Best Dramatic Presentation Hugo
The Best Dramatic Presentation Hugo category has a long and complicated history. Fittingly enough, it was first awarded in 1958 at the Solacon where it was called the **Outstanding Movie** category. In 1959, the Detention followed up by awarding a **Best SF or Fantasy Movie** Hugo. Starting in 1960 at Pittcon, it got its long-term title of Best Dramatic Presentation.
The "BDP" category has failed to appear on the final ballot three times due to insufficient nominations: 1964, 1966, and in the 1946 Retro Hugos. It has also had more No Awards than any other category.
In 2003, the Best Dramatic Presentation category was split into Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form and Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form with the dividing line being a running time of 90 minutes (+- 18 minutes, so things can be in both Long and Short categories, at the Administrators discretion). See Hugo category boundaries for a discussion of some of the finer points of defining Hugo categories.
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1939 | The War of the Worlds by Orson Welles (short) |
| 1941 | Pinocchio by Disney (short) |
| 1941 | Fantasia by Disney (long) |
| 1943 | Bambi by Disney (short) |
| 1944 | Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman (short) |
| 1944 | Heaven Can Wait by Disney (long) |
| 1944 | The Canterville Ghost tied with The Curse of the Cat People (short) |
| 1946 | The Picture of Dorian Gray |
| 1951 | Destination Moon |
| 1954 | War of the Worlds (short) |
| 1958 | The Incredible Shrinking Man (the category was called "Outstanding Movie" this year) |
| 1959 | No Award (the category was called "SF or Fantasy Movie" on the nominations ballot this year and "Hollywood Movie" on the final ballot) |
| 1960 | The Twilight Zone by Rod Serling |
| 1961 | The Twilight Zone by Rod Serling |
| 1962 | The Twilight Zone by Rod Serling |
| 1963 | No Award |
| 1964 | No Award |
| 1965 | Dr. Strangelove |
| 1966 | No Award |
| 1967 | Star Trek - "The Menagerie" |
| 1968 | Star Trek - "The City on the Edge of Forever" |
| 1969 | 2001: A Space Odyssey |
| 1970 | TV Coverage of Apollo XI |
| 1971 | No Award |
| 1972 | A Clockwork Orange |
| 1973 | Slaughterhouse-Five |
| 1974 | Sleeper |
| 1975 | Young Frankenstein |
| 1976 | A Boy and His Dog |
| 1977 | No Award |
| 1978 | Star Wars |
| 1979 | Superman |
| 1980 | Alien |
| 1981 | The Empire Strikes Back |
| 1982 | Raiders of the Lost Ark |
| 1983 | Blade Runner |
| 1984 | Return of the Jedi |
| 1985 | 2010: Odyssey Two |
| 1986 | Back to the Future |
| 1987 | Aliens |
| 1988 | The Princess Bride |
| 1989 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit? |
| 1990 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade |
| 1991 | Edward Scissorhands |
| 1992 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day |
| 1993 | Star Trek: The Next Generation - "The Inner Light" |
| 1994 | Jurassic Park |
| 1995 | Star Trek: The Next Generation - "All Good Things..." |
| 1996 | Babylon 5 - "The Coming of Shadows" |
| 1997 | Babylon 5 - "Severed Dreams" |
| 1998 | Contact |
| 1999 | The Truman Show |
| 2000 | Galaxy Quest |
| 2001 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (long) |
| 2003 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer - "Conversations with Dead People" (short) |
| 2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (long) |
| 2004 | "Gollum's Acceptance Speech at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards" (short) |
| 2005 | The Incredibles (long) |
| 2005 | Battlestar Galactica - "33" (short) |
| 2006 | Serenity (long) |
| 2006 | Doctor Who - "The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances" (short) |
| 2007 | Pan's Labyrinth (long) |
| 2007 | Doctor Who - "Girl in the Fireplace" (short) |
| 2008 | Stardust (long) |
| 2008 | Doctor Who - "Blink" (short) |
| 2009 | WALL-E (long) |
| 2009 | Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (short) |
| 2010 | Moon (long) |
| 2010 | Doctor Who: "The Waters of Mars" (short) |
| 2011 | Inception (long) |
| 2011 | Doctor Who: "The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang," (short) |
| 2012 | Game of Thrones (Season 1) (long) |
| 2012 | Doctor Who: "The Doctor's Wife" (short) |
| 2013 | The Avengers (long) |
| 2013 | Game of Thrones: "Blackwater" (short) |
| 2014 | Gravity (long) |
| 2014 | Game of Thrones: "The Rains of Castamere" (short) |
| 2015 | Guardians of the Galaxy (long) |
| 2015 | Orphan Black: "By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried" (short) |
| 2016 | The Martian (long) |
| 2016 | Jessica Jones: "AKA Smile" (short) |
| 2017 | Arrival (long) |
| 2017 | The Expanse: "Leviathan Wakes" (short) |
| 2018 | Wonder Woman (long) |
| 2018 | The Good Place: "The Trolley Problem" (short) |
| 2019 | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse(long) |
| 2019 | The Good Place: "Janet(s)" (short) |
| Hugos | 1939— |
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