Golden Globe - Drama
Run since 1944 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, these awards are a major part of the film industry's 'awards season'. Based on votes from (as of 2005) 86 mostly part-time journalists living in Hollywood and affiliated with media outside of the United States. Unlike Oscar, the Golden Globe's Best Picture is divided into two categories, Best Drama and Best Musical or Comedy. Listed below are the winners in the former.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ( Blu-ray ) (1975)
8.7/10
Director: Milos Forman
Starring: Brad Dourif, Christopher Lloyd, Danny DeVito, Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, W...
Jack Nicholson gives a powerful, flamboyant performance in this adaptation of Ken Kesey's novel about a free spirit in a mental ward. Nicholson's rebe... Read more
Ordinary People (1980)
7.8/10
Director: Robert Redford
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Judd Hirsch, Mary Tyler Moore, Timothy Hutton
An intense examination of a family being torn apart by tragedy and tension, 'Ordinary People' won four Academy Awards including Best Picture and Direc... Read more
Out of Africa (1985)
7.2/10
Director: Sydney Pollack
Starring: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer
The story of Karen Blixen (Meryl Streep) and her life on a coffee plantation in Kenya around 1914. Based on the autobiography of Isak Dinesen (under t... Read more
Out of Africa ( Blu-ray ) (1985)
7.2/10
Director: Sydney Pollack
Starring: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford
The story of Karen Blixen (Meryl Streep) and her life on a coffee plantation in Kenya around 1914. Based on the autobiography of Isak Dinesen (under t... Read more
Platoon (1986)
8.1/10
Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Johnny Depp, Forest Whitaker
Winner of Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director, this harrowing drama chronicles Vietnam frontline combat as seen through the eyes of youn... Read more
Platoon ( Blu-ray ) (1986)
8.1/10
Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Forest Whitaker, John C McGinley, Johnny Depp, Keith David, Kevin...
Winner of Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director, this harrowing drama chronicles Vietnam frontline combat as seen through the eyes of youn... Read more
Rain Man (1988)
8/10
Director: Barry Levinson
Starring: Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, Dustin Hoffman, Michael D Roberts, Bonnie Hunt
It's a road movie about two brothers who didn't know the other existed until fate brought them together. Similaraties to the movie 'Twins' with Danny... Read more
Rocky (1976)
8.1/10
Director: John G Avildsen
Starring: Talia Shire, Sylvester Stallone, Carl Weathers, Burt Young, Burgess Meredith
The first and the best! Writer and star Sylvester Stallone is the Philadelphia club fighter who gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity at fighting the... Read more
Rocky ( Blu-ray ) (1976)
8.1/10
Director: John G Avildsen
Starring: Burgess Meredith, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire
The first and the best! Writer and star Sylvester Stallone is the Philadelphia club fighter who gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity at fighting the... Read more
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
8.6/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Tom Sizemore, Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Edward Burns
This highly acclaimed portrait about one unit's search for a soldier who has been ordered home stars Tom Hanks and Matt Damon. Famous for its intense... Read more