Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture

The Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture, otherwise 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.

Starting from 2009, the number of nominees has officially increased from five to ten, in accordance with the number of Academy Awards Best Picture nominees.

Of all the 27 films awarded, 19 have gone on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Winners

1980s

Year	Film	Producer(s)
1989	Driving Miss Daisy	Lili Fini Zanuck and Richard D. Zanuck
	Born on the Fourth of July	A. Kitman Ho and Oliver Stone
	Crimes and Misdemeanors	Robert Greenhut
	Do the Right Thing	Spike Lee
	Field of Dreams	Lawrence Gordon and Charles Gordon
	Glory	Freddie Fields
	The Little Mermaid	John Musker and Howard Ashman
	My Left Foot	Noel Pearson
	Sex, Lies, and Videotape	John Hardy and Robert Newmyer
	When Harry Met Sally...	Rob Reiner and Andrew Scheinman

1990s

Year	Film	Producer(s)
1990	Dances with Wolves	Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner
	Awakenings	Walter F. Parkes and Lawrence Lasker
	Goodfellas	Irwin Winkler
	The Grifters	Martin Scorsese, Robert A. Harris, and Jim Painten
	Reversal of Fortune	Edward R. Pressman and Oliver Stone
1991	The Silence of the Lambs	Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt, and Ronald M. Bozman
	Beauty and the Beast	Don Hahn
	Boyz n the Hood	Steven Nicolaides
	JFK	A. Kitman Ho and Oliver Stone
	Thelma & Louise	Ridley Scott and Mimi Polk Gitlin
1992	The Crying Game	Stephen Woolley
	A Few Good Men	Rob Reiner, David Brown and Andrew Scheinman
	Howards End	Ismail Merchant
	Scent of a Woman	Martin Brest
	Unforgiven	Clint Eastwood
1993	Schindler's List	Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen, and Branko Lustig
	The Fugitive	Arnold Kopelson
	In the Name of the Father	Jim Sheridan
	The Piano	Jan Chapman
	The Remains of the Day	Mike Nichols, John Calley, and Ismail Merchant
1994	Forrest Gump	Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch, and Steve Starkey
	The Lion King	Don Hahn
	Pulp Fiction	Lawrence Bender
	The Shawshank Redemption	Niki Marvin
	Three Colors: Red	Marin Karmitz
1995	Apollo 13	Brian Grazer
	Babe	Bill Miller, George Miller, and Doug Mitchell
	Braveheart	Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd, Jr., and Bruce Davey
	The Bridges of Madison County	Clint Eastwood and Kathleen Kennedy
	Il Postino: The Postman	Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, and Gaetano Daniele
	Leaving Las Vegas	Lila Cazès and Annie Stewart
	A Little Princess	Mark Johnson
	Sense and Sensibility	Lindsay Doran
	Toy Story	Ralph Guggenheim and Bonnie Arnold
	The Usual Suspects	Kenneth Kokin, Michael McDonnell, and Bryan Singer
1996	The English Patient	Saul Zaentz
	Fargo	Ethan Coen
	Hamlet	David Barron
	Jerry Maguire	Cameron Crowe, James L. Brooks, Laurence Mark, and Richard Sakai
	Shine	Jane Scott
1997	Titanic	James Cameron and Jon Landau
	Amistad	Steven Spielberg, Debbie Allen, and Colin Wilson
	As Good as It Gets	James L. Brooks, Bridget Johnson, and Kristi Zea
	Good Will Hunting	Lawrence Bender
	L.A. Confidential	Arnon Milchan, Curtis Hanson, and Michael G. Nathanson
1998	Saving Private Ryan	Steven Spielberg, Allison Lyon Segan, Bonnie Curtis, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, and Gary Levinsohn
	Life Is Beautiful	Elda Ferri and Gianluigi Braschi
	Shakespeare in Love	David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick, and Marc Norman
	The Thin Red Line	Robert Michael Geisler, John Roberdeau, and Grant Hill
	The Truman Show	Edward S. Feldman, Scott Rudin, Andrew Niccol, and Adam Schroeder
1999	American Beauty	Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks
	Being John Malkovich	Michael Stipe, Sandy Stern, Steve Golin and Vincent Landay
	The Insider	Michael Mann and Pieter Jan Brugge
	The Matrix	Joel Silver
	The Sixth Sense	Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, and Barry Mendel

2000s

Year	Film	Producer(s)
2000	Gladiator	Douglas Wick, David Franzoni, and Branko Lustig
	Almost Famous	Cameron Crowe and Ian Bryce
	Billy Elliot	Greg Brenman and Jon Finn
	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	William Kong, Hsu Li Kong, and Ang Lee
	Erin Brockovich	Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, and Stacey Sher
2001	Moulin Rouge!	Baz Luhrmann, Fred Baron, and Martin Brown
	A Beautiful Mind	Brian Grazer and Ron Howard
	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	David Heyman
	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh
	Shrek	Aron Warner, John H. Williams and Jeffrey Katzenberg
2002	Chicago	Martin Richards
	Adaptation.	Edward Saxon, Jonathan Demme, and Vincent Landay
	Gangs of New York	Alberto Grimaldi and Harvey Weinstein
	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh
	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	Rita Wilson, Tom Hanks, and Gary Goetzman
	Road to Perdition	Richard D. Zanuck and Dean Zanuck
2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh
	Cold Mountain	Albert Berger
	The Last Samurai	Marshall Herskovitz, Edward Zwick, Tom Cruise, and Paula Wagner
	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., Duncan Henderson, and Peter Weir
	Mystic River	Robert Lorenz, Judie Hoyt, and Clint Eastwood
	Seabiscuit	Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, and Gary Ross
2004	The Aviator	Michael Mann and Graham King
	Finding Neverland	Richard N. Gladstein and Nellie Bellflower
	The Incredibles	John Walker
	Million Dollar Baby	Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy and Tom Rosenberg
	Sideways	Michael London
2005	Brokeback Mountain	Diana Ossana and James Schamus
	Capote	Caroline Baron, William Vince, and Michael Ohoven
	Crash	Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman
	Good Night, and Good Luck	Grant Heslov
	Walk the Line	James Keach and Cathy Konrad
2006	Little Miss Sunshine	Albert Berger, David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub, and Ron Yerxa
	Babel	Steve Golin, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and Jon Kilik
	The Departed	Graham King
	Dreamgirls	Laurence Mark
	The Queen	Andy Harries, Christine Langan, and Tracey Seaward
2007	No Country for Old Men	Scott Rudin, Joel and Ethan Coen
	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly	Kathleen Kennedy and Jon Kilik
	Juno	Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick, and Russell Smith
	Michael Clayton	Jennifer Fox, Kerry Orent, and Sydney Pollack
	There Will Be Blood	Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi, and JoAnne Sellar
2008	Slumdog Millionaire	Christian Colson
	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, and Cean Chaffin
	The Dark Knight	Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas, and Charles Roven
	Frost/Nixon	Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, and Eric Fellner
	Milk	Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks
2009	The Hurt Locker	Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, and Greg Shapiro
	Avatar	James Cameron and Jon Landau
	District 9	Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham
	An Education	Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey
	Inglourious Basterds	Lawrence Bender
	Invictus	Clint Eastwood, Lori McCreary, Rob Lorenz, and Mace Neufeld
	Precious	Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, and Gary Magness
	Star Trek	J. J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof
	Up	Jonas Rivera
	Up in the Air	Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, and Daniel Dubiecki

2010s

Year	Film	Producer(s)
2010	The King's Speech	Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, and Gareth Unwin
	127 Hours	Danny Boyle and Christian Colson
	Black Swan	Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, and Brian Oliver
	The Fighter	David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, and Mark Wahlberg
	Inception	Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas
	The Kids Are All Right	Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, and Celine Rattray
	The Social Network	Dana Brunetti, Ceán Chaffin, Michael De Luca, and Scott Rudin
	The Town	Basil Iwanyk and Graham King
	Toy Story 3	Darla K. Anderson
	True Grit	Joel and Ethan Coen, and Scott Rudin
2011	The Artist	Thomas Langmann
	Bridesmaids	Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel, and Clayton Townsend
	The Descendants	Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, and Jim Taylor
	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Ceán Chaffin and Scott Rudin
	The Help	Michael Barnathan, Chris Columbus, and Brunson Green
	Hugo	Graham King and Martin Scorsese
	The Ides of March	George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Brian Oliver
	Midnight in Paris	Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum
	Moneyball	Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz, and Brad Pitt
	War Horse	Kathleen Kennedy and Steven Spielberg
2012	Argo	Ben Affleck, George Clooney, and Grant Heslov
	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, and Josh Penn
	Django Unchained	Reginald Hudlin, Pilar Savone, and Stacey Sher
	Les Misérables	Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, and Cameron Mackintosh
	Life of Pi	Ang Lee, Gil Netter, and David Womark
	Lincoln	Kathleen Kennedy and Steven Spielberg
	Moonrise Kingdom	Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson, Steven Rales, and Scott Rudin
	Silver Linings Playbook	Bruce Cohen, Donna Gigliotti, and Jonathan Gordon
	Skyfall	Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson
	Zero Dark Thirty	Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, and Megan Ellison
2013	12 Years a Slave (tie)	Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Brad Pitt, and Dede Gardner
	Gravity (tie)	Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman
	American Hustle	Megan Ellison, Jonathan Gordon, Charles Roven, and Richard Suckle
	Blue Jasmine	Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum
	Captain Phillips	Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, and Scott Rudin
	Dallas Buyers Club	Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter
	Her	Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze, and Vincent Landay
	Nebraska	Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa
	Saving Mr. Banks	Ian Collie, Alison Owen, and Philip Steuer
	The Wolf of Wall Street	Riza Aziz, Emma Koskoff, and Joey McFarland
2014	Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)	Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, and James W. Skotchdopole
	American Sniper	Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper, and Peter Morgan
	Boyhood	Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland
	Foxcatcher	Bennett Miller, Megan Ellison, and Jon Kilik
	Gone Girl	Ceán Chaffin
	The Grand Budapest Hotel	Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson, Steven M. Rales, and Scott Rudin
	The Imitation Game	Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, and Teddy Schwarzman
	Nightcrawler	Jennifer Fox and Tony Gilroy
	The Theory of Everything	Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, and Anthony McCarten
	Whiplash	Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook, and David Lancaster
2015	The Big Short	Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, and Jeremy Kleiner
	Bridge of Spies	Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt, and Kristie Macosko Krieger
	Brooklyn	Finola Dywer and Amanda Posey
	Ex Machina	This film is in process of being vetted for producer eligibility
	Mad Max: Fury Road	Doug Mitchell and George Miller
	The Martian	Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer, and Mark Huffam
	The Revenant	Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent, and Keith Redmon
	Sicario	Basil Iwanyk, Edward L. McDonnell, and Molly Smith
	Spotlight	Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin, and Blye Pagon Faust
	Straight Outta Compton	Ice Cube, Matt Alvarez, F. Gary Gray, Dr. Dre, and Scott Bernstein