12th Critics' Choice Awards

The Departed

• Babel
• Blood Diamond
• Dreamgirls
• Letters from Iwo Jima
• Little Children
• Little Miss Sunshine
• Notes on a Scandal
• The Queen
• United 93

Martin Scorsese – The Departed

• Bill Condon – Dreamgirls
• Clint Eastwood – Letters from Iwo Jima
• Stephen Frears – The Queen
• Paul Greengrass – United 93

Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland as Idi Amin

• Leonardo DiCaprio – Blood Diamond as Danny Archer
• Leonardo DiCaprio – The Departed as Billy Costigan
• Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson as Dan Dunne
• Peter O'Toole – Venus as Maurice Russell
• Will Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness as Chris Gardner

Helen Mirren – The Queen as Queen Elizabeth II

• Penélope Cruz – Volver as Raimunda
• Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal as Barbara Covett
• Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada as Miranda Priestly
• Kate Winslet – Little Children as Sarah Pierce

Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls as James "Thunder" Early

• Ben Affleck – Hollywoodland as George Reeves
• Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine as Edwin Hoover
• Adam Beach – Flags of Our Fathers as Ira Hayes
• Djimon Hounsou – Blood Diamond as Solomon Vandy
• Jack Nicholson – The Departed as Frank Costello

Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls as Effie White

• Adriana Barraza – Babel as Amelia Hernández
• Cate Blanchett – Notes on a Scandal as Sheba Hart
• Rinko Kikuchi – Babel as Chieko Wataya
• Catherine O'Hara – For Your Consideration as Marilyn Hack
• Emma Thompson – Stranger than Fiction as Karen Eiffel

Paul Dano – Little Miss Sunshine as Dwayne Hoover

• Cameron Bright – Thank You for Smoking as Joey Naylor
• Joseph Cross – Running with Scissors as Augusten Burroughs
• Freddie Highmore – A Good Year as Young Max
• Jaden Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness as Christopher Gardner Jr.

Abigail Breslin – Little Miss Sunshine as Olive Hoover

• Ivana Baquero – Pan's Labyrinth as Ofelia / Princess Moanna
• Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson as Drey
• Dakota Fanning – Charlotte's Web as Fern Arable
• Keke Palmer – Akeelah and the Bee as Akeelah Anderson

Little Miss Sunshine

• Babel
• Bobby
• The Departed
• Dreamgirls
• A Prairie Home Companion

Little Miss Sunshine – Michael Arndt

• Babel – Guillermo Arriaga
• The Departed – William Monahan
• Little Children – Todd Field and Tom Perrotta
• The Queen – Peter Morgan
• Stranger than Fiction – Zach Helm

Cars

• Flushed Away
• Happy Feet
• Monster House
• Over the Hedge

An Inconvenient Truth

• Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
• This Film Is Not Yet Rated
• Who Killed the Electric Car?
• Wordplay

Charlotte's Web

• Akeelah and the Bee
• Flicka
• Lassie
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Letters from Iwo Jima • United States

• Apocalypto • United States
• Days of Glory • Algeria / Belgium / France / Morocco
• Pan's Labyrinth • Mexico / Spain
• Volver • Spain
• Water • Canada / India / United States

The Illusionist – Philip Glass

• Babel – Gustavo Santaolalla
• The Da Vinci – Hans Zimmer
• The Departed – Howard Shore
• The Fountain – Clint Mansell
• The Good German – Thomas Newman

"Listen" – Dreamgirls

• "I Need to Wake Up" – An Inconvenient Truth
• "My Little Girl" – Flicka
• "The Neighbor" – Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
• "Never Gonna Break My Faith" – Bobby
• "Ordinary Miracle" – Charlotte's Web

Borat

• The Devil Wears Prada
• For Your Consideration
• Little Miss Sunshine
• Thank You for Smoking

Dreamgirls

• Babel
• Cars
• Happy Feet
• Marie Antoinette