11th Critics' Choice Awards (2006)

The 11th Critics' Choice Awards were presented to at a ceremony on January 9th, 2006 to honor the finest achievements in 2005 filmmaking.

BEST PICTURE

• Winner - Brokeback Mountain
• Capote
• Cinderella Man
• The Constant Gardener
• Crash
• Good Night, and Good Luck.
• King Kong
• Memoirs of a Geisha
• Munich
• Walk the Line

BEST DIRECTOR

• Winner - Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
• George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck.
• Paul Haggis - Crash
• Ron Howard - Cinderella Man
• Peter Jackson - King Kong
• Steven Spielberg - Munich

BEST ACTOR

• Winner - Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
• Russell Crowe - Cinderella Man
• Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow
• Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
• Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line
• David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck

BEST ACTRESS

• Winner - Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line
• Joan Allen - The Upside of Anger
• Judi Dench - Mrs. Henderson Presents
• Felicity Huffman - Transamerica
• Keira Knightley - Pride and Prejudice
• Charlize Theron - North Country

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Winner - Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man
• George Clooney - Syriana
• Kevin Costner - The Upside of Anger
• Matt Dillon - Crash
• Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
• Terrence Howard - Crash

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Winner - Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain
• Winner -Amy Adams - Junebug
• Maria Bello - A History of Violence
• Catherine Keener - Capote
• Frances McDormand - North Country
• Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

• Winner - Crash
• Good Night, and Good Luck.
• Rent
• Syriana
• Sin City

BEST WRITER

• Winner - Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco - Crash
• Noah Baumbach - The Squid and the Whale
• George Clooney and Grant Heslov - Good Night, and Good Luck
• Dan Futterman - Capote
• Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana - Brokeback Mountain

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• Winner - Wallace & Gromit The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
• Chicken Little
• Corpse Bride
• Howl’s Moving Castle
• Madagascar

BEST YOUNG ACTOR

• Winner - Freddie Highmore - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Jesse Eisenberg - The Squid and the Whale
• Alex Etel - Millions
• Owen Kline - The Squid and the Whale
• Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter and Goblet of Fire

BEST YOUNG ACTRESS

• Winner - Dakota Fanning - War of the Worlds
• Flora Cross - Bee Season
• Georgie Henley - The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
• Q'Orianka Kilcher - The New World
• Emily Watson - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

BEST COMEDY MOVIE

• Winner - The 40 Year-Old Virgin
• Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
• Mrs. Henderson Presents
• The Producers
• The Wedding Crashers

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Winner - Kung Fu Hustle
• Cache
• Oldboy
• Paradise Now
• 2046

BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

• Winner - Into the West
• No Direction Home
• Rome
• Warm Springs

BEST FAMILY FILM

• Winner - The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Dreamer
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

• Winner - March of the Penguins
• Enron – The Smartest Guys in the Room
• Grizzly Man
• Mad Hot Ballroom
• Murderball

BEST SONG

• Winner - “Hustle & Flow” – Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow
• “A Love That Will Never Grow Old” – Emmylou Harris – Brokeback Mountain
• “Same in Any Language” – I Nine – Elizabethtown
• “Seasons of Love” – Tracie Thoms, Jesse L. Martin and Cast – Rent
• “Travelin’ Thru” – Dolly Parton – Transamerica

BEST COMPOSER

• Winner - John Williams – Memoirs of a Geisha
• James Horner - The New World
• Gustavo Santaolalla - Brokeback Mountain
• Nancy Wilson - Elizabethtown

BEST SOUNDTRACK

• Winner - Walk The Line
• Elizabethtown
• Memoirs of a Geisha
• The Producers
• Rent

FREEDOM AWARD

• Winner - George Clooney - Good Night and Good Luck

DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT IN PERFORMING ARTS AWARD

• Winner - King Kong - King Kong