The Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy is a

Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in both American and international film and television. Beginning in 2022, there are 105 members of t ...

that has been awarded annually since 1952 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA).

Eligibility

Eligible films must be at least 70 minutes in length,be commercially released for at least seven days in the "greater Los Angeles area" ,and screened for the HFPA membership. The commercial release must begin during the calendar year prior to the awards ceremony, and the screening can occur no later than one week after commercial release. For purposes of the award, a "musical" is "a comedy or a drama in which songs are used in addition to spoken dialogue to further the plot." In addition, the film must have its principal dialogue in English.

Winners and nominations

1951–1957

1958–1962

1963–1969

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Notes and trivia

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'') # 1991 - '' Beauty and the Beast'' (won) # 1992 - ''

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'' (lost to '' The Player'') # 1994 - '' The Lion King'' (won) # 1995 - '' Toy Story'' (lost to '' Babe'') # 1999 - '' Toy Story 2'' (won) # 2000 - '' Chicken Run'' (lost to '' Almost Famous'') # 2001 - '' Shrek'' (lost to '' Moulin Rouge!'') # 2003 - ''

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'' (lost to '' Lost in Translation'') # 2004 - '' The Incredibles'' (lost to '' Sideways'') Under the 2007 revised rules of the HFPA, animated pictures are no longer eligible in this or the category of Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, instead competing exclusively in the new category of

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. * '' Toy Story 2'' and ''

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'' are the only sequels to have won this award without their respective nominated predecessors also winning. * The

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versions of ''West Side Story'' are the only films adapted from the same source material to win this award.

References

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