The Producers Guild of America on Wednesday picked nominees for 2006?s best film, including musical ?Dreamgirls? and crime thriller ?The Departed,? giving all the movies? makers a boost in the race for Oscars.

Comedy ?Little Miss Sunshine,? cultural drama ?Babel? and ?The Queen,? about Britain?s royal family, were the other best movie nominees.

The association of film and television producers is among the industry?s top organizations, and Hollywood watchers follow its nominees closely when tracking movies competing for Oscars, the film industry?s top honors. The Guild also nominated the makers of five films for best-animated movie: ?Cars?, ?Happy Feet?, ?Ice Age: The Meltdown?, ?Monster House? and ?Flushed Away?. For best US TV drama, the organization picked the producers of hospital programs ?Grey?s Anatomy? and ?House?, crime shows ?24? and ?The Sopranos?, as well as ?Lost?.

The nominees for top TV comedy produced ?Arrested Development?, ?Curb Your Enthusiasm?, ?The Office?, ?My Name is Earl? and ?Weeds?. The Producers Guild names its winners in a ceremony on Jan. 20. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hand out the Oscars in February.