Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama has been awarded annually since 1944 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Past winners

• 1944 - The Song of Bernadette
• 1945 - Going My Way
• 1946 - The Lost Weekend
• 1947 - The Best Years of Our Lives
• 1948 - Gentleman's Agreement
• 1949 - Johnny Belinda; The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
• 1950 - All the King's Men
• 1951 - Sunset Boulevard

Nominees

• • All About Eve
  • Born Yesterday
  • Cyrano de Bergerac
  • Harvey
• 1952 - A Place in the Sun
  • Bright Victory
  • Detective Story
  • Quo Vadis
  • A Streetcar Named Desire
• 1953 - The Greatest Show on Earth
  • Come Back, Little Sheba
  • The Happy Time
  • High Noon
  • The Thief
• 1954 - The Robe
• 1955 - On the Waterfront
• 1956 - East of Eden
• 1957 - Around the World in Eighty Days
  • Giant
  • Lust for Life
  • The Rainmaker
  • War and Peace
• 1958 - The Bridge on the River Kwai
  • 12 Angry Men
  • Sayonara
  • Wild Is the Wind
  • Witness for the Prosecution
• 1959 - The Defiant Ones
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
  • Home Before Dark
  • I Want to Live!
  • Separate Tables
• 1960 - Ben-Hur
• 1961 - Spartacus
• 1962 - The Guns of Navarone
• 1963 - Lawrence of Arabia
• 1964 - The Cardinal
• 1965 - Becket
• 1966 - Doctor Zhivago
• 1967 - A Man for All Seasons
• 1968 - In the Heat of the Night
• 1969 - The Lion in Winter
• 1970 - Anne of the Thousand Days
• 1971 - Love Story
• 1972 - The French Connection
• 1973 - The Godfather
• 1974 - The Exorcist
• 1975 - Chinatown
• 1976 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• 1977 - Rocky
• 1978 - The Turning Point
• 1979 - Midnight Express
• 1980 - Kramer vs. Kramer
• 1981 - Ordinary People
  • The Elephant Man
  • The Ninth Configuration
  • Raging Bull
  • The Stunt Man
• 1982 - On Golden Pond
  • The French Lieutenant's Woman
  • Prince of the City
  • Ragtime
  • Reds
• 1983 - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • Missing
  • An Officer and a Gentleman
  • Sophie's Choice
  • The Verdict
• 1984 - Terms of Endearment
  • Reuben, Reuben
  • The Right Stuff
  • Silkwood
  • Tender Mercies
• 1985 - Amadeus
  • The Killing Fields
  • Places in the Heart
  • A Soldier's Story
  • The Cotton Club
• 1986 - Out of Africa
  • Witness
  • The Color Purple
  • Kiss of the Spider Woman
  • Runaway Train
• 1987 - Platoon
  • Children of a Lesser God
  • The Mission
  • Mona Lisa (film)
  • A Room with a View
  • Stand by Me
• 1988 - The Last Emperor
  • Cry Freedom
  • Empire of the Sun
  • Fatal Attraction
  • La Bamba
  • Nuts
• 1989 - Rain Man
  • The Accidental Tourist
  • A Cry in the Dark
  • Gorillas in the Mist
  • Mississippi Burning
  • Running On Empty
  • The Unbearable Lightness of Being
• 1990 - Born on the Fourth of July
  • Do the Right Thing
  • Crimes and Misdemeanors
  • Dead Poets Society
  • Glory
• 1991 - Dances with Wolves
  • The Godfather Part III
  • Goodfellas
  • Reversal of Fortune
  • Avalon
• 1992 - Bugsy
  • JFK
  • The Prince of Tides
  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • Thelma & Louise
• 1993 - Scent of a Woman
  • The Crying Game
  • A Few Good Men
  • Howard's End
  • Unforgiven
• 1994 - Schindler's List
  • The Age of Innocence (film)
  • The Piano
  • In the Name of the Father
  • The Remains of the Day
• 1995 - Forrest Gump
  • Pulp Fiction
  • Quiz Show
  • Nell
  • Legends of the Fall
• 1996 - Sense and Sensibility
  • Apollo 13
  • Braveheart
  • Leaving Las Vegas
  • The Bridges of Madison County
• 1997 - The English Patient
  • Secrets & Lies
  • Shine
  • Breaking the Waves
  • The People vs. Larry Flynt
• 1998 - Titanic
  • Amistad
  • The Boxer
  • Good Will Hunting
  • L.A. Confidential
• 1999 - Saving Private Ryan
  • Elizabeth
  • Gods and Monsters
  • The Horse Whisperer
  • The Truman Show
• 2000 - American Beauty
  • The End of the Affair
  • The Hurricane
  • The Insider
  • The Talented Mr. Ripley
• 2001 - Gladiator
  • Billy Elliot
  • Traffic
  • Wonder Boys
  • Erin Brockovich
  • Sunshine
• 2002 - A Beautiful Mind
  • In the Bedroom
  • The Fellowship of the Ring (film)
  • The Man Who Wasn't There
  • Mulholland Dr.
• 2003 - The Hours
  • About Schmidt
  • Gangs of New York
  • The Two Towers (film)
  • The Pianist
• 2004 - The Return of the King (film)
  • Cold Mountain
  • The Far Side of the World
  • Mystic River
  • Seabiscuit
• 2005 - The Aviator
  • Closer
  • Finding Neverland
  • Hotel Rwanda
  • Kinsey
  • Million Dollar Baby
• 2006 - Brokeback Mountain
  • The Constant Gardener
  • Good Night, and Good Luck
  • A History of Violence
  • Match Point

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