Söngleikjamyndin Dreamgirls, sem byggir lauslega á ferli stúlknasveitarinnar The Supremes, fær flestar tilnefningar til Óskarsverðlaunanna í ár, alls átta talsins. Óvænt þykir þó að myndin er ekki tilnefnd sem besta kvikmyndin. Kvikmyndin Babel í leikstjórn Alejandro González Iñárritu fær sjö tilnefningar, þ.á.m. sem besta kvikmyndin.

Aðrar myndir sem tilnefndar er sem besta kvikmyndin eru Departed, Letters From Iwo Jima, Little Miss Sunshine og kvikmyndin The Queen, sem fjallar um viðbrögð Elísabetar Englandsdrottningar við andláti Díönu prinsessu árið 1997.

Engin ein mynd þykir líklegri en aðrar til að vinna þessi eftirsóttu verðlaun í ár, þar sem Dreamgirls, sem hreppti Golden Globe verðlaunin í flokki söngva- og grínmynda fyrir stuttu, er ekki á listanum.

Meðal leikara sem tilnefndir eru til verðlauna er Helen Mirren fyrir kvikmyndina The Queen, Forest Whitaker fyrir túlkun sína á Idi Amin í kvikmyndinni The Last King of Scotland, og Eddie Murphy og Jennifer Hudson fyrir hlutverk sín sem söngvarar í Dreamgirls.

Murphy hefur aldrei áður verið tilnefndur til Óskarsverðlauna þrátt fyrir langan og vel heppnaðan feril.

Þá er Meryl Streep tilnefnd sem besta leikkonan fyrir leik sinn í kvikmyndinni The Devil Wears Prada, en þetta er í fjórtánda sinn sem hún fær óskarstilnefningu, þar af hefur hún unnið tvisvar til verðlauna.

Spænska þokkadísin Penelope Cruz er tilnefnd fyrir leik sinn í kvikmyndinni Volver, breska leikkonan Judi Dench fyrir túlkun sína á ráðabruggandi kennara í kvikmyndinni Notes on a Scandal og Kate Winslet fyrir kvikmyndina Little Children.

Meðal karlleikara er Leonardo DiCaprio tilnefndur fyrir hlutverk sitt í kvikmyndinni Blood Diamond, Ryan Gosling fyrir Half Nelson, Peter O’Toole fyrir leik í myndinni Venus og Will Smith fyrir hlutverk sitt sem heimilislaus faðir í myndinni The Pursuit of Happiness.

Mörgum þykir líklegast að Forrest Whitaker hreppi verðlaunin sem besti leikarinn, þótt Peter O’Toole þyki vel að þeim kominn. O’Toole hefur sjö sinnum verið tilnefndur til verðlauna, en hefur aldrei unnið.

Listin

Best Motion Picture of the Year
Nominees:
Babel (2006):
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Steve Golin, Jon Kilik

The Departed (2006):
Nominees to be determined

Letters from Iwo Jima (2006):
Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, Robert Lorenz

Little Miss Sunshine (2006):
Nominees to be determined

The Queen (2006):
Andy Harries, Christine Langan, Tracey Seaward
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Nominees:
Leonardo DiCaprio
for Blood Diamond (2006)

Ryan Gosling
for Half Nelson (2006)

Peter O'Toole
for Venus (2006/I)

Will Smith
for The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

Forest Whitaker
for The Last King of Scotland (2006)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Nominees:
Penélope Cruz
for Volver (2006/I)

Judi Dench
for Notes on a Scandal (2006)

Helen Mirren
for The Queen (2006)

Meryl Streep
for The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

Kate Winslet
for Little Children (2006)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominees:
Alan Arkin
for Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Jackie Earle Haley
for Little Children (2006)

Djimon Hounsou
for Blood Diamond (2006)

Eddie Murphy
for Dreamgirls (2006)

Mark Wahlberg
for The Departed (2006)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominees:
Adriana Barraza
for Babel (2006)

Cate Blanchett
for Notes on a Scandal (2006)

Abigail Breslin
for Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Jennifer Hudson
for Dreamgirls (2006)

Rinko Kikuchi
for Babel (2006)

Best Achievement in Directing
Nominees:
Clint Eastwood
for Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

Stephen Frears
for The Queen (2006)

Paul Greengrass
for United 93 (2006)

Alejandro González Iñárritu
for Babel (2006)

Martin Scorsese
for The Departed (2006)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Nominees:
Babel (2006):
Guillermo Arriaga

Letters from Iwo Jima (2006):
Iris Yamashita, Paul Haggis

Little Miss Sunshine (2006):
Michael Arndt

Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006):
Guillermo del Toro

The Queen (2006):
Peter Morgan
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Nominees:
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006):
Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, Dan Mazer, Todd Phillips

Children of Men (2006):
Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby

The Departed (2006):
William Monahan

Little Children (2006):
Todd Field, Tom Perrotta

Notes on a Scandal (2006):
Patrick Marber
Best Achievement in Cinematography
Nominees:
The Black Dahlia (2006): Vilmos Zsigmond

Children of Men (2006): Emmanuel Lubezki

The Illusionist (2006): Dick Pope

Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006): Guillermo Navarro

The Prestige (2006): Wally Pfister

Best Achievement in Editing Nominees:
Babel (2006): Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione

Blood Diamond (2006): Steven Rosenblum

Children of Men (2006): Alfonso Cuarón, Alex Rodríguez

The Departed (2006): Thelma Schoonmaker

United 93 (2006): Clare Douglas, Richard Pearson, Christopher Rouse

Best Achievement in Art Direction
Nominees:
Dreamgirls (2006): John Myhre, Nancy Haigh

The Good Shepherd (2006): Jeannine Claudia Oppewall, Gretchen Rau, Leslie E. Rollins

Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006): Eugenio Caballero, Pilar Revuelta

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006): Rick Heinrichs, Cheryl Carasik

The Prestige (2006): Nathan Crowley, Julie Ochipinti

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Nominees:
Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia (2006): Chung Man Yee

The Devil Wears Prada (2006): Patricia Field

Dreamgirls (2006): Sharen Davis

Marie Antoinette (2006): Milena Canonero

The Queen (2006): Consolata Boyle

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Nominees:
Babel (2006): Gustavo Santaolalla

The Good German (2006): Thomas Newman

Notes on a Scandal (2006): Philip Glass

Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006): Javier Navarrete

The Queen (2006): Alexandre Desplat

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Nominees:
An Inconvenient Truth (2006): Melissa Etheridge(“I Need To Wake Up”)

Dreamgirls (2006): Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler, Anne Preven(“Listen”)

Dreamgirls (2006): Henry Krieger, Siedah Garrett(“Love You I Do”)

Cars (2006): Randy Newman(“Our Town”)

Dreamgirls (2006): Henry Krieger, Willie Reale(“Patience”)

Best Achievement in Makeup
Nominees:
Apocalypto (2006): Aldo Signoretti, Vittorio Sodano

Click (2006/I): Kazuhiro Tsuji, Bill Corso

Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006): David Martí, Montse Ribé

Best Achievement in Sound
Nominees:
Apocalypto (2006): Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Fernando Cámara

Blood Diamond (2006): Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Ivan Sharrock

Dreamgirls (2006): Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, Willie D. Burton

Flags of Our Fathers (2006): John T. Reitz, David E. Campbell, Gregg Rudloff, Walt Martin

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006): Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes, Lee Orloff

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Nominees:Apocalypto (2006): Sean McCormack, Kami Asgar

Blood Diamond (2006): Lon Bender

Flags of Our Fathers (2006): Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman

Letters from Iwo Jima (2006): Alan Robert Murray

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006): George Watters II, Christopher Boyes

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Nominees:
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006): John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charles Gibson, Allen Hall

Poseidon (2006): Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chas Jarrett, John Frazier

Superman Returns (2006): Mark Stetson, Richard R. Hoover, Neil Corbould, Jon Thum

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Nominees:
Cars (2006): John Lasseter

Happy Feet (2006): George Miller

Monster House (2006): Gil Kenan

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Nominees:

Efter brylluppet (2006)(Denmark)

Indigènes (2006)(Algeria)

Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006)(Mexico)

Leben der Anderen, Das (2006)(Germany)

Water (2005)(Canada)

Best Documentary, Features
Nominees:
Deliver Us from Evil (2006): Amy Berg, Frank Donner

An Inconvenient Truth (2006): Davis Guggenheim

Iraq in Fragments (2006): James Longley, Yahya Sinno

Jesus Camp (2006): Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady

My Country My Country (2006): Laura Poitras, Jocelyn Glatzer

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Nominees:
The Blood of Yingzhou District (2006): Ruby Yang, Thomas Lennon

Recycled Life (2006): Leslie Iwerks, Mike Glad

“Rehearsing a Dream”: Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon

“Two Hands”: Nathaniel Kahn, Susan Rose Behr

Best Short Film, Animated
Nominees:
The Danish Poet (2006): Torill Kove

Lifted (2006): Gary Rydstrom

The Little Matchgirl (2006): Roger Allers, Don Hahn

Maestro (2006): Géza M. Tóth

No Time for Nuts (2006): Chris Renaud, Mike Thurmeier

Best Short Film, Live Action
Nominees:
Binta y la gran idea (2004): Javier Fesser, Luis Manso

Éramos pocos (2005): Borja Cobeaga

“Helmer & Son”: Søren Pilmark, Kim Magnusson

The Saviour (2005): Peter Templeman, Stuart Parkyn

West Bank Story (2005): Ari Sandel