| Actor in a Supporting Role: | Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man | (the winner was George Clooney - Syriana) |
| Makeup: | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | (the winner was The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) |
| Music (Score): | Munich | (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: | Capote | (the winner was Crash) |
| Short Film (Animated): | One Man Band | (the winner was The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation) |
| Short Film (Live Action): | Our Time Is Up | (the winner was Six Shooter) |
| Sound Editing: | King Kong | (the winner was King Kong) |
| Sound Mixing: | King Kong | (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: | Paradise Now | (the winner was Tsotsi) |
| Film Editing: | Munich | (the winner was Crash) |
| Actor in a Leading Role: | Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote | (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: | Catherine Keener - Capote | (the winner was Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener) |
| Animated Feature Film: | Tim Burton's Corpse Bride | (the winner was Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit) |
| Art Direction: | Good Night, and Good Luck. | (the winner was Memoirs of a Geisha) |
| Cinematography: | Batman Begins | (the winner was Memoirs of a Geisha) |
| Costume Design: | Pride & Prejudice | (the winner was Memoirs of a Geisha) |
| Directing: | Brokeback Mountain | (the winner was Brokeback Mountain) |
| Documentary Feature: | March of the Penguins | (the winner was March of the Penguins) |
| Documentary Short Subject: | God Sleeps in Rwanda | (the winner was A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin) |
| Writing (Original Screenplay): | Good Night, and Good Luck. | (the winner was Crash) |