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Best Motion Picture Drama

The Golden Globe Awards was introduced to the world by the organization- The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). It was founded in 1944 by a group of Los Angeles based journalists and up until 1951; there was a single award for Best Motion Picture. In 1951, at the 9th Annual Golden Globe Awards, the organizers decided to have separate awards for Drama and Musical/Comedy. The Awards were given out by journalists till 1958.The list of winners for Best Motion Picture-Drama since its introduction are as follows: 

List of Winners - Golden Globes Best Motion Picture Drama 

Year
Winner
1951
 A Place in the Sun
1952
 The Greatest Show on Earth
1953
 (Not Awarded)
1954
 On the Waterfront
1955
 East of Eden
1956
 Around the World in Eighty Days
1957
 The Bridge on the River Kwai
1958
 The Defiant Ones
1959
 Ben-Hur
1960
 Spartacus
1961
 The Guns of Navarone
1962
 Lawrence of Arabia
1963
 The Cardinal
1964
 Becket
1965
 Doctor Zhivago
1966
 A Man for All Seasons
1967
 In the Heat of the Night
1968
 The Lion in Winter
1969
 Anne of the Thousand Days
1970
 Love Story
1971
 The French Connection
1972
 The Godfather
1973
 The Exorcist
1974
 Chinatown
1975
 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1976
 Rocky
1977
 The Turning Point
1978
 Midnight Express
1979
 Kramer vs. Kramer
1980
 Ordinary People
1981
 On Golden Pond
1982
 E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
1983
 Terms of Endearment
1984
 Amadeus
1985
 Out of Africa
1986
 Platoon
1987
 The Last Emperor
1988
 Rain Man
1989
 Born on the Fourth of July
1990
 Dances with Wolves
1991
 Bugsy
1992
 Scent of a Woman
1993
 Schindler's List
1994
 Forrest Gump
1995
 Sense and Sensibility
1996
 The English Patient
1997
 Titanic
1998
 Saving Private Ryan
1999
 American Beauty
2000
 Gladiator
2001
 A Beautiful Mind
2002
 The Hours
2003
 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004
 The Aviator
2005
 Brokeback Mountain
2006
 Babel
2007
 Atonement
2008
 Slumdog Millionaire
2009
 Avatar