12th Critics' Choice Awards

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12th Critics' Choice Awards
DateJanuary 14, 2007
Official website www.criticschoice.com
Highlights
Best Film The Departed

The 12th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 14, 2007, honoring the finest achievements of 2006 filmmaking. The event was held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California and broadcast on E!. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Contents

Top 10 films

(in alphabetical order)

Winners and nominees

Martin Scorsese, Best Director winner Martin Scorsese Cannes 2010 (cropped).jpg
Martin Scorsese, Best Director winner
Forest Whitaker, Best Actor winner Forest Whitaker 2014.jpg
Forest Whitaker, Best Actor winner
Helen Mirren, Best Actress winner Helen Mirren 2014.jpg
Helen Mirren, Best Actress winner
Eddie Murphy, Best Supporting Actor winner Eddie Murphy by David Shankbone.jpg
Eddie Murphy, Best Supporting Actor winner
Jennifer Hudson, Best Supporting Actress winner Jennifer-Hudson 2012-01-17 Barnes-Noble Chicago photoby Adam-Bielawski (cropped).jpg
Jennifer Hudson, Best Supporting Actress winner
Paul Dano, Best Young Actor winner Paul Dano Cannes 2015.jpg
Paul Dano, Best Young Actor winner
Abigail Breslin, Best Young Actress winner Abigail Breslin at 2010 TIFF adj.jpg
Abigail Breslin, Best Young Actress winner
Michael Arndt, Best Writer winner Michael Arndt, 2007.jpg
Michael Arndt, Best Writer winner
Best Picture

The Departed

Best Director

Martin Scorsese The Departed

Best Actor

Forest Whitaker The Last King of Scotland as Idi Amin

Best Actress

Helen Mirren The Queen as Queen Elizabeth II

Best Supporting Actor

Eddie Murphy Dreamgirls as James "Thunder" Early

Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Hudson Dreamgirls as Effie White

Best Young Actor

Paul Dano Little Miss Sunshine as Dwayne Hoover

Best Young Actress

Abigail Breslin Little Miss Sunshine as Olive Hoover

Best Acting Ensemble

Little Miss Sunshine

Best Writer

Little Miss Sunshine Michael Arndt

Best Animated Feature

Cars

Best Documentary Feature

An Inconvenient Truth

Best Family Film

Charlotte's Web

Best Foreign Language Film

Letters from Iwo Jima United States

Best Composer

The Illusionist Philip Glass

Best Song

"Listen" – Dreamgirls

Best Comedy Movie

Borat

Best Soundtrack

Dreamgirls

Best Picture Made for Television

Elizabeth I

Statistics

NominationsFilm
7 Babel
The Departed
Dreamgirls
Little Miss Sunshine
4 The Queen
3 Blood Diamond
Charlotte's Web
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Children
Notes on a Scandal
2 Akeelah and the Bee
Bobby
Cars
The Devil Wears Prada
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
Flicka
For Your Consideration
Half Nelson
Happy Feet
An Inconvenient Truth
Pan's Labyrinth
The Pursuit of Happyness
Stranger than Fiction
Thank You for Smoking
United 93
Volver
WinsFilm
4 Dreamgirls
Little Miss Sunshine
2 The Departed

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