Award winners
Golden Globe Best Musical or Comedy winners
The Globes' other top prize, for musicals and comedies, which is where the awards season's best-natured arguments happen.
Which order? By year of the films, newest first.
Every year, newest first
- 2025
One Battle After Another 2025WinnerPaul Thomas Anderson turns Thomas Pynchon into a chase film, and it is the fastest, funniest thing he has made. It runs 162 minutes and earns most of them; the villains are cartoons.Fi1m 87- Blue MoonNot reviewed yet
Bugonia 2025Fi1m 72
Marty Supreme 2025Fi1m 82
No Other Choice 2025Fi1m 78- Nouvelle VagueNot reviewed yet
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022
The Banshees of Inisherin 2022WinnerMartin McDonagh puts Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson on a small Irish island and has one of them stop liking the other. It is his funniest and saddest film, and it says its Civil War parallel out loud once too often.Fi1m 84- BabylonNot reviewed yet
Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022Fi1m 77- Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryNot reviewed yet
Triangle of Sadness 2022Fi1m 66
- 2021
West Side Story 2021WinnerSteven Spielberg’s first musical is staged with more confidence than anything he has made this century, and Ariana DeBose and Mike Faist are superb in it. It falls short where a love story can least afford to: the boy at the centre.Fi1m 79- CyranoNot reviewed yet
Don't Look Up 2021Fi1m 52
Licorice Pizza 2021Fi1m 80- tick, tick... BOOM!Not reviewed yet
- 2020HamiltonWinnerNot reviewed yet
- MusicNot reviewed yet
- Palm SpringsNot reviewed yet
- The PromNot reviewed yet
- 2019Once Upon a Time in HollywoodWinnerNot reviewed yet
- Dolemite Is My NameNot reviewed yet
Jojo Rabbit 2019Fi1m 58
Knives Out 2019Fi1m 81
Rocketman 2019Fi1m 78
- 2018
Green Book 2018WinnerViggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali make *Green Book* an engaging road comedy. Peter Farrelly’s reassuring treatment of racism is harder to accept, but the performances give interested viewers a reason to persist with its familiar lessons.Fi1m 64- Crazy Rich AsiansNot reviewed yet
The Favourite 2018Fi1m 87- Mary Poppins ReturnsNot reviewed yet
Vice 2018Fi1m 61
- 2017
Lady Bird 2017WinnerGreta Gerwig’s coming-of-age comedy is funny, tender and unusually fair to both sides of a mother-daughter argument. Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf make it worth the evening, though the brisk cutting sometimes leaves other characters short of time.Fi1m 86
The Disaster Artist 2017Fi1m 74
Get Out 2017Fi1m 89- The Greatest ShowmanNot reviewed yet
- I, TonyaNot reviewed yet
- 2016
La La Land 2016WinnerDamien Chazelle’s musical is worth seeing for Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling and the pleasure of watching romance turn into dance. The characters are thinly written, but the songs linger and the affection between the leads is easy to believe.Fi1m 81- 20th Century WomenNot reviewed yet
Deadpool 2016Fi1m 74- Florence Foster JenkinsNot reviewed yet
- Sing StreetNot reviewed yet
- 2015
The Martian 2015WinnerRidley Scott’s survival adventure makes science and co-operation entertaining, with Matt Damon’s humour keeping the explanations lively. Watney’s loneliness is underplayed, but the practical problems hold our attention and the optimism earns our affection.Fi1m 82
The Big Short 2015Fi1m 80- JoyNot reviewed yet
- SpyNot reviewed yet
- TrainwreckNot reviewed yet
- 2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014WinnerWes Anderson’s murder caper is funny, exact and more affecting than its fussiness suggests. Ralph Fiennes makes its vain concierge worth caring about, even when the carefully arranged sentiment starts to feel compulsory.Fi1m 86- BirdmanNot reviewed yet
- Into the WoodsNot reviewed yet
Pride 2014Fi1m 82- St. VincentNot reviewed yet
- 2013
- 2012
Les Misérables 2012WinnerTom Hooper films the stage musical with the cast singing live and the camera a few inches from their faces. When the face is Anne Hathaway’s the effect is overwhelming. Over 158 minutes it is also wearing, and the camera never learns to step back.Fi1m 62- The Best Exotic Marigold HotelNot reviewed yet
Moonrise Kingdom 2012Fi1m 82- Salmon Fishing in the YemenNot reviewed yet
Silver Linings Playbook 2012Fi1m 80
- 2011
The Artist 2011WinnerMichel Hazanavicius makes silent-film storytelling feel easy to enjoy, with Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo giving the romance warmth and mischief. The middle dwells too long on wounded pride, but the pleasure is considerable.Fi1m 82- 50/50Not reviewed yet
Bridesmaids 2011Fi1m 82
Midnight in Paris 2011Fi1m 78- My Week with MarilynNot reviewed yet
- 2010
The Kids Are All Right 2010WinnerLisa Cholodenko’s family comedy is funny, perceptive and carried by performances that make long familiarity convincing. It sometimes settles difficult questions too comfortably, but Annette Bening and Julianne Moore give the marriage enough friction to keep it honest.Fi1m 80- Alice in WonderlandNot reviewed yet
- BurlesqueNot reviewed yet
- RedNot reviewed yet
- The TouristNot reviewed yet
- 2009
The Hangover 2009WinnerTodd Phillips skips the stag night and shows the morning after, which is the better idea. Fast, well built and frequently funny, with Zach Galifianakis stealing it from his co-leads; also lazy with its women and lazier with Mr. Chow.Fi1m 72- (500) Days of SummerNot reviewed yet
- It's ComplicatedNot reviewed yet
- Julie & JuliaNot reviewed yet
- NineNot reviewed yet
- 2008Vicky Cristina BarcelonaWinnerNot reviewed yet
- Burn After ReadingNot reviewed yet
Happy-Go-Lucky 2008Fi1m 83
In Bruges 2008Fi1m 83- Mamma Mia!Not reviewed yet
- 2007
- 2006DreamgirlsWinnerNot reviewed yet
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan 2006Fi1m 81- The Devil Wears PradaNot reviewed yet
Little Miss Sunshine 2006Fi1m 78- Thank You for SmokingNot reviewed yet
- 2005
Walk the Line 2005WinnerJoaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon make James Mangold’s Johnny Cash drama worth an evening. Their singing and convincing courtship carry a biography that too often explains a complicated man in the usual ways.Fi1m 78- Mrs Henderson PresentsNot reviewed yet
Pride & Prejudice 2005Fi1m 82- The ProducersNot reviewed yet
The Squid and the Whale 2005Fi1m 83
- 2004
Sideways 2004WinnerAlexander Payne’s wine-country comedy is funny, patient and unusually tender towards its difficult men. Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church make the friendship convincing, though a slack middle and occasional cheap jokes need forgiving.Fi1m 86
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004Fi1m 88
The Incredibles 2004Fi1m 88- The Phantom of the OperaNot reviewed yet
Ray 2004Fi1m 70
- 2003
Lost in Translation 2003WinnerSofia Coppola makes a funny, affecting romance from two people struggling to explain themselves. Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson reward the patience it asks for, though the Japanese characters deserve more of the attention given to its leads.Fi1m 86- Bend It Like BeckhamNot reviewed yet
Big Fish 2003Fi1m 78
Finding Nemo 2003Fi1m 85
Love Actually 2003Fi1m 58
- 2002
Chicago 2002WinnerRob Marshall’s film of the Kander and Ebb musical finds the right trick, staging every song inside Roxie Hart’s head, and Catherine Zeta-Jones commands it. Then the editing chops the dancing so fine that the best thing in it is barely visible.Fi1m 73- About a BoyNot reviewed yet
Adaptation. 2002Fi1m 83- My Big Fat Greek WeddingNot reviewed yet
- Nicholas NicklebyNot reviewed yet
- 2001
- 2000
- 1999
Toy Story 2 1999WinnerJohn Lasseter’s sequel is funny, moving and unusually clear-eyed about how childhood ends. A few action passages feel dutiful, but the toys’ fear of being forgotten gives the comedy a reason to matter.Fi1m 89- Analyze ThisNot reviewed yet
Being John Malkovich 1999Fi1m 89- Man on the MoonNot reviewed yet
Notting Hill 1999Fi1m 78
- 1998
Shakespeare in Love 1998WinnerJohn Madden’s *Shakespeare in Love* is a witty, affectionate period comedy, strongest when the theatre people take charge. The romance feels too neatly arranged, but the writing and the company make it worth an evening.Fi1m 79- BulworthNot reviewed yet
- The Mask of ZorroNot reviewed yet
- Patch AdamsNot reviewed yet
- Still CrazyNot reviewed yet
There's Something About Mary 1998Fi1m 78
- 1997
As Good as It Gets 1997WinnerJames L. Brooks’s romantic comedy is worth an evening for Helen Hunt and Greg Kinnear, who give Jack Nicholson’s insults consequences. It is funny and affecting, though its efforts to make Melvin lovable can feel like special pleading.Fi1m 77
The Full Monty 1997Fi1m 81
Men in Black 1997Fi1m 82- My Best Friend's WeddingNot reviewed yet
Wag the Dog 1997Fi1m 77
- 1996EvitaWinnerNot reviewed yet
The Birdcage 1996Fi1m 81- Everyone Says I Love YouNot reviewed yet
Fargo 1996Fi1m 91
Jerry Maguire 1996Fi1m 81
- 1995
Babe 1995Winner*Babe* is a funny, tender family film that takes its animals seriously without asking us to stop laughing at them. Chris Noonan earns the sentiment, though Nigel Westlake’s music occasionally insists on more than we need.Fi1m 88- The American PresidentNot reviewed yet
Get Shorty 1995Fi1m 82- SabrinaNot reviewed yet
Toy Story 1995Fi1m 92
- 1994
- 1993
- 1992
The Player 1992WinnerRobert Altman’s Hollywood satire is funny, assured and carried by Tim Robbins’s unnervingly agreeable studio executive. We recommend it, though the famous guests occasionally get more attention than the story needs.Fi1m 85
Aladdin 1992Fi1m 82- Enchanted AprilNot reviewed yet
- Honeymoon in VegasNot reviewed yet
- Sister ActNot reviewed yet
- 1991
- 1990Green CardWinnerNot reviewed yet
- Dick TracyNot reviewed yet
Ghost 1990Fi1m 80
Home Alone 1990Fi1m 80
Pretty Woman 1990Fi1m 77
- 1989Driving Miss DaisyWinnerNot reviewed yet
- The Little MermaidNot reviewed yet
- Shirley ValentineNot reviewed yet
- The War of the RosesNot reviewed yet
When Harry Met Sally... 1989Fi1m 84
- 1988
- 1987
Hope and Glory 1987WinnerWe recommend John Boorman’s funny, affectionate account of a wartime childhood, chiefly for the children themselves. The nostalgia sometimes softens things too much, but their pleasure in the disruption is both convincing and quietly troubling.Fi1m 82- Baby BoomNot reviewed yet
Broadcast News 1987Fi1m 84- Dirty DancingNot reviewed yet
Moonstruck 1987Fi1m 84
- 1986
Hannah and Her Sisters 1986WinnerWoody Allen’s family comedy is funny, tender and well worth an evening. Michael Caine and Dianne Wiest make its romantic troubles matter, though a few lines sound too carefully rehearsed.Fi1m 88- Crimes of the HeartNot reviewed yet
- Crocodile DundeeNot reviewed yet
- Down and Out in Beverly HillsNot reviewed yet
- Little Shop of HorrorsNot reviewed yet
Peggy Sue Got Married 1986Fi1m 79
- 1985
Prizzi's Honor 1985WinnerJohn Huston’s *Prizzi’s Honor* is a sly, funny crime romance that takes its killers’ feelings seriously. The plotting needs patience, but Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner make the courtship worth following even when the family business gets cumbersome.Fi1m 82
Back to the Future 1985Fi1m 92- A Chorus LineNot reviewed yet
- CocoonNot reviewed yet
The Purple Rose of Cairo 1985Fi1m 84
- 1984Romancing the StoneWinnerNot reviewed yet
Beverly Hills Cop 1984Fi1m 55
Ghostbusters 1984Fi1m 80- Micki & MaudeNot reviewed yet
- SplashNot reviewed yet
- 1983YentlWinnerNot reviewed yet
The Big Chill 1983Fi1m 67- FlashdanceNot reviewed yet
Trading Places 1983Fi1m 80
Zelig 1983Fi1m 82
- 1982
Tootsie 1982WinnerSydney Pollack’s *Tootsie* is a funny, humane farce led by Dustin Hoffman and an alert supporting cast. It deserves a little scepticism when it starts teaching lessons about women, but we recommend it warmly.Fi1m 85- The Best Little Whorehouse in TexasNot reviewed yet
Diner 1982Fi1m 84- My Favorite YearNot reviewed yet
- Victor VictoriaNot reviewed yet
- 1981ArthurWinnerNot reviewed yet
- The Four SeasonsNot reviewed yet
- Pennies from HeavenNot reviewed yet
- S.O.B.Not reviewed yet
- Zoot SuitNot reviewed yet
- 1980
Coal Miner's Daughter 1980WinnerMichael Apted’s film of Loretta Lynn’s life is warm, plainly told and acted with a care most singer biographies never manage, and Spacek does her own singing. The first hour is close to perfect. The last half hour is in a hurry.Fi1m 81
Airplane! 1980Fi1m 89- FameNot reviewed yet
- The IdolmakerNot reviewed yet
- Melvin and HowardNot reviewed yet
- 1979
Breaking Away 1979WinnerPeter Yates’s comedy about four quarrymen’s sons idling through a summer in a college town is warm, funny and plain about class. Paul Dooley and Barbara Barrie are two of the best screen parents we know; the race at the end is the least of it.Fi1m 86
Being There 1979Fi1m 84- HairNot reviewed yet
- The RoseNot reviewed yet
- 10Not reviewed yet
- 1978
Heaven Can Wait 1978WinnerWarren Beatty and Buck Henry remake a 1941 fantasy as a soft, sunlit comedy about a quarterback who dies too early and comes back as a millionaire. It is gentle to a fault, but Charles Grodin and Dyan Cannon steal every room they whisper in.Fi1m 74- California SuiteNot reviewed yet
- Foul PlayNot reviewed yet
Grease 1978Fi1m 76- Movie MovieNot reviewed yet
- 1977
The Goodbye Girl 1977WinnerNeil Simon’s romantic comedy runs on wisecracks, and Richard Dreyfuss makes them sound like a man thinking. Marsha Mason is handed a harder job and a colder character. Worth an evening for him, for the flat, and for one disastrous first night.Fi1m 68
Annie Hall 1977Fi1m 86- High AnxietyNot reviewed yet
- New York, New YorkNot reviewed yet
Saturday Night Fever 1977Fi1m 78
- 1976A Star Is BornWinnerNot reviewed yet
- Bugsy MaloneNot reviewed yet
- The Pink Panther Strikes AgainNot reviewed yet
- The RitzNot reviewed yet
- Silent MovieNot reviewed yet
- 1975The Sunshine BoysWinnerNot reviewed yet
- Funny LadyNot reviewed yet
- The Return of the Pink PantherNot reviewed yet
- ShampooNot reviewed yet
- TommyNot reviewed yet
- 1974The Longest YardWinnerNot reviewed yet
The Front Page 1974Fi1m 60- Harry and TontoNot reviewed yet
- The Little PrinceNot reviewed yet
- The Three MusketeersNot reviewed yet
- 1973
American Graffiti 1973WinnerGeorge Lucas makes teenage cruising funny, awkward and unexpectedly moving, with cars and radio doing much of the storytelling. A few conversations outstay their welcome, but the affection for these uncertain young people is well earned.Fi1m 84- Jesus Christ SuperstarNot reviewed yet
- Paper MoonNot reviewed yet
- Tom SawyerNot reviewed yet
A Touch of Class 1973Fi1m 66
- 1972
Cabaret 1972WinnerBob Fosse’s film of the stage musical keeps the songs on a tiny club stage and lets Berlin turn brown outside the door. Minnelli and Grey are extraordinary; the scenes between the numbers are not, and we do not much mind.Fi1m 88- Avanti!Not reviewed yet
- Butterflies Are FreeNot reviewed yet
- 1971
Fiddler on the Roof 1971WinnerNorman Jewison’s film of the stage musical is long, brown and often lovely. Chaim Topol’s Tevye is the reason to sit through 181 minutes; the film around him does not always know when to stop, but it knows where to look.Fi1m 77- The Boy FriendNot reviewed yet
- KotchNot reviewed yet
- A New LeafNot reviewed yet
- Plaza SuiteNot reviewed yet
- 1970MASHWinnerNot reviewed yet
- Darling LiliNot reviewed yet
- Diary of a Mad HousewifeNot reviewed yet
- Lovers and Other StrangersNot reviewed yet
- ScroogeNot reviewed yet
- 1969The Secret of Santa VittoriaWinnerNot reviewed yet
- Cactus FlowerNot reviewed yet
- Goodbye, ColumbusNot reviewed yet
Hello, Dolly! 1969Fi1m 56- Paint Your WagonNot reviewed yet
- 1968
Oliver! 1968WinnerCarol Reed’s film of Lionel Bart’s musical is beautifully built and superbly cast around the edges, with Ron Moody and Jack Wild doing the work the hero cannot. It runs long and never squares the grime with the grins, but it earns its Sunday afternoon.Fi1m 76- Finian's RainbowNot reviewed yet
Funny Girl 1968Fi1m 70- The Odd CoupleNot reviewed yet
- Yours, Mine and OursNot reviewed yet
- 1967
The Graduate 1967WinnerMike Nichols’s comedy about a graduate who drifts into an affair with a family friend is still funny and still sharp, and Anne Bancroft is the best thing in it. It goes softer once it stops being about her, though not by enough to spoil it.Fi1m 86- CamelotNot reviewed yet
Doctor Dolittle 1967Fi1m 50- The Taming of the ShrewNot reviewed yet
- Thoroughly Modern MillieNot reviewed yet
- 1966The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are ComingWinnerNot reviewed yet
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumNot reviewed yet
- GambitNot reviewed yet
- Not with My Wife, You Don't!Not reviewed yet
- You're a Big Boy NowNot reviewed yet
- 1965
The Sound of Music 1965WinnerRobert Wise’s musical is an easy recommendation, thanks to Julie Andrews and songs given room to work. Some of the adult drama drags, and the sentimentality is considerable; neither quite wears out the welcome.Fi1m 86- Cat BallouNot reviewed yet
- The Great RaceNot reviewed yet
- Those Magnificent Men in their Flying MachinesNot reviewed yet
A Thousand Clowns 1965Fi1m 76
- 1964
My Fair Lady 1964WinnerCukor films the Lerner and Loewe musical much as it stood on stage, dressed by Cecil Beaton, with Rex Harrison exact as Higgins. It is handsome and civilised, half an hour too long, and Audrey Hepburn’s Cockney is a problem it never solves.Fi1m 76- Father GooseNot reviewed yet
Mary Poppins 1964Fi1m 83- The Unsinkable Molly BrownNot reviewed yet
- The World of Henry OrientNot reviewed yet
- 1963
Tom Jones 1963WinnerTony Richardson takes Fielding’s 1749 novel and films it as though the eighteenth century were a party he had just crashed. It is lively, often funny and beautifully lit by Walter Lassally, and it runs out of puff in London.Fi1m 74- Bye Bye BirdieNot reviewed yet
- Irma la DouceNot reviewed yet
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldNot reviewed yet
- A Ticklish AffairNot reviewed yet
- Under the Yum Yum TreeNot reviewed yet
- 1957Les GirlsWinnerNot reviewed yet
- Don't Go Near the WaterNot reviewed yet
- Love in the AfternoonNot reviewed yet
- Pal JoeyNot reviewed yet
- Silk StockingsNot reviewed yet
- 1956
The King and I 1956WinnerWalter Lang’s film of the stage musical is large, slow and superbly dressed, and Yul Brynner holds it up almost on his own. The songs are still good and the view of Siam has not aged well; go for him and for the ballet.Fi1m 71- Bus StopNot reviewed yet
- The Opposite SexNot reviewed yet
- The Solid Gold CadillacNot reviewed yet
- The Teahouse of the August MoonNot reviewed yet
- 1955Guys and DollsWinnerNot reviewed yet
- 1954Carmen JonesWinnerNot reviewed yet
- 1952With a Song in My HeartWinnerNot reviewed yet
- Hans Christian AndersenNot reviewed yet
- I'll See You in My DreamsNot reviewed yet
Singin' in the Rain 1952Fi1m 93- Stars and Stripes ForeverNot reviewed yet
- 1953Not reviewed yet
- 1951
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