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.
Tootsie (1982)
7.4/10
Director: Sydney Pollack
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Bill Murray, Geena Davis, Dabney Colem...
Dustin Hoffman plays an unemployed actor who dons women's clothing and becomes a great success in a popular tv soap opera. He also falls in love with... Read more
Arthur (1981)
6.9/10
Director: Steve Gordon
Starring: Dudley Moore, John Gielgud, Liza Minnelli
Spoiled millionaire Dudley Moore must choose between continued wealth (in a planned marriage) and true love (with working-class waitress Liza Minnelli... Read more
Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
7.5/10
Director: Michael Apted
Starring: Beverly D'Angelo, Levon Helm, Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones
The film biography of country-western superstar Loretta Lynn. Sissy Spacek won an Academy Award for her performance as the lass from Butcher's Hollow.... 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
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
A Star Is Born (Blu-Ray) (1976)
7.7/10
Director: Frank Pierson
Starring: Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Gary Busey
Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson are the leads in this third version. A talented wife whose star is on the rise quickly overshadows her husband... Read more
A Star Is Born (Streisand) (1976)
7.8/10
Director: Frank Pierson
Starring: Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Gary Busey
Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson are the leads in this third version. A talented wife whose star is on the rise quickly overshadows her husband... Read more
The Longest Yard (1974)
7.1/10
Director: Robert Aldrich
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, Mike Conrad
A.k.a. 'The Mean Machine'. In this hilarious, rough-and -tumble comedy Burt Reynolds is a former American football pro who winds up behind bars after... 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
American Graffiti (1973)
7.5/10
Director: George Lucas
Starring: Wolfman Jack, Mackenzie Phillips, Charles Martin Smith, Ron Howard, Richard Drey...
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