Best Picture
Babel
The Departed
Dreamgirls
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
Possible Nomination: Letters from Iwo Jima
Best Actor
Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed
Peter O’Toole, Venus
Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness
Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Possible Nomination: Ryan Gosling, Half-Nelson
Best Actress
Penelope Cruz, Volver
Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren, The Queen
Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet, Little Children
Possible Nomination: Renee Zellweger, Miss Potter
Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Jack Nicholson, The Departed
Brad Pitt, Babel
Michael Sheen, The Queen
Possible Nomination: Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
Best Supporting Actress
Adriana Barraza, Babel
Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada
Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Possible Nomination: Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
Best Director
Bill Condon, Dreamgirls
Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris for Little Miss Sunshine
Stephen Frears, The Queen
Alejandro Gonzales, Babel
Martin Scorcese, The Departed
Possible Nomination: Clint Eastwood, Letters From Iwo Jima