The Golden Globes seems to be on its last legs right now, what with its lack of a proper ceremony in 2022, which came after the boycott of the awards due to lack of diversity. Even if its' reputation appears to be at its lowest point, few would deny that the Golden Globes ceremony has provided plenty of entertainment value over the years, sometimes unintentionally.

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The Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy is handed out every year, but, strangely, it doesn't always go to a musical or comedy. There are dramas, sci-fi movies, and even horrors that have been inexplicably and amusingly nominated for the category.

Pride & Prejudice (2005)

Elizabeth Bennet (Keira Knightley) and Mr. Darcy (Matthew Macfadyen) in "Pride & Prejudice."

It'd be amazing to know what Jane Austin would have thought about an adaptation to her groundbreaking novel being labeled a comedy. That must have been what the Foreign Press thought Pride & Prejudice was, as there's certainly no way it could be considered a musical.

The film is a period drama that deals with heavy themes such as mortality and questioning marriage, and it's as faithful to the source material as it could possibly be. Hilariously, the movie was nominated in a year that had a surprising amount of musicals, so the film looked so out of place by being nominated alongside The Producers, Walk The Line, and Mrs. Henderson Presents.

My Week With Marilyn (2011)

Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe in My Week With Marilyn

My Week With Marilyn might be about the famous singer Marilyn Monroe, but audiences shouldn't expect a classy Hollywood movie full of glitz and glamor. The film is a biopic about Monroe's struggles in her personal life, and there isn't a single show tune to be heard.

However, in fairness, Michelle Williams does sing "I Found A Dream" on the My Week With Marilyn soundtrack. But if singing one song, which is a part of the non-diegetic music and doesn't even serve as part of the narrative, qualifies as a musical, it doesn't take much.

Toy Story 2 (1999)

Rex tries to defeat Zurg in a video game in Toy Story 2

The Academy Awards may be accused of being behind the times every now and then, but the Globes didn't even introduce an animated award until 2007. And it's most likely because of this that Toy Story 2 was nominated for the best comedy or musical in 2000, despite not being either.

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But Toy Story 2 isn't the only animated movie that was nominated in the strange category. As the animated award wasn't introduced until 2007, almost every Pixar movie released up to that point was nominated, including The Incredibles and Finding Nemo.

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004)

Joel and Clementine enjoying the beach before their relationship goes south

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind isn't just not a comedy or musical, but it's anti-romantic and one of the most hauntingly accurate depictions of the aftermath of a breakup. The movie had a completely misleading trailer, as the teaser made it seem like much more of a Jim Carrey comedy than the emotionally exhausting drama that it actually is.

Even in the dramedies that the actor stars in, such as The Truman Show, Jim Carrey still manages to get a few goofy jokes in here and there, but he depicted Joel in the 2004 film as humdrum as humanly possible. So if all the Foreign Press had watched was the trailer, then the nomination makes sense.

Get Out (2017)

Chris crying and looking terrified in Get Out

Just as the Golden Globes did with animated movies when there was no other category that could honor them, they threw the horror movie Get Out into the list of nominees for Best Comedy or Musical. The movie isn't funny, and there certainly aren't any show tunes in it.

Though director Jordan Peele comes from a comedy background, Get Out was as serious as any other horror movie with a social commentary. There should be a separate category that honors horror, or without that, they should be straight up nominated for Best Picture. But in fairness, horror is a category that the Academy should add too.

The Tourist (2010)

Elise and Frank on a speed boat in The Tourist

The Tourist is infamous for being one of the most surprising nominees in the category ever, not just because the movie isn't a comedy or musical, but because it was critically scathed. The 2010 film is one of the worst spy movies ever made, but somehow it was nominated for Best Comedy or Musical.

It was even called out by the 2011 Golden Globes host himself, Ricky Gervais. The comedian made a joke about how the movie was only ever nominated so that the Foreign Press could have their pictures taken with the stars of the movie, Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. And as the Foreign Press has been accused of bribes and doing such things on several occasions, the guilty grin on Depp's face was priceless.

Alice In Wonderland (2010)

the Mad Hatter and Alice during a battle in Alice in Wonderland

It seems like the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is a big fan of Johnny Depp in general, as it wasn't just The Tourist that was nonsensically nominated for the award, but Alice In Wonderland too. Alice In Wonderland was a huge hit with audiences, as it was one of the few movies to gross over a billion dollars before it became a regular thing.

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Its popularity makes sense as to why the Foreign Press would have nominated it, but though the movie is fantastical and exciting in parts, it doesn't exactly skew towards comedy. And though the animated original may have had some musical parts, those elements are totally absent from the 2010 remake.

The Martian (2015)

Long Shot Of Mark Watney On Mars in The Martian

The Martian was the catalyst that made so many people question the award category, as it was constantly joked about at the time how the 2015 film is a "comedy." But in actual fact, it's a sci-fi drama. The movie deserves all of the recognition it gets, as it marks Ridley Scott's return to sci-fi and is one of Scott's best movies.

But though it deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as the filmmaker's other classics such as Alien and Gladiator, throwing it into a random category because there's nowhere else to put it is so disrespectful.

Her (2013)

Theodore smiling while walking down the street in Her

Her comes from the mind of Spike Jonze, who knows the award for Best Comedy or Musical all too well. Along with Where The Wild Things Are, his 2002 drama Adaptation, and his 1999 drama Being John Malkovich, were both nominated for the award too. But while the latter two movies could be considered comedies for their surreal nature, there's no such argument to be made for Her.

The romance drama is set in the not too distant future when AI is the most natural it can possibly be, and an artist falls in love with a fictional version of Siri. There is a hilarious moment where a "relax 'em up" video game is played, but there's no way that brief moment of comic relief is enough to call the drama a comedy.

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