Golden Globe - Comedy or Musical
Run since 1944 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, these awards are a major part of the film industry's 'awards season'. Based on votes from (as of 2005) 86 mostly part-time journalists living in Hollywood and affiliated with media outside of the United States. Unlike Oscar, the Golden Globe's Best Picture is divided into two categories, Best Drama and Best Comedy or Musical. Listed below are the winners in the latter.
American Hustle ( Blu-ray ) (2013)
7.3/10
Director: David O Russell
Starring: Christian Bale, Jeremy Renner, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence
Set in the 1970s, "American Hustle" tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale), who, along with his equally cunning and se... Read more
Evita (1996)
6.3/10
Director: Alan Parker
Starring: Madonna , Jonathan Pryce, Antonio Banderas
Based on the opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice detailing the brief but dynamic life of Eva Peron (Madonna) who, as the wife of Argentinean Pre... Read more
Dreamgirls (2006)
6.5/10
Director: Bill Condon
Starring: Beyonce Knowles, Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover, Jennifer Hudson, Anika...
Discovered in a local talent quest by ambitious manager Curtis Taylor (Jaime Foxx), three soul-singing friends (played by Beyonce Knowles, 'American I... Read more
Breaking Away (1979)
7.7/10
Director: Peter Yates
Starring: Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley, Barbara Barr...
A warm and humourous drama of four youths, unsure about life after high school, and how one boy's obsession with bicycle racing offers an escape from... Read more
Toy Story 2 (1999)
7.9/10
Director: John Lasseter
Starring: Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Tim Allen, Tom Hanks
When Woody is mistakenly left in a yard sale and taken by a fanatical toy collector, it's up to Buzz, Slinky Dog, Mr. Potato Head and the gang to stag... Read more
Lost in Translation (2003)
7.8/10
Director: Sofia Coppola
Starring: Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi, Anna Faris, Fumihiro Hayashi
In writer/director Sofia Coppola's lyrical romantic tale, Bill Murray is a past-his-prime American movie star who comes to Tokyo to shoot a television... Read more
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ( Blu-ray ) (2007)
7.4/10
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohe...
Stephen Sondheim's award-winning musical thriller stars Johnny Depp in the title role as a man unjustly sent to prison. The previously mild-mannered b... Read more
Les Miserables (Jackman) ( Blu-ray ) (2012)
7.4/10
Director: Tom Hooper
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Sacha Baron Cohen, Anne Hatha...
A musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic novel about a recently-released prisoner named Jean Valjean struggling to survive during the French revo... Read more
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
6.9/10
Director: Warren Beatty, Buck Henry
Starring: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason, Charles Grodin, Dyan Cannon, Buck He...
In this remake of 'Here Comes Mr Jordan', Warren Beatty stars as a quarterback who is taken to Heaven before his time, but because his body on Earth i... Read more
American Graffiti ( Blu-ray ) (1973)
7.5/10
Director: George Lucas
Starring: Candy Clark, Cindy Williams, Harrison Ford, Paul Le Mat, Richard Dreyfuss, Ron H...
George Lucas' paean to early '60s youth stars Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, Cindy Williams, Paul LeMat, Harrison Ford and other then-unknowns. Follow... Read more