Best Picture

• "Babel"


• 
  "The Departed" (Winner)


• "Letters From Iwo Jima"


• "Little Miss Sunshine"


• "The Queen"

Director

• Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "Babel"


• 
  Martin Scorsese, "The Departed" (Winner)


• Clint Eastwood, "Letters From Iwo Jima"


• Stephen Frears, "The Queen"


• Paul Greengrass, "United 93"

Actor

• Leonardo DiCaprio, "Blood Diamond"


• Peter O'Toole, "Venus"


• Ryan Gosling, "Half Nelson"


• Will Smith, "The Pursuit of Happyness"


• 
  Forest Whitaker, "Last King of Scotland" (Winner)

Actress

• Penelope Cruz, "Volver"


• Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal"


• 
  Helen Mirren, "The Queen" (Winner)


• Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada"


• Kate Winslet, "Little Children"

Supporting Actor

• 
  Alan Arkin, "Little Miss Sunshine" (Winner)


• Jackie Earle Haley, "Little Children"


• Djimon Hounsou, "Blood Diamond"


• Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls"


• Mark Wahlberg, "The Departed"

Supporting Actress

• Adriana Barraza, "Babel"


• Cate Blanchett, "Notes on a Scandal"


• Abigail Breslin, "Little Miss Sunshine"


• 
  Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls" (Winner)


• Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel"

Animated Feature Film

• "Cars"


• 
  "Happy Feet" (Winner)


• "Monster House"

Adapted Screenplay

• Sacha Baron Cohen and Anthony Hines and Peter Baynham and Dan Mazer and Todd Phillips, "Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"


• Alfonso Cuaron and Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, "Children of Men"


• 
  William Monahan, "The Departed" (Winner)


• Todd Field and Tom Perrotta, "Little Children"


• Patrick Marber, "Notes on a Scandal"

Original Screenplay

• Guillermo Arriaga, "Babel"


• Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis, "Letters From Iwo Jima"


• 
  Michael Arndt, "Little Miss Sunshine" (Winner)


• Guillermo del Toro, "Pan's Labyrinth"


• Peter Morgan, "The Queen"

Art Direction

• "Dreamgirls"


• "The Good Shepherd"


• 
  "Pan's Labyrinth" (Winner)


• "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"


• "The Prestige"

Cinematography

• "The Black Dahlia"


• "Children of Men"


• "The Illusionist"


• 
  "Pan's Labyrinth" (Winner)


• "The Prestige"

Costume Design

• "Curse of the Golden Flower"


• "The Devil Wears Prada"


• "Dreamgirls"


• 
  "Marie Antoinette" (Winner)


• "The Queen"

Documentary

• "Deliver Us From Evil"


• 
  "An Inconvenient Truth" (Winner)


• "Iraq in Fragments"


• "Jesus Camp"


• "My Country, My Country"

Documentary Short Subject

• 
  "The Blood of Yingzhou District" (Winner)


• "Recycled Life"


• "Rehearsing a Dream"


• Two Hands"

Film Editing

• "Babel"


• "Blood Diamond"


• "Children of Men"


• 
  "The Departed" (Winner)


• "United 93"

Foreign Film

• "After the Wedding," Denmark


• "Days of Glory (Indigenes)," Algeria


• 
  "The Lives of Others," Germany (Winner)


• "Pan's Labyrinth," Mexico


• "Water," Canada

Makeup

• "Apocalypto"


• "Click"


• 
  "Pan's Labyrinth" (Winner)

Original Score

• 
  "Babel," Gustavo Santaolalla (Winner)


• "The Good German," Thomas Newman


• "Notes on a Scandal," Philip Glass


• "Pan's Labyrinth," Javier Navarrete


• "The Queen," Alexandre Desplat

Original Song

• 
  "I Need to Wake Up" from "An Inconvenient Truth," Melissa Etheridge (Winner)


• "Listen" from "Dreamgirls," Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler and Anne Preven


• "Love You I Do" from "Dreamgirls," Henry Krieger and Siedah Garrett


• "Our Town" from "Cars," Randy Newman


• "Patience" from "Dreamgirls," Henry Krieger and Willie Reale

Animated Short Film

• 
  "The Danish Poet" (Winner)


• "Lifted"


• "The Little Matchgirl"


• "Maestro"


• "No Time for Nuts"

Live Action Short Film

• "Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)"


• "Eramos Pocos (One Too Many)"


• "Helmer & Son"


• "The Saviour"


• 
  "West Bank Story" (Winner)

Sound Editing

• "Apocalypto"


• "Blood Diamond"


• "Flags of Our Fathers"


• 
  "Letters From Iwo Jima" (Winner)


• "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"

Sound Mixing

• "Apocalypto"


• "Blood Diamond"


• 
  "Dreamgirls" (Winner)


• "Flags of Our Fathers"


• "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"

Visual Effects

• 
  "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" (Winner)


• "Poseidon"


• "Superman Returns"

Honorary Award

• Ennio Morricone

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

• Sherry Lansing

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