Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture

The Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture, also known as the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, is one of the annual awards given by the Producers Guild of America from 1989.

Predicting the Oscar's outcome

Since its inception the award has predicted the winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture on all but ten occasions:

• 1992 – The Crying Game; lost to Unforgiven
• 1995 – Apollo 13; lost to Braveheart
• 1998 – Saving Private Ryan; lost to Shakespeare in Love
• 2001 – Moulin Rouge!; lost to A Beautiful Mind
• 2004 – The Aviator; lost to Million Dollar Baby
• 2005 – Brokeback Mountain; lost to Crash
• 2006 – Little Miss Sunshine; lost to The Departed
• 2015 – The Big Short; lost to Spotlight
• 2016 – La La Land; lost to Moonlight
• 2019 – 1917; lost to Parasite

Winners and nominees

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Multiple nominations and wins

Notes

• Since the inception of the Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture, four animated films have been nominated:

1. 2001 Shrek (lost to Moulin Rouge!)
2. 2004 The Incredibles (lost to The Aviator)
3. 2009 Up (lost to The Hurt Locker)
4. 2010 Toy Story 3 (lost to The King's Speech)

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