| Best Picture | Babel |
| | The Departed |
| | Letters from Iwo Jima |
| | Little Miss Sunshine |
| | The Queen |
| Best Animated Picture | Cars |
| | Happy Feet |
| | Monster House |
| Actor in a Leading Role | Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond |
| | Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson |
| | Peter O'Toole, Venus |
| | Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness |
| | Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland |
| Actress in a Leading Role | Penélope Cruz, Volver |
| | Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal |
| | Helen Mirren, The Queen |
| | Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada |
| | Kate Winslet, Little Children |
| Actor in a Supporting Role | Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine |
| | Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children |
| | Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond |
| | Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls |
| | Mark Wahlberg, The Departed |
| Actress in a Supporting Role | Adriana Barraza, Babel |
| | Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal |
| | Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine |
| | Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls |
| | Rinko Kikuchi, Babel |
| Directing | Alejandro González Iñárritu, Babel |
| | Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima |
| | Stephen Frears, The Queen |
| | Paul Greengrass, United 93 |
| | Martin Scorcese, The Departed |
| Writing | | Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Guillermo Arriaga, Babel | | | Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis, Letters from Iwo Jima | | | Michael Arndt, Little Miss Sunshine | | | Guillermo del Toro, Panâs Labyrinth | | | Peter Morgan, The Queen | | Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, and Dan Mazer, Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan | | | Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, and Hawk Ostby, Children of Men | | | William Monahan, The Departed | | | Todd Field and Tom Perrotta, Little Children | | | Patrick Marber, Notes on a Scandal |
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| Cinematography | Vilmos Zsigmond, The Black Dahlia |
| | Emmanuel Lubezki, Children of Men |
| | Dick Pope, The Illusionist |
| | Guillermo Navarro, Panâs Labyrinth |
| | Wally Pfister, The Prestige |
| Art Direction | Dreamgirls, John Myhre, art direction; Nancy Haigh, set decoration |
| | The Good Shepherd, Jeannine Oppewall, art direction; Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins, set decoration |
| | Panâs Labyrinth, Eugenio Caballero, art direction; Pilar Revuelta, set decoration |
| | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Manâs Chest, Rick Heinrichs, art direction; Cheryl Carasik, set decoration |
| | The Prestige, Nathan Crowley, art direction; Julie Ochipinti, set decoration |
| Sound | | Editing | Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar, Apocalypto | | | Lon Bender, Blood Diamond | | | Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman, Flags of Our Fathers | | | Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman, Letters from Iwo Jima | | | Christopher Boyes and George Watters II, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Manâs Chest | | Mixing | Kevin OâConnell, Greg P. Russell, and Fernando Camara, Apocalypto | | | Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, and Ivan Sharrock, Blood Diamond | | | Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, and Willie Burton, Dreamgirls | | | John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff, and Walt Martin, Flags of Our Fathers | | | Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes, and Lee Orloff, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Manâs Chest |
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| Music | | Song | I Need to Wake Up, An Inconvenient Truth | | | Listen, Dreamgirls | | | Love You I Do, Dreamgirls | | | Our Town, Cars | | | Patience, Dreamgirls | | Original Score | Gustavo Santaolalla, Babel | | | Thomas Newman, The Good German | | | Philip Glass, Notes on a Scandal | | | Javier Navarrete, Panâs Labyrinth | | | Alexandre Desplat, The Queen |
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| Film Editing | Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise, Babel |
| | Steven Rosenblum, Blood Diamond |
| | Alex RodrÃguez and Alfonso Cuaron, Children of Men |
| | Thelma Schoonmaker, The Departed |
| | Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse, and Richard Pearson, United 93 |
| Costume Design | Yee Chung Man, Curse of the Golden Flower |
| | Patricia Field, The Devil Wears Prada |
| | Sharen Davis, Dreamgirls |
| | Milena Canonero, Marie Antoinette |
| | Consolata Boyle, The Queen |
| Makeup | Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano, Apocalypto |
| | Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso, Click |
| | David Marti and Montse Ribe, Panâs Labyrinth |
| Visual Effects | John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Allen Hall, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Manâs Chest |
| | Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chas Jarrett, and John Frazier, Poseidon |
| | Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover, and Jon Thum, Superman Returns |
| Short Films | | Animation | The Danish Poet (Torill Kove) | | | Lifted (Gary Rydstrom) | | | The Little Matchgirl (Roger Allers and Don Hahn) | | | Maestro (Geza M. Toth) | | | No Time for Nuts (Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier) | | Live Action | Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea) (Javier Fesser and Luis Manso) | | | Ãramos Pocos (One Too Many) (Borja Cobeaga) | | | Helmer & Son (Soren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson) | | | The Saviour (Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn) | | | West Bank Story (Ari Sandel) |
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| Documentary | | Short Subject | The Blood of Yingzhou District (Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon) | | | Recycled Life (Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad) | | | Rehearsing a Dream (Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon) | | | Two Hands (Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr) | | Feature | Deliver Us from Evil (Amy Berg and Frank Donner) | | | An Inconvenient Truth (Davis Guggenheim) | | | Iraq in Fragments (James Longley and John Sinno) | | | Jesus Camp (Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady) | | | My Country, My Country (Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer) |
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| Foreign Language Film | After the Wedding, Denmark |
| | Days of Glory (Indigènes), Algeria |
| | The Lives of Others, Germany |
| | Panâs Labyrinth, Mexico |
| | Water, Canada |
