The Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy is a Golden Globe Award that has been awarded annually since 1952 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA).
Eligibility Eligible films must be at least 70 minutes in length, be commercially released for at least seven days in the "greater Los Angeles area", and screened for the HFPA membership. The commercial release must begin during the calendar year prior to the awards ceremony, and the screening can occur no later than one week after commercial release. For purposes of the award, a "musical" is "a comedy or a drama in which songs are used in addition to spoken dialogue to further the plot."
Under the 2007 revised rules of the HFPA, animated films were no longer eligible in this or the category of Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, instead competing exclusively in the new category of Best Animated Feature Film; until 2023 prior of the now-defunct Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the rule is amended by Dick Clark Productions following controversies of splitting votes between the main categories, which animated films are still allowed to be eligible in this category or Drama as well as Animated at the same time in similar vein to Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and newly established Cinematic and Box Office Achievement.
Winners and nominations 1951–1957 Year Film Director Producer 1951The nominees' names are not listed for this year. An American in Paris Vincente Minnelli Arthur Freed 1952 With a Song in My Heart Walter Lang Lamar TrottiHans Christian Andersen Charles Vidor Samuel GoldwynI'll See You in My Dreams Michael Curtiz Louis F. EdelmanSingin' in the Rain Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly Arthur FreedStars and Stripes Forever Henry Koster Lamar Trotti 1953 No Award given. 1954 The nominees' names are not listed for this year. Carmen Jones Otto Preminger Otto Preminger 1955 The nominees' names are not listed for this year. Guys and Dolls Joseph L. Mankiewicz Samuel Goldwyn 1956 The King and I Walter Lang Charles Brackett & Darryl F. ZanuckBus Stop Joshua Logan Buddy AdlerThe Opposite Sex David Miller Joe PasternakThe Solid Gold Cadillac Richard Quine Fred KohlmarThe Teahouse of the August Moon Daniel Mann Jack Cummings 1957 Les Girls George Cukor Saul Chaplin & Sol C. SiegelDon't Go Near the Water Charles Walters Lawrence WeingartenLove in the Afternoon Billy Wilder Pal Joey George Sidney Fred KohlmarSilk Stockings Rouben Mamoulian Arthur Freed
1958–1962 Year Comedy Director Producer Musical Director Producer 1958 Auntie Mame Morton DaCosta Morton DaCosta Gigi Vincente Minnelli Arthur FreedBell, Book and Candle Richard Quine Julian Blaustein Damn Yankees George Abbott & Stanley Donen George Abbott, Stanley Donen, Robert E. Griffith, & Harold PrinceIndiscreet Stanley Donen Norman Krasna South Pacific Joshua Logan Buddy AdlerMe and the Colonel Peter Glenville William Goetz tom thumb George Pal George PalThe Perfect Furlough Blake Edwards Robert Arthur 1959 Some Like It Hot Billy Wilder Porgy and Bess Otto Preminger Samuel GoldwynBut Not for Me Walter Lang William Perlberg & George Seaton The Five Pennies Melville Shavelson Jack RoseOperation Petticoat Blake Edwards Robert Arthur Li'l Abner Melvin Frank Norman PanamaPillow Talk Michael Gordon Ross Hunter & Martin Melcher A Private's Affair Raoul Walsh David WeisbartWho Was That Lady? George Sidney Norman Krasna Say One for Me Frank Tashlin Frank Tashlin 1960 The Apartment Billy Wilder Song Without End George Cukor & Charles Vidor William GoetzThe Facts of Life Melvin Frank & Norman Panama Melvin Frank & Norman Panama Bells Are Ringing Vincente Minnelli Arthur FreedThe Grass Is Greener Stanley Donen Stanley Donen & James H. Ware Can-Can Walter Lang Saul Chaplin & Jack CummingsIt Started in Naples Melville Shavelson Jack Rose Let's Make Love George Cukor Jerry WaldOur Man in Havana Carol Reed Carol Reed Pepe George Sidney 1961 A Majority of One Mervyn LeRoy Mervyn LeRoy West Side Story Jerome Robbins & Robert Wise Robert WiseBreakfast at Tiffany's Blake Edwards Martin Jurow & Richard Shepherd Babes in Toyland Jack Donohue Walt DisneyOne, Two, Three Billy Wilder The Parent Trap David Swift Walt Disney & George Golitzen Flower Drum Song Henry Koster Ross HunterPocketful of Miracles Frank Capra 1962 That Touch of Mink Delbert Mann Robert Arthur, Martin Melcher, Edward Muhl, & Stanley Shapiro The Music Man Morton DaCosta The Best of Enemies Guy Hamilton Dino De Laurentiis Billy Rose's Jumbo Charles Walters Martin Melcher & Joe PasternakBoys' Night Out Michael Gordon Martin Ransohoff Girls! Girls! Girls! Norman Taurog Hal B. WallisIf a Man Answers Henry Levin Ross Hunter Gypsy Mervyn LeRoy Period of Adjustment George Roy Hill Lawrence Weingarten The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm Henry Levin & George Pal George Pal
1963–1969 Year Film Director Producer 1963 Tom Jones Tony Richardson Michael Balcon, Michael Holden, Oscar Lewenstein, & Tony RichardsonBye Bye Birdie George Sidney Irving Brecher & Michael StewartIrma la Douce Billy Wilder Edward L. Alperson, I.A.L. Diamond, Doane Harrison, Alexandre Trauner, & Billy WilderIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Stanley Kramer A Ticklish Affair George Sidney Joe PasternakUnder the Yum Yum Tree David Swift 1964 My Fair Lady George Cukor Jack L. WarnerFather Goose Ralph Nelson Robert ArthurMary Poppins Robert Stevenson Walt Disney & Bill WalshThe Unsinkable Molly Brown Charles Walters Lawrence WeingartenThe World of Henry Orient George Roy Hill Jerome Hellman 1965 The Sound of Music Robert Wise Cat Ballou Elliot Silverstein Walter NewmanThe Great Race Blake Edwards Martin JurowThose Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines Ken Annakin Stan MarguliesA Thousand Clowns Fred Coe 1966 The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming Norman Jewison A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Richard Lester Melvin FrankGambit Ronald Neame Leo L. FuchsNot with My Wife, You Don't! Norman Panama You're a Big Boy Now Francis Ford Coppola Phil Feldman 1967 The Graduate Mike Nichols Joseph E. Levine & Lawrence TurmanCamelot Joshua Logan Jack WarnerDoctor Dolittle Richard Fleischer Arthur P. JacobsThe Taming of the Shrew Franco Zeffirelli Richard McWhorter & Elizabeth TaylorThoroughly Modern Millie George Roy Hill Ross Hunter 1968 Oliver! Carol Reed John WoolfFinian's Rainbow Francis Ford Coppola Joseph LandonFunny Girl William Wyler Ray StarkThe Odd Couple Gene Saks Howard W. KochYours, Mine and Ours Melville Shavelson Robert F. Blumofe 1969 The Secret of Santa Vittoria Stanley Kramer George Glass & Stanley KramerCactus Flower Gene Saks M.J. FrankovichGoodbye, Columbus Larry Peerce Stanley R. JaffeHello, Dolly! Gene Kelly Ernest LehmanPaint Your Wagon Joshua Logan Alan Jay Lerner
1970s Year Film Director Producer 1970 MASH Robert Altman Ingo PremingerDarling Lili Blake Edwards Diary of a Mad Housewife Frank Perry Frank PerryLovers and Other Strangers Cy Howard David SusskindScrooge Ronald Neame Robert H. Solo 1971 Fiddler on the Roof Norman Jewison The Boy Friend Ken Russell Harry Benn & Ken RussellKotch Jack Lemmon Richard CarterA New Leaf Elaine May Hillard ElkinsPlaza Suite Arthur Hiller Howard W. Koch 1972 Cabaret Bob Fosse Cy FeuerAvanti! Billy Wilder Butterflies Are Free Milton Katselas M.J. Frankovich1776 Peter H. Hunt Jack WarnerTravels with My Aunt George Cukor James Cresson & Robert Fryer 1973 American Graffiti George Lucas Francis Ford Coppola & Gary KurtzJesus Christ Superstar Norman Jewison Norman Jewison, Patrick Palmer, & Robert StigwoodPaper Moon Peter Bogdanovich Peter Bogdanovich & Frank MarshallTom Sawyer Don Taylor Frank Capra Jr. & Arthur P. JacobsA Touch of Class Melvin Frank 1974 The Longest Yard Robert Aldrich Albert S. RuddyThe Front Page Billy Wilder Paul MonashHarry and Tonto Paul Mazursky The Little Prince Stanley Donen The Three Musketeers Richard Lester Alexander Salkind, Ilya Salkind, & Pierre Spengler 1975 The Sunshine Boys Herbert Ross Ray StarkFunny Lady Herbert Ross Ray StarkThe Return of the Pink Panther Blake Edwards Shampoo Hal Ashby Warren BeattyTommy Ken Russell Ken Russell & Robert Stigwood 1976 A Star Is Born Frank Pierson Jon PetersBugsy Malone Alan Parker Alan MarshallThe Pink Panther Strikes Again Blake Edwards The Ritz Richard Lester Denis O'DellSilent Movie Mel Brooks Michael Hertzberg 1977 The Goodbye Girl Herbert Ross Ray StarkAnnie Hall Woody Allen Charles H. JoffeHigh Anxiety Mel Brooks New York, New York Martin Scorsese Robert Chartoff & Irwin WinklerSaturday Night Fever John Badham Robert Stigwood 1978 Heaven Can Wait Warren Beatty & Buck Henry Warren BeattyCalifornia Suite Herbert Ross Ray StarkFoul Play Colin Higgins Edward K. Milkins & Thomas L. MillerGrease Randal Kleiser Allan Carr & Robert StigwoodMovie Movie Stanley Donen 1979 Breaking Away Peter Yates Steve TesichBeing There Hal Ashby Andrew BraunsbergHair Miloš Forman Michael Butler & Lester PerskyThe Rose Mark Rydell Anthony Ray, Aaron Russo, & Marvin Worth10 Blake Edwards Tony Adams & Blake Edwards
1980s Year Film Director Producer 1980 Coal Miner's Daughter Michael Apted Bernard SchwartzAirplane! Jim Abrahams, David Zucker & Jerry Zucker Jon Davison & Howard W. KochFame Alan Parker David De Silva & Alan MarshallThe Idolmaker Taylor Hackford Gene Kirkwood & Howard W. Koch Jr.Melvin and Howard Jonathan Demme Art Linson & Don Phillips 1981 Arthur Steve Gordon Steve GordonThe Four Seasons Alan Alda Martin BregmanPennies from Heaven Herbert Ross Nora Kaye, Rick McCallum, & Herbert RossS.O.B. Blake Edwards Tony Adams & Blake EdwardsZoot Suit Luis Valdez Peter Burrell 1982 Tootsie Sydney Pollack Sydney Pollack & Dick RichardsThe Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Colin Higgins Robert L. Boyett & Colin HigginsDiner Barry Levinson Jerry WeintraubMy Favorite Year Richard Benjamin Michael GruskoffVictor Victoria Blake Edwards Tony Adams & Blake Edwards 1983 Yentl Barbra Streisand Larry DeWaay, Rusty Lemorande, & Barbra StreisandThe Big Chill Lawrence Kasdan Michael ShambergFlashdance Adrian Lyne Jerry Bruckheimer & Don SimpsonTrading Places John Landis George Folsey Jr., Aaron Russo, Irwin Russo, & Sam WilliamsZelig Woody Allen Robert Greenhut 1984 Romancing the Stone Robert Zemeckis Michael DouglasBeverly Hills Cop Martin Brest Jerry Bruckheimer & Don SimpsonGhostbusters Ivan Reitman Bernie Brillstein & Ivan ReitmanMicki & Maude Blake Edwards Tony Adams, Lou Antonio, Trish Caroselli, & Jonathan D. KraneSplash Ron Howard Brian Grazer 1985 Prizzi's Honor John Huston John ForemanBack to the Future Robert Zemeckis Neil Canton & Bob GaleA Chorus Line Richard Attenborough Cy FeuerCocoon Ron Howard David Brown & Richard D. ZanuckThe Purple Rose of Cairo Woody Allen Robert Greenhut 1986 Hannah and Her Sisters Woody Allen Robert GreenhutCrimes of the Heart Bruce Beresford Freddie FieldsCrocodile Dundee Peter Faiman John CornellDown and Out in Beverly Hills Paul Mazursky Pato Guzman & Paul MazurskyLittle Shop of Horrors Frank Oz David GeffenPeggy Sue Got Married Francis Ford Coppola Paul R. Gurian 1987 Hope and Glory John Boorman John Boorman & Michael DryhurstBaby Boom Charles Shyer Bruce A. Block & Nancy MeyersBroadcast News James L. Brooks James L. BrooksDirty Dancing Emile Ardolino Linda GottliebMoonstruck Norman Jewison 1988 Working Girl Mike Nichols Douglas WickBig Penny Marshall James L. Brooks & Robert GreenhutA Fish Called Wanda Charles Crichton Michael ShambergMidnight Run Martin Brest Who Framed Roger Rabbit Robert Zemeckis Frank Marshall & Robert Watts 1989 Driving Miss Daisy Bruce Beresford Lili Fini Zanuck & Richard D. ZanuckThe Little Mermaid Ron Clements & John Musker Howard Ashman & John MuskerShirley Valentine Lewis Gilbert The War of the Roses Danny DeVito James L. Brooks & Arnon MilchanWhen Harry Met Sally... Rob Reiner Rob Reiner & Andrew Scheinman
1990s