Jim Sheridan - The Boxer Curtis Hanson - L.A. Confidential 1998 - Steven Spielberg - Saving Private Ryan Shekhar Kapur - Elizabeth Robert Redford - The Horse Whisperer John Madden - Shakespeare in Love Peter Weir - The Truman Show 1999 - Sam Mendes - American Beauty Neil Jordan - The End of the Affair Norman Jewison - The Hurricane Michael Mann - The Insider Anthony Minghella - The Talented Mr. Ripley
Anii 2000
2000 - Ang Lee - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Steven Soderbergh - Erin Brockovich Ridley Scott - Gladiator István Szabó - Sunshine Steven Soderbergh - Traffic 2001 - Robert Altman - Gosford Park Steven Spielberg - A.I. Artificial Intelligence Ron Howard - A Beautiful Mind Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Baz Luhrmann - Moulin Rouge! David Lynch - Mulholland Drive 2002 - Martin Scorsese - Gangs of New York Alexander Payne - About Schmidt Spike Jonze - Adaptation. Rob Marshall - Chicago Stephen Daldry - The Hours Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2003 - Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Anthony Minghella - Cold Mountain Sofia Copolla - Lost in Transition Peter Weir - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Clint Eastwood - Mystic River 2004 - Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby Martin Scorsese - The Aviator Mike Nichols - Closer Marc Forster - Finding Neverland Alexander Payne - Sideways 2005 - Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain Fernando Meirelles - The Constant Gardener George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck Peter Jackson - King Kong Woody Allen - Match Point Steven Spielberg - Munich 2006 - Martin Scorsese - The Departed Alejandro González Iñárritu - Babel Clint Eastwood - Flags of Our Fathers Clint Eastwood - Letters from Iwo Jima Stephen Frears - The Queen' 2007 - Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the ButterflyEthan Coen and Joel Coen - No Country for Old MenTim Burton - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetRidley Scott - American GangsterJoe Wright - Atonement2008 - Danny Boyle - Slumdog MillionaireStephen Daldry - The ReaderDavid Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonRon Howard - Frost/NixonSam Mendes - Revolutionary Road2009 - James Cameron - AvatarKathryn Bigelow - The Hurt LockerClint Eastwood - InvictusJason Reitman - Up in the AirQuentin Tarantino - Inglorious BasterdsAnii 2010