| Actor in a Supporting Role: | Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain | (the winner was George Clooney - Syriana) |
| Makeup: | Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith | (the winner was The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) |
| Music (Score): | The Constant Gardener | (the winner was Brokeback Mountain) |
| Music (Song): | "In the Deep" - Crash | (the winner was "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" - Hustle & Flow) |
| Best Picture: | Good Night, and Good Luck. | (the winner was Crash) |
| Short Film (Animated): | 9 | (the winner was The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation) |
| Short Film (Live Action): | Ausreisser (The Runaway) | (the winner was Six Shooter) |
| Sound Editing: | King Kong | (the winner was King Kong) |
| Sound Mixing: | Walk the Line | (the winner was King Kong) |
| Visual Effects: | King Kong | (the winner was King Kong) |
| Writing (Adapted Screenplay): | Brokeback Mountain | (the winner was Brokeback Mountain) |
| Foreign Language Film: | Tsotsi | (the winner was Tsotsi) |
| Film Editing: | Crash | (the winner was Crash) |
| Actor in a Leading Role: | Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line | (the winner was Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote) |
| Actress in a Leading Role: | Felicity Huffman - Transamerica | (the winner was Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line) |
| Actress in a Supporting Role: | Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain | (the winner was Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener) |
| Animated Feature Film: | Howl's Moving Castle | (the winner was Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit) |
| Art Direction: | Memoirs of a Geisha | (the winner was Memoirs of a Geisha) |
| Cinematography: | Brokeback Mountain | (the winner was Memoirs of a Geisha) |
| Costume Design: | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | (the winner was Memoirs of a Geisha) |
| Directing: | Capote | (the winner was Brokeback Mountain) |
| Documentary Feature: | March of the Penguins | (the winner was March of the Penguins) |
| Documentary Short Subject: | The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club | (the winner was A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin) |
| Writing (Original Screenplay): | The Squid and the Whale | (the winner was Crash) |