Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama (Golden Globe Awards)

Golden Globe Awards

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture â€“ Drama, since its institution in 1951. The organizer, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, is an organization of journalists who cover the United States film industry, 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. Since 1951, the only time the awards were reunified was in 1953. 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. For comparison/contrast purposes, crosses indicate which of the listed films won the Best Picture Oscar that same year. Asterisks indicate which of the listed films were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar that same year. 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.

Check all the winners of Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama presented under Golden Globe Awards since 1952 .

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72nd Golden Globe Awards Winners

Argo

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Steve McQueen	12 Years a Slave Produced by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Bill Pohlad, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan & Anthony Katagas
Alfonso Cuarón	Gravity Produced by Alfonso Cuarón & David Heyman
Paul Greengrass	Captain Phillips Produced by Michael De Luca, Dana Brunetti & Scott Rudin
Ron Howard	Rush Produced by Andrew Eaton, Eric Fellner, Brian Oliver, Peter Morgan, Brian Grazer & Ron Howard
Stephen Frears	Philomena Produced by Gabrielle Tan, Steve Coogan & Tracey Seaward

The Descendants

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	The Descendants
	The Help
	Hugo
	The Ides of March
	Moneyball
	War Horse

The Social Network

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	The Fighter
	The King's Speech
	Inception
	The Social Network
	Black Swan

Avatar

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	The Hurt Locker
	Up in the Air
	Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
	Inglourious Basterds
	Avatar

Slumdog Millionaire

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	Slumdog Millionaire
	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
	Frost/Nixon
	The Reader
	Revolutionary Road

Atonement

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Paul Webster	Atonement
Eric Fellner	Atonement
Tim Bevan	Atonement
Brian Grazer	American Gangster
Paul Webster	Eastern Promises
Oprah Winfrey	The Great Debaters
Sydney Pollack	Michael Clayton
Joel Coen	No Country for Old Men
Ethan Coen	No Country for Old Men
Scott Rudin	No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson	There Will Be Blood

Babel

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	Babel
	Bobby
	The Departed
	Little Children
	The Queen

Jordy Randall

Honored for : Brokeback Mountain

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Diana Ossana	Brokeback Mountain
Simon Channing-Williams	The Constant Gardener
Grant Heslov	Good Night, and Good Luck
Chris Bender	A History of Violence
Letty Aronson	Match Point
Jordy Randall	Brokeback Mountain

Michael Mann

Honored for : The Aviator

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Michael Mann	The Aviator
Patrick Marber	Closer
Richard N. Gladstein	Finding Neverland
Terry George	Hotel Rwanda
Gail Mutrux	Kinsey
Clint Eastwood	Million Dollar Baby

Peter Jackson

Honored for : The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Peter Jackson	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Albert Berger	Cold Mountain
Peter Weir	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Robert Lorenz	Mystic River
Kathleen Kennedy	Seabiscuit

Mark Huffam

Honored for : The Hours

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Mark Huffam	The Hours
Michael Besman	About Schmidt
Alberto Grimaldi	Gangs of New York
Peter Jackson	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Roman Polanski	The Pianist

Brian Grazer

Honored for : A Beautiful Mind

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Brian Grazer	A Beautiful Mind
Todd Field	In the Bedroom
Peter Jackson	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Ethan Coen	The Man Who Wasn't There
Pierre Edelman	Mulholland Drive

Douglas Wick

Honored for : Gladiator

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Douglas Wick	Gladiator
Charles Brand	Billy Elliot
Danny DeVito	Erin Brockovich
Andras Hamori	Sunshine
Edward Zwick	Traffic
Curtis Hanson	Wonder Boys

Bruce Cohen

Honored for : American Beauty

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Bruce Cohen	American Beauty
Neil Jordan	The End of the Affair
Armyan Bernstein	The Hurricane
Pieter Jan Brugge	The Insider
William Horberg	The Talented Mr. Ripley

Steven Spielberg

Honored for : Saving Private Ryan

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Steven Spielberg	Saving Private Ryan
Tim Bevan	Elizabeth
Paul Colichman	Gods and Monsters
Edward S. Feldman	The Truman Show
Patrick Markey	The Horse Whisperer

James Cameron

Honored for : Titanic

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
James Cameron	Titanic
Debbie Allen	Amistad
Arthur Lappin	The Boxer
Lawrence Bender	Good Will Hunting
Curtis Hanson	L.A. Confidential

Saul Zaentz

Honored for : The English Patient

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Saul Zaentz	The English Patient
Peter Aalbæk Jensen	Breaking the Waves
Michael Hausman	The People vs. Larry Flynt
Simon Channing-Williams	Secrets & Lies
Jane Scott	Shine

Lindsay Doran

Honored for : Sense and Sensibility

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Lindsay Doran	Sense and Sensibility
Brian Grazer	Apollo 13
Bruce Davey	Braveheart
Clint Eastwood	The Bridges of Madison County
Lila Cazès	Leaving Las Vegas

Wendy Finerman

Honored for : Forrest Gump

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Wendy Finerman	Forrest Gump
Marshall Herskovitz	Legends of the Fall
Jodie Foster	Nell
Lawrence Bender	Pulp Fiction
Michael Jacobs	Quiz Show

Branko Lustig

Honored for : Schindler's List

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Branko Lustig	Schindler's List
Barbara De Fina	The Age of Innocence
Jim Sheridan	In the Name of the Father
Jan Chapman	The Piano
John Calley	The Remains of the Day

Martin Brest

Honored for : Scent of a Woman

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Martin Brest	Scent of a Woman
Stephen Woolley	The Crying Game
David Brown	A Few Good Men
Ismail Merchant	Howards End
Clint Eastwood	Unforgiven

Warren Beatty

Honored for : Bugsy

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Warren Beatty	Bugsy
A. Kitman Ho	JFK
Andrew S. Karsch	The Prince of Tides
Ron Bozman	The Silence of the Lambs
Mimi Polk Gitlin	Thelma & Louise

Kevin Costner

Honored for : Dances with Wolves

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Kevin Costner	Dances with Wolves
Mark Johnson	Avalon
Francis Ford Coppola	The Godfather Part III
Irwin Winkler	Goodfellas
Edward R. Pressman	Reversal of Fortune

A. Kitman Ho

Honored for : Born on the Fourth of July

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
A. Kitman Ho	Born on the Fourth of July
Charles H Joffe	Crimes and Misdemeanors
Paul Junger Witt	Dead Poets Society
Spike Lee	Do the Right Thing
Freddie Fields	Glory

Mark Johnson

Honored for : Rain Man

Nominations 1989 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Mark Johnson	Rain Man
Phyllis Carlyle	The Accidental Tourist
Yoram Globus	Evil Angels
Peter Guber	Gorillas in the Mist
Robert F. Colesberry	Mississippi Burning
Griffin Dunne	Running on Empty
Bertil Ohlsson	The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Jeremy Thomas

Honored for : The Last Emperor

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Jeremy Thomas	The Last Emperor
Richard Attenborough	Cry Freedom
Kathleen Kennedy	Empire of the Sun
Stanley R. Jaffe	Fatal Attraction
Stuart Benjamin	La Bamba
Teri Schwartz	Nuts

Arnold Kopelson

Honored for : Platoon

Nominations 1987 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Arnold Kopelson	Platoon
Chris Bender	Children of a Lesser God
Fernando Ghia	The Mission
Stephen Woolley	Mona Lisa
Ismail Merchant	A Room with a View
Bruce A. Evans	Stand by Me

Sydney Pollack

Honored for : Out of Africa

Nominations 1986 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Sydney Pollack	Out of Africa
Steven Spielberg	The Color Purple
David Weisman	Kiss of the Spider Woman
Richard Garcia	Runaway Train
Richard Garcia	Runaway Train
Edward S. Feldman	Witness

Saul Zaentz

Honored for : Amadeus

Nominations 1985 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Saul Zaentz	Amadeus
Robert Evans	The Cotton Club
David Puttnam	The Killing Fields
Robert Benton	Places in the Heart
Norman Jewison	A Soldier's Story

James L. Brooks

Honored for : Terms of Endearment

Nominations 1984 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
James L. Brooks	Terms of Endearment
Julius J. Epstein	Reuben, Reuben
Irwin Winkler	The Right Stuff
Alice Arlen	Silkwood
Philip Hobel	Tender Mercies

Kathleen Kennedy

Honored for : E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Nominations 1983 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Kathleen Kennedy	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Edward Lewis	Missing
Martin Elfand	An Officer and a Gentleman
Keith Barish	Sophie's Choice
David Brown	The Verdict

Bruce Gilbert

Honored for : On Golden Pond

Nominations 1982 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Bruce Gilbert	On Golden Pond
Leon Clore	The French Lieutenant's Woman
Sidney Lumet	Prince of the City
Dino De Laurentiis	Ragtime
Warren Beatty	Reds

Ronald L. Schwary

Honored for : Ordinary People

Nominations 1981 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Ronald L. Schwary	Ordinary People
Jonathan Sanger	The Elephant Man
William Peter Blatty	The Ninth Configuration
Robert Chartoff	Raging Bull
Richard Rush	The Stunt Man

Stanley R. Jaffe

Honored for : Kramer vs. Kramer

Nominations 1980 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Stanley R. Jaffe	Kramer vs. Kramer
Francis Ford Coppola	Apocalypse Now
Michael Douglas	The China Syndrome
Charles H Joffe	Manhattan
Alexandra Rose	Norma Rae

Alan Marshall

Honored for : Midnight Express

Nominations 1979 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Alan Marshall	Midnight Express
Robert C. Jones	Coming Home
Bert Schneider	Days of Heaven
Barry Spikings	The Deer Hunter
Paul Mazursky	An Unmarried Woman

Arthur Laurents

Honored for : The Turning Point

Nominations 1978 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Arthur Laurents	The Turning Point
Julia Phillips	Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Daniel H. Blatt	I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Richard A. Roth	Julia
Gary Kurtz	Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff

Honored for : Rocky

Nominations 1977 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Robert Chartoff	Rocky
Walter Coblenz	All the President's Men
Robert F. Blumofe	Bound for Glory
Howard Gottfried	Network
Robert Fryer	Voyage of the Damned

Michael Douglas

Honored for : One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Nominations 1976 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Michael Douglas	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Stanley Kubrick	Barry Lyndon
Martin Bregman	Dog Day Afternoon
David Brown	Jaws
Robert Altman	Nashville

Robert Evans

Honored for : Chinatown

Nominations 1975 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Robert Evans	Chinatown
Francis Ford Coppola	The Conversation
Mark Robson	Earthquake
Francis Ford Coppola	The Godfather Part II
Sam Shaw	A Woman Under the Influence

William Peter Blatty

Honored for : The Exorcist

Nominations 1974 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
William Peter Blatty	The Exorcist
Mark Rydell	Cinderella Liberty
Sir John Woolf	The Day of the Jackal
Alberto Grimaldi	Last Tango in Paris
Edward S. Feldman	Save the Tiger
Dino De Laurentiis	Serpico

Albert S. Ruddy

Honored for : The Godfather

Nominations 1973 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Albert S. Ruddy	The Godfather
John Boorman	Deliverance
William Hill	Frenzy
Irwin Allen	The Poseidon Adventure
Morton Gottlieb	Sleuth

Philip D'Antoni

Honored for : The French Connection

Nominations 1972 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Philip D'Antoni	The French Connection
Si Litvinoff	A Clockwork Orange
Stephen J. Friedman	The Last Picture Show
Hal B. Wallis	Mary, Queen of Scots
Richard A. Roth	Summer of '42

Howard G. Minsky

Honored for : Love Story

Nominations 1971 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Howard G. Minsky	Love Story
Ross Hunter	Airport
Robert Daley	Five Easy Pieces
Gilbert Cates	I Never Sang for My Father
Frank Caffey	Patton
Frank Caffey	Patton

Hal B. Wallis

Honored for : Anne of the Thousand Days

Nominations 1970 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Hal B. Wallis	Anne of the Thousand Days
John Foreman	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Jerome Hellman	Midnight Cowboy
James Cresson	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Robert Chartoff	They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Martin Poll

Honored for : The Lion in Winter

Nominations 1969 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Martin Poll	The Lion in Winter
Ralph Nelson	Charly
Edward Lewis	The Fixer
Joel Freeman	The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
George Englund	The Shoes of the Fisherman

Walter Mirisch

Honored for : In the Heat of the Night

Nominations 1968 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Walter Mirisch	In the Heat of the Night
Warren Beatty	Bonnie and Clyde
Joseph Janni	Far from the Madding Crowd
George Glass	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Richard Brooks	In Cold Blood

Fred Zinnemann

Honored for : A Man for All Seasons

Nominations 1967 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Fred Zinnemann	A Man for All Seasons
Sam Jaffe	Born Free
Richard Brooks	The Professionals
Robert Wise	The Sand Pebbles
Ernest Lehman	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Arvid Griffen

Honored for : Doctor Zhivago

Nominations 1966 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Arvid Griffen	Doctor Zhivago
Jud Kinberg	The Collector
John Kohn	The Collector
Stanley Mann	The Collector
Robert Aldrich	The Flight of the Phoenix
Guy Green	A Patch of Blue
Stanley Kramer	Ship of Fools

Hal B. Wallis

Honored for : Becket

Nominations 1965 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Hal B. Wallis	Becket
John Huston	The Night of the Iguana
Michael Cacoyannis	Zorba the Greek
Ross Hunter	The Chalk Garden

Martin C. Schute

Honored for : The Cardinal

Nominations 1964 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Martin C. Schute	The Cardinal
Martin C. Schute	The Cardinal
Elia Kazan	America America
Robert Arthur	Captain Newman, M.D.
Hall Bartlett	The Caretakers
Walter Wanger	Cleopatra
John Sturges	The Great Escape
Irving Ravetch	Hud
Ralph Nelson	Lilies of the Field

Sam Spiegel

Honored for : Lawrence of Arabia

Nominations 1963 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Fred Coe	The Miracle Worker
Aaron Rosenberg	Mutiny on the Bounty
Alan J. Pakula	To Kill a Mockingbird
Sam Spiegel	Lawrence of Arabia
Darryl F. Zanuck	The Chapman Report
Richard D. Zanuck	The Chapman Report
Wolfgang Reinhardt	Freud: The Secret Passion
Jerry Wald	Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
Darryl F. Zanuck	The Longest Day
Jean Bourgoin	The Longest Day
Pierre Levent	The Longest Day
Henri Persin	The Longest Day
Walter Wottitz	The Longest Day
Mark Robson	The Inspector
Blake Edwards	Days of Wine and Roses

Carl Foreman

Honored for : The Guns of Navarone

Nominations 1962 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Carl Foreman	The Guns of Navarone
Samuel Bronston	El Cid
Ben Kadish	Fanny
Stanley Kramer	Judgment at Nuremberg
Elia Kazan	Splendor in the Grass

Edward Lewis

Honored for : Spartacus

Nominations 1961 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Richard Brooks	Elmer Gantry
Stanley Kramer	Inherit the Wind
Edward Lewis	Spartacus
Jack Cardiff	Sons and Lovers
Vincent J. Donehue	Sunrise at Campobello

Sam Zimbalist

Honored for : Ben-Hur

Nominations 1960 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Sam Zimbalist	Ben-Hur
Otto Preminger	Anatomy of a Murder
George Stevens	The Diary of Anne Frank
Henry Blanke	The Nun's Story
Stanley Kramer	On the Beach

Stanley Kramer

Honored for : The Defiant Ones

Nominations 1959 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Stanley Kramer	The Defiant Ones
Lawrence Weingarten	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Mervyn LeRoy	Home Before Dark
Claude Miller	I Want to Live!
Harold Hecht	Separate Tables

Sam Spiegel

Honored for : The Bridge on the River Kwai

Nominations 1958 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Sam Spiegel	The Bridge on the River Kwai
Hal B. Wallis	Wild Is the Wind
William Goetz	Sayonara
Henry Fonda	12 Angry Men
Arthur Hornblow, Jr.	Witness for the Prosecution

Kevin McClory

Honored for : Around the World in 80 Days

Nominations 1957 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Kevin McClory	Around the World in 80 Days
Henry Ginsberg	Giant
John Houseman	Lust for Life
Hal B. Wallis	The Rainmaker
Dino De Laurentiis	War and Peace

Elia Kazan

Honored for : East of Eden

Nominations 1956 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Elia Kazan	East of Eden

Sam Spiegel

Honored for : On the Waterfront

Nominations 1955 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Sam Spiegel	On the Waterfront

Henry Koster

Honored for : The Robe

Nominations 1954 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Henry Koster	The Robe

Cecil B. DeMille

Honored for : The Greatest Show on Earth

Nominations 1953 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Cecil B. DeMille	The Greatest Show on Earth
Hal B. Wallis	Come Back, Little Sheba
Earl Fenton	The Happy Time
Stanley Kramer	High Noon
Clarence Greene	The Thief

George Stevens

Honored for : A Place in the Sun

Nominations 1952 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
George Stevens	A Place in the Sun
Robert Buckner	Bright Victory
William Wyler	Detective Story
Sam Zimbalist	Quo Vadis
Charles K. Feldman	A Streetcar Named Desire