Honoring films released in the USA in 2006.
TOP 10 FILMS OF THE YEAR
01. Children of Men
02. The Departed
03. United 93
04. Volver
05. The Queen
06. The Proposition
07. Marie Antoinette
08. The Painted Veil
09. Shortbus
10. L’enfant
DIRECTOR: Alfonso Cuarón – Children of Men
runner-up: Paul Greengrass – United 93
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Volver
runner-up: Pan’s Labyrinth
ACTOR: Leonardo DiCaprio – The Departed
runner-up: Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson
ACTRESS: Helen Mirren – The Queen
runner-up: Naomi Watts – The Painted Veil
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Michael Sheen – The Queen
runner-up: Robert Downey, Jr – A Scanner Darkly
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Sook-Yin Lee – Shortbus
runner-up: Meryl Streep – A Prairie Home Companion
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: The Queen – Peter Morgan
runner-up: Volver – Pedro Almodóvar
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Departed – William Monahan
runner-up: Children of Men – Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy Sexton, Mark Fergus, Davis Arata, Hawk Ostby
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Children of Men – Emmanuel Lubezki
runner-up: Marie Antoinette – Lance Acord
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Children of Men – Jim Clay & Geoffrey Kirkland
runner-up: Marie Antoinette – K.K. Barrett
ORIGINAL SCORE: The Painted Veil / The Queen – Alexandre Desplat
runner-up: Pan’s Labyrinth – Javier Navarrete
ENSEMBLE: The Departed
runner-up: Volver
ANIMATED FILM: A Scanner Darkly
runner-up: Cars
DOCUMENTARY: Dave Chappelle’s Block Party
runner-up: Shut Up & Sing