GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film – Wide Release
The GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film – Wide Release is one of the annual GLAAD Media Awards which is offered to the best LGBT-related film released for major distribution. First awarded in 1991, it was known as the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film until 1997, when the award was renamed to its current name.
List of winners and nominees by year[]
Winning nominees are indicated by bold text.
"†" indicates the winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture.
"‡" indicates an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.
1990s[]
| Year | Film | Director | Producer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | The Handmaid's Tale | Volker Schlöndorff | Daniel Wilson |
| Longtime Companion | Norman René | Stan Wlodkowski, Lydia Dean Pilcher | |
| 1992 | Frankie and Johnny | Garry Marshall | Garry Marshall |
| Fried Green Tomatoes | Jon Avnet | Jon Avnet, Norman Lear | |
| 1994 | Philadelphia | Jonathan Demme | Jonathan Demme, Edward Saxon |
| 1995 | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Stephan Elliott | Al Clark, Michael Hamlyn |
| Go Fish | Rose Troche | Rose Troche, Guinevere Turner | |
| 1996 | Boys on the Side | Herbert Ross | Herbert Ross, Arnon Milchan, Steven Reuther |
| Carrington | Christopher Hampton | John McGrath, Ronald Shedlo | |
| Home for the Holidays | Jodie Foster | Jodie Foster, Peggy Rajski | |
| To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar | Beeban Kidron | Walter Parkes, Bruce Cohen | |
| 1997 | Bound | Lana and Lilly Wachowski | Stuart Boros, Andrew Lazar |
| The Birdcage | Mike Nichols | Mike Nichols, Neil A. Machlis | |
| Flirting with Disaster | David O. Russell | Dean Silvers | |
| Get on the Bus | Spike Lee | Reuben Cannon, Barry Rosenbush, Bill Borden | |
| Set It Off | F. Gary Gray | Oren Koules, Dale Pollock | |
| 1998 | In & Out | Frank Oz | G. Mac Brown, Scott Rudin, Suzanne Santry, Adam Schroeder |
| As Good as It Gets ‡ | James L. Brooks | James L. Brooks, Bridget Johnson, Kristi Zea | |
| Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | Clint Eastwood | Clint Eastwood | |
| My Best Friend's Wedding | P. J. Hogan | Jerry Zucker, Ronald Bass, Gil Netter, Patricia Whitcher | |
| 1999 | Gods and Monsters | Bill Condon | Paul Colichman, Gregg Fienberg, Mark R. Harris |
| The Object of My Affection | Nicholas Hytner | Laurence Mark | |
| The Opposite of Sex | Don Roos | David Kirkpatrick, Michael Besman | |
| Wilde | Brian Gilbert | Marc Samuelson, Peter Samuelson |
2000s[]
| Year | Film | Director | Producer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Being John Malkovich | Spike Jonze | Steve Golin, Vincent Landay, Sandy Stern, Michael Stipe |
| Big Daddy | Dennis Dugan | Allen Covert, Adam Sandler, Robert Simonds, Jack Giarraputo | |
| Election | Alexander Payne | Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa, David Gale, Keith Samples | |
| Flawless | Joel Schumacher | Joel Schumacher, Jane Rosenthal, Neil Machlis | |
| Happy, Texas | Mark Illsley | Mark Illsley, Rick Montgomery, Ed Stone | |
| 2001 | Billy Elliot | Stephen Daldry | Greg Brenman, Jon Finn |
| Best in Show | Christopher Guest | Gordon Mark, Karen Murphy | |
| The Next Best Thing | John Schlesinger | Tom Rosenberg, Leslie Dixon, Linne Radmin, Gary Lucchesi | |
| Wonder Boys | Curtis Hanson | Curtis Hanson, Scott Rudin | |
| 2002 | The Mexican | Gore Verbinski | Christopher Ball, John Baldecchi, Lawrence Bender |
| 2003 | The Hours ‡ | Stephen Daldry | Scott Rudin, Robert Fox |
| Far from Heaven | Todd Haynes | Jody Allen, Christine Vachon | |
| Frida | Julie Taymor | Sarah Green, Salma Hayek, Jay Polstein, Lizz Speed, Nancy Hardin, Lindsay Flickinger, Roberto Sneider | |
| The Rules of Attraction | Roger Avary | Roger Avary, Greg Shapiro | |
| Sweet Home Alabama | Andy Tennant | Neal H. Moritz | |
| 2004 | Bend It Like Beckham | Gurinder Chadha | Gurinder Chadha, Deepak Nayare |
| Under the Tuscan Sun | Audrey Wells | Tom Sternberg, Audrey Wells | |
| 2005 | Kinsey | Bill Condon | Gail Mutrux |
| Alexander | Oliver Stone | Thomas Schühly, Jon Kilik, Iain Smith, Moritz Borman | |
| A Home at the End of the World | Michael Mayer | Tom Hulce, John Hart, Pamela Koffler, Katie Roumel, Jeffrey Sharp, Christine Vachon, John Wells | |
| Monster | Patty Jenkins | Charlize Theron, Mark Damon, Clark Peterson, Donald Kushner, Brad Wyman | |
| Saved! | Brian Dannelly | Michael Ohoven, Sandy Stern, Michael Stipe, William Vince | |
| 2006 | Brokeback Mountain ‡ | Ang Lee | Diana Ossana, James Schamus |
| Capote ‡ | Bennett Miller | Caroline Baron, William Vince, Michael Ohoven | |
| The Family Stone | Thomas Bezucha | Michael London | |
| Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | Shane Black | Joel Silver | |
| Rent | Chris Columbus | Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe, Michael Barnathan | |
| 2007 | Little Miss Sunshine ‡ | Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris | Marc Turtletaub, David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa |
| The Night Listener | Patrick Stettner | Robert Kessel, Jill Footlick, Jeffrey Sharp, John Hart, Armistead Maupin | |
| Running with Scissors | Ryan Murphy | Ryan Murphy, Brad Pitt, Brad Grey, Dede Gardner | |
| Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | Adam McKay | Jimmy Miller, Judd Apatow | |
| V for Vendetta | James McTeigue | Joel Silver, Lana and Lilly Wachowski, Grant Hill | |
| 2008 | Stardust | Matthew Vaughn | Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Michael Dreyer, Neil Gaiman, Matthew Vaughn |
| Across the Universe | Julie Taymor | Matthew Gross, Jennifer Todd, Suzanne Todd | |
| The Jane Austen Book Club | Robin Swicord | John Calley, Julie Lynn, Diana Napper | |
| 2009 | Milk ‡ | Gus Van Sant | Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen |
| Brideshead Revisited | Julian Jarrold | Robert Bernstein, Kevin Loader, Douglas Rae | |
| Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist | Peter Sollett | Kerry Kohansky Roberts, Andrew Miano, Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz | |
| RocknRolla | Guy Ritchie | Steve Clark-Hall, Susan Downey, Guy Ritchie, Joel Silver | |
| Vicky Cristina Barcelona | Woody Allen | Letty Aronson, Jaume Roures, Stephen Tenenbaum, Gareth Wiley |
2010s[]
| Year | Film | Director | Producer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010[1] | A Single Man | Tom Ford | Tom Ford, Andrew Milano, Robert Salerno, Chris Weitz |
| Everybody's Fine | Kirk Jones | Gianni Nunnari, Ted Field, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Glynis Murray | |
| I Love You, Man | John Hamburg | Donald De Line, John Hamburg | |
| Precious ‡ | Lee Daniels | Lee Daniels, Gary Magness, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Oprah Winfrey, Tom Heller, Tyler Perry, Lisa Cortés | |
| Taking Woodstock | Ang Lee | James Schamus, Ang Lee, Celia Costas | |
| 2011 | The Kids Are All Right ‡ | Lisa Cholodenko | Gary Gilbert, Jeff Levy-Hinte, Celine Rattray, Jordan Horowitz, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Philippe Hellmann |
| Burlesque | Steve Antin | Donald De Line | |
| Easy A | Will Gluck | Zanne Devine, Will Gluck | |
| The Girl Who Played with Fire | Daniel Alfredson | Soren Staermose, Jon Mankell | |
| Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | Edgar Wright | Marc Platt, Eric Gitter, Nira Park, Edgar Wright | |
| 2012 | Beginners | Mike Mills | Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech, Miranda de Pencier, Lars Knudsen, Jay Van Hoy |
| Albert Nobbs | Rodrigo García | Glenn Close, Bonnie Curtis, John Goff | |
| J. Edgar | Clint Eastwood | Clint Eastwood, Brian Grazer, Robert Lorenz | |
| 2013[2] | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Stephen Chbosky | Lianne Halfon, Russell Smith, John Malkovich |
| The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | John Madden | Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin | |
| Cloud Atlas | Tom Tykwer, Lana and Lilly Wachowski | Stefan Arndt, Grant Hill, Tom Tykwer, Lana and Lilly Wachowski | |
| ParaNorman | Sam Fell, Chris Butler | Travis Knight, Arianne Sutner | |
| Your Sister's Sister | Lynn Shelton | Steven Schardt | |
| 2014[3] | Philomena ‡ | Stephen Frears | Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, Tracey Seaward |
| Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Abdellatif Kechiche | Abdellatif Kechiche, Brahim Chioua, Vincent Maraval | |
| Dallas Buyers Club ‡ | Jean-Marc Vallée | Robbie Brenner, Rachel Winter | |
| Kill Your Darlings | John Krokidas | Michael Benaroya, Christine Vachon, Rose Ganguzza, John Krokidas | |
| The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones | Harald Zwart | Don Carmody, Robert Kulzer | |
| 2015 | The Imitation Game ‡ | Morten Tyldum | Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman |
| Love Is Strange | Ira Sachs | Lucas Joaquin, Lars Knudsen, Ira Sachs, Jayne Baron Sherman, Jay Van Hoy | |
| Pride | Matthew Warchus | David Livingstone | |
| The Skeleton Twins | Craig Johnson | Stephanie Langhoff, Jennifer Lee, Jacob Pechenik | |
| Tammy | Ben Falcone | Melissa McCarthy, Will Ferrell, Adam McKay | |
| 2016 | Carol | Todd Haynes | Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley, Christine Vachon |
| The Danish Girl | Tom Hooper | Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anne Harrison, Tom Hooper, Gail Mutrux | |
| Dope | Rick Famuyiwa | Forest Whitaker, Nina Yang Bongiovi | |
| Freeheld | Peter Sollett | Elliot Page, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher, James D. Stern, Cynthia Wade | |
| Grandma | Paul Weitz | Andrew Miano, Paul Weitz, Paris Kasidokostas-Latsis, Terry Dougas | |
| 2017 | Moonlight † | Barry Jenkins | Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner |
| Star Trek Beyond | Justin Lin | J. J. Abrams, Roberto Orci, Lindsey Weber, Justin Lin | |
| 2018 | Call Me by Your Name ‡ | Luca Guadagnino | Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges, Rodrigo Teixeira, Marco Morabito, James Ivory, Howard Rosenman |
| Battle of the Sexes | Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris | Christian Colson, Danny Boyle, Robert Graf | |
| Lady Bird ‡ | Greta Gerwig | Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Evelyn O'Neill | |
| Professor Marston and the Wonder Women | Angela Robinson | Terry Leonard, Amy Redford | |
| The Shape of Water † | Guillermo del Toro | Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale | |
| 2019 | Love, Simon | Greg Berlanti | Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey, Isaac Klausner, Pouya Shahbazian |
| Blockers | Kay Cannon | Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen, James Weaver, Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, Chris Fenton | |
| Crazy Rich Asians | John M. Chu | Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, John Penotti | |
| Deadpool 2 | David Leitch | Simon Kinberg, Ryan Reynolds, Lauren Shuler Donner | |
| The Girl in the Spider’s Web: A New Dragon Tattoo Story | Fede Álvarez | Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Ole Søndberg, Søren Stærmose, Amy Pascal, Elizabeth Cantillon |
2020s[]
| Year | Film | Director | Producer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Booksmart | Olivia Wilde | Megan Ellison, Chelsea Barnard, David Distenfield, Jessica Elbaum, Katie Silberman |
| Bombshell | Jay Roach | Aaron L. Glibert, Jay Roach, Robert Graf, Michelle Graham, Charles Randolph, Margaret Riley, Charlize Theron, AJ Dix, Beth Kono | |
| Downton Abbey | Michael Engler | Julian Fellowes, Gareth Neame, Liz Trubridge | |
| Judy | Rupert Goold | David Livingstone | |
| Rocketman | Dexter Fletcher | Adam Bohling, David Furnish, David Reid, Matthew Vaughn | |
| 2021 | Happiest Season | Clea Duvall | Isaac Klausner, Marty Bowen |
| The Craft: Legacy | Zoe Lister-Jones | Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Jason Blum | |
| Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | George C. Wolfe | Denzel Washington, Todd Black, Dany Wolf | |
| The Old Guard | Gina Prince-Bythewood | David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Charlize Theron, A.J. Dix, Beth Kono, Marc Evans | |
| The Prom | Ryan Murphy | Ryan Murphy, Alexis Martin Woodall, Adam Anders, Dori Berinstein, Bill Damaschke | |
| 2022 | |||
| Eternals | Chloé Zhao | Kevin Feige, Nate Moore | |
| Everybody's Talking About Jamie | Jonathan Butterell | Mark Herbert, Peter Carlton, Arnon Milchan | |
| The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Mike Rianda | Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Kurt Albrecht | |
| tick, tick... BOOM! | Lin-Manuel Miranda | Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Julie Oh, Lin-Manuel Miranda | |
| West Side Story | Steven Spielberg | Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Kevin McCollum |
References[]
- ^ "21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards – English Language Nominees". Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2010.
- ^ Megan Townsend (April 20, 2013). "The New Normal, The Perks of Being a Wallflower among GLAAD Media Award Recipients in Los Angeles". GLAAD.org.
- ^ Townsend, Megan (May 3, 2014). "George Takei, "Orange is the New Black," "Concussion" among #GLAADAwards recipients in New York City". GLAAD. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
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