* Denotes winner

Picture

* The Departed

Blood Diamond
The Last King Of Scotland
Notes On A Scandal ( terribly underrated movie )
The Prestige

Actor

* Forest Whitaker ( A career defining performance )

Leonardo Di Caprio- The Departed
Aaron Eckhart- Thank You For Smoking
Edward Norton- The Illusionist
Guy Pearce- The Proposition

Actress

* Judi Dench ( haunting, evil performance )

Juliette Binoche- Breaking and Entering
Maggie Gyllenhaal- Sherry Baby
Helen Mirren- The Queen ( more of an impersonation than anything, still good though )
Meryl Streep- The Devil Wears Prada

Supporting Actor

* Jack Nicholson- The Departed ( the most charismatic supporting performanc of the year )

Alan Arkin- Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley- Little Children ( Kelly Leak returns )
Djimon Hounsou- Blood Diamond
Bill Nighy- Notes On A Scandal ( a heartbreaking performance )

Director

* Martin Scorsese ( should have won 26 years earlier for Raging Bull )

Clint Eastwood- Letter From Iwo Jima
Richard Eyre- Notes On A Scandal
Christopher Nolan- The Prestige
Edward Zwick- Blood Diamond ( it's a joke this guy hasn't been nominated yet-should have won for Glory )

I had Dench winning too that year. A performance that just sucks you in. So nuanced yet mean. I also had Cack getting a nomination in support. I mean come on... he is the soul of the flick. Als had del Toro for directing and The Prestige for Picture.

Top ten of 2006
1) Marie Antoinette
2) Volver
3) INLAND EMPIRE
4) Letters from Iwo Jima
5) Little Children
6) Children of Men
7) Little Miss Sunshine
8) The Devil Wears Prada
9) Clean
10) The Wind that Shakes the Barley

Best Director
Pedro Almodovar Volver
Sofia Coppola Marie Antoinette ^
Alfonso Cuaron Children of Men
Clint Eastwood Letters from Iwo Jima
David Lynch - INLAND EMPIRE *

Best Actress
Maggie Cheung Clean ^
Laura Dern INLAND EMPIRE *
Sandra Huller - Requiem
Nicole Kidman Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Naomi Watts The Painted Veil

Best Actor
Ryan Gosling Half Nelson *
Hugh Jackman The Fountain and The Prestige
James McAvoy The Last King of Scotland
Cillian Murphy The Wind that Shakes the Barley
Edward Norton Down in the Valley, The Illusionist, The Painted Veil ^

Best Supporting Actress
Emily Blunt The Devil Wears Prada ^
Carmen Maura Volver
Fiona Shaw The Black Dahlia
Meryl Streep A Prairie Home Companion and The Devil Wears Prada *
Emily Watson The Proposition

Best Supporting Actor
Samuel Barnett The History Boys
Steve Carell Little Miss Sunshine *
Sergi Lopez Pans Labyrinth
Kazunari Ninoyima Letters from Iwo Jima ^
Nick Nolte - Clean

Best Screenplay
Children of Men
The Devil Wears Prada
Little Miss Sunshine
Notes on a Scandal *
The Painted Veil
Volver ^

* winner
^ runner-up

Silly mistake

* Cate Blanchett- Notes On A Scandal

Abigail Breslin- Little Miss Sunshine
Skareeka Epps- Half Nelson
Emma Thompson- Stranger Than Fiction
Emily Watson- The Proposition