Best Picture of the Year 2006
 BABEL [7, 1] (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) - Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik and Steve Golin, producers
 THE DEPARTED [5, 4] (Warner Bros.) - Graham King, producer
 LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA [4, 1] (Warner Bros.) - Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz, producers
 LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE [4, 2] (Fox Searchlight) - David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf and Marc Turtletaub, producers
 THE QUEEN [6, 1] (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) - Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward, producers

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
 Leonardo DiCaprio in BLOOD DIAMOND [5, 0]
 Ryan Gosling in HALF NELSON [1, 0]
 Peter O'Toole in VENUS [1, 0]
 Will Smith in THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS [1, 0]
 Forest Whitaker in THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND [1,1]

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
 Penélope Cruz in VOLVER [1, 0]
 Judi Dench in NOTES ON A SCANDAL [4, 0}
 Helen Mirren in THE QUEEN
 Meryl Streep in THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA [2, 0]
 Kate Winslet in LITTLE CHILDREN [3, 0]

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
 Alan Arkin in LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
 Jackie Earle Haley in LITTLE CHILDREN
 Djimon Hounsou in BLOOD DIAMOND
 Eddie Murphy in DREAMGIRLS [8, 2]
 Mark Wahlberg in THE DEPARTED

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
 Adriana Barraza in BABEL
 Cate Blanchett in NOTES ON A SCANDAL
 Abigail Breslin in LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
 Jennifer Hudson in DREAMGIRLS
 Rinko Kikuchi in BABEL

Achievement in Directing
 Alejandro González Iñárritu for BABEL
 Martin Scorsese for THE DEPARTED
 Clint Eastwood for LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
 Stephen Frears for THE QUEEN
 Paul Greengrass for UNITED 93 [2, 0]

Achievement in Writing: Original Screenplay
 Michael Arndt for LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
 Guillermo Arriaga for BABEL
 Guillermo del Toro for EL LABERINTO DEL FAUNO (PAN'S LABYRINTH) [6, 3]
 Peter Morgan for THE QUEEN
 Iris Yamashita for LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (Story by Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis)

Achievement in Writing: Adapted Screenplay
 Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer for BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN [1, 0]
 Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby for CHILDREN OF MEN [3, 0]
 Todd Field & Tom Perrotta for LITTLE CHILDREN
 Patrick Marber for NOTES ON A SCANDAL
 William Monahan for THE DEPARTED

Achievement in Animated Feature Films
 CARS [2, 0] - (Buena Vista) John Lasseter
 HAPPY FEET [1, 1] - (Warner Bros.) George Miller
 MONSTER HOUSE [1, 0] - (Sony Pictures Releasing) Gil Kenan

Achievement in Art Direction
 DREAMGIRLS - Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
 THE GOOD SHEPHERD [1, 0] - Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins
 EL LABERINTO DEL FAUNO (PAN'S LABYRINTH) - Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero; Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta
 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST [4, 1] - Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration: Cheryl A. Carasik
 THE PRESTIGE [2, 0] - Art Direction: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Julie Ochipinti

Achievement in Cinematography
 Emmanuel Lubezki - CHILDREN OF MEN
 Guillermo Navarro - EL LABERINTO DEL FAUNO (PAN'S LABYRINTH)
 Wally Pfister - THE PRESTIGE
 Dick Pope - THE ILLUSIONIST [1, 0]
 Vilmos Zsigmond - THE BLACK DAHLIA [1, 0]

Achievement in Costume Design
 MAN CHENG JIN DAI HUANG JIN JIA (CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER) [1, 0] - Yee Chung Man
 THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA - Patricia Field
 DREAMGIRLS - Sharen Davis
 MARIE ANTOINETTE [1, 1] - Milena Canonero
 THE QUEEN - Consolata Boyle

Achievement in Documentary Features
 DELIVER US FROM EVIL [1, 0] - (Lionsgate) A Disarming Films Production; Amy Berg and Frank Donner
 AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH [2, 2] - (Paramount Classics and Participant Productions) A Lawrence Bender/Laurie David Production; Davis Guggenheim
 IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS [1 , 0] - (Typecast Releasing) A Typecast Pictures/Daylight Factory Production; James Longley and John Sinno
 JESUS CAMP [1 , 0] - (Magnolia Pictures) A Loki Films Production; Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
 MY COUNTRY MY COUNTRY [1 , 0] - (Zeitgeist Films) A Praxis Films Production; Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer

Achievement in Documentary Short Subjects
 THE BLOOD OF YINGZHOU DISTRICT [1] - A Thomas Lennon Films Production; Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
 RECYCLED LIFE [1] - An Iwerks/Glad Production; Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad
 REHEARSING A DREAM [1] - A Simon & Goodman Picture Company Production; Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
 TWO HANDS [1] - A Crazy Boat Pictures Production; Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr

Achievement in Film Editing
 BABEL - Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise
 BLOOD DIAMOND - Steven Rosenblum
 CHILDREN OF MEN - Alex Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón
 THE DEPARTED - Thelma Schoonmaker
 UNITED 93 - Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
 EFTER BRYLLUPPET (AFTER THE WEDDING) [1, 0] - A Zentropa Entertainments 16 Production (Denmark) - Susanne Bier, director
 INDIGÉNES (DAYS OF GLORY) [1, 0] - A Tessalit Production (Algeria) - Rachid Bouchareb, director
 DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (THE LIVES OF OTHERS) [1, 1] - A Wiedemann & Berg Production (Germany) - Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, director
 EL LABERINTO DEL FAUNO (PAN'S LABYRINTH) - A Tequila Gang / Esperanto Filmoj / Estudios Picasso Production (Mexico) - Guillermo del Toro, director
  WATER [1, 0] - A Hamilton-Mehta Production (Canada) - Deepa Mehta, director

Achievement in Makeup
 APOCALYPTO [3, 0] - Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
 CLICK [1, 0] - Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso
 EL LABERINTO DEL FAUNO (PAN'S LABYRINTH) - David Martí and Montse Ribé

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures: Original Score
 BABEL - Gustavo Santaolalla
 THE GOOD GERMAN [1, 0] - Thomas Newman
 NOTES ON A SCANDAL - Philip Glass
 EL LABERINTO DEL FAUNO (PAN'S LABYRINTH) - Javier Navarrete
 THE QUEEN - Alexandre Desplat

Achievement in Music: Original Song
 AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH -  "I Need to Wake Up" - Music & Lyric by Melissa Etheridge
 DREAMGIRLS -  "Listen" - Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler; Lyric by Anne Preven
 DREAMGIRLS -  "Love You I Do" - Music by Henry Krieger; Lyric by Siedah Garrett
 CARS -  "Our Town" - Music & Lyric by Randy Newman
 DREAMGIRLS -  "Patience" - Music by Henry Krieger; Lyric by Willie Reale

Achievement in Animated Short Films
 THE DANISH POET (DEN DANSKE DIKTEREN) [1, 1] - A Mikrofilm and National Film Board of Canada Production; Torill Kove
 LIFTED [1, 0] - A Pixar Animation Studios Production; Gary Rydstrom
 THE LITTLE MATCHGIRL [1, 0] - A Walt Disney Pictures Production; Roger Allers and Don Hahn
 MAESTRO [1, 0] - A Kedd Production; Géza M. Tóth
 NO TIME FOR NUTS [1, 0] - A Blue Sky Studios Production; Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier

Achievement in Live Action Short Films
 BINTA Y LA GRAN IDEA (BINTA AND THE GREAT IDEA) [1, 0] - A Peliculas Pendelton and Tus Ojos Production; Javier Fesser and Luis Manso
 ÉRAMOS POCOS (ONE TOO MANY) [1, 0] - An Altube Filmeak Production; Borja Cobeaga
 HELMER & SON [1, 0] - A Nordisk Film Production; Søren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson
 THE SAVIOUR [1, 0] - An Australian Film Television and Radio School Production; Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn
 WEST BANK STORY [1, 1] - An Ari Sandel, Pascal Vaguelsy, Amy Kim, Ravi Malhotra and Ashley Jordan Production; Ari Sandel

Achievement in Sound Editing
 APOCALYPTO - Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar
 BLOOD DIAMOND - Lon Bender
 FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS [2, 0] - Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
 LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA - Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST - Christopher Boyes and George Watters II

Achievement in Sound Mixing
 APOCALYPTO - Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Camara
 BLOOD DIAMOND - Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock
 DREAMGIRLS - Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton
 FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS - John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST - Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff

Achievement in Visual Effects
 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST - John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
 POSEIDON [1, 0] - Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chas Jarrett and John Frazier
 SUPERMAN RETURNS [1, 0] - Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum

Testimonial Awards
Honorary Award (Statuette):
 To Ennio Morricone: "For his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music."

Irving G. Thalberg Award: No Award presented for 2006

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award:
 Sherry Lansing

Scientific and Technical Awards

Academy Award of Merit (Statuette): No Award for 2006

Scientific and Engineering Awards (Academy Plaques):
 To Phillip J. Feiner, Jim Houston, Denis Leconte and Chris Bushman of Pacific Title and Art Studio for the design and development of the Rosetta process for creating digital YCM archival masters for digital film restoration.
 To Steve Sullivan, Colin Davidson, Max Chen and Francesco Callari for the design and development of the ILM Image-based Modeling System.
 To Dr. Bill Collis, Simon Robinson, Ben Kent and Anil Kokaram for the design and development of the Furnace integrated suite of software tools that robustly utilizes temporal coherence for enhancing visual effects in motion picture sequences.
 To Howard Preston and Mirko Kovacevic for the design and engineering of the Preston Cinema Systems FI+Z wireless remote system.

Technical Achievement Awards (Academy Certificates):
 To Joshua Pines and Chris Kutcka of Technicolor Digital Intermediates for the design and development of the TDI process for creating archival separations from digital image data.
 To Bill Feightner and Chris Edwards of E-Film for the design and development of the E-Film process for creating archival separations from digital image data.
 To Albert Ridilla, Papken Shahbazian, Ronald Belknap and Jay McGarrigle for the design and development of the Hollywood Film Company Brumagic MPST Densitometer.
 To Klemens Kehrer, Josef Handler, Thomas Smidek and Marc Shipman Mueller for the design and development of the Arriflex 235 Camera System.
 To Florian Kainz for the design and engineering of OpenEXR, a software package implementing 16-bit, floating-point, high dynamic range image files.
 To Walter Trauniger and Ernst Tschida for the design and engineering of the Arri WRC wireless remote lens control system.
 To Christian Tschida and Martin Waitz of cmotion for the design and engineering of the cmotion Wireless Remote System.
 To Peter Litwinowicz and Pierre Jasmin for the design and development of the RE: Vision Effects family of software tools for optical flow-based image manipulation.

Award of Commendation:
 To Ioan Allen, J. Wayne Anderson, Mary Ann Anderson, Ted Costas, Paul R. Goldberg, Shawn Jones, Tom Kuhn, Dr. Alan Masson, Colin Mossman, Martin Richards, Frank Ricotta and Richard C. Sehlin for their contributions to the environmentally responsible industry conversion from silver-based to cyan dye analog soundtracks.

John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation:
 To Richard Edlund for his "outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences."