The Awardist Borat shocks Best Picture Oscar race as producers guild unveils best films of the year Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Minari, Nomadland, Promising Young Woman score major pre-Oscars nominations while RuPaul's Drag Race, I May Destroy You, more land TV nods. By Joey Nolfi Joey Nolfi Entertainment Weekly's Oscars expert, 'RuPaul's Drag Race' beat reporter, host of 'Quick Drag' Twitter Spaces, and cohost of 'EW's BINGE' podcast. Almost all of the drag content on this site is my fault (you're welcome). EW's editorial guidelines Published on March 8, 2021 01:00PM EST The Producers Guild of America has (slightly) calmed the awards season chaos caused by the Golden Globes. After the Hollywood Foreign Press Association threw major wrenches into the acting races — particularly Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress — last weekend, the PGA, an awards body that contains actual crossover membership with the Academy, has narrowed the path to Best Picture with its annual picks for the best films of the 2020-21 circuit. Though most of the guild's Best Picture nominees are awards season mainstays that have racked up significant support thus far (Nomadland, Minari, The Trial of the Chicago 7), Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat Subsequent Moviefilm lands as a huge surprise among the set, and a potential indicator that support for supporting actress Maria Bakalova hasn't waned in the industry (despite the budding star losing the Golden Globe to Rosamund Pike). The 7,000-strong industry guild representing film, TV, and new media producers is, alongside the Directors Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild, regarded as one of the most influential and important precursor voting bodies on the awards trail, as the group's members largely spill over into the Academy's voting ranks. Since the group's first ceremony that honored movies released in 1989, all PGA winners for Best Theatrical Motion Picture have gone on to either win (21 titles) or be nominated (the remaining 11, including last year's 1917 and 2013's Gravity, which tied with 12 Years a Slave in 2014) for the Academy Award for Best Picture. The PGA is also considered a strong foreteller of Oscar tastes due to its similar voting style and adoption of the preferential ballot system. After the Academy and the PGA expanded their respective number of nomination slots in 2009, the PGA has typically nominated between seven and nine (out of 10 total PGA nominees versus the Academy's sliding scale between five and 10) productions per year that end up with a corresponding Best Picture nod. Last year, nine of the PGA's 10 nominees appeared among all of the Academy's nine Best Picture nomination slots, as determined by the preferential rank. Major nominees on the TV side include Bridgerton, Ozark, The Crown, RuPaul's Drag Race, The Masked Singer, Schitt's Creek, and I May Destroy You. See the full list of 2020-21 Producers Guild of America Awards nominees below in both film and television. Winners will be revealed at the guild's virtual ceremony on March 24. FILM Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: Borat Subsequent MoviefilmJudas and the Black MessiahMa Rainey's Black BottomMankMinariNomadlandOne Night in Miami...Promising Young WomanSound of MetalThe Trial of the Chicago 7 Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures: The Croods: A New AgeOnwardOver the MoonSoulWolfwalkers Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures: David Attenborough: A Life on Our PlanetDick Johnson Is DeadMy Octopus TeacherSoftieA Thousand CutsTime TELEVISION Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television — Drama Better Call SaulBridgertonThe CrownThe MandalorianOzark Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television — Comedy Curb Your EnthusiasmThe Flight AttendantSchitt's CreekTed LassoWhat We Do in the Shadows David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited Series Television: I May Destroy YouNormal PeopleThe Queen's GambitThe UndoingUnorthodox Award for Oustanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures: Bad EducationDolly Parton's Christmas on the SquareHamiltonJane Gooddall: The HopeWhat the Constitution Means to Me Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television: 60 MinutesThe Last DanceLaurel CanyonMcMillion$Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television: 8:46 - Dave ChappelleThe Daily Show with Trevor NoahLast Week Tonight with John OliverThe Late Show with Stephen ColbertSaturday Night Live Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television: The Amazing RaceThe Masked SingerNailed It!RuPaul's Drag RaceThe Voice Related content: MPA source challenges Golden Globes voter's claims about recruiting Black journalists How Andra Day and the Golden Globes shockingly derailed the Oscar race EW's 2021 Oscar predictions: Who's ahead after Golden Globes shockers?