Producers Guild Awards 2021: 'Borat' and 'Nomadland' among films vying for top honours

The annual awards are viewed as a reliable bellwether of which films might find favour at the Oscars

Carey Mulligan in 'Promising Young Woman', which has been nominated for the Producers Guild Awards' top honours. AP

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Promising Young Woman and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom are among the nominees for the top honour at the 32nd annual Producers Guild Awards (PGA).

The Producers Guild  of America announced the 10 nominees for its Best Picture Award on Monday, formally named the Darryl F Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures.

The other nominees are Judas and the Black Messiah, Nomadland, Sound of Metal, Mank, Minari, One Night in Miami ... and The Trial of the Chicago 7.

The Producers Guild Awards are considered one of the most reliable bellwethers for the Academy Awards. In the past two years, PGA and Oscar Best Picture nominations have aligned exactly, except the PGA also nominated Knives Out last year.

The Producers Guild of America uses a similar preferential balloting system as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Winners have matched in 21 out of the past 31 years. In 2020, 1917 was crowned by the PGA before Parasite won at the Academy Awards. The year before, Green Book won at both.

Whether the producers will be as predictive in a pandemic-marred 2021 awards season is unclear. But if tradition holds, Monday's nominations were disappointing news for Best Picture hopefuls News of the World, The Father and Da 5 Bloods.

Streaming services dominated the nominations, led by Netflix with three: Mank, The Trial of the Chicago 7 and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.

Winners will be announced at a virtual ceremony on Wednesday, March 24. On Tuesday, the Directors Guild of America will announce its award nominations, while Academy Awards nominations are set to be revealed on Monday.

Scroll down for the full list of PGA nominations:

Darryl F Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Judas and the Black Messiah
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
One Night in Miami
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures

The Croods: A New Age
Onwards
Over the Moon
Soul
Wolfwalkers

Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television

Better Call Saul
Bridgerton
The Crown
The Mandalorian
Ozark

Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy

Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Flight Attendant
Schitt’s Creek
Ted Lasso
What We Do in the Shadows

David L Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited Series Television

I May Destroy You
Normal People
The Queen’s Gambit
The Undoing
Unorthodox

Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures

Bad Education
Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square
Hamilton
Jane Goodall: The Hope
What the Constitution Means To Me

Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television

60 Minutes
The Last Dance
Laurel Canyon
McMillion$
Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness

Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television

Dave Chappelle: 8:46
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
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
The Masked Singer
Nailed It!
RuPaul’s Drag Race
The Voice