10 Golden Globe Nominations That Don't Fit Their Categories

Just because it has the guy from 'Dumb & Dumber' in the starring position and Wes Anderson involved with production, that doesn't automatically make 'The Squid and the Whale' a comedy. In fact, the movie, which deals with divorce, familial animosity, childhood alcoholism, and sea mammal-on-sea mammal crime, is quite a humorless, heavy drama. [Samuel Goldwyn Films]

In the same year, Joe Wright's cinematic retelling of the classic novel 'Pride & Prejudice,' which he instilled with sincere romantic gravity, somehow earned the comedy dubbing. Maybe it's the coats. The coats are kind of funny. [Universal Pictures]

On the other hand, we have 'Up in the Air,' nominated as a drama despite being much lighter and more densely instilled with humor and wit than either of the two mentioned "comedies." Do people just get antsy when it comes to airplanes or what? [Paramount Pictures]

'About Schmidt' is another odd drama if only in comparison to some of the films considered comedies. Yes, this movie has a serious tone, but it doesn't shy away from elements of comedy to any degree beyond many of the alternatively nominated features on this list. Including... [New Line Cinema]

Another Jack Nicholson dramedy about an aging curmudgeon who must battle himself and the world all at once. But THIS one's considered a comedy because it involves that wacky mental illness Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. [TriStar Pictures]

And just to show that 'As Good as It Gets' wasn't a one-off fluke, the Globes again gave the comedy stamp to another often painful depiction of the anxiety disorder (and this one with its fair share of murders): 'Monk.' [USA]

A two-time misrepresented piece of television history, 'The Wonder Years' made us cry far more often than it made us laugh. So why, then, was it consistently named a comedy by the Globes? Is it that hard to believe that a program about children can actually be sincerely dramatic? [ABC]

And pray tell, where throughout the heartfelt speeches, the uplifting twists and turns, the honest examinations of adult relationship and friendships, did you think, "Man, this one's a kneeslapper?" One of the greatest dramatic performances of Tom Cruise's career, and it gets labeled Comedy for reasons that are hard to identify. [TriStar Pictures]

And finally, the biggest affront on the list: the slander that the romantic parable 'Ghost.' Perhaps due to its inclusion of the unforgettable musical number "Unchained Melody" or its fantastical components, 'Ghost' didn't get the recognition it deserved as a heartfelt, painful drama. But I dare you to watch this film without melting into a clay pot of tears. No human or otherworldly spirit can resist the true love exhibited in this modern classic. [Paramount Pictures]