Oscars 2006 — 78th Academy Awards

Best Picture & Directing

Best Picture

Winner

Crash

IMDb

Paul Haggis, dir.

Brokeback Mountain RT IMDb

Capote RT IMDb

Good Night, and Good Luck. RT IMDb

Munich RT IMDb

Best Director

Winner

Ang Lee

IMDb

Brokeback Mountain

Trailer Where to Watch Rotten Tomatoes IMDb

George Clooney IMDb — Good Night, and Good Luck.

Paul Haggis IMDb — Crash

David Cronenberg IMDb — A History of Violence

Steven Spielberg IMDb — Munich

Acting

Best Actor

Winner

Philip Seymour Hoffman

IMDb

Capote

Trailer Where to Watch Rotten Tomatoes IMDb

Terrence Howard IMDb — Hustle & Flow

Heath Ledger IMDb — Brokeback Mountain

Joaquin Phoenix IMDb — Walk the Line

David Strathairn IMDb — Good Night, and Good Luck.

Best Actress

Winner

Reese Witherspoon

IMDb

Walk the Line

Trailer Where to Watch Rotten Tomatoes IMDb

Judi Dench IMDb — Mrs. Henderson Presents

Felicity Huffman IMDb — Transamerica

Keira Knightley IMDb — Pride & Prejudice

Charlize Theron IMDb — North Country

Best Supporting Actor

Winner

George Clooney

IMDb

Syriana

Trailer Where to Watch Rotten Tomatoes IMDb

Matt Dillon IMDb — Crash

Paul Giamatti IMDb — Cinderella Man

Jake Gyllenhaal IMDb — Brokeback Mountain

William Hurt IMDb — A History of Violence

Best Supporting Actress

Winner

Rachel Weisz

IMDb

The Constant Gardener

Trailer Where to Watch Rotten Tomatoes IMDb

Amy Adams IMDb — Junebug

Catherine Keener IMDb — Capote

Frances McDormand IMDb — North Country

Michelle Williams IMDb — Brokeback Mountain

Writing

Best Original Screenplay

Winner

Crash

IMDb

Paul Haggis, Bobby Moresco

Trailer Where to Watch Rotten Tomatoes IMDb

Good Night, and Good Luck. IMDb

Match Point IMDb

Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner

Brokeback Mountain

IMDb

Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana

Trailer Where to Watch Rotten Tomatoes IMDb

Capote IMDb

Munich IMDb

Technical Awards

Best Animated Feature Film

Winner

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

IMDb

Nick Park, Steve Box, dir.

Trailer Where to Watch Rotten Tomatoes IMDb

Corpse Bride IMDb

Howl's Moving Castle IMDb

Best Foreign Language Film

Winner

Tsotsi

IMDb

South Africa — Gavin Hood, dir.

Trailer Where to Watch Rotten Tomatoes IMDb

Paradise Now IMDb — Palestine

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days IMDb — Germany

Best Documentary Feature

Winner

March of the Penguins

IMDb

Luc Jacquet, dir.

Trailer Where to Watch Rotten Tomatoes IMDb

Best Original Score

Winner

Brokeback Mountain

IMDb

Gustavo Santaolalla

Listen IMDb

The Constant Gardener IMDb

Munich IMDb

Best Original Song

Winner

"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp"

IMDb

Three 6 Mafia — Hustle & Flow

Listen IMDb

Best Cinematography

Winner

Memoirs of a Geisha

IMDb

Dion Beebe

IMDb

Brokeback Mountain IMDb

Good Night, and Good Luck. IMDb

Best Film Editing

Winner

Crash

IMDb

Hughes Winborne

IMDb

Brokeback Mountain IMDb

Munich IMDb

Best Production Design

Winner

Memoirs of a Geisha

IMDb

John Myhre, Gretchen Rau

IMDb

Good Night, and Good Luck. IMDb

Pride & Prejudice IMDb

Best Costume Design

Winner

Memoirs of a Geisha

IMDb

Colleen Atwood

IMDb

Mrs. Henderson Presents IMDb

Pride & Prejudice IMDb

Best Visual Effects

Winner

King Kong

IMDb

Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, Richard Taylor

IMDb

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe IMDb

War of the Worlds IMDb

Best Sound

Winner

King Kong

IMDb

Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek

IMDb

Memoirs of a Geisha IMDb

Walk the Line IMDb

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Winner

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

IMDb

Howard Berger, Tami Lane

IMDb

Cinderella Man IMDb

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith IMDb