The 84th Academy Awards' winners included at least one comedy film.
84th Academy Awards . Other winners included Hugo also with five awards , The Iron Lady with two awards , and Beginners , The Descendants , The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore , The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo , The Help , Midnight in Paris , The Muppets , Rango , Saving Face , A Separation , The Shore , and Undefeated with one . Beginners is a 2010 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike Mills . Midnight in Paris is a 2011 fantasy comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen . Rango is a 2011 American 3D computer-animated Western action comedy film directed by Gore Verbinski , written by John Logan , and produced by Verbinski , Graham King and John B. Carls . The Descendants is a 2011 American comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Payne . The Muppets is a 2011 American musical comedy film and the seventh theatrical film featuring the Muppets .