2006
Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
| DreamWorks Pictures, Paramount Pictures |
| Venus | Miramax |
| Stranger than Fiction | Columbia Pictures, Sony |
| The Devil Wears Prada | 20th Century Fox |
| Thank You for Smoking | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| Little Miss Sunshine | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
Comedy or musical: Actress
| Beyoncé Knowles | Dreamgirls | DreamWorks Pictures, Paramount Pictures |
| Jodie Whittaker | Venus | Miramax |
| Toni Collette | Little Miss Sunshine | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| The Devil Wears Prada | 20th Century Fox |
| Annette Bening | Running with Scissors | Sony Pictures |
| Julie Walters | Driving Lessons | Sony Pictures Classics |
Comedy or Musical: Actor
| Will Ferrell | Stranger than Fiction | Columbia Pictures, Sony |
| Sacha Baron Cohen | Borat | 20th Century Fox |
| Aaron Eckhart | Thank You for Smoking | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| Running with Scissors | Sony Pictures |
Actress in a Motion Picture
| Kate Winslet | Little Children | New Line Cinema |
| Maggie Gyllenhaal | SherryBaby | IFC |
| Gretchen Mol | The Notorious Bettie Page | Picturehouse |
| The Queen | Miramax |
| Penélope Cruz | Sony Pictures Classics |
Actor in a Motion Picture
| Peter O’Toole | Venus | Miramax |
| Leonardo DiCaprio | Blood Diamond | Warner Bros. |
| Patrick Wilson | Little Children | New Line Cinema |
| Ryan Gosling | Half Nelson | THINKFilm |
| The Last King of Scotland | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| Joshua Jackson | Aurora Borealis | Regent Releasing |
| Derek Luke | Catch a Fire | Focus Features |
Actress in a Supporting Role
| Dreamgirls | DreamWorks Pictures, Paramount Pictures |
| Cate Blanchett | Notes on a Scandal | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| Rinko Kikuchi | Babel | Paramount Vantage |
| Blythe Danner | The Last Kiss | DreamWorks Pictures |
| Lily Tomlin | A Prairie Home Companion | New Line Cinema |
| Abigail Breslin | Little Miss Sunshine | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
Actor in a Supporting Role
| Jack Nicholson | The Departed | Warner Bros. |
| Brad Pitt | Babel | Paramount Vantage |
| Alan Arkin | Little Miss Sunshine | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| The Departed | Warner Bros. |
| Adam Beach | Flags of Our Fathers | DreamWorks Pictures |
| Donald Sutherland | Aurora Borealis | Regent Releasing |
Motion Picture, Drama
| Little Children | New Line Cinema |
| Babel | Paramount Vantage |
| The Last King of Scotland | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| The Queen | Miramax |
| Flags of Our Fathers | DreamWorks Pictures |
| Warner Bros. |
| Half Nelson | THINKFilm |
Foreign Language Film
| USA | Apocalypto | Icon Entertainment International |
| Israel | The Syrian Bride | Koch Lorber Films |
| Canada | Water | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| France | Changing Times | Koch Lorber Films |
| Volver | Sony Pictures Classics |
| Germany | The Lives of Others | Sony Pictures Classics |
Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media
| Picturehouse |
| Flushed Away | DreamWorks Pictures |
| Happy Feet | Warner Bros. |
| 20th Century Fox |
| Cars | Disney*Pixar, Walt Disney Pictures |
Motion Picture, Documentary
| The War Tapes | Senart Films |
| Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man | Lionsgate |
| The U.S. vs. John Lennon | Lionsgate |
| An Inconvenient Truth | Paramount Vantage |
| Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple | Firelight Media, PBS |
| Lionsgate |
Director
| Dreamgirls | DreamWorks Pictures, Paramount Pictures |
| Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu | Babel | Paramount Vantage |
| Stephen Frears | The Queen | Miramax |
| Pedro Almodóvar | Volver | Sony Pictures Classics |
| Flags of Our Fathers | DreamWorks Pictures, Warner Bros. |
| Martin Scorsese | The Departed | Warner Bros. |
Screenplay: Original
| Paul Laverty | The Wind That Shakes the Barley | IFC |
| The Queen | Miramax |
| Pedro Almodóvar | Volver | Sony Pictures Classics |
| Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Guillermo Arriaga | Babel | Paramount Vantage |
| Andrucha Waddington, Elena Soarez, Luiz Carlos Barreto | House of Sand |
| André Téchiné, Laurent Guyot, Pascal Bonitzer | Changing Times | Koch Lorber Films |
Screenplay: Adapted
| Bill Condon | Dreamgirls | DreamWorks Pictures, Paramount Pictures |
| Garrison Keillor | A Prairie Home Companion | New Line Cinema |
| Todd Field, Tom Perrotta | Little Children | New Line Cinema |
| The Departed | Warner Bros. |
| Jason Reitman | Thank You for Smoking | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| Paul Haggis, William Broyles Jr. | Flags of Our Fathers | DreamWorks Pictures, Warner Bros. |
Original Score
| Babel | Paramount Vantage |
| Hans Zimmer | The Da Vinci Code | Columbia Pictures |
| Nathan Johnson | Brick | Focus Features |
| Philip Glass | Notes on a Scandal | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| Clint Eastwood | Flags of Our Fathers | DreamWorks Pictures, Warner Bros. |
| Gabriel Yared | The Lives of Others | Sony Pictures Classics |