2007 Oscars: Winners and Nominees

57 films were recognised at the 2007 Academy Awards, across 24 categories. 16 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was The Departed, with 4 awards, ahead of Pan's Labyrinth with 3. The categories below run from Actor in a Leading Role, Actor in a Supporting Role and Actress in a Leading Role to the smaller prizes, and in every one the winner is listed first, followed by the other nominees.

Each title links to the film's full award history at all four awards, and the links at the bottom step to the previous and next ceremony.

Last updated August 12, 2026

Actor in a Leading Role

The Last King of Scotland(2006)
Forest Whitaker
Winner
Blood Diamond(2006)
Leonardo DiCaprio
Half Nelson(2006)
Ryan Gosling
The Pursuit of Happyness(2006)
Will Smith
Venus(2006)
Peter O'Toole

Actor in a Supporting Role

Little Miss Sunshine(2006)
Alan Arkin
Winner
Blood Diamond(2006)
Djimon Hounsou
Dreamgirls(2006)
Eddie Murphy
Little Children(2006)
Jackie Earle Haley
The Departed(2006)
Mark Wahlberg

Actress in a Leading Role

The Queen(2006)
Helen Mirren
Winner
Little Children(2006)
Kate Winslet
Notes on a Scandal(2006)
Judi Dench
The Devil Wears Prada(2006)
Meryl Streep
Volver(2006)
Penélope Cruz

Actress in a Supporting Role

Dreamgirls(2006)
Jennifer Hudson
Winner
Babel(2006)
Adriana Barraza
Babel(2006)
Rinko Kikuchi
Little Miss Sunshine(2006)
Abigail Breslin
Notes on a Scandal(2006)
Cate Blanchett

Art Direction

Pan's Labyrinth(2006)
Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero; Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta
Winner
Dreamgirls(2006)
Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest(2006)
Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik
The Good Shepherd(2006)
Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins
The Prestige(2006)
Art Direction: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Julie Ochipinti

Best Picture

The Departed(2006)
Graham King, Producer
Winner
Babel(2006)
Letters from Iwo Jima(2006)
Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz, Producers
Little Miss Sunshine(2006)
David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf and Marc Turtletaub, Producers
The Queen(2006)
Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward, Producers

Cinematography

Pan's Labyrinth(2006)
Guillermo Navarro
Winner
Children of Men(2006)
Emmanuel Lubezki
The Black Dahlia(2006)
Vilmos Zsigmond
The Illusionist(2006)
Dick Pope
The Prestige(2006)
Wally Pfister

Costume Design

Marie Antoinette(2006)
Milena Canonero
Winner
Curse of the Golden Flower(2006)
Yee Chung Man
Dreamgirls(2006)
Sharen Davis
The Devil Wears Prada(2006)
Patricia Field
The Queen(2006)
Consolata Boyle

Directing

The Departed(2006)
Martin Scorsese
Winner
Babel(2006)
Letters from Iwo Jima(2006)
Clint Eastwood
The Queen(2006)
Stephen Frears
United 93(2006)
Paul Greengrass

Documentary (Feature)

An Inconvenient Truth(2006)
Davis Guggenheim
Winner
Deliver Us from Evil(2006)
Amy Berg and Frank Donner
Iraq in Fragments(2006)
James Longley and John Sinno
Jesus Camp(2006)
Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
My Country, My Country(2006)
Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer

Film Editing

The Departed(2006)
Thelma Schoonmaker
Winner
Babel(2006)
Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise
Blood Diamond(2006)
Steven Rosenblum
Children of Men(2006)
United 93(2006)
Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson

International Feature Film

The Lives of Others(2006)
Germany
Winner
After the Wedding(2006)
Denmark
Days of Glory(2006)
Algeria
Pan's Labyrinth(2006)
Mexico
Water(2005)
Canada

Music (Original Score)

Babel(2006)
Gustavo Santaolalla
Winner
Notes on a Scandal(2006)
Philip Glass
Pan's Labyrinth(2006)
Javier Navarrete
The Good German(2006)
Thomas Newman
The Queen(2006)
Alexandre Desplat

Music (Original Song)

An Inconvenient Truth(2006)
I Need To Wake Up in "An Inconvenient Truth" Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge
Winner
Cars(2006)
Our Town in "Cars" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Dreamgirls(2006)
Listen in "Dreamgirls" Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler; Lyric by Anne Preven
Dreamgirls(2006)
Love You I Do in "Dreamgirls" Music by Henry Krieger; Lyric by Siedah Garrett
Dreamgirls(2006)
Patience in "Dreamgirls" Music by Henry Krieger; Lyric by Willie Reale

Short Film (Animated)

The Danish Poet(2006)
Torill Kove
Winner
Lifted(2006)
Gary Rydstrom
Maestro(2005)
No Time for Nuts(2006)
Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier
The Little Matchgirl(2006)
Roger Allers and Don Hahn

Sound Editing

Letters from Iwo Jima(2006)
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
Winner
Apocalypto(2006)
Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar
Blood Diamond(2006)
Lon Bender
Flags of Our Fathers(2006)
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest(2006)
Christopher Boyes and George Watters II

Sound Mixing

Dreamgirls(2006)
Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton
Winner
Apocalypto(2006)
Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Cámara
Blood Diamond(2006)
Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock
Flags of Our Fathers(2006)
John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest(2006)
Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

The Departed(2006)
Screenplay by William Monahan
Winner
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan(2006)
Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, & Dan Mazer; Story by Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, Anthony Hines, & Todd Phillips
Children of Men(2006)
Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby
Little Children(2006)
Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta
Notes on a Scandal(2006)
Screenplay by Patrick Marber

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Little Miss Sunshine(2006)
Written by Michael Arndt
Winner
Babel(2006)
Written by Guillermo Arriaga
Letters from Iwo Jima(2006)
Screenplay by Iris Yamashita; Story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis
Pan's Labyrinth(2006)
Written by Guillermo del Toro
The Queen(2006)
Written by Peter Morgan

Documentary (Short Subject)

The Blood of Yingzhou District(2006)
Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
Winner
Recycled Life(2006)
Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad
Rehearsing a Dream(2006)
Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
Two Hands: The Leon Fleisher Story(2006)
Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr

Short Film (Live Action)

West Bank Story(2005)
Ari Sandel
Winner
Binta and the Great Idea (Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea))(2004)
Javier Fesser and Luis Manso
Helmer & Son(2006)
The Saviour(2005)
Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn

Animated Feature Film

Happy Feet(2006)
George Miller
Winner
Cars(2006)
John Lasseter
Monster House(2006)
Gil Kenan

Makeup

Pan's Labyrinth(2006)
Winner
Apocalypto(2006)
Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
Click(2006)
Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso

Visual Effects

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest(2006)
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
Winner
Poseidon(2006)
Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chas Jarrett and John Frazier
Superman Returns(2006)
Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum