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A visual history · Golden Globes

The winners who defined Film (Comedy).

68 ceremonies, 1952–2025. 68 different winners.

Who won most recently?
Emilia Pérez in 2025.
  1. Emilia PérezNetflix
  2. Poor ThingsSearchlight Pictures
  3. The Banshees of InisherinSearchlight Pictures
  4. West Side Story20th Century Studios
  5. Borat Subsequent MoviefilmAmazon Studios
  6. Once Upon a Time in HollywoodColumbia/Sony
Years explored
1952–2025
Different winners
68
Category leader
No leader
About this record

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy was first awarded in 1952, so it does not run the full 1944–2025 window.

2000–2025

26 ceremonies

19522025

01 / The reigns

26 winners shaped this category.

The timeline turns the 2000–2025 record into a sequence of reigns. Longer bands reveal sustained runs; color shows the credited network / distributor.

One band per year, because no winner has gone back-to-back in the years on record. Colored by network / distributor; scroll sideways for the full run.
Toy Story 2'00
Almost Famous'01
Moulin Rouge!'02
Chicago'03
Lost in Translation'04
Sideways'05
Walk the Line'06
Dreamgirls'07
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'08
Vicky Cristina Barcelona'09
The Hangover'10
The Kids Are All Right'11
The Artist'12
Les Misérables'13
American Hustle'14
The Grand Budapest Hotel'15
The Martian'16
La La Land'17
Lady Bird'18
Green Book'19
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'20
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm'21
West Side Story'22
The Banshees of Inisherin'23
Poor Things'24
Emilia Pérez'25

02 / The power map

Who stood behind the winners?

Universal leads the recorded network / distributor credits with 7 wins, 2000–2025. The full distribution shows whether power was concentrated or shared.

Universal7 wins
20th Century4 wins
Searchlight4 wins
Sony2 wins
The Weinstein Company2 wins
A241 win
Wins by network / distributor
  1. Universal727%
  2. 20th Century415%
  3. Searchlight415%
  4. Sony28%
  5. The Weinstein Company28%
  6. A2414%
  7. Other623%

04 / The archive

Every year.
Every winner.

The complete reference behind the story, showing 2000–2025. Open any year to see the rest of the field when nominee records are available.

YearWinnerNetwork / Distributor
2025Emilia Pérez
beat 5 others
  • A Real Pain
  • Anora
  • Challengers
  • The Substance
  • Wicked
Netflix
2024Poor Things
beat 5 others
  • Air
  • American Fiction
  • Barbie
  • The Holdovers
  • May December
Searchlight Pictures
2023The Banshees of Inisherin
beat 4 others
  • Babylon
  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
  • Triangle of Sadness
Searchlight Pictures
2022West Side Story
beat 4 others
  • Cyrano
  • Don't Look Up
  • Licorice Pizza
  • tick, tick... BOOM!
20th Century Studios
2021Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
beat 4 others
  • Hamilton
  • Music
  • Palm Springs
  • The Prom
Amazon Studios
2020Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
beat 4 others
  • Dolemite Is My Name
  • Jojo Rabbit
  • Knives Out
  • Rocketman
Columbia/Sony
2019Green Book
beat 4 others
  • Crazy Rich Asians
  • The Favourite
  • Mary Poppins Returns
  • Vice
Universal
2018Lady Bird
beat 4 others
  • The Disaster Artist
  • Get Out
  • The Greatest Showman
  • I, Tonya
A24
2017La La Land
beat 4 others
  • 20th Century Women
  • Deadpool
  • Florence Foster Jenkins
  • Sing Street
Lionsgate
2016The Martian
beat 4 others
  • The Big Short
  • Joy
  • Spy
  • Trainwreck
20th Century Fox
2015The Grand Budapest Hotel
beat 4 others
  • Birdman
  • Into the Woods
  • Pride
  • St. Vincent
Fox Searchlight
2014American Hustle
beat 4 others
  • Her
  • Inside Llewyn Davis
  • Nebraska
  • The Wolf of Wall Street
Columbia/Sony
2013Les Misérables
beat 4 others
  • The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
  • Moonrise Kingdom
  • Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
  • Silver Linings Playbook
Universal
2012The Artist
beat 4 others
  • 50/50
  • Bridesmaids
  • Midnight in Paris
  • My Week with Marilyn
The Weinstein Company
2011The Kids Are All Right
beat 4 others
  • Alice in Wonderland
  • Burlesque
  • Red
  • The Tourist
Focus Features
2010The Hangover
beat 4 others
  • (500) Days of Summer
  • It's Complicated
  • Julie & Julia
  • Nine
Warner Bros.
2009Vicky Cristina Barcelona
beat 4 others
  • Burn After Reading
  • Happy-Go-Lucky
  • In Bruges
  • Mamma Mia!
The Weinstein Company
2008Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
beat 4 others
  • Across the Universe
  • Charlie Wilson's War
  • Hairspray
  • Juno
DreamWorks/Warner Bros.
2007Dreamgirls
beat 4 others
  • Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
  • The Devil Wears Prada
  • Little Miss Sunshine
  • Thank You for Smoking
DreamWorks/Paramount
2006Walk the Line
beat 4 others
  • Mrs Henderson Presents
  • Pride & Prejudice
  • The Producers
  • The Squid and the Whale
20th Century Fox
2005Sideways
beat 4 others
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • The Incredibles
  • The Phantom of the Opera
  • Ray
Fox Searchlight
2004Lost in Translation
beat 4 others
  • Bend It Like Beckham
  • Big Fish
  • Finding Nemo
  • Love Actually
Focus Features
2003Chicago
beat 4 others
  • About a Boy
  • Adaptation.
  • My Big Fat Greek Wedding
  • Nicholas Nickleby
Miramax
2002Moulin Rouge!
beat 4 others
  • Bridget Jones's Diary
  • Gosford Park
  • Legally Blonde
  • Shrek
20th Century Fox
2001Almost Famous
beat 4 others
  • Best in Show
  • Chicken Run
  • Chocolat
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
DreamWorks
2000Toy Story 2
beat 4 others
  • Analyze This
  • Being John Malkovich
  • Man on the Moon
  • Notting Hill
Walt Disney/Buena Vista