2025 Producers Guild Awards nominations: ‘Wicked’ and ‘The Brutalist’ in, ‘Nickel Boys’ and ‘Sing Sing’ out
The Producers Guild of America anointed Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, A Real Pain, September 5, The Substance, and Wicked as its contenders for Best Picture on Thursday, solidifying those films Oscar hopes. The guild announcement came six days later than originally planned due to the devastating Los Angeles wildfires.
The PGA Awards are arguably the most consequential industry awards for predicting the Oscar for Best Picture. Lke the Oscars, the PGA nominates 10 films for the prize and decide its winners using a ranked-choice preferential ballot. Since the PGA started giving out its award in 1989, the guild have disagreed with the Oscars only 10 times. And since the Oscars and PGA expanded the number of Best Picture nominees in 2009, the two groups have differed on only three occasions. PGA picked The Big Short as the best film of 2015, while the Academy chose Spotlight. Then PGA selected La La Land for 2016, while the Academy went with Moonlight. And PGA rated 1917 as the best of 2019, while the Academy decided it was Parasite.
One thing’s for sure: if you want to win the Best Picture Oscar, you’d better at least be nominated by the PGA. In the history of the guild’s awards, only one Oscar winner ever missed a nomination: Braveheart (1995). So we’re almost certain to find the Academy’s ultimate choice among the 10 PGA selections that were just announced.
However, it’s rare that the full slate of PGA nominees line up with the Oscar nominees. Last year all 10 PGA contenders received Oscar noms for Best Picture. For 2022, seven of the nominees overlapped; of those that differed, PGA chose Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Glass Onion, and The Whale, which the Academy replaced with Women Talking, Triangle of Sadness, and All Quiet on the Western Front. And for 2021, eight of the 10 nominees matched; PGA’s picks Being the Ricardos and Tick, Tick… Boom! were switched out for Drive My Car and Nightmare Alley at the Oscars.
So while Oscar hopefuls Nickel Boys and Sing Sing both missed the PGA cut, there is a slim chance one or both might still make the Oscar list when nominations are announced Jan. 23.
Here is the complete list of 2025 PGA nominees:
Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
A Real Pain
September 5
The Substance
Wicked
Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
Flow
Inside Out 2
Moana 2
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television — Drama
Bad Sisters
The Diplomat
Fallout
Shōgun
Slow Horses
Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television — Comedy
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Hacks
Only Murders in the Building
David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television
Baby Reindeer
Feud: Capote vs. The Swans
The Penguin
Ripley
True Detective: Night Country
Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures
Carry On
The Greatest Night in Pop
The Killer
Rebel Ridge
Unfrosted
Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
30 for 30
Conan O’Brien Must Go
The Jinx — Part Two
Steve! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces
Welcome to Wrexham
Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television
Ali Wong: Single Lady
The Daily Show
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
Saturday Night Live
Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television
The Amazing Race
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef
The Traitors
The Voice
Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Picture
Gaucho Gaucho
Mediha
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
Porcelain War
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
We Will Dance Again
Award for Outstanding Children’s Program
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Sesame Street
SpongeBob SquarePants
Award for Outstanding Short-Form Program
The Crown: Farewell to a Royal Epic
Hacks: Bit By Bit
The Penguin: Inside Gotham
Real Time With Bill Maher: Overtime
Shōgun – The Making of Shōgun
Award for Outstanding Sports Program
Formula 1: Drive to Survive
Hard Knocks: Offseason With the New York Giants
Messi’s World Cup: The Rise of a Legend
Simone Biles Rising
Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics
PGA Innovation Award
Critterz
Emperor
Impulse: Playing With Reality
Orbital
The Pirate Queen With Lucy Liu
What If…? — An Immersive Story