75 Years of Golden Globes Best Motion Picture Winners

List includes films such as Titanic, Schindler's List, The Sound of Music, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast and La La Land

By Corinne Heller Dec 11, 2017 12:00 PMTags
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The 2018 Golden Globes will mark the 75th Golden Globe Award show ceremony.

In its 75 years, the annual event, presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, has honored dozens of films, television programs and actors. About 150 movies have received top awards.

In 1944, during World War II, the first Golden Globes ceremony was held at at the 20th Century Fox studios and honored the best in 1944 filmmaking. The Song of Bernadette, starring Jennifer Jones, won Best Picture.

Only one top award, Best Picture, was given every year at the Golden Globes until 1951, after which the honor was split into two awards—Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical and Best Motion Picture - Drama. In 1956, television awards were introduced.

2017

At the 2017 Golden Globes, honoring the best in film and TV in 2016, these movies received top honors.

Musical or Comedy: La La Land

Drama: Moonlight

2016

Musical or Comedy: The Martian

Drama: The Reverant

2015

Musical or Comedy: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Drama: Boyhood

2014

Musical or Comedy: American Hustle

Drama: 12 Years a Slave

2013

Musical or Comedy: Les Misérables

Drama: Argo

2012

Musical or Comedy: The Artist

Drama: The Descendants

2011

Musical or Comedy: The Kids Are All Right

Drama: The Social Network

2010

Musical or Comedy: The Hangover

Drama: Avatar

2009

Musical or Comedy: Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Drama: Slumdog Millionaire

2008

Musical or Comedy: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Drama: Atonement

2007

Musical or Comedy: Dreamgirls

Drama: Babel

2006

Musical or Comedy: Walk the Line

Drama: Brokeback Mountain

2005

Musical or Comedy: Sideways

Drama: The Aviator

2004

Musical or Comedy: Lost in Translation

Drama: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003

Musical or Comedy: Chicago

Drama: The Hours

2002

Musical or Comedy: Moulin Rouge!

Drama: A Beautiful Mind

2001

Musical or Comedy: Almost Famous

Drama: Gladiator

2000

Musical or Comedy: Toy Story 2

Drama: American Beauty

1999

Musical or Comedy: Shakespeare in Love

Drama: Saving Private Ryan

1998

Musical or Comedy: As Good as It Gets

Drama: Titanic

1997

Musical or Comedy: Evita

Drama: The English Patient

1996

Musical or Comedy: Babe

Drama: Sense and Sensibility

1995

Musical or Comedy: The Lion King

Drama: Forrest Gump

1994

Musical or Comedy: Mrs. Doubtfire

Drama: Schindler's List

1993

Musical or Comedy: The Player

Drama: Scent of a Woman

1992

Musical or Comedy: Beauty and the Beast

Drama: Bugsy

1991

Musical or Comedy: Green Card

Drama: Dances With Wolves

1990

Musical or Comedy: Driving Miss Daisy

Drama: Born of the Fourth of July

1989

Musical or Comedy: Working Girl

Drama: Rain Man

1988

Musical or Comedy: Hope and Glory

Drama: The Last Emperor

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The list of films who have won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical includes The Sound of MusicThe Lion KingBeauty and the BeastFiddler on the Roof, Mrs. Doubtfire, Moulin Rouge! and the 2016 Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling romantic musical La La Land.

The list of films who have won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Drama includes The Godfather, The Exorcist, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Schindler's List, Forrest Gump, American Beauty, Gladiator, Brokeback Mountain, James Cameron's Titanic and Avatar, as well as the 2016 movie Moonlight.

Late Night's Seth Meyers will host the 2018 Golden Globes ceremony, which will air live on NBC on January 7 at 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. ET.