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.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Se7en |
Arnold Kopelson and Phyllis Carlyle |
| 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 |
| 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 G. 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, Robert 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 |
| 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 Tillinger 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 ‡ |
Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, and Brad Pitt |
| Bridge of Spies ‡ |
Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt, and Kristie Macosko Krieger |
| Brooklyn ‡ |
Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey |
| Ex Machina |
Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich |
| 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 |
