- Best Foreign-Language Film
- Apocalypto (USA)
- Letters from Iwo Jima (USA/Japan)
- The Lives of Others (Germany)
- Pan's Labyrinth (Mexico)
- Volver (Spain)
- Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
- Adriana Barraza, Babel
- Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
- Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada
- Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
- Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
- Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
- Ben Affleck, Hollywoodland
- Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
- Jack Nicholson, The Departed
- Brad Pitt, Babel
- Mark Wahlberg, The Departed
- Best Director
- Clint Eastwood, Flags of Our Fathers
- Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima
- Stephen Frears, The Queen
- Alejandro González Iñárritu, Babel
- Martin Scorsese, The Departed
- Best Screenplay
- Guillermo Arriaga, Babel
- Todd Field & Tom Perrotta, Little Children
- Patrick Marber, Notes on a Scandal
- William Monahan, The Departed
- Peter Morgan, The Queen
- Best Original Score
- Alexandre Desplat, The Painted Veil
- Clint Mansell, The Fountain
- Gustavo Santaolalla, Babel
- Carlo Siliotto, Nomad
- Hans Zimmer, The Da Vinci Code
- Best Original Song
- "A Father's Way," The Pursuit of Happyness; music by Seal and Christopher Bruce; lyrics by Seal
- "Listen," Dreamgirls; music & lyrics by Henry Krieger, Anne Preven, Scott Cutler and Beyoncé Knowles
- "Never Gonna Break My Faith," Bobby; music & lyrics by Bryan Adams, Eliot Kennedy and Andrea Remanda
- "The Song of the Heart," Happy Feet; music & lyrics by Prince Rogers Nelson
- "Try Not to Remember," Home of the Brave; music & lyrics by Sheryl Crow