Monday, January 17, 2011

How many of these Golden Globe Award-winning movies have you seen

The 68th Golden Globe Awards were handed out by Hollywood Foreign Press Association last night in Beverly Hills, Calif. Since 1944, the Golden Globe Awards have been given out to “recognize excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign.”

“The Social Network” won the Golden Globe for Best Drama Film, beating out the other nominees – “Black Swan,” “The Fighter,” “Inception” and “The King’s Speech.”

“The Kids Are All Right” won the Golden Globe for Best Comedy/Musical Film. The other nominees were “Alice in Wonderland,” “Burlesque,” “Red” and “The Tourist.”

“Toy Story 3” won the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature Film. The other nominees were “Despicable Me,” “How to Train Your Dragon,” “The Illusionist” and “Tangled.”

“In a Better World” won the Golden Globe for best Foreign-Language Film. The other nominees were “Biutiful,” “The Concert,” “The Edge” and “I Am Love.”

All of this got me to wondering about what other movies have received Golden Globes in the past and about how many I’ve had a chance to watch.

When the Golden Globes were first awarded in the 1940s, there was a single category for Best Picture. In 1951, the Golden Globes split the Best Picture awards into categories for Drama and Musical-Comedy. (The award was later re-combined for one year in 1953).

Here’s a list of the films that have won Golden Globes for Best Picture:

1943 – The Song of Bernadette
1944 – Going My Way
1945 – The Lost Weekend
1946 – The Best Years of Our Lives
1947 – Gentlemen’s Agreement
1948 (tie) – Johnny Belinda and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1949 – All the King’s Men

What follows is a list of the movies that have won a Golden Globe for Best Drama:

1950 – Sunset Boulevard
1951 – A Place in the Sun
1952 – The Greatest Show on Earth
1953 – The Robe
1954 – On the Waterfront
1955 – East of Eden
1956 – Around the World in Eighty Days
1957 – The Bridge Over River Kwai
1958 – The Defiant Ones
1959 – Ben-Hur

1960 – Spartacus
1961 – The Guns of Navarone
1962 – Lawrence of Arabia
1963 – The Cardinal
1964 – Becket
1965 – Doctor Zhivago
1966 – A Man for All Seasons
1967 – In the Heat of the Night
1968 – The Lion in Winter
1969 – Anne of the Thousand Days

1970 – Love Story
1971 – The French Connection
1972 – The Godfather
1973 – The Exorcist
1974 – Chinatown
1975 – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
1976 – Rocky
1977 – The Turning Point
1978 – Midnight Express
1979 – Kramer vs. Kramer

1980 – Ordinary People
1981 – On Golden Pond
1982 – E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
1983 – Terms of Endearment
1984 – Amadeus
1985 – Out of Africa
1986 – Platoon
1987 – The Last Emperor
1988 – Rain Man
1989 – Born on the Fourth of July

1990 – Dances with Wolves
1991 – Bugsy
1992 – Scent of a Woman
1993 – Schindler’s List
1994 – Forrest Gump
1995 – Sense and Sensibility
1996 – The English Patient
1997 – Titanic
1998 – Saving Private Ryan
1999 – American Beauty

2000 – Gladiator
2001 – A Beautiful Mind
2002 – The Hours
2003 – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004 – The Aviator
2005 – Brokeback Mountain
2006 – Babel
2007 – Atonement
2008 – Slumdog Millionaire
2009 – Avatar
2010 – The Social Network

The following movies have received a Golden Globe for Best Musical or Comedy Film:

1951 – An American in Paris
1952 – With a Song in My Heart
1953 – No Award Given
1954 – Carmen Jones
1955 – Guys and Dolls
1956 – The King and I
1957 – Les Girls
1958 – Auntie Mame (Comedy) and Gigi (Musical)
1959 – Some Like It Hot (Comedy) and Porgy and Bess (Musical)

1960 – The Apartment (Comedy) and Song Without End (Musical)
1961 – A Majority of One (Comedy) and West Side Story (Musical)
1962 – That Touch of Mink (Comedy) and The Music Man (Musical)
1963 – Tom Jones
1964 – My Fair Lady
1965 – The Sound of Music
1966 – The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming
1967 – The Graduate
1968 – Oliver
1969 – The Secret of Santa Vittoria

1970 – MASH
1971 – Fiddler on the Roof
1972 – Cabaret
1973 – American Graffiti
1974 – The Longest Yard
1975 – The Sunshine Boys
1976 – A Star Is Born
1977 – The Goodbye Girl
1978 – Heaven Can Wait
1979 – Breaking Away

1980 – Coal Miner’s Daughter
1981 – Arthur
1982 – Tootsie
1983 – Yentl
1984 – Romancing the Stone
1985 – Prizzi’s Honor
1986 – Hannah and Her Sisters
1987 – Hope and Glory
1988 – Working Girl
1989 – Driving Miss Daisy

1990 – Green Card
1991 – Beauty and the Beast
1992 – The Player
1993 – Mrs. Doubtfire
1994 – The Lion King
1995 – Babe
1996 – Evita
1997 – As Good as It Gets
1998 – Shakespeare in Love
1999 – Toy Story 2

2000 – Almost Famous
2001 – Moulin Rouge!
2002 – Chicago
2003 – Lost in Translation
2004 – Sideways
2005 – Walk the Line
2006 – Dreamgirls
2007 – Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2008 – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2009 – The Hangover
2010 – The Kids Are All Right

The Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film is a relatively new award. It was given out for the first time in 2007 for films that came out in 2006. Here are the all-time winners of that award.

2006 – Cars
2007 – Ratatouille
2008 – WALL-E
2009 – Up
2010 – Toy Story 3

In the end, how many of these films have you had a chance to watch? Which did you like? Which is your favorite? Let us know in the comments section below.

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