Golden Globes: Every movie to win best drama since 1944

1944: "The Song of Bernadette"     
• Directed by: Henry King    
• Produced by: William Perlberg    

The first film to win a Golden Globe for best picture was "The Song of Bernadette" in 1944. The movie about a young French woman who has visions of the Virgin Mary stars Jennifer Jones, Charles Bickford and Vincent Price, among others. It also won four Academy Awards but lost best picture to "Casablanca.

1945: "Going My Way"     
• Directed by: Leo McCarey    
• Produced by: Leo McCarey    

Starring beloved entertainer Bing Crosby, "Going My Way" tells the story of vivacious Catholic priest Father Chuck O'Malley. In addition to its Golden Globe Award, the film won seven Oscars, including best picture and best actor for Crosby.

1946: "The Lost Weekend"     
• Directed by: Billy Wilder    
• Produced by: Charles Brackett    

Billy Wilder's "The Lost Weekend" offers a harrowing depiction of an alcoholic going on a four-day bender. Best picture wasn't the film's only award. It also won Golden Globes for director and actor, and Oscars for picture, actor, director and writing.

1947: "The Best Years of Our Lives"     
• Directed by: William Wyler    
• Produced by: Samuel Goldwyn    

The movie about three World War II veterans adapting to home life following their service won not only the award for best picture at the Golden Globes, but also a special achievement award for nonprofessional actor Harold Russell. Russell was a veteran who had both of his hands amputated following an Army training accident. "The Best Years of Our Lives" also won seven Oscars, including best picture.

1948: "Gentleman's Agreement"     
• Directed by: Elia Kazan    
• Produced by: Darryl F. Zanuck    

Elia Kazan, who also made "On the Waterfront" (1954) and "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951), directed "Gentleman's Agreement," about a journalist who pretends to be Jewish in order to better write about anti-Semitism. The movie won best picture and director at both the Golden Globes and Academy Awards.

1949: "Johnny Belinda" / "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"
• Directed by: Jean Negulesco / John Huston    
• Produced by: Jerry Wald / Henry Blanke    
• Nominees: N/A

The sole tie for best picture at the Golden Globes was in 1949, when both "Johnny Belinda" and "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" were announced as winners. Both films were also nominated at the Oscars but lost out to Laurence Olivier's "Hamlet."

1950: "All the King's Men"     
• Directed by: Robert Rossen    
• Produced by: Robert Rossen    

Director Robert Rossen's tale of a crooked politician won the Golden Globe for not only best picture but also director, actor for Broderick Crawford and supporting actress and most promising female newcomer for Mercedes McCambridge. It also won the Oscar for best picture.

1951: "Sunset Boulevard"     
• Directed by: Billy Wilder    
• Produced by: Charles Brackett    

Billy Wilder's classic about a screenwriter's fated relationship with an eccentric Hollywood has-been took best picture in 1951. While nominated at the Oscars, it lost to "All About Eve."

1952: "A Place in the Sun"     
• Directed by: George Stevens    
• Produced by: George Stevens    

"A Place in the Sun" – which stars Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, and Shelley Winters – tells the story of a young man caught in a love triangle. Though also nominated for director, actress (Shelley Winters) and cinematography, the only Golden Globe the film won was best picture.

1953: "The Greatest Show on Earth"     
• Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille    
• Produced by: Cecil B. DeMille    

1953 marked the first year that the Golden Globes split its best picture award into two: one for dramas and one for musicals and comedies. Cecil B. DeMille's "The Greatest Show on Earth," which features actors James Stewart and Charlton Heston, took the drama prize.

1954: "The Robe"     
• Directed by: Henry Koster    
• Produced by: Frank Ross    

This film about a Roman tribune in the aftermath of Jesus Christ's crucifixion stars Richard Burton in the lead. The film was nominated for best picture at the Academy Awards but lost to the World War II drama "From Here to Eternity.

1955: "On the Waterfront"     
• Directed by: Elia Kazan    
• Produced by: Sam Spiegel    

Elia Kazan, who won the Golden Globe in 1948, had another strong year in 1955 with his gritty film "On the Waterfront." Not only did the movie win the Golden Globe for best picture, but also awards for director, cinematography, and actor for star Marlon Brando. It would later win eight Oscars, including best picture.

1956: "East of Eden"     
• Directed by: Elia Kazan    
• Produced by: Elia Kazan    

Another Kazan film won in 1956, "East of Eden," which stars James Dean as a young man competing against his brother for his God-fearing father's favor. Dean, who died shortly after the film's release, also received a special achievement award at the 1956 Globes.

1957: "Around the World in 80 Days"    
• Directed by: Michael Anderson    
• Produced by: Michael Todd    

The nearly three-hour adventure film won in 1957 over other titles, including "Giant," "The Rainmaker" and "War and Peace." "Around the World in 80 Days" also won best picture at the Oscars.

1958: "The Bridge on the River Kwai"     
• Directed by: David Lean    
• Produced by: Sam Spiegel    

David Lean's World War II epic about British prisoners of war building a bridge for their Japanese captors won best picture and director in 1958 along with best actor for Alec Guinness in the role of the conflicted Col. Nicholson. The movie also won seven Oscars, including best picture.

1959: "The Defiant Ones"    
• Directed by: Stanley Kramer    
• Produced by: Stanley Kramer    

Stanley Kramer's film about a white and a black convict (Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier) who must learn to work together after escaping custody while chained together won over films including "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," starring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman. Rom-com musical "Gigi," which won best picture in the musical category at the Golden Globes, beat both films for best picture at the Oscars.

1960: "Ben-Hur"     
• Directed by: William Wyler    
• Produced by: Sam Zimbalist    

"Ben-Hur," which stars Charlton Heston as the vengeance-driven Judah Ben-Hur, won best picture at both the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards. Though Heston lost his actor bid, Stephen Boyd picked up a Globe for supporting actor.

1961: "Spartacus"     
• Directed by: Stanley Kubrick    
• Produced by: Edward Lewis    

The sprawling sword-and-sandal epic starring Kirk Douglas and directed by Stanley Kubrick about the slave who led a rebellion against the Roman Empire would go on to win four Oscars, including supporting actor for Peter Ustinov.

1962: "The Guns of Navarone"    
• Directed by: J. Lee Thompson    
• Produced by: Carl Foreman    

The star-studded story set during World War II about a mission to destroy a massive German gun base that's harassing Allied ships plying the waters off Greece. The movie captured two Golden Globes, for drama and original score from renowned composer Dimitri Tiomkin (four Oscar wins for his career). The film went on to win an Oscar for special effects.

1963: "Lawrence of Arabia"     
• Directed by: David Lean    
• Produced by: Sam Spiegel    

The biopic about a British officer who became an Arab freedom fighter during World War I hauled in six Golden Globes, including best drama, director (David Lean), and supporting actor (Omar Sharif). "Lawrence of Arabia" would eventually win seven Oscars.

1964: "The Cardinal"     
• Directed by: Otto Preminger    
• Produced by: Martin C. Schute    

"The Cardinal," a film about a young priest who confronts bigotry on his way to becoming a cardinal, won its lone Golden Globe for best drama. It was nominated for six Oscars but did not win any.

1965: "Becket"     
• Directed by: Peter Glenville    
• Produced by: Hal B. Wallis    

"Becket" featured all-star British acting talents led by Richard Burton, John Gielgud and Peter O'Toole, the last of whom would win a Golden Globe for best actor for his role as England's King Henry II.

1966: "Doctor Zhivago"     
• Directed by: David Lean    
• Produced by: Carlo Ponti    

"Doctor Zhivago" was another epic helmed by David Lean, a love story set during and after the Russian Revolution. The movie won five Golden Globes, including best drama, director for Lean, and actor for Omar Sharif, the third and final Golden Globe for each film figure. "Doctor Zhivago" would win five Oscars.

1967: "A Man for All Seasons"     
• Directed by: Fred Zinnemann    
• Produced by: Fred Zinnemann    

Four Golden Globes went to "A Man for All Seasons," which tells the story of Sir Thomas More, who chose his conscience over his king, King Henry VIII, who demanded a divorce over the objection of the Catholic Church. Fred Zinneman would win the second of his two Golden Globes for best director. Paul Scofield would triumph as best actor in the lead role. The film would win six Academy Awards.

1968: "In the Heat of the Night"    
• Directed by: Norman Jewison    
• Produced by: Walter Mirisch    

Norman Jewison's boiling racial drama about an African-American detective investigating a murder in the American South won three Golden Globes, including best actor for Rod Steiger. Steiger won the same award at the Oscars, one of five Academy Awards.

1969: "The Lion in Winter"     
• Directed by: Anthony Harvey    
• Produced by: Martin Poll    

"The Lion in Winter," a story about the intrigue surrounding the succession of England's King Henry II, starring Katharine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole, captured Golden Globes for best drama and an actor award for O'Toole. The film would win three Oscars, including best actress for Hepburn.

1970: "Anne of the Thousand Days" 
• Directed by: Charles Jarrott    
• Produced by: Hal B. Wallis    

The Golden Globes' preference for period movies was apparent in its selection for "Anne of the Thousand Days," about a doomed wife of King Henry VIII. Genevieve Bujold won her lone Golden Globe for best actress. The film won one Oscar.

1971: "Love Story"     
• Directed by: Arthur Hiller    
• Produced by: Howard G. Minsky    

The weepy love story directed by Arthur Hiller and starring Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw collected five Golden Globes, including for Hiller and MacGraw. The film won one Academy Award.

1972: "The French Connection"    
• Directed by: William Friedkin    
• Produced by: Philip D'Antoni    

This gritty drama about New York City detectives trying to thwart heroin traffickers, famous for its chase scene through the city streets, won Golden Globes for director William Friedkin and best actor for Gene Hackman. Each of them would duplicate that feat at the Academy Awards, where the movie would win five Oscars.

1973: "The Godfather"
• Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola    
• Produced by: Albert S. Ruddy    

The mob epic against which all gangster films are measured won five Golden Globes, including director for Francis Ford Coppola and actor for Marlon Brando. "The Godfather" would win three Oscars, one of them for Brando, who famously turned it down to protest the movie industry's negative depiction of Native Americans.

1974: "The Exorcist"    
• Directed by: William Friedkin    
• Produced by: William Peter Blatty    

Four Golden Globes were awarded to "The Exorcist," one of the most shocking movies ever made. Director William Friedkin won his second Golden Globe, and William Peter Blatty was honored for screenplay, for which he also won an Oscar.

1975: "Chinatown"     
• Directed by: Roman Polanski    
• Produced by: Robert Evans    

Roman Polanski's film noir about powerful interests trying to control the water supply of Los Angeles was one of the great films of the 1970s. Jack Nicholson won one of four Golden Globes the movie received. Nicholson won best actor for his role as the hard-boiled private detective. Faye Dunaway was the femme fatale harboring a terrible secret. Polanski, who made a cameo appearance, won his lone Golden Globe for "Chinatown."

1976: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"     
• Directed by: Milos Forman    
• Produced by: Michael Douglas, Saul Zaentz    

"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" picked up six Golden Globes on its way to winning five Oscars. Jack Nicholson won the first of his six Golden Globes (he's been nominated 17 times) as a criminal who pleads insanity, is institutionalized, and rebels against the oppressive mental health facility. Nicholson would win the first of his three best actor Oscars that year.

1977: "Rocky"     
• Directed by: John G. Avildsen    
• Produced by: Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler    

In a year that featured cinema stalwarts "All the President's Men" and "Network," "Rocky," a boxing film about the ultimate underdog, won the Golden Globe for best drama. It would be a prelude to the film's showing at the Academy Awards, where it won three Oscars.

1978: "The Turning Point"    
• Directed by: Herbert Ross    
• Produced by: Arthur Laurents, Herbert Ross    

After her daughter joins a ballet company, a former dancer (Anne Bancroft) confronts her decision to give up the stage to start a family. The film, featuring renowned dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, won two Golden Globes, including for best director. It was nominated for 11 Oscars but did not win.

1979: "Midnight Express"     
• Directed by: Alan Parker    
• Produced by: Alan Marshall, David Putnam    

The chilling film is based on a true story of an American college student who is apprehended while trying to smuggle drugs out of Turkey, and depicts the inhuman conditions in the Turkish jail. The film won seven Golden Globes, including for Giorgio Moroder's icy, electronic score, which would earn him an Oscar. Oliver Stone won a Globe and Oscar for screenplay.

1980: "Kramer vs. Kramer "   
• Directed by: Robert Benton    
• Produced by: Stanley R. Jaffe    

1980 was a strong year for best-drama considerations. However, it was "Kramer vs. Kramer," a story about a formerly married coupled battling over the custody of their child, that captured four Golden Globes, among them actress and actor awards for Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman, and director for Robert Benton. All of the above would replicate at the Academy Awards. Streep won the first of her eight Globes, and Hoffman won the first of his five.

1981: "Ordinary People"     
• Directed by: Robert Redford    
• Produced by: Ronald L. Schwary    

Television comedy legend Mary Tyler Moore took a notable dramatic turn as a remote, unfeeling mother whose family is haunted by the accidental death of the older son in the Robert Redford-directed film "Ordinary People." Five Golden Globes honored the movie, including best director (Redford), actress (Moore), and two to Timothy Hutton for supporting actor and new star of the year in a drama. The film would win four Oscars.

1982: "On Golden Pond"    
• Directed by: Mark Rydell    
• Produced by: Bruce Gilbert    

"On Golden Pond," a film about two elderly people dealing with family conflict, stars two actors from Hollywood's golden era – Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn – in the twilight of their storied careers. It would be the final feature-length movie for Fonda, who died in 1982. Fonda would go out a winner, taking the Golden Globe and Oscar for best actor.

1983: "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"  
• Directed by: Steven Spielberg    
• Produced by: Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy    

"E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" captured the childlike wonder in encountering a visitor from another planet. The film won two Golden Globes, including best original score for composer John Williams, the third of his four Globes. Williams would also win the Oscar.

1984: "Terms of Endearment"    
• Directed by: James L. Brooks    
• Produced by: James L. Brooks    

"Terms of Endearment," a comedy/drama about a widow looking for love and coming to terms with her daughter's terminal cancer, won four Golden Globes, among them actress in a drama (Shirley MacLaine, her fourth Globe), supporting actor (Jack Nicholson, his third Globe), and screenplay (James L. Brooks, his lone Globe). The three would also win at the Academy Awards.

1985: "Amadeus"     
• Directed by: Milos Forman    
• Produced by: Saul Zaentz    

"Amadeus," about the life of composer Mozart as told by bitter rival Antonio Salieri, won four Golden Globes that included director (Milos Forman) and actor in a drama (F. Murray Abraham). They would go on to win two of the eight Oscars "Amadeus" won.

1986: "Out of Africa"     
• Directed by: Sydney Pollack    
• Produced by: Sydney Pollack    

Meryl Streep displayed her talent for accents when she played a Danish plantation owner living in what is now Kenya who has an affair with a hunter. Klaus Maria Brandauer won his lone Golden Globe for supporting actor, one of three Golden Globes won by the film, which would win seven Oscars.

1987: "Platoon"    
• Directed by: Oliver Stone    
• Produced by: Arnold Kopelson    

Oliver Stone's searing Vietnam War film in which soldiers confront moral issues in wartime won the controversial director one of the movie's three Golden Globes, the second of his six Globes. He would also win the director Oscar.

1988: "The Last Emperor"     
• Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci    
• Produced by: Jeremy Thomas    

Four Golden Globes went to the sweeping epic "The Last Emperor," from one of Italy's greatest directors, Bernardo Bertolucci, who took home Globes for directing and screenplay. Bertolucci and Mark Peploe would also win the Oscar for screenplay, and the film would take a Globe and Oscar for original score.

1989: "Rain Man"     
• Directed by: Barry Levinson    
• Produced by: Mark Johnson    

Dustin Hoffman won best drama actor Golden Globe (his fifth) as well as the Academy Award in the same category for the story about a selfish yuppie (Tom Cruise) who has to care for his autistic savant older brother after their father dies. The film won four Academy Awards.

1990: "Born on the Fourth of July"    
• Directed by: Oliver Stone    
• Produced by: A. Kitman Ho, Oliver Stone    

"Born on the Fourth of July" is a biopic about paralyzed Vietnam War veteran and anti-war activist Ron Kovic. The film won four Golden Globes, including two for Oliver Stone for direction and screenplay, and a best actor in a drama nod to Tom Cruise, the first of his three Globe triumphs. Stone would also win a director Oscar for the film.

1991: "Dances With Wolves"    
• Directed by: Kevin Costner    
• Produced by: Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner directed and starred in this story about an American soldier who makes peace with wolves and Native Americans in the West and becomes an outcast among his peers. Costner won one of the film's three Golden Globes for director, a feat he would equal at the Academy Awards, where "Dances With Wolves" took home seven Oscars.

1992: "Bugsy"     
• Directed by: Barry Levinson    
• Produced by: Warren Beatty, Barry Levinson, Mark Johnson 

The stylish biopic of how gangster Bugsy Siegel turned Las Vegas into a gambling mecca was produced by and starred Warren Beatty. "Bugsy" was nominated for eight Golden Globes and would win two Academy Awards.

1993: "Scent of a Woman"     
• Directed by: Martin Brest    
• Produced by: Martin Brest    

Al Pacino won a Golden Globe for best drama actor (the second of his four Globe wins) playing a blind veteran who develops a bond with a prep student who cares for him over the Thanksgiving holiday. Pacino would also win his first and only Oscar for this role. "Scent of a Woman" won three Golden Globes.

1994: "Schindler's List"     
• Directed by: Steven Spielberg    
• Produced by: Steven Spielberg, Branko Lustig, Gerald R. Molen    

Steven Spielberg's deeply moving film about how a Sudeten German industrialist saved the lives of hundreds of Jews from the Holocaust won three Golden Globes, for best drama, director for Spielberg (the first of his three Globes), and screenplay (Steve Zaillian). The movie was nominated for 12 Academy Awards and won seven.

1995: "Forrest Gump"     
• Directed by: Robert Zemeckis    
• Produced by: Wendy Finerman, Steve Starkey, Steve Tisch    

The movie is a panorama of American history beginning in the 1950s as experienced through a mentally slow Alabama man played by Tom Hanks, who won the Golden Globe for best drama actor, the third of his eight Globe wins. Hanks also won the Oscar for that role, and director Robert Zemeckis won a Globe and Academy Award.

1996: "Sense and Sensibility"     
• Directed by: Ang Lee    
• Produced by: Lindsay Doran    

British actress Emma Thompson won her second Golden Globe, this one for best screenplay, for the period piece directed by acclaimed director Ang Lee. Thompson won the film's lone Academy Award, for best writing.

1997: "The English Patient"     
• Directed by: Anthony Minghella    
• Produced by: Saul Zaentz    

"The English Patient," about a relationship during World War II between a nurse and a badly burned Allied pilot, won two Golden Globes, including for original score. The film did much better at the Academy Awards, nabbing nine statues.

1998: "Titanic"     
• Directed by: James Cameron    
• Produced by: James Cameron and Jon Landau    

James Cameron's blockbuster story about the lives of passengers aboard the doomed ocean liner won four Golden Globes, including best director for Cameron. "Titanic" would go on to become one of only three films in Oscars history to win 11 Academy Awards.

1999: "Saving Private Ryan"     
• Directed by: Steven Spielberg    
• Produced by: Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn    

"Saving Private Ryan," Steven Spielberg's homage to the generation that won World War II, took home two Golden Globes, including best director for Spieberg. He also took home the director Oscar, one of five Academy Awards the movie won.

2000: "American Beauty"     
• Directed by: Sam Mendes    
• Produced by: Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks    

"American Beauty" is an acerbic comment on American suburban life. Director Sam Mendes won one of the three Golden Globes awarded to the film, and he also won one of the movie's five Oscars. Alan Ball won a Globe and an Oscar for best screenplay.

2001: "Gladiator"     
• Directed by: Ridley Scott    
• Produced by: Douglas Wick, Branko Lustig, David Franzoni  

Russell Crowe does a star turn as an embittered former Roman general turned gladiator who seeks revenge on the corrupt emperor who killed his family. Besides winning for best drama, the Ridley Scott-helmed epic won the Golden Globe for original score. "Gladiator" went on to win five Academy Awards.

2002: "A Beautiful Mind"     
• Directed by: Ron Howard    
• Produced by: Brian Grazer, Ron Howard    

"A Beautiful Mind" stars Russell Crowe as John Nash, a brilliant mathematician tortured by mental illness who eventually triumphs over his affliction to win the Nobel Prize. Crowe's best actor was one of four Golden Globes, and Jennifer Connelly took home a Globe and an Oscar for best supporting actress as Nash's tormented wife.

2003: "The Hours"     
• Directed by: Stephen Daldry    
• Produced by: Robert Fox and Scott Rudin    

Nicole Kidman won the third of her five Golden Globes and her first Oscar playing the English writer Virginia Woolf, one of three generations of women who deal with suicide in "The Hours."

2004: "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"    
• Directed by: Peter Jackson    
• Produced by: Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh 

"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" was the third and final entry of the lavishly produced fantasy adventure trilogy based on the works of novelist J.R.R. Tolkien. It swept all four Golden Globes it was nominated for, including director for Peter Jackson, and replicated the feat at the Oscars, equaling Academy Award-winning history by capturing 11 statuettes.

2005: "The Aviator"     
• Directed by: Martin Scorsese    
• Produced by: Michael Mann, Charles Evans Jr., Graham King  

Leonardo DiCaprio stars as the eccentric visionary movie director and aviator Howard Hughes. The film covers the period from the 1920s through the 1940s. "The Aviator" won three Golden Globes, including one for DiCaprio, the first of his three Globe wins. The Martin Scorsese-directed biopic won five Academy Awards.

2006: "Brokeback Mountain"     
• Directed by: Ang Lee    
• Produced by: Diana Ossana, James Schamus    

Four Golden Globes went to Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain," a film about two cowboys who keep their homosexual relationship a secret. Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana won the Globe and the Oscar for best screenplay. Gustavo Santaolalla and Bernie Taupin took the Globe for original song, and Santaolalla won the Academy Award for original score. Director Ang Lee won both the Golden Globe and Oscar for director.

2007: "Babel"     
• Directed by: Alejandro González Iñárritu    
• Produced by: Steve Golin, Jon Kilik    

"Babel" is a psychological drama directed by acclaimed Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu that weaves together four interrelated stories involving people from four countries linked by anguish and tragedy. Composer Gustavo Santaolalla, who won the Golden Globe and Oscar the year before for "Brokeback Mountain," was nominated for a Globe and won the film's lone Academy Award for original score.

2008: "Atonement"     
• Directed by: Joe Wright    
• Produced by: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster    

In 1930s England, a 13-year-old aspiring writer changes the lives of several people after she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime that he didn't commit. Composer Dario Marianelli won a Golden Globe and an Oscar for original score.

2009: "Slumdog Millionaire"     
• Directed by: Danny Boyle    
• Produced by: Christian Colson    

"Slumdog Millionaire," the story of a Mumbai teen accused of cheating on the Indian version of the TV show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?," dominated the entertainment awards in 2009. Danny Boyle took home one of four Golden Globes the film won, for best director, and would also take the director Oscar, one of eight won by the movie. Simon Beaufoy won the Globe and the Academy Award for screenplay.

2010: "Avatar"    
• Directed by: James Cameron    
• Produced by: James Cameron and Jon Landau    

James Cameron's socially conscious epic was a blockbuster and currently ranks as the third highest-grossing film of all time. Cameron won one of his two Golden Globes for best director. "Avatar" would go on to capture three Academy Awards.

2011: "The Social Network"     
• Directed by: David Fincher    
• Produced by: Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Ceán Chaffin    

"The Social Network," the story of how Facebook was founded, took home four Golden Globes, honoring Aaron Sorkin for screenplay, Nine Inch Nails members Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for original score and David Fincher for director.

2012: "The Descendants"     
• Directed by: Alexander Payne    
• Produced by: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor    

George Clooney won his third Golden Globe for his portrayal of a landowner in Hawaii facing a family crisis after an accident leaves his wife in a coma. The film would go on to win the Academy Award for best writing, adapted screenplay.

2013: "Argo"     
• Directed by: Ben Affleck    
• Produced by: Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Grant Heslov    

"Argo," a somewhat fictionalized comedy/drama of how Americans escaped Iran during the hostage crisis after the 1979 revolution, defeated a strong field. Ben Affleck, who produced, directed, and starred in the film, won the Golden Globe for best director.

2014: "12 Years a Slave"     
• Directed by: Steve McQueen    
• Produced by: Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Bill Pohlad, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan, Anthony Katagas    

"12 Years a Slave," the story about a free black man from New York who is abducted and sold into slavery in the pre-Civil War American South, would go on to win three Oscars, including best picture, the first time a movie directed by a black filmmaker won the Academy Award.

2015: "Boyhood" 
• Directed by: Richard Linklater    
• Produced by: Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland, Jonathan Sehring, John Sloss    

Patricia Arquette won the first of her two Golden Globes for best supporting actress for her role as the mother in "Boyhood," which follows the life of a boy from childhood to college.

2016: "The Revenant"    
• Directed by: Alejandro González Iñárritu    
• Produced by: Steve Golin, Alejandro González Iñárritu , Arnon Milchan, Mary Parent, Keith Redmon, James W. Skotchdopole    

Leonardo DiCaprio won his third Globe overall as best drama actor for his portrayal of a vengeful frontiersman fighting for survival in the American wilderness after he is mauled by a bear and abandoned by his fur trading party. Director Alejandro González Iñárritu won his second consecutive Globe for best director. Both DiCaprio and González Iñárritu won Oscars for the film as well.

2017: "Moonlight"
• Directed by: Barry Jenkins
• Produced by: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele Romanski    

"Moonlight" is a story about an African-American man coming to terms with his identity and sexuality. Barry Jenkins was nominated for Golden Globes and Oscars for his work on its screenplay and direction and won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay.

2018: "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
• Directed by: Martin McDonagh
• Produced by: Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh

A strong cast anchored "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri," a story about a woman who tries to shame local police into solving her daughter's murder by posting messages on billboards. Frances McDormand delivered a powerful performance as the grieving mother, winning a Globe and an Oscar for best actress, and Sam Rockwell took home both trophies for best supporting actor.

2019: "Bohemian Rhapsody"
• Directed by: Bryan Singer
• Produced by: Graham King and Jim Beach

"Bohemian Rhapsody" is a biopic about the British band Queen's frontman Freddie Mercury, who overcame prejudice and torment about his sexuality to become one of rock's greatest performers. Rami Malek won the Golden Globe for best drama actor, and he won one of the four Oscars awarded to the film.

2020: "1917"
• Directed by: Sam Mendes
• Produced by: Pippa Harris, Jayne-Ann Tenggren and Callum McDougall

The World War I thriller, shot to appear as one continuous take, focuses on two young British soldiers (George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman) who race to deliver a message that would save 1,600 men from walking into a trap. In addition to the film's best drama win, Mendes won best director at the Globes and Thomas Newman was nominated for best original score. The film went on to win three Oscars.

2021: "Nomadland"
• Directed by: Chloe Zhao
• Produced by: Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Chloe Zhao

The film about a woman who travels the American West, living out of a van after she loses everything during the Great Recession, won two of its four Globe nominations, including best drama and director. Star Frances McDormand was also nominated for best drama actress and Zhao for best screenplay. The film went on to win best picture at the Oscars.

2022: "The Power of the Dog"
• Directed by: Jane Campion
• Produced by: Jane Campion, Iain Canning, Roger Frappier, Emile Sherman

The 1920s Western – about a toxic cowboy (Benedict Cumberbatch) who torments his brother's wife but takes her shy son under his wing – was nominated for seven Globes. In addition to best drama, it won best supporting actor (for Kodi Smit-McPhee) and director (for Campion).