<Table> <Tr> <Td> Best Picture <Ul> <Li> The Departed -- Graham King , producer <Ul> <Li> Babel -- Alejandro González Iñárritu , Jon Kilik and Steve Golin , producers </Li> <Li> Letters from Iwo Jima -- Clint Eastwood , Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz , producers </Li> <Li> Little Miss Sunshine -- David T. Friendly , Peter Saraf and Marc Turtletaub , producers </Li> <Li> The Queen -- Andy Harries , Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward , producers </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Director <Ul> <Li> Martin Scorsese -- The Departed <Ul> <Li> Alejandro González Iñárritu -- Babel </Li> <Li> Clint Eastwood -- Letters from Iwo Jima </Li> <Li> Stephen Frears -- The Queen </Li> <Li> Paul Greengrass -- United 93 </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Best Actor <Ul> <Li> Forest Whitaker -- The Last King of Scotland as Idi Amin <Ul> <Li> Leonardo DiCaprio -- Blood Diamond as Danny Archer </Li> <Li> Ryan Gosling -- Half Nelson as Dan Dunne </Li> <Li> Peter O'Toole -- Venus as Maurice </Li> <Li> Will Smith -- The Pursuit of Happyness as Chris Gardner </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Actress <Ul> <Li> Helen Mirren -- The Queen as Queen Elizabeth II <Ul> <Li> Penélope Cruz -- Volver as Raimunda </Li> <Li> Judi Dench -- Notes on a Scandal as Barbara Covett </Li> <Li> Meryl Streep -- The Devil Wears Prada as Miranda Priestly </Li> <Li> Kate Winslet -- Little Children as Sarah Pierce </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Best Supporting Actor <Ul> <Li> Alan Arkin -- Little Miss Sunshine as Edwin Hoover <Ul> <Li> Jackie Earle Haley -- Little Children as Ronald James McGorvey </Li> <Li> Djimon Hounsou -- Blood Diamond as Solomon Vandy </Li> <Li> Eddie Murphy -- Dreamgirls as James `` Thunder '' Early </Li> <Li> Mark Wahlberg -- The Departed as Staff Sergeant Dignam </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Supporting Actress <Ul> <Li> Jennifer Hudson -- Dreamgirls as Effie White <Ul> <Li> Adriana Barraza -- Babel as Amelia Hernandez </Li> <Li> Cate Blanchett -- Notes on a Scandal as Bathsheba `` Sheba '' Hart </Li> <Li> Abigail Breslin -- Little Miss Sunshine as Olive Hoover </Li> <Li> Rinko Kikuchi -- Babel as Chieko Wataya </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Best Original Screenplay <Ul> <Li> Little Miss Sunshine -- Michael Arndt <Ul> <Li> Babel -- Guillermo Arriaga </Li> <Li> Letters from Iwo Jima -- Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis </Li> <Li> Pan 's Labyrinth -- Guillermo del Toro </Li> <Li> The Queen -- Peter Morgan </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Adapted Screenplay <Ul> <Li> The Departed -- William Monahan based on the film Infernal Affairs <Ul> <Li> Borat : Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan -- Sacha Baron Cohen , Anthony Hines , Peter Baynham , Dan Mazer and Todd Phillips based on characters created by Sacha Baron Cohen </Li> <Li> Children of Men -- Alfonso Cuarón , Timothy J. Sexton , David Arata , Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby based on the book by P.D. James </Li> <Li> Little Children -- Todd Field and Tom Perrotta based on the novel by Tom Perrotta </Li> <Li> Notes on a Scandal -- Patrick Marber based on the book by Zoë Heller </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Best Animated Feature Film <Ul> <Li> Happy Feet -- George Miller <Ul> <Li> Cars -- John Lasseter </Li> <Li> Monster House -- Gil Kenan </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Foreign Language Film <Ul> <Li> The Lives of Others ( Germany ) in German -- Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck <Ul> <Li> After the Wedding ( Denmark ) in Danish , Hindi , and Swedish -- Susanne Bier </Li> <Li> Days of Glory ( Indigènes ) ( Algeria ) in Arabic -- Rachid Bouchareb </Li> <Li> Pan 's Labyrinth ( Mexico ) in Spanish -- Guillermo del Toro </Li> <Li> Water ( Canada ) in Hindi -- Deepa Mehta </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Best Documentary Feature <Ul> <Li> An Inconvenient Truth -- Davis Guggenheim <Ul> <Li> Deliver Us from Evil -- Amy Berg and Frank Donner </Li> <Li> Iraq in Fragments -- James Longley and John Sinno </Li> <Li> Jesus Camp -- Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady </Li> <Li> My Country , My Country -- Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Documentary Short Subject <Ul> <Li> The Blood of Yingzhou District -- Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon <Ul> <Li> Recycled Life -- Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad </Li> <Li> Rehearsing a Dream -- Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon </Li> <Li> Two Hands : The Leon Fleisher Story -- Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr>
2006 best picture nominees that lost to the departed
Babel Letters from Iwo Jima Little Miss Sunshine The Queen