The Tim Burton film that won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy was “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.”
Burton’s 2007 film adapts Stephen Sondheim’s stage musical about Benjamin Barker, a London barber who returns under the name Sweeney Todd after being unjustly transported overseas. Seeking revenge against the corrupt Judge Turpin, Todd resumes barbering above Mrs. Lovett’s pie shop, creating the story’s grim combination of melodrama, horror, and musical theatre.
At the 65th Golden Globe Awards, the film won Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. Johnny Depp also won the corresponding award for Best Actor, while Burton was nominated for Best Director. Helena Bonham Carter received an acting nomination for Mrs. Lovett.
The other options are acclaimed Burton films, but they did not win this specific Golden Globe category. “Big Fish” is a fantasy drama, “Corpse Bride” is a stop-motion animated film, and “Edward Scissorhands” is a romantic fantasy from an earlier period of Burton’s career.