Best Motion Picture - Drama — Every Winner and Nominee
Every film recognised in the Golden Globes Best Motion Picture - Drama category in CineRoll's records: 385 films across 75 years, 75 of them winners.
The most recent winner is Hamnet (2026); the earliest on record is A Place in the Sun (1952).
The last three winners were Hamnet (2026), The Brutalist (2025) and Oppenheimer (2024).
The list is newest first. Each year shows the winner at the top, then the other nominees; a year with enough nominees links to its own page.
Last updated
2026
Hamnet(2025)Winner
Frankenstein(2025)
It Was Just an Accident(2025)
Sentimental Value(2025)
Sinners(2025)
The Secret Agent(2025)
2025
The Brutalist(2024)Winner
A Complete Unknown(2024)
Conclave(2024)
Dune: Part Two(2024)
Nickel Boys(2024)
September 5(2024)
2024
Oppenheimer(2023)Winner
Anatomy of a Fall(2023)
Maestro(2023)
Past Lives(2023)
The Zone of Interest(2023)
2023
The Fabelmans(2022)Winner
Avatar: The Way of Water(2022)
Elvis(2022)
TÁR(2022)
Top Gun: Maverick(2022)
2022
The Power of the Dog(2021)Winner
Belfast(2021)
CODA(2021)
Dune(2021)
King Richard(2021)
2021
Nomadland(2021)Winner
Mank(2020)
Promising Young Woman(2020)
The Father(2020)
2020
1917(2019)Winner
Joker(2019)
Marriage Story(2019)
The Irishman(2019)
The Two Popes(2019)
2019
Bohemian Rhapsody(2018)Winner
A Star Is Born(2018)
Black Panther(2018)
BlacKkKlansman(2018)
2018
Winner
Dunkirk(2017)
The Post(2017)
The Shape of Water(2017)
2017
Moonlight(2016)Winner
Hacksaw Ridge(2016)
Hell or High Water(2016)
Lion(2016)
Manchester by the Sea(2016)
2016
The Revenant(2015)Winner
Carol(2015)
Mad Max: Fury Road(2015)
Room(2015)
Spotlight(2015)
2015
Boyhood(2014)Winner
Foxcatcher(2014)
Selma(2014)
The Imitation Game(2014)
The Theory of Everything(2014)
2014
12 Years a Slave(2013)Winner
Captain Phillips(2013)
Gravity(2013)
Philomena(2013)
Rush(2013)
2013
Argo(2012)Winner
Django Unchained(2012)
Life of Pi(2012)
Lincoln(2012)
Zero Dark Thirty(2012)
2012
The Descendants(2011)Winner
Hugo(2011)
Moneyball(2011)
The Help(2011)
The Ides of March(2011)
War Horse(2011)
2011
The Social Network(2010)Winner
Black Swan(2010)
Inception(2010)
The Fighter(2010)
The King's Speech(2010)
2010
Avatar(2009)Winner
Inglourious Basterds(2009)
The Hurt Locker(2008)
2009
Slumdog Millionaire(2008)Winner
Frost/Nixon(2008)
Revolutionary Road(2008)
The Reader(2008)
2008
Atonement(2007)Winner
American Gangster(2007)
Eastern Promises(2007)
Michael Clayton(2007)
No Country for Old Men(2007)
There Will Be Blood(2007)
2007
Babel(2006)Winner
Bobby(2006)
Little Children(2006)
The Departed(2006)
The Queen(2006)
2006
Brokeback Mountain(2005)Winner
A History of Violence(2005)
Match Point(2005)
The Constant Gardener(2005)
2005
The Aviator(2004)Winner
Closer(2004)
Finding Neverland(2004)
Hotel Rwanda(2004)
Kinsey(2004)
Million Dollar Baby(2004)
2004
Winner
Cold Mountain(2003)
Mystic River(2003)
Seabiscuit(2003)
2003
The Hours(2002)Winner
About Schmidt(2002)
Gangs of New York(2002)

2002
A Beautiful Mind(2001)Winner
In the Bedroom(2001)


2001
Gladiator(2000)Winner
Billy Elliot(2000)
Erin Brockovich(2000)
Sunshine(1999)
Traffic(2000)
Wonder Boys(2000)
2000
American Beauty(1999)Winner
The End of the Affair(1999)
The Insider(1999)
The Talented Mr. Ripley(1999)
1999
Saving Private Ryan(1998)Winner
Elizabeth(1998)
Gods and Monsters(1998)
The Truman Show(1998)
1998
Titanic(1997)Winner
Amistad(1997)
Good Will Hunting(1997)
L.A. Confidential(1997)
1997
The English Patient(1996)Winner
Breaking the Waves(1996)
Secrets & Lies(1996)
Shine(1996)
1996
Sense and Sensibility(1995)Winner
Apollo 13(1995)
Braveheart(1995)
Leaving Las Vegas(1995)
1995
Forrest Gump(1994)Winner
Legends of the Fall(1994)
Nell(1994)
Pulp Fiction(1994)
Quiz Show(1994)
1994
Schindler's List(1993)Winner

The Piano(1993)
1993
Scent of a Woman(1992)Winner
Howards End(1992)
Unforgiven(1992)
1992
Bugsy(1991)Winner
JFK(1991)

Thelma & Louise(1991)
1991
Dances with Wolves(1990)Winner
Avalon(1990)
GoodFellas(1990)
Reversal of Fortune(1990)
1990
Winner
Crimes and Misdemeanors(1989)
Dead Poets Society(1989)
Glory(1989)
1989
Rain Man(1988)Winner

Mississippi Burning(1988)
Running on Empty(1988)

1988
Winner
Cry Freedom(1987)
Empire of the Sun(1987)
Fatal Attraction(1987)
La Bamba(1987)
Nuts(1987)
1987
Platoon(1986)Winner
Children of a Lesser God(1986)
Mona Lisa(1986)

1986
Out of Africa(1985)Winner
Kiss of the Spider Woman(1985)
Runaway Train(1985)
Witness(1985)
1985
Amadeus(1984)Winner
Places in the Heart(1984)

1984
Terms of Endearment(1983)Winner
Reuben, Reuben(1983)
Silkwood(1983)
Tender Mercies(1983)
1983
Winner
Missing(1982)
Sophie's Choice(1982)
1982
On Golden Pond(1981)Winner
Prince of the City(1981)
Ragtime(1981)
Reds(1981)
1981
Ordinary People(1980)Winner
Raging Bull(1980)
The Elephant Man(1980)

1980
Kramer vs. Kramer(1979)Winner
Apocalypse Now(1979)
Manhattan(1979)
Norma Rae(1979)
The China Syndrome(1979)
1979
Midnight Express(1978)Winner
An Unmarried Woman(1978)
Coming Home(1978)
Days of Heaven(1978)
The Deer Hunter(1978)
1978
The Turning Point(1977)Winner

Julia(1977)
Star Wars(1977)
1977
Rocky(1976)Winner
Bound for Glory(1976)
Network(1976)
Voyage of the Damned(1976)
1976
Winner
Barry Lyndon(1975)
Dog Day Afternoon(1975)
Jaws(1975)
Nashville(1975)
1975
Chinatown(1974)Winner
Earthquake(1974)

1974
The Exorcist(1973)Winner
Cinderella Liberty(1973)
Last Tango in Paris(1972)
Save the Tiger(1973)
Serpico(1973)
The Day of the Jackal(1973)
1973
The Godfather(1972)Winner
Deliverance(1972)
Frenzy(1972)
Sleuth(1972)
The Poseidon Adventure(1972)
1972
Winner
Mary, Queen of Scots(1971)
Summer of '42(1971)
1971
Love Story(1970)Winner
Airport(1970)
Five Easy Pieces(1970)
Patton(1970)
1970
Winner
Midnight Cowboy(1969)

1969
The Lion in Winter(1968)Winner
Charly(1968)
The Fixer(1968)

1968
In the Heat of the Night(1967)Winner
Bonnie and Clyde(1967)

In Cold Blood(1967)
1967
A Man for All Seasons(1966)Winner
Born Free(1966)
The Professionals(1966)
The Sand Pebbles(1966)
1966
Doctor Zhivago(1965)Winner
Ship of Fools(1965)

1965
Becket(1964)Winner
Dear Heart(1964)


1964
Winner
Captain Newman, M.D.(1963)
Cleopatra(1963)
Hud(1963)
Lilies of the Field(1963)

1963
Lawrence of Arabia(1962)Winner
Days of Wine and Roses(1962)

Mutiny on the Bounty(1962)




1962
The Guns of Navarone(1961)Winner
El Cid(1961)
Fanny(1961)
Judgment at Nuremberg(1961)
Splendor in the Grass(1961)
1961
Spartacus(1960)Winner
Elmer Gantry(1960)
Sons and Lovers(1960)
Sunrise at Campobello(1960)
1960
Ben-Hur(1959)Winner
Anatomy of a Murder(1959)


1959
Winner
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof(1958)
Home Before Dark(1958)
Separate Tables(1958)
1958
Winner
Sayonara(1957)

1957
Winner
Giant(1956)

War and Peace(1956)
1956
East of Eden(1955)Winner
1955
On the Waterfront(1954)Winner
1954
Winner
1953
Winner
Come Back, Little Sheba(1952)
High Noon(1952)
The Happy Time(1952)
The Thief(1952)
1952
Winner
Bright Victory(1951)
Detective Story(1951)
Quo Vadis(1951)