Best Original Screenplay
- Guillermo Arriaga, Babel
- Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis, Letters from Iwo Jima
- Michael Arndt, Little Miss Sunshine
- Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth
- Peter Morgan, The Queen
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, Dan Mazer, Todd Phillips - Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
- Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby - Children of Men
- William Monahan - The Departed
- Todd Field and Tom Perrotta - Little Children
- Patrick Marber - Notes on a Scandal
Best Achievement in Cinematography
- The Black Dahlia: Vilmos Zsigmond
- Children of Men: Emmanuel Lubezki
- The Illusionist: Dick Pope
- Pan's Labyrinth: Guillermo Navarro
- The Prestige: Wally Pfister
Best Achievement in Editing
- Babel: Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione
- Blood Diamond: Steven Rosenblum
- Children of Men: Alfonso Cuarón, Alex Rodríguez
- The Departed: Thelma Schoonmaker
- United 93: Clare Douglas, Richard Pearson, Christopher Rouse
Best Achievement in Art Direction
- Dreamgirls: John Myhre, Nancy Haigh
- The Good Shepherd: Jeannine Claudia Oppewall, Gretchen Rau, Leslie E. Rollins
- Pan's Labyrinth: Eugenio Caballero, Pilar Revuelta
- Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest: Rick Heinrichs, Cheryl Carasik
- The Prestige: Nathan Crowley, Julie Ochipinti
Best Achievement in Costume Design
- Curse of the Golden Flower: Chung Man Yee
- The Devil Wears Prada: Patricia Field
- Dreamgirls: Sharen Davis
- Marie Antoinette: Milena Canonero
- The Queen: Consolata Boyle
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
- Babel: Gustavo Santaolalla
- The Good German: Thomas Newman
- Notes on a Scandal: Philip Glass
- Pan's Labyrinth: Javier Navarrete
- The Queen: Alexandre Desplat
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
- An Inconvenient Truth: Melissa Etheridge ("I Need To Wake Up")
- Dreamgirls: Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler, Anne Preven ("Listen")
- Dreamgirls: Henry Krieger, Siedah Garrett ("Love You I Do")
- Cars: Randy Newman ("Our Town")
- Dreamgirls: Henry Krieger, Willie Reale ("Patience")
Best Achievement in Makeup
- Apocalypto: Aldo Signoretti, Vittorio Sodano
- Click: Kazuhiro Tsuji, Bill Corso
- Pan's Labyrinth: David Martí, Montse Ribé
Best Achievement in Sound
- Apocalypto: Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Fernando Cámara
- Blood Diamond: Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Ivan Sharrock
- Dreamgirls: Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, Willie D. Burton
- Flags of Our Fathers: John T. Reitz, David E. Campbell, Gregg Rudloff, Walt Martin
- Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest: Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes, Lee Orloff
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
- Apocalypto: Sean McCormack, Kami Asgar
- Blood Diamond: Lon Bender
- Flags of Our Fathers: Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
- Letters from Iwo Jima: Alan Robert Murray
- Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest: George Watters II, Christopher Boyes
Article comments
1 - SolShine7
It looks like Kate Winslet is going to get snubbed again. One day...
2 - Jane
If you had seen Ryan Gosling's performance in Half Nelson, then you would not have been surprised this morning. He has been getting buzz since September when the film was released in selected cities. He received a Spirit Award Nod, a Sag Nod and Critics Nod. Where have you been? The only reason why he did not get a Golden Globe is because the Foriegn Press is able to nominate the same actor for two different roles (Leo). Don't mean to be smart, but you need to see the movie and read up before you comment. I say the biggest surprise is Brad Pitt not getting a nod.
3 - Chris Beaumont
I do not think my comment was all that mean, I didn't imply his performance was bad or completely unworthy. But he didn't strike me as one of the more obvious choices. Besides, I am just a little disappointed over Owen's snub, and the Children of Men snub for Best Picture. Quite frankly, I could have been much "meaner" in my comment, but why should I? If you get nominated you must have had a good performance. Everyone has their favorites. This will hopefully lead to bigger and better for Ryan.
4 - Ty
"Half Nelson didn't have much of a stay in the theater, and is one of the ones that I missed."
Once again the fact you are in the middle of nowhere rears its ugly head in your opinions.
Nice...
5 - Chris Beaumont
Nice to see you haven't abandoned me, Ty. Also, the comment is rather baseless as I did not say it did not come to my area, but I missed it. It is impossible for me to see everything that I want to, whether it comes to my area or not. I keep myself quite busy doing what I do in addition to my fulltime job. I have seen enough to have an opinion of who I would like to see nominated, and I was in no way belittling Gosling's performance.
6 - Chris Earp
I very much agree with your comments about Children of Men. That was my favorite film of the year, with Pan's Labyrinth a close second, and I was also appalled at the snub. After just watching the Oscars, I am even more disheartened with the Academy for the fact that it didn't win any of the three it was nominated for, especially cinematography, which I thought it was meant to win well before the nominees were announced. I may be a little bias because it is my favorite film genre (sci-fi noir) and the kind of film I hope to make in the future, but looking back at the past Oscars, I can tell the Academy has a problem with Sci-Fi in general. Many of the greats have been snubbed big time, and this particular situation is reminiscent of how it was with my favorite film of all time, Minority Report, which was praised by critics (and even gained the top spot on Roger Ebert's best of 2002 list), but was almost ignored by the Academy. Spielberg is a good example for the Academy's refusal of Sci-Fi because he about half of his films are Sci-Fi, but only his non-Sci-Fi films have ever won. If I do every make the great Sci-Fi noir films I hope to make, I will not expect any recognition from the Academy. Critical and viewer acclaim should be enough for any filmmaker.