Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
Film award
The Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama is a Golden Globe Award that has been awarded annually since 1944 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA).[ 1] Since its institution in 1943, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is an organization of journalists who cover the film industry in the United States, but are affiliated with publications outside North America.
When the awards were introduced, there was a single category for Best Picture. Starting with the 9th Golden Globe Awards , the Golden Globes split the Acting and Best Picture awards into Drama and Musical or Comedy categories.[ 2] Since 1951, the only time the awards were reunified was in 1953.[ 3]
This award goes to the producers of the film. In the following lists, the first titles listed are winners. These are also in bold and in blue background; those not in bold are nominees.
The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which always takes place the following year.
Winners and Nominees
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
Year
Film
Director
Producers
2000 [ 10]
Gladiator
Ridley Scott
Douglas Wick
Billy Elliot
Stephen Daldry
Charles Brand
Erin Brockovich
Steven Soderbergh
Danny DeVito
Sunshine
István Szabó
András Hámori
Traffic
Steven Soderbergh
Edward Zwick
Wonder Boys
Curtis Hanson
2001
A Beautiful Mind
Ron Howard
Brian Grazer
In the Bedroom
Todd Field
Todd Field
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne , Fran Walsh
The Man Who Wasn't There
Joel Coen
Ethan Coen
Mulholland Drive
David Lynch
Pierre Edelman
2002
The Hours
Stephen Daldry
Robert Fox and Scott Rudin
About Schmidt
Alexander Payne
Michael Besman
Gangs of New York
Martin Scorsese
Alberto Grimaldi
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne , Fran Walsh
The Pianist
Roman Polanski
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne , Fran Walsh
Cold Mountain
Anthony Minghella
Albert Berger
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Peter Weir
Mystic River
Clint Eastwood
Robert Lorenz
Seabiscuit
Gary Ross
Kathleen Kennedy
2004
The Aviator
Martin Scorsese
Michael Mann
Closer
Mike Nichols
Patrick Marber
Finding Neverland
Marc Forster
Richard N. Gladstein
Hotel Rwanda
Terry George
Terry George
Kinsey
Bill Condon
Gail Mutrux
Million Dollar Baby
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy , Tom Rosenberg
2005
Brokeback Mountain
Ang Lee
Diana Ossana
The Constant Gardener
Fernando Meirelles
Simon Channing-Williams
Good Night, and Good Luck
George Clooney
Grant Heslov
A History of Violence
David Cronenberg
Chris Bender
Match Point
Woody Allen
Letty Aronson
2006
Babel
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Steve Golin
Bobby
Emilio Estevez
Anthony Hopkins
The Departed
Martin Scorsese
Brad Grey
Little Children
Todd Field
Albert Berger
The Queen
Stephen Frears
François Ivernel
2007
Atonement
Joe Wright
Tim Bevan
American Gangster
Ridley Scott
Brian Grazer
Eastern Promises
David Cronenberg
Paul Webster
The Great Debaters
Denzel Washington
Oprah Winfrey
Michael Clayton
Tony Gilroy
Sydney Pollack
No Country for Old Men
Joel and Ethan Coen
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Scott Rudin
There Will Be Blood
Paul Thomas Anderson
2008
Slumdog Millionaire
Danny Boyle
Christian Colson
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
David Fincher
Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall , Ray Stark
Frost/Nixon
Ron Howard
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner , Brian Grazer , Ron Howard
The Reader
Stephen Daldry
Anthony Minghella , Sydney Pollack, Scott Rudin
Revolutionary Road
Sam Mendes
Bobby Cohen , Sam Mendes, Scott Rudin
2009
Avatar
James Cameron
James Cameron and Jon Landau
The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelow
Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal , Nicolas Chartier , Tony Mark , Donall McCusker, Greg Shapiro
Inglourious Basterds
Quentin Tarantino
Lawrence Bender
Precious
Lee Daniels
Lisa Cortes, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Valerie Hoffman , Asger Hussain, Gary Magness, Mark G. Mathis, Berrgen Swason, Simone Sheffield
Up in the Air
Jason Reitman
Daniel Dubiecki , Jeffrey Clifford, Ivan Reitman , Jason Reitman
2010s
Year
Film
Director
Producers
2010
The Social Network
David Fincher
Scott Rudin , Dana Brunetti , Michael De Luca , Ceán Chaffin
Black Swan
Darren Aronofsky
Mike Medavoy , Scott Franklin , Arnold Messer, Brian Oliver
The Fighter
David O. Russell
David Hoberman , Todd Lieberman , Ryan Kavanaugh , Mark Wahlberg , Dorothy Aufiero, Paul Tamasy
Inception
Christopher Nolan
Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas
The King's Speech
Tom Hooper
Iain Canning , Emile Sherman , Gareth Unwin
2011
The Descendants
Alexander Payne
Jim Burke , Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
The Help
Tate Taylor
Chris Columbus , Michael Barnathan , Brunson Green
Hugo
Martin Scorsese
Johnny Depp , Timothy Headington , Graham King , Martin Scorsese
The Ides of March
George Clooney
George Clooney, Grant Heslov , Brian Oliver
Moneyball
Bennett Miller
Michael De Luca , Rachael Horovitz , Brad Pitt
War Horse
Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
2012 [ 11]
Argo
Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck, George Clooney , Grant Heslov
Django Unchained
Quentin Tarantino
Stacey Sher , Reginald Hudlin , Pilar Savone
Life of Pi
Ang Lee
Ang Lee, Gil Netter, David Womark
Lincoln
Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
Zero Dark Thirty
Kathryn Bigelow
Kathryn Bigelow, Colin Wilson , Greg Shapiro, Ted Schipper, Megan Ellison
2013 [ 12]
12 Years a Slave
Steve McQueen
Brad Pitt , Dede Gardner , Jeremy Kleiner , Bill Pohlad , Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan , Anthony Katagas
Captain Phillips
Paul Greengrass
Michael De Luca , Dana Brunetti , Scott Rudin
Gravity
Alfonso Cuarón
Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman
Philomena
Stephen Frears
Gabrielle Tana , Steve Coogan , Tracey Seaward
Rush
Ron Howard
Andrew Eaton , Eric Fellner , Brian Oliver , Peter Morgan , Brian Grazer , Ron Howard
2014 [ 13]
Boyhood
Richard Linklater
Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland , Jonathan Sehring, John Sloss
Foxcatcher
Bennett Miller
Bennett Miller, Megan Ellison , Jon Kilik, Anthony Bregman
The Imitation Game
Morten Tyldum
Nora Grossman , Ido Ostrowsky , Teddy Schwarzman
Selma
Ava DuVernay
Dede Gardner , Jeremy Kleiner , Christian Colson , Oprah Winfrey
The Theory of Everything
James Marsh
Tim Bevan , Eric Fellner , Lisa Bruce , Anthony McCarten
2015 [ 14]
The Revenant
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Steve Golin , Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Arnon Milchan , Mary Parent , Keith Redmon
Carol
Todd Haynes
Elizabeth Karlsen , Christine Vachon , Stephen Woolley
Mad Max: Fury Road
George Miller
Doug Mitchell , George Miller, P. J. Voeten
Room
Lenny Abrahamson
Ed Guiney , David Gross
Spotlight
Tom McCarthy
Steve Golin , Blye Pagon Faust , Nicole Rocklin , Michael Sugar
2016
Moonlight
Barry Jenkins
Dede Gardner , Jeremy Kleiner , Adele Romanski
Hacksaw Ridge
Mel Gibson
Terry Benedict , Paul Currie , Bruce Davey , William D. Johnson, Bill Mechanic , Brian Oliver , David Permut
Hell or High Water
David Mackenzie
Peter Berg , Carla Hacken , Sidney Kimmel , Gigi Pritzker , Rachel Shane, Julie Yorn
Lion
Garth Davis
Iain Canning , Angie Fielder , Emile Sherman
Manchester by the Sea
Kenneth Lonergan
Lauren Beck , Matt Damon , Chris Moore , Kimberly Steward , Kevin J. Walsh
2017
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Martin McDonagh
Graham Broadbent , Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh
Call Me by Your Name
Luca Guadagnino
Peter Spears , Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges, Rodrigo Teixeira, Marco Morabito, James Ivory , Howard Rosenman
Dunkirk
Christopher Nolan
Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas
The Post
Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger , Amy Pascal
The Shape of Water
Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro and J. Miles Dale
2018
Bohemian Rhapsody
Bryan Singer
Graham King and Jim Beach
Black Panther
Ryan Coogler
Kevin Feige
BlacKkKlansman
Spike Lee
Sean McKittrick , Jason Blum , Raymond Mansfield, Shaun Redick, Jordan Peele , Spike Lee
If Beale Street Could Talk
Barry Jenkins
Adele Romanski , Sara Murphy , Barry Jenkins, Dede Gardner , Jeremy Kleiner
A Star Is Born
Bradley Cooper
Bill Gerber , Bradley Cooper, Lynette Howell Taylor
2019
1917
Sam Mendes
Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris , Jayne-Ann Tenggren, Callum McDougall, and Brian Oliver
The Irishman
Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro , Jane Rosenthal , Emma Tillinger Koskoff , Irwin Winkler , Gerald Chamales , Gastón Pavlovich , Randall Emmett , Gabriele Israilovici
Joker
Todd Phillips
Todd Phillips, Bradley Cooper , Emma Tillinger Koskoff
Marriage Story
Noah Baumbach
David Heyman , Noah Baumbach
The Two Popes
Fernando Meirelles
Dan Lin , Jonathan Eirich, Tracey Seaward
2020s
Year
Film
Director
Producers
2020
Nomadland
Chloé Zhao
Frances McDormand , Peter Spears , Mollye Asher , Dan Janvey, Chloé Zhao
The Father
Florian Zeller
David Parfitt , Jean-Louis Livi , Philippe Carcassonne
Mank
David Fincher
Ceán Chaffin , Eric Roth , Douglas Urbanski
Promising Young Woman
Emerald Fennell
Josey McNamara, Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Aaron Sorkin
Stuart M. Besser, Marc Platt
2021
The Power of the Dog
Jane Campion
Emile Sherman , Iain Canning , Roger Frappier , Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian
Belfast
Kenneth Branagh
Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik, Tamar Thomas
CODA
Sian Heder
Fabrice Gianfermi, Philippe Rousselet, Jerôme Seydoux, Patrick Wachsberger
Dune
Denis Villeneuve
Mary Parent , Denis Villeneuve, Cale Boyter, Joe Caracciolo Jr.
King Richard
Reinaldo Marcus Green
Tim White, Trevor White, Will Smith
2022
The Fabelmans
Steven Spielberg
Kristie Macosko Krieger , Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner
Avatar: The Way of Water
James Cameron
James Cameron, Jon Landau
Elvis
Baz Luhrmann
Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin , Gail Berman , Patrick McCormick, Schuyler Weiss
Tár
Todd Field
Todd Field, Alexandra Milchan, Scott Lambert
Top Gun: Maverick
Joseph Kosinski
Jerry Bruckheimer , Tom Cruise , Christopher McQuarrie , David Ellison
2023
Oppenheimer
Christopher Nolan
Emma Thomas , Charles Roven , Christopher Nolan
Anatomy of a Fall
Justine Triet
Marie-Ange Luciani, David Thion
Killers of the Flower Moon
Martin Scorsese
Dan Friedkin , Bradley Thomas , Martin Scorsese, Daniel Lupi
Maestro
Bradley Cooper
Martin Scorsese , Steven Spielberg , Bradley Cooper, Fred Berner, Amy Durning, Kristie Macosko Krieger
Past Lives
Celine Song
David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon , Pamela Koffler
The Zone of Interest
Jonathan Glazer
James Wilson, Ewa Puszczyńska
2024
The Brutalist
Brady Corbet
Trevor Matthews , Nick Gordon, Brian Young, Andrew Morrison, Andrew Lauren, D.J. Gugenheim, Brady Corbet
A Complete Unknown
James Mangold
Fred Berger , James Mangold, Alex Heineman, Bob Bookman, Peter Jaysen, Alan Gasmer, Jeff Rosen, Timothée Chalamet
Conclave
Edward Berger
Tessa Ross , Juliette Howell, Michael Jackman, Alice Dawson, Robert Harris
Dune: Part Two
Denis Villeneuve
Mary Parent , Cale Boyter , Patrick McCormick, Tanya Lapointe , Denis Villeneuve
Nickel Boys
RaMell Ross
Dede Gardner , Jeremy Kleiner , David Levine, Joslyn Barnes
September 5
Tim Fehlbaum
Philipp Trauer, Thomas Wöbke, Tim Fehlbaum, Sean Penn , John Ira Palmer , John Wildermuth
Notes
See also
References
Specific
^ "HFPS Golden Globes Page" . Hollywood Foreign Press Association . Archived from the original on 2007-07-15. Retrieved 2007-06-26 .
^ Wendell Wittler (January 24, 2001). "As the Golden Globe spins" . Today.com. Retrieved 2007-06-26 .
^ "HFPS Golden Globes Page" . Hollywood Foreign Press Association . Archived from the original on 2007-07-06. Retrieved 2007-06-26 . This year, the award of "Best Picture" went to The Robe . IMdb considers the "Best Picture" and "Best Picture Drama" the same award in its listings.
^ a b c d e f When there is more than one director, only the first billed is displayed.
^ a b c d e f When there is more than one producer, only the first billed is displayed.
^ "The 12th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1955)" . Hollywood Foreign Press Association . Archived from the original on 2007-04-11. Retrieved 2007-06-26 . The nominees' names are not listed for this year.
^ "1954 12th Golden Globe Awards" . Los Angeles Times The Envelope Awards Site. Archived from the original on 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2007-06-29 . nominee list no longer exists
^ "The 13th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1956)" . Hollywood Foreign Press Association . Archived from the original on 2007-06-07. Retrieved 2007-06-26 . The nominees' names are not listed for this year.
^ "1955 13th Golden Globe Awards" . Los Angeles Times The Envelope Awards Site. Archived from the original on 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2007-06-29 . nominee list no longer exists
^ "Golden Globes announce TV, film award nominees" . Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . Associated Press . December 22, 2000. p. 8B. Retrieved August 22, 2010 .[permanent dead link ]
^ Entertainment. " 'Lincoln,' 'Django Unchained,' 'Argo' among Golden Globe nominees" . Retrieved 31 October 2016 .
^ "Best Motion Picture, Drama | Golden Globes Awards" . Archived from the original on 2015-01-12. Retrieved 2015-04-15 .
^ "Golden Globes Awards | the Hollywood Foreign Press Association®" . Archived from the original on 2014-12-12. Retrieved 2014-12-11 .
^ "Road to the 73rd Golden Globes: The Nominees" . 2016-01-09. Retrieved 2024-02-13 .
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